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Sunday Puzzle 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 listeners at home.
Sunday Puzzle

Sunday Puzzle

The Weekly Quiz From NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz

Rearranging Titles On The Magazine Rack

Rearrange a series of anagrams to identify some well-known magazines. For example, if given "never point," rearrange the letters to spell "Prevention," the name of a popular health magazine.

Rearranging Titles On The Magazine Rack

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Keep Your Head Above Water

Each answer is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase containing the consecutive letters H-H-O, as in H2O. For example, given the clue "Dutch province containing Rotterdam and The Hague," the answer would be "South Holland."

Keep Your Head Above Water

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Where In The Blanks Are The Answers?

Every answer is a familiar phrase in the form of "_____ for _____ ." Given the word that follows "for," what's the first word that precedes "for"? For example, if you're given "joy," the answer would be "jump" to complete the phrase "jump for joy."

Where In The Blanks Are The Answers?

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A Four-Letter Word For Capital City

Every answer is the name of a world capital. You'll be given a four-letter word. The first two letters are the first two letters of the city's name, and the last two are the last two letters of the country's name. For example, if you were given "loin," the answer would be London, Great Britain.

A Four-Letter Word For Capital City

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Two Words Enter, One Meaning Leaves

You will be given a five-letter word and seven-letter word. Rearrange the letters of one of these words to get a synonym of the other. For example, if you are given "alloy" and "devoted," the answer would be "loyal," which is an anagram of "alloy."

Two Words Enter, One Meaning Leaves

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Putting The Name Back In The Fame

You will be given the name of a famous person without the first and last letters of their first and last names. Find the missing letters to add onto the name. For example, if you are given "err row," the answer would be "Jerry Brown."

Putting The Name Back In The Fame

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Sometimes You've Got To Find The Right Word

You'll be given three words. Name the fourth word that, when added to each of these words, creates a familiar two-word phrase. The answer will rhyme with one of the three words. For example, if you're given "boob," "inner" and "test," the fourth word would be "tube."

Sometimes You've Got To Find The Right Word

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A Supreme Court Order

In honor of the start of the Supreme Court's new term, think of five words related to a given category whose first letters spell out "court." For example, if the category was girls' names, the answers could be (C)onnie, (O)lga, (U)ma, (R)achel and (T)ina.

A Supreme Court Order

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