Sunday Puzzle
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On-air problem
I’ll offer you two five-letter phrases. Add the identical two letters on the finish of the primary one and the beginning of the second, in every case to finish a well-recognized seven-letter phrase.
Ex. Later Prepared –> LATERAL/ALREADY
1. Behavior Tempt
2. Laten Press
3. Clean Ching
4. Since Venue
5. Shack Groom
6. Surge Stage
Final week’s problem
Final week’s problem got here from Rawson Sheinberg. of Plymouth, Mich. Consider a U.S. metropolis with a two-word identify. Add a letter to the primary phrase, with out rearranging letters, to call a rustic. Then, with out including a letter, rearrange the letters of the second phrase to call one other nation. What locations are these?
Reply: Los Angeles –> Laos, Senegal
Winner
Elaine Neel of Derby, Kansas.
This week’s problem
Subsequent weekend would be the 186th conference of the Nationwide Puzzler League, in Bloomington, Ind., which I will be attending as at all times. Two different individuals who will probably be there are Henri Picciotto and Joshua Kosman, who created this week’s problem. Title two phrases which might be opposites. They share a single letter. Take away that shared letter from every phrase, put a hyphen between the 2 beginning phrases, and you will get a time period you typically see in meals advertisements. What are the 2 phrases?
If you understand the reply to the problem, submit it right here by Thursday, July 9 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose solutions are chosen win an opportunity to play the on-air puzzle. Vital: embody a telephone quantity the place we are able to attain you.
