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To Solve This Puzzle, You Must Name A Person Of Fame
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Sunday Puzzle

To Solve This Puzzle, You Must Name A Person Of Fame

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges Daniel Rosenblum and NPR's Rachel Martin to a celebrity quiz in this week's puzzle.

To Solve This Puzzle, You Must Name A Person Of Fame

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Saturday

Not My Job: We Quiz Craig Fugate, Head Of FEMA, On Zima
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Not My Job: We Quiz Craig Fugate, Head Of FEMA, On Zima

This week we've invited Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to the show. (So if a giant asteroid crashes into Earth while he plays our quiz, you're on your own.)

Not My Job: We Quiz Craig Fugate, Head Of FEMA, On Zima

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Friday

Sunday

Straight Out Of The Funny Papers, Here Are A Few Cartoon Conundrums
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Sunday Puzzle

Straight Out Of The Funny Papers, Here Are A Few Cartoon Conundrums

Every answer this week is the name of a newspaper comic strip or cartoon, past or present. Identify the funnies from their anagrams.

Straight Out Of The Funny Papers, Here Are A Few Cartoon Conundrums

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Saturday

Not My Job: 'Top Gear' Driver Ben Collins Gets Quizzed On Richard Gere

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Not My Job: 'Top Gear' Driver Ben Collins Gets Quizzed On Richard Gere

Collins has written a book called How to Drive so that you, too, can come to a screeching stop right at the edge of a cliff. (Or so we hope.)

Not My Job: 'Top Gear' Driver Ben Collins Gets Quizzed On Richard Gere

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Friday

Ask Me Another

See You Later Alligator

Florida is home to about 1.5 million alligators, so we've crafted this game around the expression, "See you later, alligator!" Each answer contains a word that ends in ator. See you later, gladiator!

See You Later Alligator

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Meet the Experts: Gioia Massa and Melissa Jones

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Meet the Experts: Gioia Massa and Melissa Jones

Because in space, no one can hear you complain about errors in sci-fi movies, we challenge NASA Scientists to a game about space related movies.

Meet the Experts: Gioia Massa and Melissa Jones

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Mike Rowe: Public Radio Shopping Network

We talk to Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs and Somebody's Gotta Do It about his own surprising career path. Then he calls upon his experience as a QVC host in a game about hawking unusual items.

Mike Rowe: Public Radio Shopping Network

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Sunday

Looking For Common Ground? Sometimes All It Takes Is 3 Letters
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Sunday Puzzle

Looking For Common Ground? Sometimes All It Takes Is 3 Letters

Given two kinds of people or things, name something they both do — in three letters. For example, a false witness and a person in bed both lie.

Looking For Common Ground? Sometimes All It Takes Is 3 Letters

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Saturday

Not My Job: Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo Gets Quizzed On Actual Islands
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Not My Job: Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo Gets Quizzed On Actual Islands

We're taping the show in Providence this week, and we can't help but notice — Rhode Island isn't actually an island.

Not My Job: Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo Gets Quizzed On Actual Islands

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Sunday

Want To Find A Synonym? Better Get To Shufflin'
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Sunday Puzzle

Want To Find A Synonym? Better Get To Shufflin'

Given a four-letter word and a six-letter word in this week's puzzle, rearrange the letters of one of them to get a synonym of the other.

Want To Find A Synonym? Better Get To Shufflin'

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Saturday

Not My Job: Actress Rachel Bloom Gets Quizzed On Crazy Ex-Boyfriends
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Not My Job: Actress Rachel Bloom Gets Quizzed On Crazy Ex-Boyfriends

Since she's the creator and star of the show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, we've invited Bloom to answer three questions about some notorious crazy ex-boyfriends.

Not My Job: Actress Rachel Bloom Gets Quizzed On Crazy Ex-Boyfriends

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