LIANE HANSEN, host:
From NPR News, this is WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Liane Hansen.
And joining us is puzzlemaster Will Shortz. Hi, Will.
WILL SHORTZ: Hi, Liane.
HANSEN: Welcome back from Jamaica.
SHORTZ: Thanks a lot.
HANSEN: How was the wedding?
SHORTZ: The wedding was informal and very nice. I got to go around the island a little bit. We spent a day in Ocho Rios, which I had previously known only from crosswords.
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HANSEN: You finally get to see the place that the word defines, right?
SHORTZ: That's right.
HANSEN: Glad you're back in New York. So remind us of that challenge you gave us last week.
SHORTZ: Yes. I said take the phrase, Yeshiva Center, which is a place of Jewish studies, rearrange these 13 letters to name a classic movie.
HANSEN: And what movie is it?
SHORTZ: Well, before I tell you answer, I wanted to mention an NPR listener's Web site. He made 13 Scrabble tiles with these letters and he formed funny answers with them and then photographed them. And like - answers like Try Heaven's Ice and I've Cheery Ants. And if you do a Web search on puzzle me this plus NPR, you can find it. Anyway, the correct answer is "Seven Year Itch," with Marilyn Monroe.
HANSEN: You bet - and Tom Ewell. Well, we had over 800 entries from people who solved this puzzle. And our randomly selected winner is Lauren Zentz from Tucson, Arizona.
Hi, Lauren.
Ms. LAUREN ZENTZ (Language Expert): Hello, Liane and Will.
SHORTZ: Hi.
HANSEN: What do you there in Tucson?
Ms. ZENTZ: I'm in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture, working on my doctorate.
HANSEN: Oh, very nice. Well done. Oh, a language expert. Boy, I think I'm going to able to use you as a team player today, huh?
Ms. ZENTZ: I hope so. I hope so.
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HANSEN: Well, glad you're with us. Glad you're here to play. Are you ready?
Ms. ZENTZ: I'm ready.
HANSEN: As ready as we'll ever be. Will, meet Laura, and let's play.
SHORTZ: All right, Laura. And this week's puzzle involves cars. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with C-A and the second word starts with R.
Ms. ZENTZ: Okay.
SHORTZ: For example, if I gave you the clue basis for computing insurance rates, you would say calculated risk. All right, number one is what a store clerk uses to ring up purchases.
Ms. ZENTZ: A cash register.
SHORTZ: Good. A trip by a taxi.
Ms. ZENTZ: Car ride?
SHORTZ: No, a taxi.
Ms. ZENTZ: Cab ride.
SHORTZ: Cab ride, is it. A walk-on part in a movie?
Ms. ZENTZ: Cameo role?
SHORTZ: Uh-huh. Place where they use branding irons?
Ms. ZENTZ: Cattle ranch.
SHORTZ: Cattle ranch is right. The first James Bond book and recent movie remake.
Ms. ZENTZ: Okay. Don't let - need a little help on that one.
HANSEN: This one - I'd know. "Casino Royale."
SHORTZ: "Casino Royale," is it, good. Oriole who's set the record for the most consecutive games played.
Ms. ZENTZ: I guess Cal Ripken on that one.
SHORTZ: That's it. Dancing fruit in an old TV commercial. An odd word. You're not old enough, Lauren.
HANSEN: They heard it through the grapevine - any hint.
SHORTZ: That's it.
Ms. ZENTZ: Okay, California Raisins.
HANSEN: Yeah.
SHORTZ: Yeah, you are old enough. Good.
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SHORTZ: Part of a typewriter that allows you to go from the end of one line to the start of the next.
Ms. ZENTZ: Yeah. Something return. The…
SHORTZ: Yes.
HANSEN: Can I help you out?
Ms. ZENTZ: Yes, you can.
HANSEN: Carriage return.
Ms. ZENTZ: Carriage return
SHORTZ: Carriage return is it.
HANSEN: You know, that's going to go out pretty soon with computers.
SHORTZ: That's another one.
HANSEN: No one's going to know from typewriters.
Ms. ZENTZ: Exactly.
SHORTZ: Exactly. Try this one. A kind of tube, as in a TV or radio.
HANSEN: Again, we're in the ancient ages.
Ms. ZENTZ: Gosh.
HANSEN: Any idea?
Ms. ZENTZ: I've got the radio part but…
HANSEN: It's ray, right? Cathode ray?
Ms. ZENTZ: Oh, cathode ray.
HANSEN: Yeah.
Ms. ZENTZ: Cathode ray.
SHORTZ: Cathode ray is it, good. Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia?
Ms. ZENTZ: The Cascade Range up there?
SHORTZ: No, the Cascade Range - it does go there but they change the name when it gets into Canada. I'm looking for a more generic term.
Ms. ZENTZ: Oh, the Canadian Rockies.
SHORTZ: Canadian Rockies, is it. John Steinbeck novel set in Monterey.
Ms. ZENTZ: Nope, I don't know that one.
HANSEN: "Canary Row"?
SHORTZ: "Canary Row" is it.
Ms. ZENTZ: Okay.
SHORTZ: How about The Beatles label before Apple? Well, I think, you know this…
HANSEN: You like taking us…
Ms. ZENTZ: You know, that's the - I don't know. I don't know.
HANSEN: Capital Records.
SHORTZ: Capital Records is right. How about a division of an army on horseback?
Ms. ZENTZ: Cavalry…
SHORTZ: Yes. Division of an army.
Ms. ZENTZ: Regiment?
HANSEN: Yeah.
SHORTZ: Regiment. Good. Good. Baptism and first communion.
Ms. ZENTZ: Catholic rites?
SHORTZ: That's good. Non-profit group devoted to finding foster homes for dogs. And first, you want to think of a word that means relating to dogs.
Ms. ZENTZ: Canine…
SHORTZ: Yes.
Ms. ZENTZ: …rescue. Canine rescue?
SHORTZ: Canine rescue, good. And your last one, lakefront or riverfront business that offers paddles.
Ms. ZENTZ: Canoe rental.
SHORTZ: Canoe rental, nice work.
HANSEN: Boy, I think we…
Ms. ZENTZ: All right.
HANSEN: …yeah. I think we both had our brain stretched by this one.
Ms. ZENTZ: Yeah.
HANSEN: Yeah. Well, you did well and you're a great teammate, really…
Ms. ZENTZ: We had good fun.
HANSEN: …for playing our puzzle today. Yeah, it was fun, that's the point. And you get some things. You'll get a WEEKEND EDITION lapel pin, the 11th edition of "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus," the Scrabble Deluxe Edition from Parker Brothers, "The Puzzlemaster Presents" from Random House volume 2, Will Shortz' "Little Black Book of Sudoku," and "Black and White Book of Crosswords" from St. Martin's Press, and one of Will Shortz' "Puzzlemaster Decks of Riddles and Challenges" from Chronicle Books.
Lauren, tell us what member station you listen to.
Ms. ZENTZ: KUNZ in Tucson, Arizona.
HANSEN: All right. Well Lauren Zentz from Tucson, Arizona, good luck on your doctorate and thanks a lot for playing the puzzle with us today.
Ms. ZENTZ: Thanks so much for having me.
HANSEN: All right.
Will, a challenge for everyone to play for the next week.
SHORTZ: Yes. This week's challenge comes from listener Larisa Kuhar of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Name a famous American novelist whose last name contains nine letters. Drop the first and last letters. The remaining seven letters can be rearranged to name another famous American novelist. And here's a hint: The first author is male, the second one is female.
So, again, a famous American novelist whose last name contains nine letters. Drop the first and last letters. The remaining seven letters can be rearranged to name another famous American novelist. Who are these authors?
HANSEN: When you have the answer, go to our Web site npr.org/puzzle and click on the Submit Your Answer link. Once again, that's npr.org/puzzle. One entry per person, please. Our deadline this week is Thursday, 3 p.m. Eastern time. Please include a phone number where we can reach you at about that time because we'll call you if you're the winner and you'll get to play puzzle on the air with the puzzle editor of the New York Times and WEEKEND EDITION's puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.
Thanks a lot, Will.
SHORTZ: Thanks, Liane.