Three puzzles from NPR
Morning Edition 1/2/2005, with host Liane Hansen
and puzzle master Will Shortz.
[0:38]
"Think of a nine-letter, hyphenated word meaning something extremely
simple, move the first and fifth letters four spaces later in the
alphabet. The result will name a famous actor, 3-6."
[1:35]
"Every answer today is an anagram of a world capital. For
example, if I gave you the word 'solo'... you would say 'Oslo'.
[5:54]
"Name two familiar units of measure, one in five letters, the other in
four, Spoonerize them, that is, interchange their initial consonant
sounds, to get two synonyms, still in five and four letters
respectively. For example, if the measures were 'liter' and
'gram', you'ld Spoonerize them to get 'greeter' and 'lamb', which
however are not synonyms."