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Sunday Puzzle: Switching It Up

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Sunday Puzzle: Switching It Up

NPR's Debbie Elliot plays the Sunday Puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Laurel Edgecomb of Walnut Creek, California.

Sunday Puzzle: Switching It Up

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Sunday Puzzle: Anagram All The Way

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Sunday Puzzle: Anagram All The Way

This week's puzzle winner Rob Olmstead plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Sunday Puzzle: Anagram All The Way

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Sunday Puzzle: Categories Of Categories

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Sunday Puzzle: Categories Of Categories

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with listener Bill Tighe of Redondo Beach, Calif.

Sunday Puzzle: Categories Of Categories

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Sunday Puzzle: Shuffle A Couple Letters For This Category Challenge

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Sunday Puzzle: Shuffle A Couple Letters For This Category Challenge

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game this week with KCFR listener Richard Bauman of Golden, Colo.

Sunday Puzzle: Shuffle A Couple Letters For This Category Challenge

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Sunday Puzzle: Ch-ch-choose Your Words

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Sunday Puzzle: Ch-ch-choose Your Words

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KQED listener Nabil Tamer of Cupertino, Calif.

Sunday Puzzle: Ch-ch-choose Your Words

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Sunday Puzzle: Name A Category

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Sunday Puzzle: Name A Category

Weekend Edition's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and New York Times Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WWNO listener Eric Bogren of New Orleans, La.

Sunday Puzzle: Name A Category

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Sunday Puzzle: Follow My Lead

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Sunday Puzzle: Follow My Lead

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and this week's puzzle winner Karen Marshall of Shoreline, Wash., work through a tough word game, crafted by puzzle master Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Follow My Lead

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Sunday Puzzle: Once Upon A Time These Names Would Have Been Easy To Recall

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Sunday Puzzle: Once Upon A Time These Names Would Have Been Easy To Recall

This week you'll have to think back to the fairy tales and their characters to solve the puzzle.

Sunday Puzzle: Once Upon A Time These Names Would Have Been Easy To Recall

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You've Got To 'Comb' Together To Solve This One

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You've Got To 'Comb' Together To Solve This One

In this week's puzzle, we'll give you a category. Every answer must start with each of the letters C-O-M-B-S.

You've Got To 'Comb' Together To Solve This One

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You've Got An Ace In The Hole, If You Can Find The Right Words

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You've Got An Ace In The Hole, If You Can Find The Right Words

This week's puzzle presents definitions that give clues to a common phrase.

You've Got An Ace In The Hole, If You Can Find The Right Words

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Top Prize For Solving A Tough Puzzle ... There's A Total Pattern Here

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Top Prize For Solving A Tough Puzzle ... There's A Total Pattern Here

Every answer is a compound word or familiar two-word phrase in which the first part starts 'To' and the second part starts 'P.'

Top Prize For Solving A Tough Puzzle ... There's A Total Pattern Here

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For This Puzzling Retrospective On 2016, You'll Need A Set Of Speakers

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For This Puzzling Retrospective On 2016, You'll Need A Set Of Speakers

We give you some notable quotes from the previous 12 months. You tell us who said them.

For This Puzzling Retrospective On 2016, You'll Need A Set Of Speakers

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To Celebrate A Merry Month, Marry The Letters D, E And C

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To Celebrate A Merry Month, Marry The Letters D, E And C

We're in the merry month of December. Every answer this week is a two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts DE- and the second word starts C.

To Celebrate A Merry Month, Marry The Letters D, E And C

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Leaders, To The Letter: Better Break Out The History Book For This One

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Leaders, To The Letter: Better Break Out The History Book For This One

Every answer this week is the last name of a world leader of the past 100 years. For each country and an anagram of the name, find the name of the leader.

Leaders, To The Letter: Better Break Out The History Book For This One

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What's The Difference Between This Puzzle And Director Werner Herzog?

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What's The Difference Between This Puzzle And Director Werner Herzog?

One bears a question, while the other questioned bears. Now, that headline may seem like a non sequitur, but it's also a little clue to the Sunday Puzzle — which concludes a two-week conundrum.

What's The Difference Between This Puzzle And Director Werner Herzog?

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