Puzzlers

January 09, 2017 January 2017 Take a famous 20th century author. Combine a common nickname for his first name with the first letter of his last name, and the result will be the name of December 19, 2016 December 2016 Name something that you might walk on in the forest. Replace one of the letters with something you might walk on at the beach. The result will be something you November 24, 2016 November 2016 Name a famous 20th century musician. Change one letter in his first name to get the first name of a 20th century TV character. Change one letter in the musician’ October 20, 2016 October 2016 Name a professional baseball team. Swap the first two letters and — phonetically — you’ll end up with the name of a different pro baseball team. Which two teams are these? October 12, 2016 October 2016 Think of someone who has won multiple Oscars. Change one letter in their first name, anagram it, and you’ll end up with the number of Oscars that person won. September 30, 2016 September 2016 Name a noun in four letters. Like most nouns, you can turn this noun into its adjective form by adding a Y, but in this case you first have to September 22, 2016 September 2016 Name two actors who played father and son in a recent movie. One actor shares his last name with a popular brand. The other’s last name is a word September 14, 2016 September 2016 Name something you find in nature, in six letters. Take the first syllable, say it twice, and you’ll end up with the name of a TV character. Do the September 06, 2016 September 2016 Name a titular character from 20th century American fiction, first and last name, nine letters total. Rotate one letter 180°, then anagram to get the names of two adjacent countries. August 29, 2016 August 2016 Name a longtime TV personality. Remove three consecutive letters from the middle of his name, along with the space, and you’ll get the last name of a modern American August 22, 2016 August 2016 Name an album released in 2016. Remove one letter and the remaining letters spell a major world publication. What album and publication?