Sunday Puzzle: Spooky anagrams

NPR | By Will Shortz

Published June 12, 2022 at 7:05 AM CDT

On-air challenge: Every answer today is the name of a classic horror film or thriller. I'll give you anagrams of the titles. You name the films.

Ex. WAS --> Saw
1. DUAL CAR
2. LONE WHALE
3. MR. CASE
4. RACIER
5. SALINE
6. GETS POLITER
7. TOE TUG (2 words)

Last week's challenge: What is the name of what country contains a deodorant and an air freshener in consecutive letters.

Challenge answer: Bangladesh (Ban + Glade)

Winner: Kathleen Martin from Richmond, Va.

This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Theodore Regan, of Scituate, Mass. Take the last name of a famous 20th-century American. The 5th, 6th, 7th, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd letters, in that order, name a European capital. Who is the person, and what capital is it?

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