• NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 29, 2010): Famous Writer Anagram

    Updated: 2010-08-29 05:48:00
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Saturday , August 28, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 29, 2010 Famous Writer Anagram NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 29, 2010 Famous Writer Anagram Q : Take the word bookman . Change one letter and rearrange the others to name a famous writer . Who is it Since the puzzle is up early , I'll put in a quick clue : Alizée Update : Will's wording on the air was slightly different . rearrange the result to name a famous person who wrote books . Who is this person Posted by Blaine at 9:48 PM Labels : anagrams npr 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 NPR ,

  • New Move Puzzle Box

    Updated: 2010-08-27 17:19:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed August 27, 2010 New Move Puzzle Box Jeff Chiou of MagicPuzzles.org recently loaned me a number of puzzles , mostly boxes , from his collection . The next few entries will be about the puzzles he loaned me . The first of which is the New Move puzzle box by Yamanka Kumiki Works Check out Jeff's entry about it here As you can see from this lovely photo by Jeff , it has a very nice yosegi pattern on the outside . I like how it doesn't really leave the eye a good place to rest , it makes it look quite . dazzling This one appears to operate like a normal Japanese puzzle box , but after the 3rd move , it seems to lock up I fiddled with it for a few minutes before I discovered

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 22, 2010): Countries Trading Chemicals

    Updated: 2010-08-25 22:56:28
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Saturday , August 21, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 22, 2010 Countries Trading Chemicals NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 22, 2010 Countries Trading Chemicals Q : Take a country whose name contains a symbol for a chemical element , and change it to a different chemical element to get another country . For example , if Aruba were an independent country , you could take the AR , which is the chemical symbol for argon , and change it to C , which is the chemical symbol for carbon , to come up with Cuba . There are two answers to this puzzle , and both must be . found I've tried thinking of clues but whatever hints I create , they seem too obvious . The nature of the puzzle limits me , in what I can say . I've got the

  • Rochester Puzzle Picnic (Part 5)

    Updated: 2010-08-17 04:33:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed August 16, 2010 Rochester Puzzle Picnic Part 5 After Jim Strayer's talk we hung out for a bit and Jeff Aurand started his talk about the Ten Plates puzzle . This is a puzzle designed and made by Jean-Claude Constantin which consists of plates that are to be assembled in the cubic configuration shown here . Each piece consists of five slots , some are long and some are short . A long slot must meet a short slot and visa . versa Jeff tried to solve this puzzle for a while , but was unable to do so , so he wrote a program to help him do it His presentation talked about his journey through this process , and was pretty interesting . It culminated in an analysis of all of

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 15, 2010): There's Been a Mix-up at the Nursery

    Updated: 2010-08-16 16:37:30
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Monday , August 16, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 15, 2010 There's Been a Mix-up at the Nursery NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 15, 2010 There's Been a Mix-up at the Nursery Q : Name two girls' names that are anagrams of each other , and both start with the letter C . The answer should be a well-mixed anagram , with more than two letters switched in one name to get the . other I'm guessing there might be some debate on the meaning of well-mixed I'll just say that if your names end with the same letter , you probably haven't found Will's intended answer . I'd provide a better clue , but after several days of camping I'm smelling pretty funky , so a shower is the first order of business . Posted by Blaine at 3:18

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 8, 2010): To Yo, or not to Yo

    Updated: 2010-08-08 16:05:46
    : , Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Sunday , August 08, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 8, 2010 To Yo , or not to Yo NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 8, 2010 To Yo , or not to Yo Q : Take the letters in the name of cellist Yo Yo Ma , and rearrange them to form the initial letters of a familiar six-word question . What is the question I could give a musical clue , but it would give it away . I'll just say she might spell the word Colour Posted by Blaine at 7:36 AM Labels : npr patterns phrases 1 comment : 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 Aug

  • NEW Quilt Jigsaw Puzzles

    Updated: 2010-08-05 12:00:38
    Wholesale Puzzles customers have spoken: “We want more Quilt Puzzles!”  We heard an overwhelmingly large number of statements in our customer responses that you love our Americana Puzzles, and are looking specifically for a larger selection of Quilt Jigsaw Puzzles.  In response, we’ve set up an entire collection of quilt puzzles all accessible in our [...]

  • NEW Jim Shore Jigsaw Puzzles

    Updated: 2010-08-04 21:25:18
    We try at Wholesale Puzzles to regularly introduce new jigsaw puzzles to our selection, and find popular artists that our customers love to add to our collections.  In that spirit of freshness, we recently added 6 new Jim Shore Jigsaw Puzzles to our collection of Artist, Quilt, and Americana puzzles. A Little About Jim Shore [...]

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