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Sunday Puzzle: Name two, start with three

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On-air challenge

If I asked you to name two occupations starting with the letters ENG-, you might say Engineer and Engraver. Now try these:

Name two … starting with …

1. Parts of the mouth … TON
2. Chemical elements … SIL
3. Mammals … BEA
4. Dances … CHA
5. Alcoholic drinks … MAR
6. Units of distance … MIL
7. Tropical trees … BAN
8. Brands of candy … TWI
9. Hand tools … SCR
10. Spaces in which to hang coats … CLO
11. Words in “The Star-Spangled Banner” … PRO

Last week’s challenge

Name certain female animals. Insert a T somewhere inside the word, and you’ll get a synonym for this animal’s offspring. What animals are these?

Challenge answer

Does –> Dotes. Fawns.

Winner

Jerry Tsai of Los Angeles, Calif.

This week’s challenge

This week’s challenge comes from Evan Kalish, of Bayside, N.Y. Take a child’s game, in eight letters. Change the sixth letter to ‘ch’ and, phonetically, you’ll have a popular animated children’s character. What are the game and the character?

If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it below by Thursday, June 19 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle.

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