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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

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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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      • Happy Thanksgiving
      • OK by me
      • Setup, joke
      • Here come the Pixies
      • Poster child
      • Who broke the Bank?
      • Attell me more
      • This is not a post
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      • On the road with Steve Martin
      • Home and home series
      • We're number 5!
      • Well trained
      • Thoughts from Thalia
      • Wagon watch
      • Department of Corrections
      • Just asking
      • Fish story
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      • Another opening, another show
      • The Room of Requirement
      • We don't do what we do
      • Wine country: a photo essay
      • Where's the host of this party?
      • Grape expectations
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      • Not you too!
      • The Moth flutters in
      • An awesome responsibility
      • Midweek blahs?
      • Pratkour
      • Almost Pimps
      • Breaking news
      • Q-riffic
      • Les Paul 1915-2009
      • Lost your marbles?
      • Why newspapers are dying
      • Headline of the week
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      • Too high to get over
      • Theater watch
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      • Memo to Howard Stern
      • Memo to Hollywood
      • Rickey being Rickey
      • How fast are you?
      • Perfection
      • Today's lesson
      • Funny people
      • Another puzzle
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      • The Addams Family, a new musical
      • Is Lou the new Dusty?
      • Mysteries of the universe
      • Taking wing
      • Quote of the day
      • Barry funny
      • Getting it
      • I did not know that
      • Pop! goes the plantaris
      • Two more cents
      • Live long and prosper
      • On the road with Janeane Garofalo
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Personal Jesus
with New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz at the 2009 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

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