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Posted by TerranceV | Uncategorized | Posted on April 30th, 2011

Story By: by Will Shortz

On-Air Challenge: Every answer is a familiar proverb or saying that contains a word that starts with the letter T. You are given the T word and must guess the saying. For some words, there are multiple answers. For example, given the word “try,” the answer could be, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”

Last Week’s Challenge: From puzzle writer Francis Heaney: Take the word “calm” and flip the letters A and L to get “clam.” Take the last name of a film director known for using profanity, and flip two pairs of letters in place to get a word used as a substitute for profanity. Who’s the director, and what’s the word?

Answer: Tarantino (as in Quentin Tarantino) and tarnation

Winner: Jaxon and Arlene Teck of Rockaway, N.J.

Next Week’s Challenge: Assign every letter of the alphabet a numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3 and so forth. Think of a classic work of literature that has eight letters in its title. When the letters are given a numerical value, they add up to 35. What’s the title? Clue: The title has two words.

Submit Your Answer

If you know the answer to next week’s challenge, submit it here. Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you Thursday at 3 p.m. Eastern.

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