May 21, 2018
Take the last name of a young movie director. Remove one letter, and what
remains will be, phonetically, a synonym for a word in the title of his latest
movie. Who is this?
Sandy Weisz
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Puzzler
Take the name of a mountain. Change one letter, anagram it, and the result will be what you call someone who plays for the nearby MLB franchise. What mountain and franchise are they?
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March 29, 2018
Take the name of a mountain. Change one letter, anagram it, and the result will
be what you call someone who plays for the nearby MLB franchise. What mountain
and franchise are they?
Crossfit Wights
Puzzler
Name two activities done at a gym, one word each. Remove a single letter from one of the words. The resulting two-word phrase will describe something you might see at a circus. What words are they?
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February 06, 2018
Name two activities done at a gym, one word each. Remove a single letter from
one of the words. The resulting two-word phrase will describe something one
might see at a circus. What words are they?
What's mentioned in all these books?
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January 30, 2018
What is mentionedā¦
55 times in Wuthering Heights,
35 times in Dracula,
3 times in Through the Looking-Glass,
once in Anna Karenina,
and never in War and Peace?
Ugazon
Iām recovering from the 55-hour puzzle marathon that is the MIT Mystery Hunt. My team, Palindrome, placed 3rd, just an hour or so out of first place. Iām still processing all the production and clever puzzle design that went into the event. Once Death & Mayhem (the organizing
January 17, 2018
Name a popular shopping website. Shift two of the letters forward in the
alphabet by the same amount, and the result will be another popular shopping
website. What sites are these?
Aretax Frain
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Puzzler
Take the full name of a famous singer. Remove a letter, and add a letter, to the first name to get a kind of business. Then remove 3 letters from the last name to get something youād find on the floor of that business. Who is
December 27, 2017
Take the full name of a famous singer. Remove a letter, and add a letter, to the
first name to get a kind of business. Then remove 3 letters from the last name
to get something youād find on the floor of that business. Who is this person?
Lolfred Tennyson
Puzzler
Name a famous European figure from the 19th century, whose name contains three words. Remove 3 consecutive letters, and youāll end up with a famous American figure from the 20th century, in two words. Who are they?
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November 21, 2017
Name a famous European figure from the 19th century, whose name contains three
words. Remove 3 consecutive letters, and youāll end up with a famous American
figure from the 20th century, in two words. Who are they?
September 27, 2017
Think of a female celebrity, eight letters total in her name. Change two of
them, anagram it, and youāll get another female celebrity. Who are they?
Starringā¦ Antiwar Hyena
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Puzzler
Think of a female celebrity, eight letters total
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From October 3 - 6, Iāll be in Seattle. Iām there to put on š¦ Ā Creatures for a client, but Iāve got plenty of time to put on a public game, as well as more private games. Please get in touch if youād like me to put
September 20, 2017
Name a 20th century author and a 21st century actress, both born in Eastern
Europe. Their first names start with the same first four letters, and their last
names start with the same three letters. Who are they?
Vivant Bong
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Puzzler
Think of a two-word English phrase thatās been anglicized from its French origins. Reverse the order of the words, add a letter to the end, and youāll get a new two-word phrase that might describe a French personās
September 12, 2017
Think of a two-word English phrase thatās been anglicized from its French
origins. Reverse the order of the words, add a letter to the end, and youāll get
a new two-word phrase that might describe a French personās taste in food.
No Rye for the Waster
This week's Puzzler is apparently an oldie, but I stumbled across it across it on my own, so Iām gonna include it anyway. Take that, the past.
Puzzler
Think of a word in 9 letters. Rearrange the letters to get two nouns that are both part of