July 20, 2008 · In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given two words. Move a letter from one word to the other to make two new words that complete the familiar phrase, "___________ and ___________."
July 13, 2008 · The theme is "ART." You are given three words, starting with the letters A, R and T, respectively. You offer a fourth word to precede each of the original words to create a familiar two-word phrase.
July 6, 2008 · You are given two things from the same category. Name a third thing that's in the same category and falls between the two things alphabetically. For example, given Psycho and Rebecca, the answer would be Rear Window, because all three are Hitchcock films.
June 29, 2008 · Nowadays, the letters IT stand for information technology. But they're also the initials of some other familiar two-word phrases and names. You name them from the clues.
June 22, 2008 · Here are two words. Change one letter in each of them to make two new words that rhyme.
June 15, 2008 · This Friday, the 20th, is the day of the year that has the most daylight. So, here's a game of categories using the word light.
June 8, 2008 · In this week's on-air challenge, every answer is a word or familiar phrase of no more than 12 letters. The word contains at least four T's.
June 1, 2008 · In this week's on-air challenge, you are given anagrams plus an extra letter that you must unscramble to name a river. For example, given "roil" plus E, the answer would be "Loire," the river in France.
May 25, 2008 · In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase in which the first part has a long I vowel sound and the second part has a long O sound. Both parts have just one syllable. For example, given "a small pink flower growing in a field," the answer would be "wild rose."
May 18, 2008 · In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given two sentences. Each sentence has two blanks. A word starting with "UP" goes in the first blank. Move the "UP" to the end, and you'll get a familiar two-word phrase that goes in the second blank to complete the sentence.
May 11, 2008 · In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given clues for six-letter words, each containing the consecutive letters M-A. Remove the M-A, and the remaining four letters, in order, will spell a word answering the second clue.
May 4, 2008 · In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given three words that rhyme with three things that start with the same letter and are in the same category. For example, given "soxer," "facet" and "regal," the answer would be "boxer, "basset" and "beagle."
April 27, 2008 · In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given anagrams of the names of constellations. You name the constellations. For example, given "ray" plus L, the answer would be "Lyra."
April 20, 2008 · For each category Will lists, you must name something that belongs in it that begins with each of the following letters: C, H, A, M and P.
April 13, 2008 · In this week's puzzle, clues are given for two words. The first word has two or more G's in it. Remove all the G's and the remaining letters, in order, will spell the answer to the second clue. For example, given "joke writers" and "prayer ending," the answer would be "gag men" and "amen."
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Each week, New York Times crossword puzzle editor and NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz presents an on-air quiz to one contestant and gives a challenge for Weekend Edition listeners at home.
