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Sunday Puzzle: Grocery Brand Names

Sunday Puzzle
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Sunday Puzzle

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. SMACKERS
2. FOLDERS
3. COLLATE
4. DRANK
5. CANNON
6. STARKEST
7. KNICKERS
8. PONDER
9. COOKS
10. CENTS
11. BASELINE
12. HELLO
13. DOMING
14. HOSTELS
15. CANADA DAY

Last week's challenge: It comes from listener Lyndsey Terry of Chicago. Name a part of the human body in seven letters as a B and rearrange the result to get another part of the body.

Challenge answer: Toenail. Add a B and scramble, you get Tailbone.

Winner: Wendy Belkin of Clearwater, Florida

This week's challenge: It comes from listener Ward Hartenstein, of Rochester, N.Y. Name a well-known cartoon character in eight letters. Change the last letter to a U and rearrange the result to make a phrase you might see on a Valentine's Day card.

Submit Your Answer

If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it here by Thursday, February 6th at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: include a phone number where we can reach you.

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NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has appeared on Weekend Edition Sunday since the program's start in 1987. He's also the crossword editor of The New York Times, the former editor of Games magazine, and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (since 1978).
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