My Famous People Palindromes Per Sunday’s NPR Puzzle
[* begins and ends the actual palindrome to distinguish from any explanatory text]
Category = Long & Poetic (by
Category = Long & Poetic (by
* stressed star, Depp) Art: A Tone Poem / Time knits lives’ tab / A wolf-ewe flow / A bat’s evil stink emit / “Me ‘ope not a trapped rat’s desserts!” *
[Quoth Jack Sparrow, “Nevermore!”]
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Category = Multiple Famous Names
* “Geordi, as Levar Burton, did not rub Ravel,” said Roeg. *
* Oh (nod) no! Levar Burton did not rub Ravel on Don Ho! *
* Now Edison, no Tesla. Usual set on, no side won. *
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Category = Headlines, or Short but not Sweet
* Now Edison sees no side won. *
* Bardem: “Me drab” *
* Bacon sub sees bus, no cab. *
* At Sartre’s say, assert Rasta. *
* To Obama, I am a boot. *
or * Er, Obama, I am a bore. *
* Degeneres did serene GED. *
* Star Depp arts strapped, rats! *
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Category = All Garbo (her birthday, 9-18, is date Shortz reads winners)
* “You be film!” I’d so brag, ‘til I lit Garbo’s dim life buoy. *
* Garbo’d emote to me, “Do brag! *
* Garbo’s a “sob rag.” *
* To Greta Garbo: Don’t–no, do–brag at ergot. *
* O, brag at, ergo, Greta Garbo. *
* Garbo’s star sees rat’s sob rag. *
* Is Garbo “sob rag”? Si! *
* Do, Greta Garbo – don’t – no, do brag at, er, God. *
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Category = Also-rans & Variations on a Theme * Not now tressed star, Depp: “Art trapped rat’s dessert wonton.” *
* My, no, Peter Fonda had no fret eponym. *
* So, Peter Fonda had no fret epos. *
* Liam Neeson, emote to me, “No seen mail!” * * No, Levar Burton did not rub ravel on. *
* Star Levar Burton did not rub Ravel, rats! * * Oh, no, Levar Burton did not rub Ravel on ho! *
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Category = Multiple Famous Names
* “Geordi, as Levar Burton, did not rub Ravel,” said Roeg. *
* Oh (nod) no! Levar Burton did not rub Ravel on Don Ho! *
* Now Edison, no Tesla. Usual set on, no side won. *
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Category = Headlines, or Short but not Sweet
* Now Edison sees no side won. *
* Bardem: “Me drab” *
* Bacon sub sees bus, no cab. *
* At Sartre’s say, assert Rasta. *
* To Obama, I am a boot. *
or * Er, Obama, I am a bore. *
* Degeneres did serene GED. *
* Star Depp arts strapped, rats! *
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Category = All Garbo (her birthday, 9-18, is date Shortz reads winners)
* “You be film!” I’d so brag, ‘til I lit Garbo’s dim life buoy. *
* Garbo’d emote to me, “Do brag! *
* Garbo’s a “sob rag.” *
* To Greta Garbo: Don’t–no, do–brag at ergot. *
* O, brag at, ergo, Greta Garbo. *
* Garbo’s star sees rat’s sob rag. *
* Is Garbo “sob rag”? Si! *
* Do, Greta Garbo – don’t – no, do brag at, er, God. *
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Category = Also-rans & Variations on a Theme * Not now tressed star, Depp: “Art trapped rat’s dessert wonton.” *
* My, no, Peter Fonda had no fret eponym. *
* So, Peter Fonda had no fret epos. *
* Liam Neeson, emote to me, “No seen mail!” * * No, Levar Burton did not rub ravel on. *
* Star Levar Burton did not rub Ravel, rats! * * Oh, no, Levar Burton did not rub Ravel on ho! *
