"Every answer today is the name of a breed or variety of dog. What kind of dog ... 1. ... is also a pugilist? 2. ... consists of an informal term for "food" said twice? (2 words) 3. ... would become a brand of bottled water if you changed the first letter from T to P? 4. ... would sound like a musical instrument if you changed the first vowel sound from long E to long U? 5. ... would become a brand of marker if you reversed the order of the last two letters?"
"6. ... has three H's in its nine-letter name? 7. ... contains somewhere within it the consecutive letters -CHSH-? 8. ... contains a place in Canada as part of its name? (two answers -- one of which is 2 words) 9. ... is an anagram of SOMEDAY?"
"This week's challenge This week's challenge comes from Al Gori, of Cozy Lake, N.J. Name a place where games are played. Move the last two letters to the beginning. Change the new last letter to an "H." The result, sadly, is what you might have when you leave this place."
Every answer is the name of a breed or variety of dog. Nine numbered clues present different wordplay types: definition-based (also a pugilist), reduplication of an informal term for food, single-letter substitution producing a bottled-water brand, vowel-sound change producing a musical-instrument homophone, letter-order reversal producing a marker brand, a nine-letter name containing three H's, embedded consecutive letters -CHSH-, inclusion of a Canadian place name (two answers, one two-word), and an anagram of SOMEDAY. The page also records last week's challenge, its answer (S(tir)rups → spurs) and winner, and presents the current weekly challenge from Al Gori.
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