On-air challenge
I'm going to give you anagrams for some common highway and street signs. You tell me the signs. (Ex. OPT + S --> STOP)
1. TIE + X
2. OWL + S
3. LIED + Y
4. GERM + E
5. COOLS + H
6. UNLET + N
7. ROUTE + D
8. TOSSUP + B
9. OUTRUN + N
10. INDEXER + G
11. PRANKING + O
12. DELI ITEMS + P
13. NEARSIGHTED + L
Last week's challenge
Name a product in seven letters that people buy in a shop that typically sells only this product. The last four letters backward spell what people often do to this product. Rearrange the first three letters to spell what people then do to this product. What product is it?
Challenge answer
Spirits —> stir, sip
Winner
Adam Boyette of Fort Worth, Texas
This week's challenge
This week's challenge comes from Alan Hochbaum, of Duluth, Ga. There are two neighboring countries whose names have anagrams that rhyme with each other. What are the countries and their anagrams?
If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it below by Thursday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle.
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