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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Pixar is awesome

Here's a true story about how awesome Pixar is.

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NPR Sunday puzzle

This week: From Will Shortz's old pal Merl Reagle, whose Sunday crosswords appear in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and many other newspapers: Take the letters in PLEASANTLY, plus the letter I. Rearrange these 11 letters to name a well-known place. What is it? Enter here or email me for a hint.

Last week: Think of three six-letter words starting with B, G and F. The last five letters of the words are the same and in the same order, yet none of the words rhymes with any of the others. What words are these?

Highlight for answer: Bather, Gather, Father

Two weeks ago: This comes from listener Ben Bass of Chicago (hey, wait, that's me!). Think of a word containing the consecutive letters O-K. Remove the O-K, and you'll get a new word that's a synonym of the first word. What words are these?

Highlight for answer: The intended answer was JOKESTER-JESTER but Will also accepted LOOK!-LO!

He did not accept OKAY-AY (a form of AYE) or HOOKER-HOER (pronounced "whore").

Three weeks ago: This comes from Henry Hook of Brooklyn, one of the country's top crossword constructors, and it's a rather tricky puzzle. Name an auto manufacturer and a telecommunications company, both well-known companies, whose names are exact opposites of each other.

Highlight for answer: The intended answer was Kia and Nokia. Tricky! Listeners also came up with a number of creative guesses including Infiniti-NetZero, Infiniti-Cingular, Yugo-Icom, AT&T-Tata, Hummer-Broadvoice, Spartan cars-Troy Cablevision and Oldsmobile-T-Mobile (with "Old S" and T somehow deemed opposites).

Inspiring statesman and Barack Obama

Like I was saying...

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with New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz at the 2009 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

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A friend of mine produced this hilarious look at a sad era in American history. After lighting up Broadway, it's now playing at HBO On Demand, coming soon to DVD.




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