The Curious Engineer

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2014–2015

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December 2015

  1. “The Peace Problem”
  2. Unquote
  3. In a Word
  4. Pascal’s Primes
  5. Podcast Episode 87: A Sleuthing Cabbie, Edward VI’s Homework, and a Self-Aware Crow
  6. All Aboard
  7. Quickie
  8. Buzz Off
  9. Lofty Sentiments
  10. A Southern Education
  11. Podcast Episode 86: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  12. A Second Career
  13. Express
  14. All Hands on Deck?
  15. Fitting
  16. Black and White
  17. Hard Target
  18. Unquote
  19. Pleased, I’m Sure
  20. In a Word
  21. Podcast Episode 85: Raising Chicago
  22. Putting Words
  23. A Christmas Challenge
  24. Art and Science
  25. Small Business
  26. The Császár Polyhedron
  27. Briefly Noted
  28. Product Recall
  29. Bad Music
  30. Unquote
  31. Podcast Episode 84: The Man Who Never Was
  32. Boss Issues
  33. Best Laid Plans
  34. Black and White
  35. In a Word
  36. Breaking the News
  37. A Story Machine
  38. Three Sides
  39. A Last Look

November 2015

  1. Podcast Episode 83: Nuclear Close Calls
  2. In a Word
  3. Heel 2
  4. Chernoff’s Faces
  5. Diy 5
  6. A Self-Enumerating Crossword
  7. A Long Visit
  8. Practical Math
  9. Illumination
  10. Black and White
  11. Podcast Episode 82: Stealing Abe Lincoln
  12. Home Free
  13. The Thought That Counts
  14. Hallucii
  15. Expression
  16. Surface Matters
  17. In a Word
  18. Logic and Belief
  19. Tossing and Turning
  20. Unquote
  21. As You Wish
  22. A New Pangram
  23. Podcast Episode 81: The Typhus Hoax
  24. Animal Behavior
  25. The Demon-Haunted World
  26. Making Fun
  27. Twice Indeed
  28. Prince Rupert’s Drops
  29. Cover Story
  30. A Thief’s Welcome
  31. Namesakes
  32. Black and White
  33. Have Gun
  34. Reckoning
  35. Piggyback
  36. In a Word
  37. Comment
  38. Roaring Blazes
  39. A Many-Sided Story
  40. “The Man in the Moon”
  41. Oops 23
  42. Cutting Remarks
  43. Reflected Glory
  44. Podcast Episode 80: ‘Black Like Me’: Race Realities Under Jim Crow
  45. Short Work
  46. Simple Enough

October 2015

  1. Puzzling Lines
  2. Togetherness
  3. The Moralist
  4. Plain Value
  5. Last Words
  6. In a Word
  7. Thirsty Work
  8. “An Aeronaut to His Love”
  9. A Chess Maze
  10. Near and Far
  11. Podcast Episode 79: One Square Inch of the Yukon
  12. Unquote
  13. Out With a Bang
  14. Quick Thinking
  15. The Last Prisoner
  16. What’s the Angle?
  17. Told You So
  18. The Puzzle of Imaginative Resistance
  19. Easy Reading
  20. More Fun
  21. Podcast Episode 78: Snowshoe Thompson
  22. In a Word
  23. Unquote
  24. Earnings Report
  25. Head Games
  26. Double Duty
  27. A Better Promise
  28. A Peek Ahead
  29. Last Thoughts
  30. So to Speak
  31. Podcast Episode 77: The Sourdough Expedition
  32. Black and White
  33. Remainders
  34. The Hydra Game
  35. In a Word
  36. Fundamental Things Apply
  37. Shifting Gears
  38. Ergonomics
  39. The Battle of the Reed Rules
  40. Unquote
  41. Podcast Episode 76: Get Out of Jail Free
  42. Easy Pi
  43. Worldly Wise
  44. Paperwork
  45. Cruel and Unusual

September 2015

  1. Absent Fiends
  2. In a Word
  3. The Agony Column
  4. A New Angle
  5. Wanted 3
  6. Podcast Episode 75: The Sea Devil
  7. Amphibious Assault
  8. Take Two
  9. Black and White
  10. Memorial
  11. Tech Talk
  12. A Narrowing Window
  13. Square Routes
  14. No Waiting
  15. Unquote
  16. Podcast Episode 74: Charley Parkhurst’s Secret
  17. Ancient Wordplay
  18. A Late Plea
  19. Getting More Fiber
  20. Decisions
  21. A Tone Palette
  22. In a Word
  23. Looking Back
  24. Heart and Head
  25. Podcast Episode 73: The Tichborne Claimant
  26. Comparative Zoology
  27. “Inventory”
  28. Black and White
  29. Child of Fortune
  30. Half of Everything
  31. A Grave Irony
  32. In a Word
  33. Eavesdropping
  34. Brotherly Harmony
  35. Podcast Episode 72: The Strange Misadventures of Famous Corpses
  36. Surf’s Up
  37. Seeing and Believing
  38. Sallie
  39. Working Late
  40. Unquote
  41. Double Duty
  42. A Curious Equality
  43. Unquote
  44. Using One’s Head

August 2015

  1. Confab
  2. Podcast Episode 71: Godless in Missouri
  3. Dizzy
  4. “A Large Turtle”
  5. Black and White
  6. Man Handling
  7. In a Word
  8. Spirit Reading
  9. Too Far
  10. Nobody Home
  11. Podcast Episode 70: Sunk by a Whale
  12. A Frightful Collaboration
  13. Vernacular
  14. Creative Security
  15. Hawaii Overprint Notes
  16. All Together Now
  17. Invisible Man
  18. Bright and Early
  19. Conclave
  20. Unquote
  21. Black and White
  22. An Odd Fractal
  23. “The Technical Version”
  24. In a Word
  25. Definition
  26. Reverses
  27. Fair Play
  28. The Finsler-Hadwiger Theorem
  29. Podcast Episode 69: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  30. You Are What You Eat
  31. Precocious
  32. An Anatomy Lesson
  33. Beginnings
  34. Van Aubel’s Theorem
  35. Collage
  36. Unquote
  37. Reflections
  38. “The Purist”
  39. Night Work
  40. Black and White
  41. In a Word
  42. Podcast Episode 68: The Niihau Incident
  43. A One-Sided Story
  44. No Answer

July 2015

  1. Hands-Free Warfare
  2. In a Word
  3. Noted 12
  4. The Five Circles Theorem
  5. Knife Act
  6. Unquote
  7. Mail Tale
  8. Podcast Episode 67: Composing Beyond the Grave
  9. Exercises
  10. Above and Below
  11. Magic 3
  12. “To a Baby Born Without Limbs”
  13. The Hasanlu Lovers
  14. Alternative Music
  15. Whose Who’s
  16. Black and White
  17. Orthography
  18. Thorough Enough
  19. Catalog
  20. Podcast Episode 66: Eighteen Holes in Vietnam
  21. A Writer Below
  22. Tilt 2
  23. Clifford’s Circle Theorems
  24. Destiny
  25. Foursquare
  26. Close Dosage
  27. Podcast Episode 65: The Merchant Prince of Cornville
  28. In a Word
  29. Taber Bills
  30. Two-Timing
  31. Kirkman Schoolgirls Problem
  32. Law and Punctuation
  33. Hour of Babel
  34. Black and White
  35. Podcast Episode 64: Murder at the Priory
  36. Unquote
  37. Truth and Fiction

June 2015

  1. In a Word
  2. Unquote
  3. Podcast Episode 63: The Rainmaker
  4. Made to Order
  5. Color Scheme
  6. “A Distressing Blunder”
  7. Podcast Episode 62: Marconi Catches a Murderer
  8. Creative Housing
  9. Food Fight
  10. Quick Thinking
  11. Cube Route
  12. Podcast Episode 61: The Strange Custom of Garden Hermits
  13. Weighing in Verse
  14. Riddles in the Dark
  15. The Road Not Taken
  16. Practical Politics
  17. Overtime
  18. Surprise Appearance
  19. Early Adopter
  20. In a Word
  21. The Weight of the World
  22. Public Enemy
  23. Black and White
  24. The Friendship Theorem
  25. Unquote
  26. An Attorney’s Night Before Christmas
  27. The Death Mask Stamps
  28. Observations
  29. Three Coins
  30. Podcast Episode 60: The Day They Hanged an Elephant

May 2015

  1. Beginners’ Welsh
  2. Digit Spans
  3. The Masked Marauders
  4. “By Deputy”
  5. The Asymmetric Propeller
  6. The Uncounted
  7. Destiny
  8. In a Word
  9. Howdunit
  10. Parrondo’s Paradox
  11. “What’ll Be the Title?”
  12. Arms Race
  13. A Disturbing Dinner
  14. The Jeweler’s Observation
  15. Podcast Episode 59: The Wizard of Mauritius
  16. Byplay 2
  17. Double Duty
  18. Asleep Awake
  19. Black and White
  20. “Quiet Fun”
  21. True Colors
  22. Ride Sharing
  23. Love Walks In
  24. In a Word
  25. Making Pi
  26. Forward and Back
  27. Podcast Episode 58: English as She Is Spoke
  28. A Passing Wave
  29. Rehearsal
  30. A 17th-Century Hiccup Cure
  31. Ballot Measures
  32. Outdone
  33. Rain, Rain
  34. Inside Out
  35. Modern Art
  36. City Life
  37. Second Thoughts
  38. Unquote
  39. Podcast Episode 57: Jules Verne’s Lost Novel
  40. Black and White
  41. Local Color
  42. Better Late
  43. Batter Up!
  44. In a Word
  45. The Seventh Art Cinema
  46. Roll Call
  47. Tell Me, O Muse
  48. Math Notes
  49. Podcast Episode 56: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  50. Misterioso
  51. Three of a Kind
  52. Sound Rhymes

April 2015

  1. All Roads
  2. No Vacancy
  3. Unquote
  4. Two in One
  5. Black and White
  6. Podcast Episode 55: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
  7. Insight
  8. Star Power
  9. Multimedia
  10. In a Word
  11. Misc 62
  12. Hoop Dreams
  13. Progress
  14. Podcast Episode 54: Escape From Stalag Luft III
  15. Quickie
  16. A New Line
  17. All Relative
  18. Say Red
  19. Unquote
  20. The Bird Cage
  21. Six by Six
  22. Oops 22
  23. Podcast Episode 53: The Lost Colony
  24. In a Word
  25. Three Chess Puzzles
  26. Me, a Name I Call Myself
  27. Summing Up
  28. Overheard
  29. Head Trauma
  30. Podcast Episode 52: Moving Day in New York
  31. Leisure Travel
  32. In a Word
  33. Mileage
  34. Sweet Science
  35. Unquote
  36. Boom Town

March 2015

  1. Black and White
  2. Flux
  3. The High Road
  4. Podcast Episode 51: Poet Doppelgängers
  5. The Paradox of Goals
  6. New Tropes for Old
  7. Chin Up
  8. The Long Way
  9. In a Word
  10. Curves of Constant Width
  11. Rain, Rain
  12. Duty Calls
  13. Unfolding Hopes
  14. Animal Spirits
  15. Looking Up
  16. Podcast Episode 50: The Great Tea Race
  17. Holdouts
  18. Wish List
  19. What Am I?
  20. Unquote
  21. Commentary
  22. Escape Suspenders
  23. End State
  24. Orthography
  25. Last Words
  26. Human Relations
  27. Black and White
  28. In a Word
  29. Chinese Magic Mirrors
  30. Critical Sensitivity
  31. Podcast Episode 49: Can a Kitten Climb the Matterhorn?
  32. Turing’s Paintbrush
  33. Unshelved
  34. Offside
  35. A Tidy Theorem
  36. Three-Cornered Baseball
  37. Another Car Puzzle
  38. Larghissimo
  39. In a Word
  40. Sad Magic
  41. Unquote
  42. Bright Idea
  43. Portions of Pi
  44. A Rising Profile
  45. Huffman’s Pyramid
  46. The Fenn Treasure
  47. Podcast Episode 48: The Shark Arm Affair
  48. Falling Gravity
  49. Getting Personal
  50. A Universal Language
  51. Time and Distance
  52. Team Spirit
  53. Green Activism
  54. Lineup
  55. Dry Humor
  56. Black and White
  57. In a Word
  58. In a Word
  59. Young Riders
  60. Book Codes
  61. The Pythagoras Paradox
  62. One Two Three
  63. Gender in Swearing

February 2015

  1. Mixed Greens
  2. The Winner’s Curse
  3. Round Numbers
  4. There and Back Again
  5. Unquote
  6. Turn, Turn, Turn
  7. Naming Change
  8. Misc 61
  9. Vision
  10. In a Word
  11. A Head for Letters
  12. When in Rome …
  13. The Sixth Cent
  14. Podcast Episode 47: The Scariest Travel Books Ever Written
  15. A Bit Too Dashing
  16. Truth in Labeling
  17. Scenery Trouble
  18. Scoop 3
  19. Tipu’s Tiger
  20. Triplets
  21. Black and White
  22. Community Spirit
  23. Unquote
  24. The Three Hats Game
  25. Podcast Episode 46: The 1925 Serum Run to Nome
  26. The Trojan Fly
  27. Red and Black
  28. Turning Points
  29. Traffic Waves
  30. The Facts
  31. Bird Talk
  32. In a Word
  33. Sea Music
  34. A Late Contribution
  35. “The Mostly German Philosophers Love Song”
  36. Cross Purposes
  37. Unquote
  38. Podcast Episode 45: Crossing Africa for Love
  39. Black and White
  40. All for One
  41. “Illustrated Verse”
  42. A Holiday Puzzle
  43. Versatile
  44. Palinmorses
  45. Oops 21
  46. Precautions
  47. Switching Visits
  48. In a Word
  49. Special Interests
  50. Unquote
  51. Risk Assessment
  52. Podcast Episode 44: Ballooning to the North Pole
  53. The Coin Paradox

January 2015

  1. Time Passages
  2. Round and Round
  3. Problem Solved
  4. Fascinating Rhythm
  5. e -mergence
  6. Misc 60
  7. Black and White
  8. Take Two
  9. “No, No, Mr. Nash”
  10. Fearless
  11. In a Word
  12. Podcast Episode 43: Ben Franklin’s Guide to Living
  13. The Paradox of the Muddy Children
  14. Punctual
  15. Threewise
  16. Isomorses
  17. “Blank Verse”
  18. DO IT NOW
  19. Unquote
  20. “Very Sensible”
  21. Home Cooking
  22. In a Word
  23. Podcast Episode 42: The Balmis Expedition: Using Orphans to Combat Smallpox
  24. Black and White
  25. Colloquy
  26. Sound Measure
  27. A Human Cantilever
  28. “The All-Purpose Calculus Problem”
  29. Relativity
  30. Ice Work
  31. “Assumptions”
  32. In a Word
  33. Fun With Refraction
  34. Lettershifts
  35. Curve Stitching
  36. Podcast Episode 41: The Tragic Tale of the Lady Be Good
  37. The Hidden Psalm
  38. Math and Poetry
  39. Knights and Scoundrels
  40. Ersatz English
  41. Unquote
  42. Cutting Up
  43. In a Word
  44. “A Bit of Spanish”
  45. You Are Here
  46. Black and White
  47. The Edinburgh Fairy Coffins
  48. Podcast Episode 40: The Mary Celeste: A Great Sea Mystery
  49. Rough Cuts
  50. Land of Opportunity
  51. Chebyshev’s Paradoxical Mechanism
  52. In a Word
  53. Progress

2014 727

December 2014

  1. All-Stars
  2. The Wisdom of the Crowd
  3. Nicomachus’ Theorem
  4. Nobody Home
  5. Two Can Play
  6. A Second Paradox of Blackmail
  7. Snowball Numbers
  8. Unquote
  9. Red and Black
  10. Black and White
  11. Music Appreciation
  12. This
  13. In a Word
  14. A Jump Ahead
  15. Podcast Episode 39: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  16. Function Statements
  17. “A Man His Own Grandfather”
  18. “Signature of a Medieval Illiterate”
  19. Haruki’s Theorem
  20. Time and Chance
  21. Math Notes
  22. Unquote
  23. Fairplay
  24. In a Word
  25. Square Deal
  26. Podcast Episode 38: The Thunder Stone
  27. Black and White
  28. A Natural Mistake
  29. Truth in Fiction
  30. English by Degrees
  31. Room Service
  32. Unquote
  33. Express
  34. In a Word
  35. The Butterfly Theorem
  36. Averageness
  37. Podcast Episode 37: Edgar Allan Poe’s Graveyard Visitor
  38. Invertible Minuets
  39. Made to Order
  40. Artistic License
  41. Particulars
  42. Straight and Narrow
  43. Unquote
  44. Désert de Retz
  45. Fleet Cuts
  46. Light Reading
  47. Liquid Assets
  48. In a Word
  49. Maillardet’s Automaton
  50. Podcast Episode 36: The Great Moon Hoax

November 2014

  1. Black and White
  2. The Pythagoras Tree
  3. Bygones
  4. Punchup
  5. Dueling Pennies
  6. Unquote
  7. Sizing Up
  8. Podcast Episode 35: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  9. Good Boy
  10. “Curious Sculpture”
  11. In a Word
  12. Bartitsu
  13. Double Entendre
  14. Visual Calculus
  15. Constellation
  16. The Peace Arch
  17. Hesiod’s Anvil
  18. Reflection
  19. Noted 11
  20. Full Circle
  21. Podcast Episode 34: Spring-Heeled Jack — A Victorian Supervillain
  22. In a Word
  23. Unquote
  24. Black and White
  25. A Reunion
  26. Second Chances
  27. You Are Here
  28. Exact Change
  29. Rolling Average
  30. Circle Ode
  31. Golomb Rulers
  32. First Impressions
  33. Far From Home
  34. Podcast Episode 33: Death and Robert Todd Lincoln
  35. Warnsdorff’s Rule
  36. In a Word
  37. Different Strokes
  38. Unquote
  39. Bug Hunt
  40. A Puzzling Exit
  41. Asking Directions
  42. The Thunder Stone
  43. A Dark Day
  44. Five of a Kind
  45. New Perspectives
  46. House Calls
  47. All Right Then
  48. D.C. al Coda
  49. Podcast Episode 32: The Wow! Signal
  50. Warm Work
  51. Beauty and the Veil
  52. In a Word

October 2014

  1. Misc 59
  2. The Panopticon
  3. Unquote
  4. Black and White
  5. Math Notes
  6. The Long View
  7. Hot Lunch
  8. Death Poems
  9. Montmort’s Theorem
  10. Romance Denied
  11. A Plea in Disguise
  12. Podcast Episode 31: Pigs on Trial
  13. In a Word
  14. Coming to Terms
  15. Choosing Seats
  16. Illumination
  17. Unquote
  18. Hot and Cold
  19. More Madan
  20. A Dice Puzzle
  21. Things to Come
  22. Presto 5
  23. Higher Mammals
  24. Richard Returns
  25. Wasted Words?
  26. Return to Sender
  27. Podcast Episode 30: The Oak Island Money Pit
  28. In a Word
  29. The Modern Prometheus
  30. Black and White
  31. An Unexpected Departure
  32. The Vacuum Airship
  33. Unquote
  34. Two Poems for Middle Age
  35. Weighty Matters
  36. Stamps and Math
  37. Appalling Slave Punishments
  38. Two Lucky Escapes
  39. “The Sons of Our Sons”
  40. Double Jeopardy
  41. Page Turners
  42. Stretch Goals
  43. In a Word
  44. The Twelve-Angled Stone
  45. The Imaginary Prisons
  46. Odd Hamlets
  47. Sound and Sorrow
  48. Unquote
  49. Black and White
  50. Emotion and Belief
  51. Art and Truth
  52. Cancel That
  53. Presidential Misgivings
  54. Observations
  55. “De Sancta Cruce”
  56. Podcast Episode 29: The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser
  57. In a Word
  58. Catch as Catch Can
  59. Close Quarters
  60. Good Boy
  61. New Lamps
  62. Mountain-Climbing Traditions
  63. Person to Person
  64. Behind Schedule
  65. Unquote
  66. Dirty Work

September 2014

  1. Client Management
  2. Cross Purposes
  3. Overtoun Bridge
  4. Podcast Episode 28: The Real-Life Sherlock Holmes
  5. There’ll Always Be an England
  6. Photo ID
  7. Big Talk
  8. Parting Words
  9. Hooverball
  10. A Poetic Puzzle
  11. In a Word
  12. Of Thee I Sing
  13. The Long View
  14. Small Wonder
  15. Genaille-Lucas Rulers
  16. Podcast Episode 27: The Man Who Volunteered for Auschwitz
  17. Writing History
  18. Occupational Hazards
  19. In a Word
  20. First and Last
  21. User Friendly
  22. Unquote
  23. Safe Travel
  24. Piece Work
  25. Black and White
  26. Apropos
  27. Day Job
  28. In a Word
  29. The Balmis Expedition
  30. Podcast Episode 26: A Practical Joke on a Grand Scale
  31. Now and Then
  32. Vital Signs
  33. Seeking Stability
  34. Crime and Punishment
  35. The Conway Immobilizer
  36. Still Life
  37. Likewise
  38. The Amazing Sand Counter
  39. Self-Test
  40. Unquote
  41. Encounter
  42. A Magic Jigsaw
  43. In a Word
  44. Where’s the Father?
  45. Podcast Episode 25: An Australian Enigma
  46. Fiction and Feeling
  47. A Painting Conundrum
  48. “A Rough Justice”
  49. Black and White
  50. Round Trip
  51. Talking Down
  52. Augury
  53. Postal Constraints
  54. A Step Up
  55. Misc 58
  56. Unquote
  57. Podcast Episode 24: The World’s Worst Poet
  58. Versatile

August 2014

  1. In a Word
  2. Small Business
  3. Lights Out
  4. Who’s Serving Who?
  5. Gender Studies
  6. Once for All
  7. Equal Opportunity
  8. Mob Rule
  9. Church Work
  10. From Life
  11. Podcast Episode 23: A Victorian Poisoning Mystery
  12. Two Blows
  13. Cause for Alarm
  14. Black and White
  15. Half and Half
  16. In a Word
  17. Proizvolov’s Identity
  18. Pomp and Circumstance
  19. Stage Fright
  20. Spanagrams
  21. See Also
  22. Change of Venue
  23. Unquote
  24. Podcast Episode 22: The Devil’s Hoofmarks
  25. The Stag Hunt
  26. The Wire Identification Problem
  27. Shop Talk
  28. In a Word
  29. Self-Replicating Resistors
  30. Post Haste
  31. Sleeping Alone
  32. Long Distance
  33. Going Places
  34. Free Range
  35. Operation Fantasia
  36. Unquote
  37. First Things Last
  38. King of the Jungle
  39. The Ultimate Machine
  40. Sotto Voce
  41. In a Word
  42. Stop
  43. Stet
  44. Black and White
  45. The Right Foot
  46. Q e d
  47. Podcast Episode 21: A Gallant German Fighter Ace
  48. Private Line
  49. Carper’s Index
  50. Unlikely Similes
  51. Unquote
  52. ‘Cartes Blanche

July 2014

  1. Black and White
  2. “Editors Have Troubles”
  3. Gear Trouble
  4. Niche Publishing
  5. Parting of the Waters
  6. Looking Up
  7. Muse Be Damned
  8. Podcast Episode 20: Life Imitates Science Fiction
  9. In a Word
  10. Shadow Play
  11. Coming and Going
  12. Stage Business
  13. Unquote
  14. Three Odd Books
  15. Quarters
  16. You’ve Got Mail
  17. Sociable Numbers
  18. Insult to Injury
  19. All Right, Then
  20. “The Strangest Soccer Match Ever”
  21. Podcast Episode 19: Testing the Post Office
  22. Leonardo’s Robot
  23. Rich Earth
  24. In a Word
  25. In the Know
  26. Small World
  27. Unquote
  28. Good Measure
  29. An Untranslatable Poem
  30. Math Notes
  31. Sky Writing
  32. Forewarned
  33. Bread Alone
  34. Podcast Episode 18: The Mystery of the Disappearing Airmen
  35. In a Word
  36. Oh 7
  37. Behind the Lines
  38. Good Humor
  39. Fuel and Fire
  40. Joint Resolution
  41. Testing Tongues
  42. Appreciation
  43. Black Mischief
  44. Side Effects
  45. Squaring Accounts
  46. Podcast Episode 17: An Aircraft Carrier Made of Ice
  47. Unquote
  48. Flexagons
  49. Flash Mob
  50. Black and White
  51. Saving Face
  52. In a Word
  53. Low Profile
  54. Small World
  55. The Just World Phenomenon
  56. Seeing Double

June 2014

  1. Podcast Episode 16: A Very Popular Sack of Flour
  2. Unquote
  3. Two-Toned
  4. Do-Gooder
  5. A Heavenly View
  6. Moving Up
  7. Referee
  8. “A Strange Wager”
  9. Pardon?
  10. Sound and Sense
  11. In a Word
  12. Noted 10
  13. Magic Variations
  14. Do Paint the Meadows With Delight
  15. Self Sacrifice
  16. Unquote
  17. Podcast Episode 15: The Flannan Isles Mystery
  18. Lincoln’s Lost Speech
  19. Still Life
  20. Far From Home
  21. Black and White
  22. A Noisy Exit
  23. Descartes’ Theorem
  24. In a Word
  25. Unquote
  26. Charge!
  27. A Point of Law
  28. Pointing Fingers
  29. Advice 2
  30. Podcast Episode 14: The Unsinkable Violet Jessop
  31. Art Appreciation
  32. Milestones
  33. A New Commute
  34. Money Market
  35. Bard to Worse
  36. “Disappearances”
  37. In a Word
  38. Dust to Dust
  39. Unquote
  40. The Air Loom
  41. Supply and Demand
  42. Podcast Episode 13: An Ingenious Escape From Slavery
  43. Damnatio Memoriae
  44. GRKTRGDY
  45. Technical Fowl
  46. Output
  47. Buried Soldiers
  48. In a Word
  49. Sweet Story
  50. Getaway
  51. An Old Story
  52. Self-Determination
  53. Podcast Episode 12: The Great Race, Grace Kelly’s Tomahawk, and Dreadful Penmanship
  54. Unquote
  55. The Telltale Mart

May 2014

  1. Wheels of Justice
  2. Shadow Play
  3. In a Word
  4. Diner Lingo
  5. Illumination
  6. Limerick
  7. A Puzzle Book
  8. Choice and Fiction
  9. Podcast Episode 11: A Woolf in Sheikh’s Clothing
  10. Unquote
  11. World View
  12. Beneath the Surface
  13. In a Word
  14. A Full Life
  15. Self-Tiling Tile Sets
  16. Fallout
  17. Two Olive Problems
  18. Railway Mazes
  19. Unquote
  20. Podcast Episode 10: A Baboon Soldier, Lighthouse Rescues, and a Parliament of Owls
  21. Intersections
  22. Foursquare
  23. Presto 4
  24. Words and Music
  25. Black and White
  26. A Geometric Paradox
  27. In a Word
  28. Barnstorming
  29. The Good Parts
  30. “A Positive Reminder”
  31. The Tombstone House
  32. Podcast Episode 9: The Monkey Signalman, Racetrack ESP, and Toxic Dumps
  33. Language Arts
  34. All the News …
  35. Sign Here
  36. The Clown Egg Register
  37. Black and White
  38. Palingram
  39. In a Word
  40. Franklin’s Mint
  41. A Change of Heart
  42. Second Chances
  43. To Whom It May Concern
  44. Podcast Episode 8: Owney the Mail Dog, Candy Bombers, and Bertrand Russell
  45. Three Theorems
  46. Unquote
  47. The Outer Dark
  48. A New Life
  49. Black and White
  50. One Solution
  51. In a Word
  52. A Gum Holster
  53. Separate Quarters

April 2014

  1. Type Talk
  2. Nob’s Number Puzzle
  3. Idiom Surfing
  4. Black Like Me
  5. Podcast Episode 7: Louisiana Hippos, Imaginary Epidemics, and Charles Lindbergh
  6. Unquote
  7. Elementary
  8. Comment
  9. The Pun Also Rises
  10. Black and White
  11. The Horse’s Mouth
  12. The Parsons Code
  13. In a Word
  14. Borromean Tribars
  15. The Dancing Plague
  16. Working Afield
  17. Podcast Episode 6: Texas Camels, Zebra Stripes, and an Immortal Piano
  18. Unquote
  19. Confederados
  20. Alison’s Triangle
  21. “Socrates Among the Athenians”
  22. One on One
  23. Rubbing Elbows
  24. Black and White
  25. Shape Reference
  26. In a Word
  27. Backtalk
  28. Social Studies
  29. Shop Talk
  30. Corner Market
  31. Podcast Episode 5: Mailing People, Alien Shorthand, and Benjamin Franklin
  32. Unquote
  33. Another Equivoque
  34. Silent Films
  35. Absentee Ballots
  36. No Attraction
  37. Shy
  38. Black and White
  39. Math Notes
  40. Second Chances
  41. In a Word
  42. Worth Remembering
  43. Neighbors
  44. Fast Forward
  45. Giant Steps
  46. First Things First
  47. Podcast Episode 4: Mystery Airships, Marauding Lions, and Nancy Drew
  48. Grave Matters
  49. Unquote
  50. Langton’s Ant
  51. Rich Talk
  52. Clerihew
  53. Un-Doing
  54. Black and White
  55. In a Word
  56. Slipping
  57. Truth and Fiction
  58. Night Crossing
  59. If You Can’t Beat ‘Em …
  60. Penny Wisdom
  61. Zebras at Sea

March 2014

  1. Unquote
  2. Podcast Episode 3: Extreme Pedestrians, Kangaroo Stew, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  3. Neighborly
  4. False Alarm
  5. In a Word
  6. Young American
  7. “Opus 34”
  8. Science, Fiction
  9. In a Word
  10. The Road Coloring Problem
  11. Carry On
  12. Passing Through
  13. The Suicidal King
  14. Cameo 2
  15. Pi Without Circles
  16. Unquote
  17. Podcast Episode 2: Mass Hysteria, Airborne Sheepdogs and Mark Twain’s Brother
  18. In a Word
  19. Moments of Inspiration
  20. “A Magic-Ridden People”
  21. Special Delivery
  22. Slippery
  23. Consequences
  24. On the Couch
  25. Black and White
  26. Archimedes’ Twin Circles
  27. Franklin’s Mint
  28. In a Word
  29. Recommendation
  30. The Soul Trial
  31. Easy Rider
  32. Waste Not, Want Not
  33. A Little Romance
  34. The Taft Diet
  35. Podcast Episode 1: Calendar Reform, Doll Mansions, and Hitchcock’s Vertigo
  36. Western Union
  37. Unquote
  38. Sound Language
  39. Hearing Voices
  40. Tribute
  41. Fast Food
  42. Community Spirit
  43. Bow Tie
  44. Black and White
  45. All Greek
  46. Resolution
  47. In a Word
  48. Admittance
  49. Lightning Tourism
  50. Inconspicuous
  51. Coda
  52. Backstroke
  53. Headstones
  54. Oops 20
  55. A Knotty Problem
  56. Unquote
  57. The Skeleton in the Bale
  58. Trivium
  59. Overthinking
  60. Fate Fall
  61. Breakdown
  62. A Sky Duel
  63. Black and White
  64. “Anglo-Foreign Words”
  65. A Thankful Village
  66. In a Word
  67. Projective Chess
  68. Great Good Fortune
  69. Screwy
  70. The Steam Bicycle
  71. Reduced Housing
  72. A Tall Tail
  73. Sweet Home
  74. Reunion
  75. Unquote
  76. Budget Trouble
  77. Light Exercise
  78. The Meaning of Life
  79. Workaround

February 2014

  1. A Cynic’s Glossary
  2. Reflections
  3. Black and White
  4. Limited Lease
  5. Extra Credit
  6. In a Word
  7. Swift Swords
  8. Subtext
  9. Double Duty
  10. Inimitable
  11. Neat 2
  12. The Long Way
  13. Calendar Trouble
  14. Unquote
  15. Like Father, Like Son
  16. Crime Story
  17. Playing With Food
  18. High Drama
  19. War Games
  20. Wash and Carry
  21. Black and White
  22. Fact and Fiction
  23. Short Orders
  24. In a Word
  25. Righteousness
  26. Surrounded
  27. Sweet Reason
  28. Afghan Bands
  29. You Answer Quite Slowly
  30. Unquote
  31. Stickeen
  32. The Pill Scale (Part 2)
  33. Delayed
  34. The Pill Scale (Part 1)
  35. Dupli-Cat
  36. Cardiology
  37. Black and White
  38. Off Duty
  39. Turnabout
  40. In a Word
  41. Justice Confused
  42. High Hopes
  43. More Attachable Mirrors
  44. Self-Reproach
  45. Season’s Greetings
  46. “Baby Food”
  47. Letters and Numbers
  48. Fixing Dates
  49. Unquote
  50. Parting Words
  51. Groaners
  52. Misc 57
  53. Dreamed Up
  54. A Farewell
  55. Advance and Retreat
  56. Black and White
  57. In a Word
  58. Asked and Answered
  59. The Ulysses Contract
  60. “At Eventide”
  61. Shock Tactics
  62. The Rolling Die
  63. Appearances
  64. Perspective
  65. The Ship of Theseus
  66. Simple Enough
  67. The Six Circles Theorem
  68. Unquote
  69. Peripatetic Pussycats
  70. Standing Order
  71. A Penny Saved
  72. Don’t Ask Directions

January 2014

  1. Sanctuary
  2. The Paradox of Suspense
  3. Black and White
  4. Dog Tired
  5. Homework
  6. In a Word
  7. Sub Zapper
  8. Roy, Am I Mayor?
  9. Humility
  10. Anthropocentrism
  11. Back from the Klondike
  12. Unquote
  13. Behind Schedule
  14. Timing
  15. Double Trouble
  16. Deal’s a Deal
  17. Seasons, Greetings
  18. The Sumter County Does
  19. Black and White
  20. In a Word
  21. About Face
  22. Planting One’s Feet
  23. Constitution
  24. Fore-Edge Paintings
  25. Ghosts of Scotland
  26. Unquote
  27. Telling Time
  28. Never the Twain
  29. “Epitaph on an Unfortunate Artist”
  30. Hair Today …
  31. Nothing Doing
  32. Black and White
  33. An Epigrammatic Puzzle
  34. Diamond Verses
  35. In a Word
  36. Thought That Counts
  37. At Work
  38. Bounce Check
  39. Looking Up
  40. Piggyback
  41. Foot Work
  42. High and Dry
  43. Extra 2
  44. Unquote
  45. Mundane
  46. Silverton Bobbie
  47. Balance
  48. Non-Fiction
  49. Tongue Tied
  50. Figure and Ground
  51. Black and White
  52. Pitching In
  53. Digit Jump
  54. In a Word
  55. The Wheel Cipher
  56. Through the Motions
  57. Occupational Hazards
  58. Accord
  59. Lost Hope
  60. Good Boy
  61. Book Talk
  62. Moonlight Towers
  63. Unquote
  64. Parting Orders
  65. Eccentric Cricket
  66. Character Studies
  67. No Man’s Lands
  68. Twos-Day
  69. The Isdal Woman
  70. Black and White
  71. Object Lesson
  72. Misterioso
  73. In a Word

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