Blaine’s Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 1, 2026): Famous 20th Century Writer

Q: Name a famous 20th century writer. Remove the last two letters of the first name and the last letter of the last name. The result will name a clothing material. What is it?

Contrary to what Will might think, we’ve seen a version of this before.

Edit: “Version” sounds like “virgin” and “Will” sounds like “wool”. This puzzle was very similar to a puzzle from January 2017.

A: VIRGINIA WOOLF –> VIRGIN WOOL