A pickle inspired this week’s puzzle from Quiz Guy John Chaneski. He was thinking about the fact that if you need something to help you strum a guitar, a “pickle do just fine,” the word pickle sounding, of course, like an contraction of the words pick will. John provides clues that seek one-word answers that follow this same pattern. Say, for example, that you and your friends are getting ready for a baseball game. You have gloves and balls and uniforms, but you need one more thing. What’ll do? This is part of a complete episode.
A Delaware listener wonders about her grandparents’ use of the phrase I beg your pardon, which sounds a bit old-fashioned to her and her peers. Her grandparents were prim and proper, and used this expression whenever they felt slighted or...
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