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Watch Dachshund racing, skilled theater performances at Sottile Theatre or PURE Theatre and enjoy plenty of chances to chow down on oysters and other good eats.

What to do the week of Feb. 15

Derrick Niederman’s Sunday puzzle strikes a perfect balance.

Derrick Niederman’s puzzle will get your toes tapping, eventually!

Marc Colello plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPRs Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Sunday Puzzle: Game Of Words On-air Challenge: Every answer today is a pair of phrases in the form of "___ of ___," where the phrases can end in two ways. Ill give you the two ways those phrases can end. You give me the starting word. Every starting word is five letters long. Ex. Bread / Life --> SLICE (slice of bread, slice of life)1. Way / First refusal2. Mind / The Union3. Purchase / The pudding4. Wheat / The crop5. Cards / Representatives6. Paper / Cake7. View ...

11. Mind / Music Last weeks challenge: Last weeks challenge was a spinoff of my on-air puzzle, and it was a little tricky. Think of a hyphenated word you might use to describe a young child that sounds like three letters spoken one after the other. Challenge answer: Q-T-Pi Winner:Gary St. Germain of Highland, Calif. This weeks challenge: This weeks challenge comes from listener Derrick Niederman, of Charleston, S.C. Starting in Montana, you can drive into South Dakota and then into Iowa. Those ...