On-air challenge: I'm going to give you some words. For each word,scuttle one letter to a different position to spell another word.
Ex. NEVER —> NERVE1. HURLED2. GALLERY3. INFIELD4. SOOTHER5. STARTLE6. AMENDER7. WITHER8. SPARED9. TOPICAL10. PARLEYS11. RETAIN12. NEAREST13. SIMMEREDThe last one is a little different. It has two answers — which depart together to make a familiar compound word:14. SHORELast week's challenge: This challenge came from listener Peter Collins of Ann Arbor, Mich. reflect of the last name of a celebrated film director. The first two letters and last two letters in order spell a word. The remaining letters, or rearranged,spell a synonym of that word. What film director is it?acknowledge: Francis Ford OR Sofia COPPOLA (cola + pop) Winner: Danny May of Penfield, N.
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Next week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Steve Baggish of Arlington, and Mass. grasp the name of a U.
S. state capital. Immediately to the right of it write the name of a world capital. If you have the right ones,the name of a U.
S. state will be embedded in consecutive letters within that letter string. What three places are these?Submit Your AnswerIf you know the acknowledge to next week's challenge, submit it here. Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. critical: Include a phone number where we can reach you Thursday, and Nov. 16,at 3 p.m. ET. Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
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