![]() ![]() BEER BREWER, DEAD HEAT, HARD SELL, VANNA WHITE, THE F WORD (cheeky!), that's great. And a feel-good moment with AN ELEPHANT IN THE WOMB.Ĭolorful bonuses. Batman having to pay for Batmobile upgrades with a paper check = hilarious! Finishing dinner by HITting WOK BOTTOM. ![]() Not a one is a simple R to W letter substitution, like REB to WEB or REED to WEED.Īmusing results. RAIN to WAYNE is fantastic, as are ROOM to WOMB and RISKY to WHISKEY. We usually judge a sound change puzzle by: It's not a groundbreaking concept - change the R sound to a W, emulating TODDLER TALK - but there's definitely room for tried-and-true concepts if they're done well. Some of my favorite entries that didn't make it for one reason or another: We also tried to keep it to words where the sound changes, but it's more than just a letter swap (i.e., ROCK to WOK, and not RINK TO WINK). We had a great theme set picked out but then realized that some of the entries had extraneous R's and W's, and so we brainstormed more to make sure we didn't have any extras in there. It turned out my son really did want to weed, though. I thought it was a good theme entry for a puzzle and pitched the idea to Katie. I assumed he meant "read," and "weed between the lines" just popped in my head. ![]() It was inspired by a real miscommunication when my toddler (2 at the time) said he wanted to weed. This might be my favorite puzzle I've made. Katie is a fast learner and a great brainstorming partner. I gave her some feedback on some puzzles she had made, and we quickly ended up collaborating. She reached out to him to see if I was interested in mentoring her. As a stay-at-home mom trying to handle home-school, puzzle construction has offered a welcome distraction in the evenings.ĬHRISTINA: Katie and I connected when she read an interview with me on my dad's blog. I wrote him a (non-symmetrical) puzzle for his 70th birthday a few years ago but didn't try serious construction until last spring, during the UK's first lockdown. Now we solve the Sunday together over FaceTime most weeks. This probably annoyed him, but he never said anything, and I felt very proud to have contributed. When I was a kid, I would take the books of Sunday puzzles that my dad always had around on summer vacations and fill in one or maybe two of the easiest answers on every page. I couldn't be happier to have my debut with her and on a Sunday! Also, shout out to her dad for connecting us. She is very easy to work with, and I am grateful to her for sharing her knowledge and collaborating with me. We both have young children (mine are 8 and 4), and the thought of the little one saying some of these phrases made me laugh a lot, especially LOCKER WOMB TALK, which didn't make the final cut in the end, but still makes me smile. KATIE: I loved this puzzle idea when Christina pitched it to me. ![]()
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