WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | INK Types |
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1588 | Colt Fusion | Because of our munificense and guilt, you get a full hundred foal names to 'breed' for 'grandfoals' | H H H H |
1586 | Pun for the Roses | Our annual crazy-popular horse 'breeding' wordplay contest. | H |
1536 | Colt Following | Now that we have the winner and punners-up of our venerable foal-name contest, it's time for 'grandfoals'. | H |
1534 | Pun for the Roses | Our renowned horse name 'breeding' contest returns! | H H 2 |
1430 | Back to racing speed with the 'foals' | Breed" any two of the provided names of the 100 horses nominated for the 2021 Triple Crown races and name the "foal" to humorously play off both parents' names. | H |
1405 | Okay, once more around the track | Breed" any two of the provided foal names that got ink in Week 1400 and name the offspring to reflect both parents' names. | H |
1386 | Colt following: It's the grandfoals! | Breed" any two of the 70 foal names that got ink this week and name the offspring to reflect both parents' names. | H |
1382 | For us, it's still Post Time | Breed" any two names from the provided list of 100 of the 145 previous Kentucky Derby winners, from 1875 to 2019, and name the foal to humorously reflect the parents' names. | H |
1364 | Clue us in | Supply clever, funny clues for as many as 25 of the words and multi-word terms in the provided grid. | H |
1345 | The confaketionary -- food fictoids | Tell us some comically false "fact" about food, drink or dining. | H |
1011 | Top these! | Try your hand at any of the contests mentioned in this look back. | H H |
965 | Foaling around | Breed any two of the horses in this year's Triple Crown races and name their foal. | H |
918 | Colt Following | Breed any two "foals" in today's results, or one foal with one of the real horse names used in today's entries--and name the "grandfoal." The name may not exceed 18 characters, including spaces, and your entry shouldn't remotely duplicate any of today's results. | H |
901 | Dead Letters | Write a humorous poem about someone who died in 2010. | H |
869 | Clue us in | Send us funny, clever clues for any of the words already in this grid. | H |
863 | It's Post time | Breed any two of 100 of the almost 400 horses eligible for this year's Triple Crown races, and name the foal. | H |
810 | What Kind of Foal Am I? | Breed any two of the more than 400 horses eligible for this year's Triple Crown races and provide an appropriate name for their foal. | H |
799 | Send Us the Bill | Come up with legislation that, given their names, two or more freshman senators or representatives might sponsor together. | H H |
794 | Ripped Off From the Headlines | Send us some Onion-type headlines. | H H H H |
763 | Another Time Around the Track | Breed any two of the winning "offspring" included in this week's results, and name THEIR foal. | H |
759 | What Kind of Foal Am I? | Breed any two of the 100 horses eligible for this year's Triple Crown and provide an appropriate name for their foal. | H H |
712 | Another Time Around the Track | Breed any two of the winning "offspring" included in the results of Week 708, and name THEIR foal. | H |
708 | What Kind of Foal Am I? | Breed any two from a list of 100 of the horses eligible for this year's Triple Crown races and provide an appropriate name for their foal. | H H |
702 | Unreal Facts | Come up with a comically false factoid. | H H |
583 | Mess With Our Heads | Take any headline, verbatim, from the Washington Post or its Web site from today through next Sunday, and reinterpret it by writing either a "bank headline"--or subtitle--or the first sentence of an article that changes the original meaning entirely. | H |
552 | What Kind of Foal Am I? | Breed any two of the horses on a list of those qualifying for this year's Triple Crown races, and tell us a good name for their foal. Maximum 18 characters, including spaces. | I H H H H |
528 | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | H |
516 | Err Apparent | Come up with unwise things to say in any of the provided circumstances. | H H |
511 | It All Impends | Tell us what is something unusual about to happen in the provided cartoons. | H |
501 | Questionable Sentences | Take any sentence appearing anywhere in today's Washington Post and make it the answer to a question. | H |
499 | What Kind of Foal Am I? | Mate any two of the horses qualifying for this year's Triple Crown and tell us the name of their foal. Maximum 18 characters, including spaces. | I H H H |
486 | A Word From Our Co-Sponsors | Come up with bills the new members of Congress might sponsor. Each bill must have at least two sponsors. | H H H |
461 | Punch Us Again | Take any comic from the daily Washington Post during the next week and make it better by changing the contents of the final word balloon. | H 5 |
459 | Stock Humor | Look at any of the abbreviated company names in the Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange listings in any newspaper's business section and suggest what business the companies might be in. | W H H |
456 | A Bad-Ask Contest | You are still on Jeopardy!, and you still have to supply questions to the provided answers, but the winners will be the least funny answers. | H H |
448 | What Kind of Foal Am I? | Mate any two of the horses qualifying for the Triple Crown races this year and propose a name for their foal. No name may exceed 18 characters, including spaces. | I H H |
440 | Picture This | What is going on in these cartoons? | H H 5 |
426 | Captions Courageous | Take any photograph or illustration from today's Washington Post and give it a more interesting caption. | H |
396 | April Foals | Mate any two of the horses qualifying for the Triple Crown races and come up with appropriate names for their foals. Maximum 18 letters and spaces. | H H H H H |
378 | Bill Us Now | Come up with a bill sponsored by any of the newly elected U.S. senators and representatives, and explain the purpose of the bill. | H |
369 | Punch Us | Complete any of the provided jokes. | 3 |
360 | No Competition | Create a list of 25 names, each linked in some way to the name before, and you must begin and end with Mary Ann Madden. | H |
345 | Picture This | What is going on in these cartoons? | H 2 |
344 | What Kind of Foal Am I? | Envision the mating of any two of the 387 horses qualifying for this year's Triple Crown, and propose a name for their foal. The foal's name must be contained in 18 or fewer letters and spaces. | I H |
340 | ASK BACKWARDS 12 | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the answers. What are the questions? | H H |
320 | WHAT KIND OF FOAL AM I? | Mate any two of the horses qualifying for the Triple Crown races and come up with appropriate names for their foals. Maximum 18 letters and spaces. | I H |
299 | ANOTHER LEFTIST RAG | Write the day's tabloid headlines with your left hand only. (This means you can use no keys to the right of 6, T, G and B.) | H |
298 | THE RIGHT STUFF | Write a sentence, or phrase, or entire passage, using only your right hand on the keyboard. This means you may use no keys to the left of N, H, Y and 7. | H |
268 | WHAT KIND OF FOAL AM I? | Take the names of this year's Triple Crown nominees, mate any two of them, a propose a name for the foal. The foal's name must be contained in 18 characters, including spaces. | I H |
258 | IT'S A BIRD. IT'S A PAIN. | Choose one or more of the provided super powers and tell us what you would do with it. | H H |
244 | HYPHEN THE TERRIBLE | Coin new words, and provide a definition, by combining the first half of a hyphenated word for any story in today's Post with the second half of another hyphenated word in the same story. | H |
241 | CAN YOU BEAT THIS? | Come up with headlines describing the defeat of one pro team by another. | 8 |
237 | ASK BACKWARD | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | H |
230 | TALES FROM THE CRYPTOGRAM | Take any proper noun--a person, a book, a movie, whatever--and create for it an appropriate cryptogram. | H |
222 | TRIP DEUCES | Take the two subject listings at the top of any page of the Yellow Pages and create a dictionary definition for the compound word they form. | H |
218 | CALLING THE TOON | Who are these people? What are they doing? | H |
216 | WHAT KIND OF FOAL AM I? | Pair up any two of the 400-plus horses who have qualified for this year's Triple Crown races, and name their foal, in a maximum of 18 characters, including spaces. | H H |
212 | DUMB AS THE POST | Come up with even stupider crimes than those committed by Montgomery County's "gentleman burglars. | 3 |
177 | SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE | Tell us what any of the provided sounds are. | 2 |
163 | WHAT KIND OF FOAL AM I? | Take the list of all 1996 Triple Crown nominees, couple up any two of them, and propose an appropriate name for their hypothetical foal. The foal's name must fit in no more than 18 characters, including spaces. | I |
155 | COMPARISON SHOPPING | Explain the difference between any two of the above items. | H |
152 | WE ARE CURIOUS (YELLOW) | Take any headline in today's Washington Post and rewrite it in tabloid fashion so the story seems a lot more scandalous and/or lurid than it is. | W H |
147 | JUST FOR LIFFS | Come up with original liffs, which identify a familiar, tantalizing concept without a word to define it, and pairs it with a perfectly good but underutilized word that just loafs around on maps and street signs. | 7 |
121 | IT'S NO USE | Come up with useless products. | H |
115 | THE MNEMONIC PLAGUE | Come up with new mnemonic devices to remember complicated lists. | H |
113 | WHAT KIND OF FOAL AM I? | Take a list of horses nominated to the Triple Crown races this year, choose any two, and propose a name for their offspring. | I |
95 | HOW'S THAT AGAIN? | Take any headline appearing anywhere in The Post this week and completely rewrite the first lines of the story to put a different, unintended spin on it. | H |
84 | THE WASHINGTON IRVINGS | Come up with creative names for the high school football teams of real towns in America. | H H |
38 | ASK BACKWARDS II | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the answers. What are the questions? | H 4 |
11 | YOU GIVE US THE BACKS OFF OUR SHIRTS | The back of the shirt needs a slogan, something that captures the spirit of The Style Invitational. What is that spirit? You tell us. | L |
5 | THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW | Invent a creative piece of legislation based on skillfully juxtaposed names of actual U.S. senators and representatives. | 5 |