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TEASERS FOOD FOR THOUGHT

What 9-letter food becomes a drink if you change its last two letters?

—SHAWN KENNEDY

TEASERS PINT-SIZED PUZZLE

Think of a type of business with seven letters. If you cross out its second, fourth, and last letters, you are left with what that business makes. What are the two words?

—SHAWN KENNEDY

TEASERS NOTEWORTHY WORDS

What is the logic behind the following sequence of words? MAIN, ALLY, STY, BLED, UP, STING, TAN, OR

—SCOTT ERDMAN

FOR THE RECORD CAPITAL CHALLENGE

Of the 50 state capitals in the U.S., how many are west of Los Angeles? For extra credit,

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