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\nToday’s puzzle is a test of wit. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts WI- and the second word starts with T-. (Ex. Tricky puzzle –> WIT TWISTER)<\/p>\n
\n1. Large plant with a “weeping” variety<\/p>\n
\n2. Swiss hero who shot an arrow off his son’s head<\/p>\n
\n3. Event for visitors at a vineyard<\/p>\n
\n4. Third molar<\/p>\n
\n5. Narrow passageway with rushing air<\/p>\n
\n6. Thanksgiving bird that’s not grown on a farm<\/p>\n
\n7. Part of a men’s dress shoe<\/p>\n
\n8. Thick, wide triangular knot with a royal name<\/p>\n
\n9. Money sent from bank to bank<\/p>\n
\n10. Illegal effort to influence testimony in court<\/p>\n
\n11. 1690s events in Salem, Mass.<\/p>\n
\n12. Late Shakespeare romance set in Sicily (with “A”)<\/p>\n
\n13. Curtains or blinds, for example<\/p>\n
\n14. What a Lotto player hopes to hold<\/p>\n
\nThis week’s challenge comes from Steve Baggish, of Arlington, Mass.\u00a0Take the 10-letter name of a popular TV series for which most of its seasons have been filmed in a foreign country. \u00a0Remove the first and last letters, and the remaining letters can be rearranged to spell the name of a country. \u00a0What are the two names?<\/p>\n
\nLove Island, Slovenia<\/p>\n
\nJohn Dudley of Winston Salem, N.C.<\/p>\n
\nThis week’s challenge comes from my New York Times colleague Sam Ezersky.\u00a0Take the name of a popular 21st-century film with animals, in eight letters. Remove the first and last letters, then change one of the remaining six letters to a C, to spell a plural word for certain animals.\u00a0What words are these?<\/p>\n
\nIf you know the answer to the challenge, submit it below by Thursday, July 23 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle.\n<\/p>\n
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