Puzzler Archives

JAN
05Product Placement
12Bride of Crusty
19A Very Curious Transaction
26The Mad Hatter
FEB
02Pump Down the Mileage
09The Hall of 20,000 Lights
16High Caliber
20Popping Pills
MAR
02Gone Fishing
09Household Task
16Presidents' Day
23A Matter of Gravity
JAN
05Fair Maiden Rowena and Three Boxes
13The Contrary Building's Name
20David's Mystery Corolla
27Hat in the River
FEB
03Bloody Brakes!
10From Rags to Britches
17Find the Bogus Coin
24All Aboard!
MAR
03The Jealous Neighbors
10Buying a Motorcycle in Europe
17The Emission Mission
24Race Against Time
31Bicycle Murder-Suicide
APR
07Cryptic Messages
14The Decline and Fall of a Good Read
20No Accidents
28In a Flash of Light
MAY
05Kent's Exploding Ford Aerostar
12The Loose Caboose
19Backwards Engine Enigma
28Tom, Ray and Doug Paint Car Talk Plaza
JUN
01Fire Truck Race
09Muffled Out
16The Stakeout
23Bruno and the Bird Feeder
30Free Anniversary Dinner
JUL
07Deep in Center Field
14Digital Watch Dilemma
21Keep Leftus, Brutus
28The Case of the Haunted Car
AUG
04Pondering Two Inventions
18The Perils of Pickpocketing Postings
25The Silver Screen
SEP
01The Drink Denial
15The Poker Hand
22Mathematic Mistake
29Spy Games with Buttons
OCT
06The Power of Ten
13The Empty Can of Brake Fluid
20Eavesdropping Enigma
27Buying House Numbers, in Letters
NOV
03The Magic Hat
10The Pulsing Brakes
17Cutting the Holey Brownies
24Driving on the Wrong Side of the Road for a Good Reason
DEC
01Frank's Vacuum Cleaner Repair
08Drag Racing
15Painting a Carousel
22The Great War Invention
JAN
07The Hungry Businessman
14The Kitchen Carpentry Cure
21Two Glasses of Water
28Chickens and Eggs
FEB
04Vacation Vocabulary Challenge
11The Traveling Salesman
18Pants on Fire
25The Troublesome Will
MAR
04One for the Ages
11The Farmer's Stone
18The Dashboard Definition
25The Metal Helmet Mystery
APR
01Crusty’s Wedding Breakdown
08Don’t Do It, Frank!
15Shipwrecked Saga
22Frank's Party of Five
29Pinewood Derby Debacle
MAY
061000 $1 Bills and 10 Envelopes
13The Top Secret Free Beer Code
20No-Brainer of a Non-Starter
27Stack the Deck
JUN
03Bobo's "Don't Look Back" Tour
10How Does Pork Chop Boy Drive To Work?
17Tire mounting... with but a few letters.
24A Magnetizing Dinner Chez Magliozzi
JUL
01Order Up!
08Busting the Midnight Siphonist
15Fixing Ray's Lousy Math
22Bob and His Beetle
29Tom, Ray and Doug Paint Car Talk Plaza
AUG
05The 40-Pound Difference
12 The Stupid Puzzler was No Laughing Matter
19Porch Potatoes
26What Do These Famous People Have in Common?
SEP
02A Field Goal Fiesta!
08The Chicken Nugget Conundrum
25Computing the Commute
OCT
07A Pig in a Poke
14Seeing Double
21The Hunt for a Lone Stick Shift
28Lost Wages in Vegas
NOV
04Going down fast!
11Jumping Batteries Batman!
18The Endless Mile
25Camping with Water
DEC
02The Case of the Whacked Out Clock
09Vinnie Goombatz and the 247 Arm Wrestlers
16The Caddie in Winter
23Following the City Bus
30What Do These Words Have in Common?
JAN
02Ray's Card Game
09The Dark and Stormy Night
16Moving a Stove
23Eight Words
30The Pyramid Tourists
FEB
06The Cube Calendar Conundrum
13The Mango Gates
20A Clutch Solution
27The Mystery Mileage
MAR
05The Stolen Convertible
12What's Next?
19Prisoners and Hats
26The Rambler's Alternator Light
APR
02Dollars and Envelopes
09The Self-Adjusting Clock
16Wordplay
23The High-Speed Chase
30A Frigid Flight to Safety
MAY
07The Pricey Pump
14Math Poetry
21The Mysterious Event
28Three Slips of Paper
JUN
04Last Will and Testament
11The Clutch Cable Conundrum
18Magnifying Glass Mystery
25A Sparrow in Borneo
JUL
02The Case of the Missing Law Book
09Pump Puzzler
16The Speedy Saab
23Math Before Breakfast
30The Billionaire's Lawn
AUG
06The Car Talk Social Club
13The Brake Light Insight
20Crusty’s Perfect Square
27The Flawed Castle
SEP
03Perfect Words
10Stumped
17Geezers and Old Cars
24Popeye vs. Bluto
OCT
01The Temperature Flip
08Give This Volvo a Brake!
15The Cabin in the Woods
22For Whom the Dart Tows
29To Catch a Gas Thief
NOV
05Dividing Time
12Quonset Hut Quandary
19North by South
26Cruisin' to Grandma's
DEC
03The Third Parachute
10A Haircut in Horsetown
17A Question of Quotients
24The Prisoners and the Hats
31Too Good to be True
JAN
03Product Placement
10The Bride of Crusty
17A Very Curious Transaction
24The Mad Hatter
31Pump Down the Mileage
FEB
07The Hall of 20,000 Lights
21Popping Pills
28Gone Fishing
MAR
07The Household Task
28Deserted Island
APR
03The Curious Mirror
11Seize the Truck
18Pirate Puzzler
25The Sinking Brake Pedal
MAY
02Cable Contest
09Maine Murder Mystery
16Billy Bob's 50-Cent Habit
23More Matchstick Math
30The Alternator Solution
JUN
06The Case of the Mixed-Up Hats
13New Barber Math
20MAP Sensor Mystery
27The Counterfeit Quarters
JUL
04The Possible False Positive
11The Flat Front Tires
18Grow Your Own Car
25The Candy-Bar Solution
AUG
01The Tale of the Traveling Salesman
08The Skeptical Brother
15The Locked Box
22The Asymmetric Commute
SEP
05The Extra 40 Pounds
05To Stop a Car Thief
12Fuzzy Math
19The Principal Fix
26Tim and Jethro's Pump-Side Wager
OCT
03The Captured Spy
10Wingin' It
17The Elusive Vacuum Leak
24Ray's Hot Water Mystery
31The Ordinary and the Safety
NOV
07The Last Seat
14The Holiday Daze
21Ray's Vacuum Cleaner Fix
28The Backfiring Planes
DEC
05The 40-Pound Difference
12A Lesson Learned the Hard Way
19The Morris Minor That Could
JAN
04Four and Five
11Can You Spot the Error?
18Two Bedouins and a Dead Man
25Two Bedouins and a Broken Car
31Maritime Puzzler
FEB
08Prison Switcharoo
22Crusty’s Mysterious Brake Lights
MAR
01Matchstick Math II
08The Emission Mission
15Get Out Your Matchsticks
22Camping with Water
29Insta-Lawn
APR
05String Series, Number A
12No Accidents
19Bloody Brakes
26String Series, Number B
MAY
03The Shuddering Porsche
10The Loose Caboose
17Bedouins Breaking Bread
24An American Pilot in France
31The Prescription Sunglasses
JUN
07Matchstick Math Number 3E
14Diving Suits
21Let's Hear it for the Boys
28A Pound of Retention
JUL
03Free Anniversary Dinner
12Presidents and Their Mothers
19North by South Test
26"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Mix Up
AUG
02The Backfiring Pilots
09Jealous Neighbors
16The Not-So-Ordinary Bicycle
23Road Trip Trigonometry
30Dashboard Definition
SEP
06Paint it Black
13Bomber Armor
20The Right Dose
27Crusty's Date
OCT
04The Power of Ten
11Partying with Bill Gates
18Driving in Texas
25Painting a Carousel
NOV
01Pulsing Brakes
15Guess Our WEIGHT
22Wrong Side of the Road
29Drag Racing Dilemma
DEC
06The INMY License Plate
13A Fork in the Road
20The Great War Invention
JAN
05The Maiden and Three Boxes
12Blessing the Trucks
191000 $1s in 10 Envelopes
26The Contrary Building's Name
FEB
02David's Corolla Mystery
09Dougie's Three Girlfriends
16The Teacher's Message
23Dougie's Stolen Clothes
MAR
02The Boooogus Coin
09A Perplexing Puzzler
15Crusty's Wedding Breakdown
22Puzzler Mini-Vacation!
29An Automotive Riddle of Possibilities and Impossibilities
APR
06Paging Sherlock Holmes!
13Race Against Time
19The Lawnmower Mystery
27Bob and His Beetle
MAY
04A Puzzler of Olympic Proportions
11Mother's Day Puzzler Vacation!
18Pennies, Mittens and a Mask... Oh My!
24Backwards Engine Enigma
JUN
01Painting Car Talk Plaza
08Fire Truck Race
15Muffled Out
22The Stakeout
29The Restaurant Bill
JUL
06Beets Me!
13Stone Temple Farmers
20The Bogus White House Letter
28Problem at the Plant
AUG
08The Bistro Bottle Game
17Self-Adjusting Mystery Clock
24Pork Chop's Commute
SEP
03 What's with the Hungarian in Springfield?
11Breaking the Sound Barrier... on Horseback!
14The Poker Hand
21The Mathematic Mistake
28Spy Games with Buttons
OCT
05The Empty Brake Fluid Can
12Eavesdropping Enigma
19Buying House Number Letters
26The Magic Hat
NOV
02Down-Under Wonder
09Kent's Exploding Ford Aerostar
16The Case of the Whacked Out Clock
23Two Trains and a Bee
30Matchstick Math
DEC
07Frank's Vacuum Cleaner Repair
14Following the City Bus
21Rocco and Throckmorton Locked in the Trunk
JAN
07The Final Frontier
14Bobo's "Don't Look Back" Tour
22What's the Number?
28The Coney Island Crab Cake Company
FEB
04Fan Belts R Us
10The Great Grasshopper Race
18Red Card Green Card
25The Mysterious Crowbar
MAR
03The Quizzical Water Pump Repair
10A Plague of Pickpockets
17Familial Fun
24Oh What a Day!
31Lefty Wins the Game!
APR
07The Love Tree
14Pushing the MG
21Bruno's Gone to the Birds
28Hitting the Lottery
MAY
04Don't Do It, Frank!
12And They're Off!
19Rolling Fields of Green and Yellow
26Row, Row, Row Your Boat
JUN
02A Mysterious Operation
09Cop Stop Conundrum
15Crusty Cracks the Bungled Brakes
23A Most Unsavory Cup of Coffee
29On the Road to the Marrakesh Multiplex
JUL
07Burned by the Explorer
14A Theatrical Delivery
21The Case of the Missing Law Book
27Gilligan, Skipper and a Case of Pellegrino
AUG
07Who's on First?
10What's in a Name?
18A High Altitude Hijack
25Ordinary yet Unique!
SEP
01A High Seas Fix
08Wingin' It at Car Talk Plaza
15Crusty's Curious Window
22Take Ray Out to the Ball Game...
29An Inky Shadows Mystery
OCT
06Matchstick Angles Puzzler
12Tommy's New Garage Sign
19A Very Odd Equation
27The European Motorcycle
NOV
02Where is Jimmy's House?
09The Boots of Abba and Babba
17The Covetous Neighbors
24Tommy and Alex's Flat Tire
DEC
01Dougie's Pill Disaster
08Cutting the Holey Cake
15Ray's College Roommate
22Italian Glass Blowers
29Stacking Two Decks
JAN
03Cats, Dogs and Mice - Oh My!
17A Truck, a Box, and More Than 8th grade Mathematics!
29Missionaries Missing Starter Mystery
FEB
05Measure Me, Baby
12Three Slips of Paper
19Calling Agatha Christie?
MAR
05A Seven-Letter Vacation Curiosity
12Nine Unusual States
APR
11An Unusual Accident
16A Rope, Two Telephone Poles... and Some Confounding Math
30Only Time Will Tell
MAY
21Tommy’s Drive to Work
28The Bridge of Tom and Ray
JUN
04What am I?
11The Colored Caps
18 No-Brainer of a Non-Starter
25All Aboard!
JUL
02Prisoners and Hats and a Jungle, Oh My!
09The Minister, the doctor and the plumber
16Race of the Fire Trucks
23The Symbol of Agincourt
30The Path to Enlightenment
AUG
06George Bailey and the Extra-Strength Rogaine
13Bizarre British Travel Habits
20The Reluctant Camry
20TEST: The Reluctant Camry
27The Long Lost Roommate
SEP
03Deep Tanning
10Euro Bike
17An Interesting Series of Numbers
24Charlie and the Perplexing Temperature Billboard
OCT
01Dividing Time
09The Bogus White House Letter
15The Caddie in Winter
22Stone Temple Farmers
29The Hall of Lights
NOV
05Case of the Curious Rows
14An African Roadside Mechanic
19Car Trip Trigonometry
26Problem at the Ford Plant
DEC
03Life of a Salesman
10A Stately Road Trip!
17Friedrich Schringenrudder's Foppish Neckwear
24No Change for Ray
31Snap-On Scanner Scenario
JAN
04High Speed Chase
11Tommy's Tomatoes
18A Tale of Two Cars
25Uncharted Waters
FEB
08Painting by Numbers
15Revolt of the Lab Rats
22Vinnie Goombatz and the 247 Arm Wrestlers
MAR
01A Case of Chicken Soup
08A Loud Bang and a Breakdown
15The Stupid Puzzler was No Laughing Matter
22Our Fair City
29Gangsta Van
APR
05Two Glasses of Water
12The Wild Wild West
19Stevie and His Moto
26A Calmer, Tanner, Fatter Tommy!
MAY
03Slingshot Rail Dragsters
10The Decline and Fall of a Good Read
17A Geographically Odditity!
24A Mystery Auto Parts Purchase
31The Drink Denial
JUN
07It's All about the Number
14Equate This, Part Deux
28An Unusual Paragraph
JUL
05The Stakeout
19Peasant Shoe Uprising
26Bob and the Miracle Car
AUG
02The Chicken and the Egg
09A Very Intriguing Transaction
30Vanity on Wheels
SEP
13Tommy (Lost) in Space!
20Cube Calendar Quandary
27A Curious Case of Change
OCT
04Cruisin' to Grandma's House
26The Missing Getaway Car
NOV
01Atomically Correct
22Italian Stallions
DEC
06Holiday Stroll
13An officer, a gas station, and a suspicious car
27The Kitchen Carpentry Cure
JAN
12Two Ways Home on a Dark and Stormy Night!
20A President Once Again!
26A Flat Tire Saves the Day!
FEB
02Batter Up!
09The Curious Case of a Gonzo GPS?!
16Quonset Hut Quandary
23Too-Good-To-Be-True Used Car
MAR
02A Slippery Move
09Digital Watch Dilemma
16Deep in Center Field
23Deep in the Woods
30The Magliozzis' Employee of the Month
APR
06Telling Time
13Got Change?
20The Case of the MPG Gone MIA
27Standing By in Chicago
MAY
11Words to the Rescue!
26Equate This!
JUN
01Rattlesnake Canyon
08Number One
15Stuck between a Ditch and a Divorce!
20Paging Inspector Clouseau
29What Comes Next?
JUL
06Tom Hoofs it Home
13Records for Sale
27Who's Getting More?
AUG
03Familiar Phrase
10Cop Stop Conundrum
24Burning Insights of the Second Degree
31An Automotive Poison Dart
SEP
14 Cars with Something in Common
21A WWI Biplane and a Jackass (The Four-Legged Kind!)
28A Lost and Hungry Vagabond
OCT
05How the Dispatcher saved the Day
12What's in a Name?
19Puzzling Pigskin
26A Very Speedy Dougie
NOV
02Seven Perfect Words
09The Mathmatical Mystery of 4s
16Throckmorton Bottomfeeder and the Spiral Tower
23Spies and Imposters
30Cars in the Will
DEC
07Big Rigs
14A Bang-Up Job
28Matchstick Mathematics
JAN
14Computing the Commute
21The Palindromic Odometer
28Crusty and the Cruise Control Conundrum
FEB
04Dividing the Smart Kids
11You Want What?
25A Field Goal Fiesta!
MAR
03Lost Wages in Vegas
08A Perfect Square
17I'm Asking You Now!
24An Age-Old Question about a Ship and Its Boiler
31Flipping Ages
APR
07Burning Time
21Going Down Fast!
28Jumping Batteries Batman!
MAY
05The Endless Mile
12Car Talk Social Club
19An Eccentric Billionaire's Riddle of Fours
25One, Two, Four but No More!
JUN
02A Stomach-Growling Evening
09Tommy's Eggy Escapade!
16Green Means Go!
23A California Coastal Cruise
30Order Up!
JUL
07Chia Cars!
21Going Fishing!
AUG
18VW Beetle Tire Blowout
SEP
01A Controversial Car Gadget
08Crusty's Wedding
15A Pig in a Poke
22A Magnetizing Dinner Chez Magliozzi
29A Used Car Crime
OCT
06A Leisurely Vacation
13Emergency Surgery in Horse Town! (This ain't no haircut!)
20The Perfect Square Dance!
27One is the Magic Number
NOV
04Fuzzy Math
10A Classic Car Auction
17America's Favorite Pastime
24A Brake Job by Any Other Name Just Ain't the Same
DEC
08It's Math Time!
15When Muscles Aren't Everything
22A Pumping Puzzler!
JAN
08Measuring Up Romania
15The Shortest Day of 2007
22Can You Spot the Error?
29Who's Shootin' Who?
FEB
05What Do These Eight Words Have in Common?
12Inflate This?
19Bugsy's Car Conundrum
26A Dictionary Dazzler
MAR
12Pleased to Meet You!
19Getting to 100
26One Clutch Away from Love.
APR
09Walk the Dog.
16What Comes Next?
21Puzzler Is on Vacation - Test
30Wordplay Anyone?
MAY
07Bye Bye Bertha.
21Tires 'R' Us
28Zen and the Art of Telling Time.
JUN
04Sell This!
11To Knit or Knot to Knit?
18The Gassy Case of a Stolen Chevy
25Seeing Double
JUL
02Run Tommy Run!
16Claudette's Exploding Bridge Conundrum
23With This Hat, You're Hired!
30Gus's Model Garage
AUG
06Where's Elsie?
13Tommy's Tick-Tock Troubles
20Paging All Junior Mathematicians
27Free Anniversary Dinner
SEP
03 For Whom the Dart Tows
10The Un-Ordinary Bicycle
17Crusty's Curious Conundrum
24A Haircut in Horse Town, Part Deux
OCT
01The Asymmetric Commute
08The Hunt for a Lone Stick Shift
15Red Light, Green Light
22Tall Ships and Dangerous Cargo
29All in the Family
NOV
05The MPG Smackdown: The Clunker vs. the Hybrid
12Day at the Ballpark
19Name that Car!
26To Stop a Car Thief
DEC
03A Weighty Weigh-In
10 The Case of a Counterfeit Twenty
17Locking Out the KGB
22To Our Fair City or Bust!
JAN
09A Dark and Stormy Night And A Very Bad Idea
16The Great Mind-Boggling Antifreeze Mixture
23The Pricey Oil Change
30The Bistro Bottle Game
FEB
06This Week's Puzzler: A Most Curious Rule Change
13Richard and the Bikini-clad Sisters
20The Confederate Soldiers Who Left Home
27A Farmer, a Daughter—And an Unknown Number of Apples
MAR
06A Thousand Dollars And a Bunch of Envelopes
20The Perils of Pickpocketing Postings
27A Mysterious Repair
APR
04How Tommy Flies His 746 around the World
10Rick's Innovative Starting Technique
17Hugh Louis Dewey and the Last Will and Testament
MAY
01The mysterious, 140 year-old, never-changing automotive part.
08On the road to the Marrakesh Multiplex
15The Special, Non-moving Car Part
JUN
05The Mysterious Event in the Lincoln Mark V.
12Tommy pushes the MG up a hill
19Breaking the Sound Barrier On Horseback
26A Very Late-Night Emergency Clutch Repair
JUL
03Which state am I?
24Manny the Miracle Worker
AUG
21Saving the R.A.F.
28An Especially Challenging Glass of Water
SEP
11"Equate this!"
18The Striped Bass Fishing Competition
25Crusty's Mysterious Brake Lights
OCT
02A Company Move Like None Other
09Tire mounting... with but a few letters
16What's in that pocket?
23Doing the Math on the Ever-Slowing Drive
30A New Sign for the Garage
NOV
06Fixing Ray's Lousy Math
13In Search of Odometric Evidence
20Driving on the Wrong Side of the Road for a Good Reason
27A Repair Kit Most Curious
DEC
04Giacomo's Lackluster Bottles
11Friedrich Schringenrudder's Foppish Neckwear
18A Hike Unlike Any Other
25A Long Word--With a Curious Property
JAN
10 A Puzzler from the Final Frontier
17Keepus Leftus, Brutus
24Whole Lotta Hand Shakin' Goin' On
31SUV or Hybrid? A Familial, MPG Conundrum
FEB
07The Case of the Curious Mirror
14New Math on the Home Front
21The Creepy Case of the Haunted Car
28 A Seven-Letter Vacation Curiosity
MAR
07A Puzzler of Olympic Proportions
14A Dark and Stormy Night... and a Leak
21Pondering Two Inventions
APR
04How to Save a City from Measles
11What's in a Car's Name?
24Send more money. But, how much?
MAY
02Bringing a Dead Bug Back to Life
09An Item from the Automotive MIA Files
16The Chicken Nugget Conundrum
23Which Blades to Buy?
31The Case of the Mysterious Hotel Television
JUN
06A doctor, an operation, and five missing words
13Two little cubes - and too many numbers.
20A Most Unsavory Cup of Coffee
27Hubcaps of the Undercover Highway Patrol
JUL
04The Case of the Missing Law Book
11The Magic Hat
18Evil King Berman and the Fair Maiden
AUG
01How Much for Twelve? The Confounding House Number Puzzler.
08Ray's Extra Smart Scan Tool
15Dividing Time
22Shipwrecked Saga
29For Whom The Dart Tows
SEP
12A fraud in an ascot
19Tommy Makes an Ingenious Repair
26Charlie and the Perplexing Temperature Billboard
OCT
03The Top Secret Free-Beer Code
10The Mystery of the Frozen Block of Soda
17The License Plate Series, Part III
24Ray's Chicken-and-Egg Puzzler
31The Case of the Mysterious Murder in Maine
NOV
07Ray's Matchstick Puzzler
14The Hall of 20,000 Ceiling Lights
21Reading from Bottom to Top
28 The Not-So-EZ Pass
DEC
05So Who's Getting More?
12The Self-Adjusting Mystery Clock
19In Search of a Magic Number
26Jerry and the Quizzical Water Pump Repair
MAR
15An Ingenious Ride Home
22The Morris Minor That Could
APR
05Playing Cards With Ray
12Lefty Wins the Game Without a Pitch
19New Barber Math
26Walking and Riding to Town, Is It Faster?
MAY
03Tim and Jethro's Pump-Side Wager
10In Search of the Bogus Coins
17A Run That's "No Sweat"
24Electrical Engineers Learn The Hard Way
31Ray's Wife Proves He's All Wet
JUN
07Attack of the Bucolic Plague
14A Frigid Flight to Safety
JUL
05An Amber-Colored Conundrum
12Crusty goes to Coleslawvania
19Evil King Raymond and the White Knight
26Manny the Miracle Worker
31The Minister, the Doctor, and the Plumber
AUG
09Heart Attack Help
16A Tale of Two Malaysians... and a Kid
23Saving the RAF's bullet-ridden planes
30An Especially Challenging Glass of Water
SEP
13Ray's Mysterious Gas Station Chat
20Curious Escalator Math
27The Case of the Whistling Oldsmobile Delta 88
OCT
04One Seat Left. Is It Yours?
12The Mystery Mileage VW
18Ray says, "Equate this!"
NOV
01How Does Pork Chop Boy Drive To Work?
08Bobo's "Don't Look Back" Tour
15The Kitchen Carpentry Cure
22Busting the Midnight Siphonist
29Saving Dougie from Chronic Laziness Disease
DEC
06A Jumble of Numbers
13An SUV By Any Other Name
28A Most Curious Array of Breakdowns
JAN
11Cats and Dogs and Mice - Oh My!
18A Very Curious Transaction
25Shipwrecked Saga
FEB
08Prison Switcharoo
15Snap-On Scanner Scenario
22Pinewood Derby Debacle
MAR
01Father and Son Visit Pyramids of Egypt
08VW Beetle Tire Blowout
15Prescription Sunglasses Puzzler
APR
07Bruno and the Bird Feeder
14A Rope, Two Telephone Poles... and Some Confounding Math
MAY
05David's Mystery Corolla
12Stevie Gets Out His Bike
19Jimmy's on the Move. Sort Of.
JUN
09Driving In Texas
16The Mysterious Ways of Crow Bars
SEP
01A Matter of Tremendous Gravity. Or Not.
15A Dark and Stormy Nautical-Automotive Conundrum
22The Most Curious Game of Baseball
29One Coin That's Not Like The Others
OCT
06Find the 1 Bogus Coin in 50 - and Fast
13What's with the Hungarian in Springfield?
20Cars with Something in Common
27Tom, Ray and Doug Paint Car Talk Plaza
NOV
03"Wingin' it"
10The Power of One, Measly Letter
17A 52 Card Conundrum
24No Change for Ray
DEC
01From the Department of Very Curious Math
08Bob and the Miracle Car
JAN
19Where are All the Billionaires in England?
FEB
02The Hat Series Goes to Jail
09The Spark Hits the Fan
16More Matchstick Mathematics
23Red Card, Green Card
MAR
09Dashboard Definition
16One for the Ages
APR
06Holiday Weekday Daze
20Car of the Future
27$4.59/Gallon Gas
MAY
04Painting a Carousel
JUN
01Bedouins Breaking Bread
08MAP Sensor Mystery
15Sinister 710 Cap
JUL
06Slippin' and Slidin'
13String Series, Number A
20Insta-Lawn
27Emission Mission
AUG
03Camping with Water
10German Fan Belt
17The Putrid Puzzler
24The Great Grasshopper Race
31The Blessing of the Trucks
SEP
14Ray's Vacuum Cleaner Repair
28"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Mix Up
OCT
12Cell Phone Circuitry
26Tales from the New Hampshire Woods
NOV
02Spy Games with Buttons
09Average Salary Scramble
16Car Trip Trigonometry
23Records for Sale
30North by South Test
DEC
07Crusty's Exhaustive Brake Job
21In a Flash of Light
JAN
01Rocco & Throckmorton Locked in the Trunk
29Frank's Vacuum Cleaner Repair
FEB
05Following the City Bus
12The Mango Tree with Seven Gates
MAR
03What Do These Words Have in Common?
101000 $1 Bills and 10 Envelopes
17American Pilot in France
APR
07The Lawnmower Mystery
14Will Shortz's Automotive Word Play
28No Accidents
MAY
12Rambler's Alternator Light Mystery
26Heads Up Pennies
JUN
02Backwards Engine Enigma
09Hat in the River
16Magnifying Glass Mystery
30False Positive Puzzler
JUL
07Gone Fishing
14Holding a Finger at the Moon
21What Do These Famous Men Have in Common?
28Frank's Party of Five
AUG
04Stop to Talk
11The Story of John and John
18Manny the Miracle Worker
25Gastrointestinal Puzzler
SEP
01Brass Bar
07Building's Mysterious Name
08Case of the Whacked Out Clock
15Case of Melting Sorbet
22Special Limerick Edition
29Geezers and Old Cars
OCT
13Buying a Motorcycle in Europe
20Eavesdropping Enigma
27Buying House Number Letters
NOV
03Drag Race Dilemma
10Tommy's Flat Tire Trauma
17Bogus White House Letter
24Matchstick Math
DEC
15Job Interview Tiebreak
JAN
08Deserted Island
FEB
05Kent's Exploding Ford Aerostar
19Popping Pills
26Going Fishing
MAR
11Case of the German Fan Belt
25Case of Chicken Soup
APR
01Case of Two Bedouins and a Dead Man
08Case of Two Bedouins and a Broken Car
15Maritime Puzzler
29A Genuine Automotive Puzzler
MAY
06Crusty's Date
13Find the Bogus Coin
JUN
03Baseball Team Hats
JUL
07Restaurant Bill
SEP
16Poker Hand
23Bicycle Puzzler
30Combat Boots
OCT
07Algebraic Baseball Puzzler
14Skipping CD
21Jealous Neighbors
28Bicycle Murder-Suicide
NOV
04Partying with Bill Gates...and a Coin-Toss Quandary
11The Empty Brake Fluid Can
18Man & Woman Walking
25Landscaping Trees
DEC
02Crusty's Trip to Coleslawvania
09Special Aviation Puzzler
JAN
23Household Task
30A Minister, a Doctor, and a Plumber
FEB
06Fathers and Sons?
13Manny the Miracle Worker
27Match Math
MAR
06The Great War Invention
13Get Out Your Matchsticks
20Stack the Deck
APR
10Larry's VW
17Collapsing Clutch
MAY
01President's Day
08Old Roommates
22High Caliber
22Cryptic Messages
22Guess our WEIGHT
29Life of a Salesman
JUN
05Billy Bob's 50-Cent Habit
12Bloody Brakes
19Puzzling Paragraph
26Matchstick Mathematics Number 3-E
JUL
10Antonyms
SEP
25Matchstick Mathematics Number H
OCT
09Elusive Vacuum Leak
16Presidents and Their Mothers
23String Puzzler, Number B
30Race Against Time
NOV
06Fire Truck Race
13World War I Puzzler, Number A
20Sports Predictions
27Two Trains and a Bee
DEC
04Fair Maiden Rowena and Three Boxes
18Pulsing Brakes
JAN
03Product Placement
10Crusty, Original Recipe
17Arrr, A Nautical Puzzler, Matey
24The Silver Screen
31Three Girlfriends and a Car Funeral
FEB
14Pump Down the Mileage
21Pound of Retention
28Billboard Equation
MAR
07Bride of Crusty
14Now You Can't. Then You Could.
21Cable Contest
APR
04The Loose Caboose
11The Tree of Love
18Give This Volvo A Brake
MAY
02Seize The Smokin' Truck
09Back In Black
16Let's Hear It For The Boys
23Cabin Coffin
30Which Switch Switches?
JUN
06Down-Under Wonder
13Muffled Out
27What a Deal!
JUL
04The Family Jewels?
11Misfire By The Moonlight
18Billowing Smoke
25House Rules
AUG
01Vinnie and the Vacuum
08Logo Adventures
15Blue, White, and Rusty All Over
22Your Marbles Or Your Life
29Playing Chicken
SEP
12Trees and Mines
19Bomber Armor
26From Rags to Britches
OCT
03The Power of Ten
10A Fork In The Road
24A Lincoln In Winter
NOV
07The Emission Mission
14Three Chutes To The Wind
21Mathematic Mistake
28The Mad Hatter
DEC
05Horsetown
12Math of Ages
19The Boy, The Bus, And The Fish
JAN
11New Year's Eve Party
18Leaning Car
25Traffic in Sweden
FEB
01Japanese Discovery
08Low Tide
15Pearls for Valentine's Day
22Spark Plug Debate at the MINSU Meeting
MAR
01Battery With a Death Wish
08Vintage Volvo
15Counting at the Counter
29Finicky Volare
APR
05Mental Protuberance Defined
12Theft Prevention with a Common Tool
26Of Subways, Tokens, and Silent Transactions
MAY
03Historical Roots of Anti-Leftism
10One Man's Gadget
24A Fraud in an Ascot
31Dropping The Ball
JUN
07Of Fuses and Camping
14Where's Honey?
21Electrical Mystery Tour
28Top of the Block
JUL
05Lucky Butch
19Little Spares, Lots of Problems
26Short, Sweet, Succint, To The Point...
AUG
02Chia Cars
09Puddle Pushover
16Mileage Mystery
SEP
06Do Speedometers Lie?
13Re-FUSING to Fix the Brakes
20Igor, the Princess, and the Paper in the Jar
27Smokin' Beemer
OCT
04Dashboard Flashback
DEC
20Beets Me!
MAY
24Name That Car
31Chemistry Test
JUN
07Louie's Borrowed Truck
14By Book Or By Crook
21Porch Potatoes
28The $50,000 Special
JUL
12A Brotherly Challenge
19Interchangeable Parts
26The Case of the Faulty Converter
AUG
02Shocks
09Gas on Engine
23Spark Plugs
30Prison Marbles
SEP
06Watering the Plants
13Man-Made Objects
20Company Emblem
27Toyota Tercel
OCT
04Familiar Expression
11Electrical Circuit
18Citizenship Quandary
25Crusty and the Pulley
NOV
08Diving Suits
15Railroad Tracks
29Tom Hoofs It Home
DEC
06The Hill and the Carburetor
13Broken Distributor Cap
20Paint It Black