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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's puzzle winner Dan Peirce of Lincoln, Mass.

These relatives of ours lived in Eurasia for more than 300,000 years. They were expert toolmakers, using materials like stone, wood, and animal bone. They were also skilled hunters and foragers, and may even have created cave art. So what caused the decline and disappearance of their population?

NPR's Elissa Nadworny plays the puzzle with WMEH listener Chee Sing Lee and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

It's the perfect time of year to talk about this beloved refreshing libation.

NPR's Ayesha Racsoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KNPR listener Lisa Rock of Las Vegas, Nev.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Jeff Wood of Madison, Wisconsin, and Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Xavier Smith and puzzle master Will Shortz.

Ashwat Kaushik, 8, a chess prodigy from Singapore recently beat a 37-year-old chess grandmaster at a tournament in Switzerland. Kaushik is now the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Drew Skinner of Havertown, Pennsylvania, along with Weekend Edition Puzzle Master Will Shortz.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPCC listener Jerry Tsai and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.