SUNDAY PUZZLE 02/01/26
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SUNDAY PUZZLE 02/01/26
"I'm going to give you some clues. The answer to each one rhymes with the last word in the clue. Ex. The sky's hue --> Blue 1. Toy that flies to great height 2. Pistol, for one 3. Funeral fire 4. Things you count when you have trouble getting to sleep 5. Friars event with a celebrity host 6. Brand of pen that you can click 7. Place to acquire knowledge 8. Have uncertainty about 9. Not go away"
"10. King Felipe VI's domain 11. Three plus one more 12. Locale for someone who needs bail 13. One-tenth of a bowling game 14. Like the runner that all the others have passed 15. Quick blow on a flute 16. Superior to all the rest 17. Was rank 18. New addition to a family, maybe Last week's challenge Challenge: Last week's challenge came from Evan Kalish, of Bayside, N.Y."
A rhyming puzzle presents eighteen numbered clues; each answer must rhyme with the last word of its clue, illustrated by 'The sky's hue → Blue.' Clues request a range of items and concepts: a toy that flies to great height, a pistol, a funeral fire, things to count to fall asleep, a friars event with a celebrity host, a brand of click pen, a place to acquire knowledge, uncertainty, and many other descriptors through clue eighteen. A prior weekly challenge named singer Alicia Keys with winner Laurie Rose. A current challenge from Alan Hochbaum asks solvers to combine all letters of one hooved animal and the last three letters of another to form a famous actress's first and last names.
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