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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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Oh, You Think You Know Us? Test Your Mettle With A Very NPR Puzzle

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Oh, You Think You Know Us? Test Your Mettle With A Very NPR Puzzle

Every answer is the name of an NPR host — that is, one of the colleagues of this week's special guest, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who will be taking over as host of Weekend Edition Sunday.

Oh, You Think You Know Us? Test Your Mettle With A Very NPR Puzzle

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'Tween Team: 2 Letters Get Right In The Middle Of This Puzzle

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'Tween Team: 2 Letters Get Right In The Middle Of This Puzzle

In this week's puzzle, insert the letters A and R into the middle of the first clue to get the answer to the second clue.

'Tween Team: 2 Letters Get Right In The Middle Of This Puzzle

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Alphabet Squeeze: Better Know Your ABCs To Slip Into This Puzzle

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Alphabet Squeeze: Better Know Your ABCs To Slip Into This Puzzle

You'll be given a category and something in the category that closely follows the name of the category alphabetically. Name the only other thing in the category that fits between them alphabetically.

Alphabet Squeeze: Better Know Your ABCs To Slip Into This Puzzle

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Donate A Bit Of Your Time To This SuperPAC (Puzzle)

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Donate A Bit Of Your Time To This SuperPAC (Puzzle)

This week's puzzle is called "SuperPACs." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with PA- and the second word starts with C.

Donate A Bit Of Your Time To This SuperPAC (Puzzle)

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Hark! Who Goes There? Why, It's A Puzzle For A 'Guard'

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Hark! Who Goes There? Why, It's A Puzzle For A 'Guard'

This is a game of categories based on the word "guard." For each category given, name something in it starting with each of the letters G-U-A-R-D.

Hark! Who Goes There? Why, It's A Puzzle For A 'Guard'

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When It Comes To The Puzzle, Don't Mail It In — Just Exchange A Letter

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When It Comes To The Puzzle, Don't Mail It In — Just Exchange A Letter

Given two words in this week's puzzle, move one letter from one of hem and insert it in the other — without changing the order of any of the letters — to get two synonyms.

When It Comes To The Puzzle, Don't Mail It In — Just Exchange A Letter

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For A Sunny, Punny Sunday Trip, How About A Trip To The Grocery Isle?

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For A Sunny, Punny Sunday Trip, How About A Trip To The Grocery Isle?

Every answer this week is a pun on a well-known food brand at a grocery or supermarket.

For A Sunny, Punny Sunday Trip, How About A Trip To The Grocery Isle?

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Want To Get An A? Better Know Your Words Backward And Forward

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Want To Get An A? Better Know Your Words Backward And Forward

For each question in this week's puzzle, you'll be given a word ending in the letter A. Anagram each of them to get a familiar word starting with A.

Want To Get An A? Better Know Your Words Backward And Forward

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Do You Remember The First 3 Letters Of September?

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Do You Remember The First 3 Letters Of September?

It's not just Earth, Wind & Fire who'd like you to remember September. The words in this week's puzzle each start with one of the first three letters of our current month.

Do You Remember The First 3 Letters Of September?

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It's A Race To The End — Of The Alphabet

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It's A Race To The End — Of The Alphabet

For this week's puzzle, you'll get a list of categories. Alphabetize the category's members by the last letter of each word to find the answer.

It's A Race To The End — Of The Alphabet

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