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Can you do better than our host on IPR's new puzzle feature? Yeah, probably

Since he was 18, Jonathan Baude has been hoping to get one of his crosswords published in the newspaper perhaps most famous for having a crossword. His first — and hopefully not last, he says — appears on Dec. 2 in The New York Times. (Photo: Ed Ronco / IPR News)
Since he was 18, Jonathan Baude has been hoping to get one of his crosswords published in the newspaper perhaps most famous for having a crossword. His first — and hopefully not last, he says — appeared Dec. 2 in The New York Times. (File photo: Ed Ronco / IPR News)

In December, Jonathan Baude fulfilled a dream by having a crossword puzzle published in The New York Times.

Today, he stumps IPR's Ed Ronco with a puzzle made for 'radio.' And the answer was right in front of his face.

We imagine you'll do better when IPR unveils its listener puzzle feature in the newsletter on July 11.

Also, three Michigan bands will replace rapper Ludacris' canceled performance at the National Cherry Festival.

And we listen back to an Interlochen man who is in charge of the nation's 250th Anniversary Time Capsule, buried this weekend in Philadelphia.


Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editor: Steve Junker
Music: Blue Dot Sessions