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May 2026 Think of a US state capital. It partly shares a name with a famous TV personality. Then think of one of the stateās biggest cities. Change one letter in the city's name and you'll get that TV starās successor. Name these two people.
March 2026 Start with the name of a ā90s rock band, in three words. Change the first letters of two of those words and anagram the whole thing to get the name of another ā90s rock band in three words. Which bands are these?
February 2026 Think of two actors who co-starred in a trilogy of movies together. A homophone of one of their last names and an anagram of the other are the first names of two famous brothers. Who are they?
January 2026 I took a flight between two cities in continental Europe. I noticed that my boarding pass showed my departure and arrival city names, as normal, but also, unexpectedly, it showed the name of my arrival country in all-caps letters. Which two cities was I traveling between?
October 2025 Think of an album from 2020 from a massive pop star. Remove an āRā, anagram the rest, and you'll get a name of a caffeinated drink. Then, by removing something from the drink, youāll get a massive pop hit from 2024. What are the album, drink and song?
August 2025 Think of a part of the body near the top. Remove every other letter and you'll get a part of your body at the bottom. What parts are these?
July 2025 Think of a five-letter animal. Change one letter to get an activity that the animal can help you achieve. Or, change a different letter to get an object often employed in that activity. (Hint: both the activity and object involve counts.) What words are these?
June 2025 Take the last name of a famous nineteenth century novelist. Change one letter to get a word for someone who enjoys pot. Alternatively, change aĀ differentĀ letter to get a different term for the same. Alternatively still,Ā removeĀ a letter to get yet another term for the same. Who is this?
May 2025 Start with the name of a famous Hollywood director. Take his first name, remove the first letter, and you'll get the name of an organ. Adjacent to that organ is another organ that may be afflicted with the director's last name. Who is this?
March 2025 Think of a five-letter word that can mean āplaces of refugeā. Change the first letter to get another word that can mean the same thing. What words are these?
February 2025 Think of a word that means "treasure," and another word for a container that that treasure typically comes in. Both words also name parts of the body. What words are these?
January 2025 Think of a two-word phrase that means āa secret missionā. Move the last letter of the 1st word to be the first letter of the 2nd word, and youāll end up with two words that are synonyms. What are they?