Sunday Puzzle: Supermarket Brands
On-air challenge
I’m going to give you some words. For each one, change one letter to get the brand name of something you might buy at a supermarket.
Ex. BOUNCY (paper towels) –> BOUNTY
1. SPRITZ (soft drink)
2. CRUST (toothpaste)
3. ACRID (deodorant)
4. SCORE (mouthwash)
5. WICKS (cough and cold medicine)
6. SPITTLES (candy)
7. ALIVE (pain relief)
8. ANVIL (pain refief)
9. ELDERS (glue)
10. TOAST (soap)
11. WINDER (glass cleaner)
12. GLARE (air freshener)
13. PIXIE (disposable tableware)
14. SKIMPY (peanut butter)
Last week’s challenge
This week’s challenge comes from Steve Baggish, of Arlington, Mass. Name a popular magazine. Rearrange its letters. Then add an O at the end and you’ll name a prominent subject in this magazine’s new issue. What magazine is it? Hint: You don’t need to read this magazine in order to guess the answer.
Challenge answer
People Magazine
Winner
Maureen Perrotte of Ravena, New York.
This week’s challenge
This week’s challenge comes from Ed Pegg Jr. The onetime country duo “Montgomery Gentry” and the classic song “Go on With the Wedding” have a very unusual wordplay property in common. What is it?
If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it below by Thursday, May 29 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle.
As Israel recovers the bodies of three more hostages, how many are still in Gaza?
Israel said Sunday that it has recovered the bodies of three more hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that ignited the ongoing 20-month war in the Gaza Strip.
Iran’s top officials condemn U.S. strikes and assert their right to self-defense
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the American operation an "outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation" of the United Nations Charter and international law.
FedEx founder Fred Smith, who revolutionized package delivery, dies at 80
Smith once said he came up with the name Federal Express because he wanted the company to sound big and important when in fact it was a start-up operation with a future far from assured.
In this rural Colorado valley, cuts to Medicaid would have vast ripple effects
Cuts to Medicaid moving through Congress would shake up health care in the scenic San Luis Valley — with negative downstream effects on local jobs, businesses and education.
LA Dodgers pledge $1 million in support of immigrants amid ICE raids
The pledge comes amid ongoing federal immigration raids targeting migrants in the area, and calls from the Dodgers' fanbase for the organization to speak out against them.
What separates the ultrarich from the just-plain-rich? The gigayacht.
A new collection of essays by New Yorker writer Evan Osnos, The Haves and Have-Yachts, provides rich research and material for the conversation about extreme wealth in America today.
