| WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | INK Types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1491 | The add biz | Choose any word, name or phrase beginning with A throough E, then add any single letter of the alphabet to it -- one or more times -- and define the result or show how it would be used. | H |
| 1481 | Mess with our heads | Reinterpret some actual headline (or a major part of it), from any publication, print or online. | H |
| 1475 | Hail to the Commanders! | Write a song (set to any familiar tune) or shouted cheer for the Washington Commanders. OR: Write for any other D.C. institution, e.g., the Metro, the Senate, the National Zoo, The Washington Post. | 4 |
| 1409 | Skip a groove: Drop a letter or more from a song title | Drop one or more letters from somewhere in the middle of a song title and describe the new song, and/or quote some lyrics from it. | H |
| 1387 | Movie clips -- drop letters from the middle of a title | Delete one or more letters (they must be consecutive) from the middle of a movie title, and describe the resulting new movie. | H H |
| 1379 | Your wish: A pun -- a star | Tell a joke, in your choice of form, whose punchline is a pun on a song title or lyric. | H |
| 1200 | The definitive dozen | Supply a word, name or multi-word term along with a wry definition or description; together, the term and description must total exactly 12 words. | H |
| 1197 | Picture This -- It's a Bob Staake caption contest | Write a caption for any of the cartoons provided. | 2 |
| 1185 | The Rorschach of the crowd | Interpret one of more of the provided genuine inkblots. You may look at them upside down or sideways. | H |
| 1184 | Plan C -- a third candidate? | Explain why some novel person (or thing) should be president; you could also suggest a president-veep ticket. | I |
| 1177 | The ballad box | Write a song related to this year's elections, set to a familiar tune. | 4 |
| 1161 | Give us four Pinocchios | Tell us some false "facts" about politicians, present or past. | H |
| 1160 | A remeaning task | Redefine an existing word or two-word term beginning with P through Z. | H |
| 1010 | Picture this | Write a caption for any of the five provided cartoons. | H |
| 1008 | Switched reels | Re-arrange all the words in the title of a movie, and describe the resulting work. | H |
| 1003 | Just do it | Use a well-known advertising slogan for a different company, organization or product to humorous effect. | H |
| 998 | Set the law on us | Suggest an odd law for a particular place in the world. | H |
| 995 | Ask backwards | We give you the "answers" and you supply jokes in the form of a question. | H H |
| 959 | Out of network | Move a current or former TV program (or type of programming) to a different network and explain what would change. | H |
| 958 | All's Weller | Write a "wellerism," a sentence that starts with a quote, often a short proverb, and goes on to include some sort of wordplay on something in the quote. | H |
| 956 | Give us some bad ideas | Finish any of the provided "You know" phrases. | H |
| 954 | Bring on the 'fight' jokes | Tell us an original joke ending with “And then the fight started.” | H |
| 940 | Our type o' headline | Change a headline by one letter, or switch two letters, or change spacing or punctuation, in a headline (or most of a headline) appearing on an article or ad in The Washington Post or on washingtonpost.com from Oct. 7 through Oct. 17, and elaborate on it in a "bank" headline (subhead). | H |