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Sunday Puzzle: Can you guess the body part with these clues? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Thom Gillis of Livonia, Michigan. Also, some listener well wishes for NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Another fun morning with Ayesha Rascoe on NPR Weekend Edition! My favorite clue for a body part: “It’s inside your body.” 😁

Nice messages from listeners for Will, at the end. We all look forward to having The Puzzlemaster back!

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Sunday Puzzle: [MO]untain [HO]use getaway NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with guest puzzler Greg Pliska and listener Steve Cosgrove from Minneapolis. Also, an update on NPR Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.

Another magical Sunday puzzling with Ayesha Rascoe on NPR's Weekend Edition, though tinged with sadness at the news finally being shared of our dear friend and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz’s stroke last month.

You can hear his message at the end of the segment here: www.npr.org/2024/03/03/1...

Podcasting secrets 101: How we set up mic stands at THE PUZZLER.

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So much fun sitting in for Will Shortz today on the @npr.org Sunday Puzzle! Puzzle is two-word phrases that hide the names of famous Black Americans, and I didn’t get to use this one:

HOFSTRA’S COEDUCATIONAL

Thanks to a great host, Ayesha Rascoe

Huge thanks, too, to Sarah Oliver and the whole production team. I’ve been listening to your great work every weekend for decades!

Wow. Such a humbling and wonderful experience sitting in for Will on @npr.org Weekend Edition Sunday. Thanks to Debbie Elliott for being a great on-air partner, and to Kyle Shenk for being a clever puzzle solver!

Puzzling friends! @ajjacobs.bsky.social and I will be appearing on WNYC around 11:30 today to chat with Brian Lehrer about THE PUZZLER PODCAST, and play puzzles live with some listeners. Tune in!

Melon Musk obviously a new Southern Reach perfume.

I am not the first to notice that the Eagles have running backs named SWIFT and GAINWELL.

The “Ah-Ha” Moment We talk with The Puzzler about finding the right amount of…

@ajjacobs.bsky.social and I got to chat with Christopher Short @geekswhodrink.bsky.social about trivia and puzzles. Check it out: www.geekswhodrink.com/questionist/...

We also played the new GWD game Thrice! Check it out! www.geekswhodrink.com/questionist/...

Torn meniscus. Hobbling but healing.

If I gotta have THIS, then I’m glad I also have PUZZLEMANIA!

First tweet is someone demanding a Christian pride month with christian music and CHristian flag and Christian programming and Christian parades and the QT is: She just described december

@ophirae.bsky.social joins us on The Puzzler today!

Analysis | New Hampshire shows how deeply rooted Trump’s fraud lies are A new poll reveals that most Republican primary voters in the state say they think Joe Biden is president because of electoral fraud, which is obviously false.

A new measure of how baked-in Trump’s fraud nonsense is with Republican voters.

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Of course! I just couldn’t put my finger on it.

Was this a joint project?

Two extraordinary playoff series possibly concluding tonight, plus Niners-Vikings. I will have to turn on three TVs at once. And we only own one.

This week on the Puzzler: Baratunde Thurston delights us with his reactions to puzzles about Zen, rare bucket list destinations, and tuna bread.

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Elon Musk tweet: “Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money? It certainly isn’t needed to operate Wikipedia. You can literally fit a copy of the entire text on your phone! So, what’s the money for? Inquiring minds want to know …”

The difference between Wikipedia and Twitter is that Wikipedia is intentionally a non-profit.

What federal hate-crime data looks like over the past decade. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Screenshot of a tweet posted one day ago by a user whose display name is "Lucas Gage" and handle is "Lucas_Gage_." His profile picture is a black and white photo of a bald white man in a black T-shirt, standing in front of a wall with his arms folded. The tweet reads: "Finally got paid for dropping red pills and triggering people." It includes a screenshot of an email from Twitter, with it's new X logo at the top. The email reads: "Hey @Lucas_Gage_, $165.52 has been deposited into your account from X Ads Revenue Sharing. Thank you for creating on X. X Monetization" Statistics at the bottom of the tweet show it has 36 replies, 32 reposts, 651 likes, and has been viewed 17,000 times.

Angelo John Gage, a neo-Nazi who recently started using the name "Lucas Gage" and whose Twitter feed is a constant stream of antisemitism and racism, says he received his first payment through the platform's revenue sharing system.

It's was $165.52 — not much, obviously. But it's also not nothing.

When you have to drop your daughter for a flight and they make you stay until takeoff because she’s a minor, THIS is how you wait in style. #eero #TWAHotel

Hey! I made it here! Thanks @mossdef.bsky.social !