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In the City

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Three city-related puzzles:

1. What two United States capitals rhyme with each other?

2. What city name can you make by unscrambling the word DIAGNOSE? (Hint: The city name has two words.)

3. What city name can you make with the word GAVELS, using each letter as often as you want? (This name is also two words.)

Answer

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Each puzzle below consists of three words. You can place a three-letter word in front of each word in a group to make a set of common phrases. For instance, you can put the word BIG in front of MOUTH, DIPPER, and BANG. Can you get the others?

1.
MOUTH
DIPPER
BANG

2.
BALL
FISHING
SWATTER

3.
SECRET
DOLLAR
FORTY

4.
ALERT
CROSS
TAPE

5.
LUCK
ROAST
BELLY

6.
CAMP
CARE
DREAM

Answer

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Reading List

Friday, April 25th, 2008

What do these words have in common?

STREET
EGG
WHO
ZEBRA
CHRISTMAS
HAT
FISH
HAM
POP
SOCKS
POCKET
THINK

If you want to know where to find a hint, click here.

Answer

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Have a Drink

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Below is a list of drinks with most of the letters removed. When two boxes are connected by a line, they contain the same letter. Knowing this, can you recreate the entire list?

For easier solving, you can download this puzzle here.

Answer

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All Sorts

Monday, April 21st, 2008

I’ve organized the alphabet in three different ways below. For instance, if I put AEIOU in one group, and BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ in the other, you would probably figure out that I sorted the consonants from the vowels. Can you figure out how I sorted each of these groups?

1.
CDILMVX
ABEFGHJKNOPQRSTUWYZ

2.
AEFHIKLMNTVWXYZ
BCDGJOPQRSU

3.
EIOPQRTUWY
ADFGHJKLS
BCMNVXZ

Answer

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Aargh, not back yet

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Sorry for the delay, folks.

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Spring Break

Monday, April 7th, 2008

The puzzle will return a week from today, 4/14.

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Hexed

Friday, April 4th, 2008

The answer to each clue below is a six-letter word that encircles its number in the hex grid. The indicator by each number shows where that answer starts, but you’ll have to figure out if the word should go clockwise or counterclockwise. When the grid is complete, the top and bottom rows will spell out a common phrase.