Andrew J. Ries has a few new experiments, and we are his subjects. By Caitlin Lovinger VARIETY PUZZLE — I’m declaring 2020 the year of cryptic puzzles, all sorts, especially for those of you with a ...

VARIETY PUZZLE — Hello, and welcome back to another episode of “Does Deb Remember How to Do This?” My guest today is a Puns & Anagrams puzzle by Daniel Raymon. First, let’s have a hearty round of ...

Since antiquity, we have been fascinated by a seemingly simple verbal mind game: Can the letters in a word be rearranged to produce another word that reveals a meaning hidden in the original word?

As is well known, anagrams are ancient. Today, we see them as an interesting genre of wordplay. But they were hardly perceived as such in the past, and to an extent even today. Anagrams of people’s ...

On-air challenge: I'm going to give you some words. Anagram each one to make a new word. And as a help, the first three letters of my word will be the first three letters of your answer. Last week's ...

On-air Challenge: Every answer today is a familiar phrase in the form "___ of the ___." I'll give you anagrams of the first and last words. You give me the phrases. Last week's challenge: This week's ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with VPM listener Kathleen Martin of Richmond, Va., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz. Sunday Puzzle: Spooky anagrams On-air challenge: Every answer today is the name ...

Mel Taub, the longtime creator of the Puns and Anagrams puzzle for The New York Times -- a form that involved wordplay and groan-inducing puns, of which Taub was a master -- died on Sept. 14 at his ...

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