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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsToday's NPR puzzler was fun (anagrams)
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Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase in the form "____ of ____." The letters in the first and last words of each phrase are rearranged. You give the phrases. For example, "Cat of Dog " becomes "Act of God."
taco of mars = [font color="white" size="size" face="face"]coat of arms[/font]
cork of sage = [font color="white" size="size" face="face"]rock of ages[/font]
dies of charm = [font color="white" size="size" face="face"]ides of march[/font]
danger of need = [font color="white" size="size" face="face"]garden of eden[/font]
taste of hocks = [font color="white" size="size" face="face"]state of shock[/font]
thea of tablet = [font color="white" size="size" face="face"]heat of battle[/font]
mage of hornets = [font color="white" size="size" face="face"]game of thrones[/font]
stapler of pairs = [font color="white" size="size" face="face"]plaster of paris[/font]
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Today's NPR puzzler was fun (anagrams) (Original Post)
pokerfan
Dec 2012
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)1. coat of arms
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)2. rock of ages
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)3. ides of march
Graybeard
(6,996 posts)6. garden of eden
Got them all but this was the toughest.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)7. garden of eden
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)4. game of thrones
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)5. state of shock
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)8. heat of battle
Graybeard
(6,996 posts)9. plaster of paris
Love NPR Puzzles.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)10. plaster of paris
fun quiz
nolabear
(42,002 posts)11. For some reason one of the easiest things in the world for me.
Done in seconds.
petronius
(26,613 posts)12. Very fun - but I don't think I'd have wanted to do that one on the air
Seeing the letters really helped...