Sunday Puzzle
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On air problem
At present’s puzzle is BAD! Each reply is a well-known two-word phrase wherein the primary phrase begins BA- and the second phrase begins D-.
Ex. The place you permit your baggage after checking in for a flight –> BAGGAGE DROPOFF
1. The place a pitcher and catcher play
2. Waltz, tango, or foxtrot
3. Rear entrance to a home
4. Complete of 13 objects, as doughnuts
5. July 14, as celebrated in France
6. New 12 months’s Eve occasion at Occasions Sq.
7. One who offers directions from the rear of a automobile
8. Frozen cocktail made with rum and a yellow-skinned fruit
9. What you may put together a casserole in
10. When you’ve already paid $15 on a $20 bill, then $5 could be this
11. Time period of endearment just like “sweetums” or “honeybunch”
Final week’s problem
Final week’s problem got here from Donn Dimichele, of Redlands, Calif. Identify a well-known musical duo. Take away 4 consecutive letters of the duo’s title and phonetically you may title a well-known nonmusical duo. Who’re they?
Problem reply
Righteous Brothers -> Wright Brothers
Winner
Justin Marciniak of Overland, KS
This week’s problem
This week’s problem comes from Mike Reiss, who’s been a showrunner, author, and producer “The Simpsons.” Consider a fashionable film franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its title is a meals. Change that meals with a single letter and you will get one other fashionable movie franchise. What movies are these?
If the reply to the problem, submit it under by Thursday, March 19 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose solutions are chosen win an opportunity to play the on-air puzzle.
