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Hey, I've Got Five On It!
Updated: 2012-02-12 18:37:52
Description: Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase, name or title in which each word has five letters — for example, "Royal Opera House."...more...

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Rearranging The Deck Chairs On The Anti-Tic
Updated: 2012-02-05 18:34:56
Description: Each clue contains at least one seven-letter word. Rearrange the letters in that word to answer the clue....more...

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This Puzzle Is The Pits
Updated: 2012-01-29 18:39:02
Description: Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with "PI" and the second word starts with "T."...more...

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Sitting Comfortably In Between
Updated: 2012-01-22 18:36:59
Description: You'll be given two things in the same category. You name the only other thing in the same category that fits between the given things alphabetically. For example, given "Mars" and "Saturn," the answer would be "Mercury."...more...

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Second To Last
Updated: 2012-01-15 18:37:04
Description: Think of a word that can follow a given word to complete a familiar two-word phrase or name. The first two letters of the word must be the second and last letters, respectively, of the given word. For example, given "fallen," the answer would b...more...

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Arrange The Notes
Updated: 2012-01-08 18:30:34
Description: Each answer is a five-letter word or phrase containing the letters N, O, T, E plus one other letter. Answer the clues to get the words....more...

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The Fame Game
Updated: 2012-01-01 18:33:24
Description: In our annual year-end news quiz, you are given new names in the news — people you probably never heard of before 2011, but who became famous during the past 12 months. Explain why they're famous....more...

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Unwrap The Phrase To Reveal A Gift
Updated: 2011-12-25 18:35:12
Description: Identify a gift for a child spelled by consecutive letters in familiar two-word phrases. For example, if given "tomato paste," the answer would be "top."...more...

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Rearranging Titles On The Magazine Rack
Updated: 2011-12-18 18:31:13
Description: 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....more...

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Teasing Out A New Word
Updated: 2011-12-11 18:40:11
Description: Add a letter to create new words in a series of word teasers....more...

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Making Changes Is Up To You
Updated: 2011-12-04 18:34:41
Description: Change one letter in each word of a made-up, two-word phrase to get two new words that will start a familiar proverb or saying. Determining which letters to change is up to you....more...

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Keep Your Head Above Water
Updated: 2011-11-27 18:38:01
Description: 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."...more...

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Where In The Blanks Are The Answers?
Updated: 2011-11-20 21:43:01
Description: 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 j...more...

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A Four-Letter Word For Capital City
Updated: 2011-11-14 08:15:35
Description: 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 "l...more...

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Two Words Enter, One Meaning Leaves
Updated: 2011-11-06 18:34:21
Description: 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 "all...more...

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Putting The Name Back In The Fame
Updated: 2011-10-30 17:32:15
Description: 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."...more...

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Sometimes You've Got To Find The Right Word
Updated: 2011-10-23 17:39:12
Description: 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 fourt...more...

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A Puzzle Riddled With Objects
Updated: 2011-10-16 17:37:07
Description: Identify the objects described in a series of riddles from A New Collection of Riddles by Jesse Cochran....more...

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A Highly Logical Christopher Columbus
Updated: 2011-10-09 17:46:51
Description: Identify errors of fact, logic and grammar in a short essay on Christopher Columbus....more...

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A Supreme Court Order
Updated: 2011-10-02 20:34:14
Description: 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...more...

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Islands In The Stream
Updated: 2011-09-25 17:34:15
Description: Name the well-known island concealed in consecutive letters of each sentence. For example: "Helga is a saucy Prussian." The answer: "Cyprus."...more...

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A College Campus Mix-Up
Updated: 2011-09-18 17:35:42
Description: Every answer is the name of a college or university. You must identify the schools from their anagrams. For example: "ICER" The answer: "RICE."...more...

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The End Is The Beginning
Updated: 2011-09-04 17:33:47
Description: Will names something in a category. The challenge is to name something else in the same category in which the last two letters of Will's word are the first two letters of the answer....more...

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An Anagram Challenge
Updated: 2011-08-28 17:48:30
Description: Every answer is the name of a card game. You must name the game from its anagram. For example: "THIS" plus "W". The answer is: "WHIST"...more...

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Lest We Forget
Updated: 2011-08-21 17:41:11
Description: Every word is a compound word, or a familiar two-word phrase or name, with the consecutive letters L — E — S — T. Specifically, the first word ends in L-E and second part starts with S-T. For example, "activity in a seminary." The answer wo...more...

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Finding The Ends
Updated: 2011-08-14 18:08:27
Description: Will brings a twist to an old game of categories. He gives some categories, and for each one, the listeners name something in it that ends in the letters E,N,D, and S. For example, if the category is boy's names, the answer could be Luk(e), Aaro(n...more...

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Race To The Top
Updated: 2011-08-07 21:04:51
Description: Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with T-O and the second word starts with P. For example, given, "a person who is responsible for organizing a series of live concerts," the answer would be "tour promot...more...

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Hey, How About A Roll In The Hay?
Updated: 2011-07-31 17:41:10
Description: Each answer is a pair of homophones, which are words that sound alike but are spelled differently. You are given two words: One would precede one of the homophones, the other would follow the other, to complete a familiar two-word phrase. For example...more...

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A Stroll Down Main Street
Updated: 2011-07-24 17:37:42
Description: Every answer is the name of a state capital. You are given a word. The first letters in the word are the first letters in the name of the capital. The last letters in the word are the last letters in the name of that capital's state....more...

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Barking Up The Right Tree
Updated: 2011-07-17 17:36:08
Description: Every answer is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase in which each part is a single syllable. The vowel sound in the first half is a long I, and the vowel sound in the second half is a long O. For example, given the clue "something found on ...more...

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Call My Bluff
Updated: 2011-07-10 17:38:23
Description: Every answer ends with the letter F. You are given an anagram of the letters before the F. For example, given the word "flub," the answer would be "bluff."...more...

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Losing Letters One Blank At A Time
Updated: 2011-07-03 17:48:26
Description: You are given a series of sentences, each of which is missing three words. The word in the first blank is five letters long. Drop the last letter to get a four-letter word for the second blank. Drop the last letter to get a three-letter answer for th...more...

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Screen Play
Updated: 2011-06-26 17:35:31
Description: Each answer is the name of a well-known film. You are given three words. Say the words out loud quickly to identify the film. For example, given the words "booty," "Andy" and "pieced," the answer would be Beauty and the Beast....more...

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A Word Game In Rare Form
Updated: 2011-06-19 17:46:39
Description: The four rarest letters in the alphabet are J, Q, X and Z. You are given a familiar word and must change one letter in it to a J, Q, X or Z to get another familiar word. For example, given the clue "enact," the answer would be "exact."...more...

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It's Lonely At The TOP
Updated: 2011-06-12 17:35:01
Description: You are given three words, starting with the letters T, O and P, and must come up with a fourth word that can follow the words and complete a familiar two-word phrase. For example, given the words "taste," "oral" and "paternity," the answer would ...more...

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Your Goose Is Cooked
Updated: 2011-06-05 17:43:04
Description: Every answer is a compound word or familiar two-word phrase, in which the first word has a long O for its vowel sound and the second word has a long U. For example, given the clue "a traditional Christmas entrée," the answer would be "goose."...more...

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