• NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 25, 2010): Make Your Own Spoonerism Riddle

    Updated: 2010-07-25 14:20:00
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Sunday , July 25, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle July 25, 2010 Make Your Own Spoonerism Riddle NPR Sunday Puzzle July 25, 2010 Make Your Own Spoonerism Riddle Q : This is a two-week creative challenge . Come up with a riddle that starts off with What's the difference between' and involves a spoonerism . A spoonerism is when consonant sounds are interchanged . For example , What's the difference between an ornithologist and a loser in a spelling bee The answer : One is a bird watcher , and the other is a word botcher . Hmm . not much to comment on this week . Obviously this is different than most of Will's puzzles in that it is open-ended and is a two week challenge . Start collecting your ideas and we'll

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 18, 2010): Let Me Make This Analogy...

    Updated: 2010-07-18 18:53:42
    : . Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Sunday , July 18, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle July 18, 2010 Let Me Make This Analogy . NPR Sunday Puzzle July 18, 2010 Let Me Make This Analogy . Q : Complete this analogy : Banjo' is to ferns' as pecan' is to This puzzle makes me think of Prince Edward's visit in 1924. Posted by Blaine at 12:48 AM Labels : analogy npr 11 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 NPR , but don't give it away here . Thank you . Sun Jul 18, 12:50:00 AM PDT jonathan said . Too easy , especially while watching the Open Championship Sun Jul 18, 04:31:00 AM PDT Chuck

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 11, 2010): Landmark Anagram

    Updated: 2010-07-11 23:24:37
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Sunday , July 11, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle July 11, 2010 Landmark Anagram NPR Sunday Puzzle July 11, 2010 Landmark Anagram Q : Take the phrase Deep Cleanse' a way of ridding the body of toxins or clearing the pores . Rearrange the 11 letters of Deep Cleanse' to name a well-known American landmark . The number of words in the answer is for you to . determine This puzzle came from one of the frequent visitors to this blog . And it uses one of Will's favorite puzzle formats , the anagram . There are so many easy clues to give this away if you haven't figured it out already that I'll just say EURO NOTES Posted by Blaine at 9:05 AM Labels : anagrams npr 10 comments : Blaine said . Here's my standard

  • Osaka Puzzle Party

    Updated: 2010-07-11 15:58:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed July 11, 2010 Osaka Puzzle Party Here are all the photos from today Today was the day of the actual puzzle party , where people buy , sell , and trade puzzles . I had a whole bunch of stuff that I wanted to buy , so I made sure to get there right when the party started . There is sort of a mad dash at the beginning for the most popular puzzles , so you have to be quick to make sure you don't miss anything . good The first thing I tried to buy was Secret Box , which was Rob Jones' exchange puzzle made by Iwahara of the Karakuri group . It is a beautiful puzzle box He was in the middle of running around purchasing , so he said he'd hold one for me for when things calmed .

  • Puzzle Exchange Day

    Updated: 2010-07-10 01:51:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed July 10, 2010 Puzzle Exchange Day Here are all of my photos from today During every International Puzzle Party , there is something called the the Puzzle Exchange that you can choose to participate in . Each participant brings a copy of a puzzle that they have built or commissioned someone else to build , and they trade their puzzle with every other participant . This year , 74 people participated , which means that participants brought 74 of the same puzzle , and will go home with 74 new puzzles . Pretty cool , eh As Brian Young gleefully put it on the ride down the elevator It's Christmas morning for a puzzler I wasn't eligible to participate this year , since it was

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 4, 2010): Good Child / Bad Child

    Updated: 2010-07-05 04:10:24
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Sunday , July 04, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle July 4, 2010 Good Child Bad Child NPR Sunday Puzzle July 4, 2010 Good Child Bad Child Q : Take an eight-letter term that's often used to mean a good child . Remove the first two and last two letters , and reverse what remains to get a four-letter word meaning a bad child . This may be the worst clue I've given recently : Brumby Posted by Blaine at 7:25 AM Labels : antonyms npr 12 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 NPR , but don't give it away here . Thank you . Sun Jul 04, 07:26:00 AM PDT Blue

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