WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | INK Types |
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1383 | Questionable Journalism | Choose any sentence (not a headline) in an article or ad in The Washington Post or another publication dated May 7 through May 18, and write a question it might humorously answer. | H H |
1254 | Inkorporation--a change-one-letter contest | Change the name of a present or past business, store or agency (not just a product) by adding one letter, deleting one letter, transposing two letters or substituting one letter for another. | H |
1241 | Less taste, more fill-in | Give us a novel clue for any word or phrase in which the remaining letters in the provided crossword puzzle fit, across or down. | H H |
1216 | As the word turns | Create a word or multi-word term that consists of adjacent letters -- in any direction or several directions -- in the provided grid, and provide a humorous definition. | H |
1125 | The song remains the sa | Supply a real song title that has the end or beginning -- or, what the heck, both -- chopped off and describe it. | W |
1118 | Breed 'em and weep | Breed any two of the provided 100 racehorses nominated for this year's Triple Crown events and name the foal the reflect both names. | H |
1067 | A(t)tribute to your wit | Alter a well-known quote slightly and attribute it to someone else. | H |
1063 | Same difference | Take any two items from the provided list and explain how they're similar or different. | H |
1018 | Reologisms | Write a clever, funny definition for any of the Loser-concocted neologisms from Week 1014 as well as from Week 1000 that deserve better definitions than their creators offered at the time. | H |
936 | Hoho contendere | Slightly alter a well-known foreign-language term and define it. | H |
930 | We WANT stupid complaints! | Complain comically unreasonably about some innocuous thing appearing in the print Post or on washingtonpost.com over the next week or the previous few days. | 4 |
914 | Foaling around | Breed any two of 100 of the almost 400 horses eligible for this year's Triple Crown races, and name the foal. | H |
907 | Naming rite | Come up with a creative, somehow fitting sponsor for some public facility or part of one. | W |
899 | Clue us in | Send us funny, clever clues for any of the words already in this grid. | H |
869 | Clue us in | Send us funny, clever clues for any of the words already in this grid. | H |