NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 30, 2010): Mind the Gap
Updated: 2010-05-30 14:45:00
: Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Sunday , May 30, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle May 30, 2010 Mind the Gap NPR Sunday Puzzle May 30, 2010 Mind the Gap Q : Take the name of a nationality and write it in lower case letters . Remove the first letter and rotate one of the remaining letters 180 degrees . The result will be another nationality . What nationalities are these Some would say these countries are rather close , but I wouldn't try to build something like a bridge between . them Posted by Blaine at 6:45 AM Labels : lists npr patterns 19 comments : Blaine said . Here's my standard reminder . don't post the answer or any outright spoilers before the deadline of Thursday at 3pm ET . If you know the answer , click the link and submit it to
Occasionally, we like to highlight a select artist from one of our popular collections of artist jigsaw puzzles. Today we’ll be taking a look at Heronim (Harry Wysocki), the artist of the popular HomeTown puzzles series, well known folk art artist, and brother to the famous Charles Wysocki.
Short Heronim Life Sketch
Harry Wysocki was born [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed May 26, 2010 Cast Square and Bamboo Soma Yesterday I stopped by Eureka to pick up a new puzzle by Hanayama , Cast Square designed by Vesa Timonen of Finland . I was eager to give it a try , since they haven't come out with a new difficult puzzle in this series in a while . This one was rated 6 out of 6, so I was hoping that it would be a good . challenge It has a great weight to it and I really like the appearance . The contrast between the gold and silver is nice I like it when they use a shiny finish like . this The motion of the puzzle is also quite nice : the pieces slide apart in an interesting 4-piece coordinate motion . However , they stop short of coming