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."