"I'm going to name three things. You tell me something they all have in common. Ex. Telephone Saturn Tree stump --> RINGS 1. Face Needle Hurricane 2. Hospital Pickup truck Flower garden 3. Pen Finger Waiter 4. Fireplace Rustic cabin Ship's captain 5. Geisha Car engine Celebrity 7. Men's clothing store Deck of cards Law firm 8. Fish Map Butcher 9. Tavern N.F.L. Room with an open window"
"Last week's challenge Last week's challenge came from Michael Schwartz, of Florence, Ore. Name something in 7 letters that's designed to help you lose weight. Insert the letters EP somewhere inside this word to get a two-word phrase naming things that are likely to add weight. What words are these? Answer: pie plates Winner Shyra Latiolais of New Orleans, Louisiana."
"This week's challenge This week's challenge comes from Tom Streit, of Crozet, Va. A man said to a friend: "I'm thinking of a 9-letter word that contains my name, Ian ("I-A-N"), embedded somewhere inside it. If you replace my 3-letter name with your 4-letter name, you'll get a familiar word in 10 letters." What are the two words, and what is the name of Ian's friend?"
Several three-things puzzles present triples of items and ask for a single word or concept they share. An example is Telephone, Saturn and Tree stump yielding RINGS. Last week's challenge asked for a seven-letter word designed to help lose weight; inserting the letters EP somewhere in that word produces a two-word phrase naming items likely to add weight. The answer pair was a seven-letter word and the two-word phrase pie plates; the winner was Shyra Latiolais. This week's challenge asks for a nine-letter word containing IAN that becomes a familiar ten-letter word when IAN is replaced by a friend's four-letter name.
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