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answer: there are multiple answers to this challenge, including "blare" and "blasé," "charm" and "chasm,
ugg slippers," "gents" and "genus," "kilns" and "kilos,
mulberry lily," "mints" and "minus," "torts" and "torus," and other less common possibilities.
next week's challenge from listener monti montgomery of washington, d.c.: name a style of music. change the middle letter to a b, and you'll name a style of cooking. what are the style of music and the style of cooking? (there are several ways to spell the cooking style,
cheap dresses, but the answer is one of them.)
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on-air challenge: change one letter in each word of a made-up, two-word phrase to get two new words that will start a familiar proverb or saying. determining which letters to change is up to you.
last week's challenge from listener dan pitt of palo alto,
red wing boots 3140 sale, calif.: think of a common five-letter word in one syllable. change the fourth letter to the next letter of the alphabet, and you'll get a common word in two syllables, also in five letters. what words are these?
winner: jim liddle from west hartford, conn.
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