All articles tagged with #sunday puzzle
The article provides the clues, categories, and solutions for the NYT Connections puzzle on August 10th, including tips on how to solve it and the specific groupings of words based on influence, fiction genres, amassing, and science classes.
Tracy Gray, a retired lawn-and-landscaping business owner, created a Sunday crossword puzzle titled "Double Duty" that features a clever theme involving homophones. The puzzle includes six theme entries with normal-looking clues and a rebus, challenging solvers to identify words that sound like pluralized single letters. The puzzle is described as graceful, fun, and fast-paced, making it suitable for groups or crossword mentors and their mentees.
NPR puzzlemaster and New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz announced that he is recovering from a stroke, apologizing for his recent absence from hosting NPR's Sunday Puzzle. Since Feb. 11, Greg Pliska has temporarily filled in for him. Shortz has been a staple of the show since 1987 and is known for presenting puzzles to contestants. Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe wished him a speedy recovery, and Pliska expressed his anticipation for Shortz's return.
NPR's Sunday Puzzle challenges listeners to identify countries based on three-letter words found within their names, while also presenting a new challenge involving rearranging letters to form brand names. Additionally, a new challenge from a listener involves changing vowel sounds in a famous classical composer's name to phonetically spell out a sport.
In this week's Sunday Puzzle, participants are given 7-letter words and are tasked with changing one consonant to a vowel to create a new word. Last week's challenge involved naming musical instruments where the first, third, fourth, and fifth letters spelled something that holds the things named by the last five letters. The answer was "Trombones." This week's challenge asks participants to name a creature with a world capital in its name and replace the capital with another creature to get another world capital.
In this week's Sunday Puzzle, listeners are challenged to find the names of U.S. cities that consist of one word inside another. Previous challenges included rearranging letters to form body parts and finding a noun that sounds like a two-word phrase with a negative effect. Listeners with correct answers have a chance to play the on-air puzzle.
In this week's Sunday Puzzle, listeners are challenged to anagram words into words or phrases related to baseball. Last week's challenge involved finding a well-known U.S. city that could be transformed into the name of a beverage. This week's challenge asks participants to name something found on a map of England, with specific letter patterns.
In this week's Sunday Puzzle, listeners are given six-letter words and asked to rearrange the letters to form two three-letter words in the same category. Examples include "BEATEN" (insects) and "GENIAL" (alcoholic beverages). Last week's challenge involved rotating letters to reveal the name of a movie character. This week's challenge asks for the name of a famous singer whose name, when a "Y" is added at the end, can spell a possible contribution to a picnic and how it might be served.
Michael Schlossberg, an internist and crossword constructor, presents a pun-themed Sunday crossword puzzle for The New York Times. The puzzle features seven pun riddles related to footwear, with each clue having a double meaning. The puns range from clever to wacky, including references to political and pop culture history. Schlossberg's puzzle is accessible and enjoyable to solve, showcasing his talent for wordplay.
In this week's Sunday Puzzle, called "The Big If," listeners are challenged to come up with familiar two-word phrases with the initials I-F. The challenge includes 11 clues, such as "digit that's next to the thumb" and "substitute for breast milk in a baby bottle." Additionally, a listener-submitted challenge asks for two brands of household products, each in three syllables, with all syllables in the two brands rhyming with each other.