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Sunday Puzzle: Complete the compound with these animal connections!

May 19, 2024 • NPR's Tamara Keith plays the puzzle with KQED listener Craig Hamiliton of Mountain View, Calif., and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Complete the compound with these animal connections!

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Sunday Puzzle: Six-letter words with four vowels and two consonants

May 12, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KQED listener Michael Kahan of Mountain View, Calif., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Six-letter words with four vowels and two consonants

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Sunday Puzzle: Rearrange and match the clues

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Sunday Puzzle: Rearrange and match the clues

April 28, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener, Aaron Lukas of North Potomac, Maryland and puzzle master Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Rearrange and match the clues

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Sunday Puzzle: Idioms for the eclipse

April 7, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest Puzzlemaster Greg Pliska and WBEZ listener Rich Foss of Lake Forest, Ill.

Sunday Puzzle: Idioms for the eclipse

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Sunday Puzzle: In like a lion and out like lamb

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Sunday Puzzle: In like a lion and out like lamb

March 31, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest Puzzlemaster Greg Pliska and Wisconsin Public Radio listener Eric Maixner of Appleton, Wisc.

Sunday Puzzle: In like a lion and out like lamb

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Sunday Puzzle: Beware the Ides of March

March 17, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener David McKinnis of Fairfield, Connecticut.

Sunday Puzzle: Beware the Ides of March

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Sunday Puzzle: Can you guess the body part with these clues?

March 10, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Thom Gillis of Livonia, Michigan. Also, some listener well wishes for NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Can you guess the body part with these clues?

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Sunday Puzzle: [MO]untain [HO]use getaway

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Sunday Puzzle: [MO]untain [HO]use getaway

March 3, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Steve Cosgrove from Minneapolis. Also, an update on NPR Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: [MO]untain [HO]use getaway

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Sunday Puzzle: Hidden Figures in Two-Word Phrases

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Sunday Puzzle: Hidden Figures in Two-Word Phrases

February 25, 2024 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Tom Gould from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sunday Puzzle: Hidden Figures in Two-Word Phrases

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Sunday Puzzle: P is for President

February 18, 2024 • NPR's Don Gonyea plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Dave Govertsen from Park Ridge, Illinois.

Sunday Puzzle: P is for President

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Sunday Puzzle: You'd better sit down for this one

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Sunday Puzzle: You'd better sit down for this one

February 11, 2024 • NPR's Debbie Elliot plays the puzzle with puzzle guest Greg Pliska and listener Kyle Shenk from Bridgeport, Pennsylvania.

Sunday Puzzle: You'd better sit down for this one

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