EYDER PERALTA, HOST:
And it's time to play The Puzzle.
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PERALTA: Joining us is Will Shortz. He's the puzzle editor of The New York Times and puzzlemaster of WEEKEND EDITION. Hey there, Will.
WILL SHORTZ, BYLINE: Good morning, Eyder. Welcome to the show.
PERALTA: Thank you. So, Will, remind us of last week's challenge.
SHORTZ: Yes, it came from listener Greg VanMechelen of Berkeley, Calif. I said, take the name of a well-known artist. The first name can be divided to form two common words that are synonyms. And the last name can be anagrammed to form an antonym of those two words. Who's the artist, and what are the words? And the answer is Diego Rivera. You can divide Diego into die and go and rearrange the letters of Rivera to make arrive, which is the opposite.
PERALTA: We received more than 600 correct responses, and the winner is Aaron Jones from Cary, N.C. Congratulations, Aaron, and welcome to the show.
AARON JONES: Thank you very much.
PERALTA: How did you figure this out?
JONES: Well, I started with a lot of bad guesses about the wrong artists, but when I eventually stumbled on Van Gogh, I thought that go was a likely candidate to be one of the two words in the first name. And then I thought of a bunch of the wrong first names but...
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JONES: ...Eventually got to Diego and decided those synonyms. And I don't know all that many artists. But luckily, Diego Rivera came to mind.
PERALTA: All right. And when you're not playing The Puzzle,...
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