This week's challenge 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? Enter here or email me for a hint.
Last week: 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).
Two weeks ago: If you write "WOW" in capital letters and hold up a mirror at the side of the word, you'll see "WOW" perfectly reflected in the mirror. Here's the puzzle: Think of a nationality and write it in capital letters. If you remove one stroke from the first letter, and one stroke from the last letter, and hold up a mirror at the side, the name of the nationality will be perfectly reflected in the mirror. What nationality is it? Highlight for answer: HAITIAN
Three weeks ago: Take the name 'Noah Adams,' as in the former host of All Things Considered. Add the phrase 'false teeth.' You can rearrange all 19 letters to name a famous work of literature. What is it? Highlight for answer: The intended answer was The Death of a Salesman, though the actual title is simply Death of a Salesman.
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