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On-air challenge <\/p>\n
Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase, in which the first and last words are the same, and the middle word is “to.”<\/p>\n
Ex. Like a lease that has no expiration date \u00a0 –> \u00a0 MONTH TO MONTH<\/p>\n
1. Consecutive, as wins<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Like carpet that fully covers a room<\/p>\n
3. Clear across the United States<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0[Fill in the blank:] ___ resuscitation<\/p>\n
5. Deeply personal, as a conversation between two people<\/p>\n
6. Like heavy traffic<\/p>\n
7. How a traveling salesman may go around a neighborhood<\/p>\n
8. The time 9:50<\/p>\n
9. Like two people directly in front of each other<\/p>\n
10. When making a comparison, things you should compare because they’re alike<\/p>\n
11. Kind of defense in basketball<\/p>\n
12. [Double:] Line from a burial service suggesting the transience of physical life<\/p>\n
Last week’s challenge <\/p>\n
Last week’s challenge comes from James Ellison, of Jefferson City, Mo. Think of a popular movie of the past decade. Change the last letter in its title. The result will suggest a lawsuit between two politicians of the late 20th century — one Republican and one Democrat. What’s the movie and who are the people?<\/p>\n
Answer: “Ford v Ferrari” –> (Gerald) Ford vs. (Geraldine) Ferraro<\/p>\n
This week’s challenge <\/p>\n
This week’s challenge comes from Gordon Legge, of South Minneapolis, Minn. Name an animal whose first five letters in order spell a religious figure. And if you change the animal’s next-to-last letter, its last five letters in order will spell another religious figure. What animal is this?<\/p>\n
If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it here by Thursday, April 30 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: include a phone number where we can reach you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday Puzzle NPR hide caption toggle caption NPR On-air challenge Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-418786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}