"A man said to a friend: "I'm thinking of a nine-letter word that contains my name, Ian (I-A-N), embedded somewhere inside it. If you replace my three-letter name with your four-letter name, you'll get a familiar word in 10 letters." What are the two words, and what is the name of Ian's friend? Challenge answer The first word is "appliance." If you change the "Ian" to "Esau" you get "applesauce.""
"This week's challenge comes from Greg VanMechelen, of Berkeley, California. Name something you don't want to have at night using two words (3,5). Shift each of the letters of the second word nine spaces later in the alphabet. If your count reaches the end of the alphabet, continue counting from the start. The result will name a famous singer. If you know the answer to the challenge, submit it below by Thursday, February 26 at 3 p.m. ET."
Puzzle instructions require finding two four-letter words for each clue and inserting an "r" between them to form a common nine-letter word. Eight numbered clue pairs present brief definitions for the component words and an example demonstrates the process. A prior weekly puzzle transformed "appliance" into "applesauce" by replacing "Ian" with "Esau," and a winner was named. The current weekly challenge asks for a two-word phrase (3,5) naming something undesirable at night, then shifting each letter of the second word nine places forward to reveal a famous singer, with submission deadline and entry details provided.
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