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the Reader's Digest 21x 4.8% stumper $595 avg J:14 DJ:7

J $100 1989 In names of magazines this word follows science, soap opera & writer's

J $500 1992 In terms of circulation it's the largest magazine whose name contains an apostrophe

J $1,000 2017 It's not just for the waiting room:"America in your pocket"

Rolling Stone 18x $456 avg J:13 DJ:5

J $100 1994 In 1992 this rock music publication founded by Jann Wenner celebrated its 25th anniversary

J $500 2000 This 1971 winner for Specialized Journalism was the subject of a 1973 song by Dr. Hook

DJ $1,200 2025 From Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Elko" in 1992: "It is autumn, as you know, and things are beginning to die"

National Geographic 18x 5.9% stumper $676 avg J:10 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $200 1992 This magazine's "Geographica" section reports on poisonous toads, killer bees & other phenomena

J $600 2022 The June 1985 cover of this magazine showed a 12-year-old Afghan refugee & described her "haunted eyes"

J $1,000 2020 This long-running magazine started publishing a "Little Kids" edition to teach youngsters 3-6 about our big world

The New Yorker 17x 6.2% stumper $750 avg J:8 DJ:8 FJ:1

J $100 1992 "Goings On About Town" is a popular feature of this Manhattan magazine

J $500 1995 Some of E.B. White's "Talk of the Town" pieces from this magazine were collected in "The Wild Flag"

J $1,000 2022 This magazine's black-on-black 9/11 cover was a joint effort by its art editor Françoise Mouly & her husband Art Spiegelman

Vogue 12x 16.7% stumper $808 avg J:8 DJ:4

J $200 2026 It's the ultimate in women's fashion:V

J $700 DD 1992 Diana Vreeland was Harper's Bazaar's fashion editor for 25 years before she moved to this magazine

J $1,000 DD 2017 With an overwhelming September issue:"Before it's in fashion, it's in..."

TV Guide 12x 8.3% stumper $383 avg J:6 DJ:6

DJ $200 1995 "Jeopardy!" is one of the shows that's been cheered in this weekly's "Cheers 'n' Jeers" column

J $600 2020 This 66-year-old magazine offers a section for shows on Netflix, Hulu & Amazon called "Stream It!"

J $200 1994 Columns in this weekly magazine include "The Couch Critic", "Grapevine" & "What I Watch"

Cosmopolitan 10x 11.1% stumper $722 avg J:5 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $200 1996 60 years before Helen Gurley Brown took over this magazine, it was bought by William Randolph Hearst

DJ $600 1989 For 19 years this magazine has been picking "The Bachelor of the Month"

J $1,000 2018 In the 1920s Amelia Earhart penned an aviation column for this "worldly" women's magazine begun in 1886

playboy 9x $478 avg J:3 DJ:6

J $100 1991 According to its cover, this magazine is "Entertainment for men"

J $600 2024 The first issue of this magazine in 1953 had Marilyn Monroe in black & white on the cover & a much more famous color photo inside

DJ $1,600 2019 A 1962 conversation Alex Haley had with Miles Davis became the first of this magazine's famous interviews

The Saturday Evening Post 8x $571 avg J:2 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $100 1996 In 1963 Norman Rockwell painted his 317th & final cover for this magazine

DJ $800 1994 In 1970 this magazine moved its editorial offices from Philadelphia to Indianapolis

DJ $1,000 1989 It's now published by the Ben Franklin Literary & Medical Society; Curtis sold it in 1982

People 8x 12.5% stumper $375 avg J:7 DJ:1

J $200 2023 "Humans":Very famous humans, including the annual Most Arousing Male Human Still Breathing

J $800 2013 Alcuin:"The voice of the ____ is the voice of God"

J $200 2013 "The Sexiest Man Alive! (1992)": Nick Nolte

Life 8x 25.0% stumper $512 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1994 In July 1993 this photo-filled monthly magazine became smaller & got a new logo & layout

J $600 2020 In 2000 Time announced that this other 4-letter magazine would no longer be monthly & would only publish special issues

DJ $1,000 DD 2010 The website for this defunct mag has the "most amazing collection of professional photography on the Web"

fortune 8x 14.3% stumper $643 avg J:3 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $100 1996 This business biweekly ranks its 500 largest U.S. corporations by performance & by state

DJ $800 2015 Luck, or great wealth

DJ $1,200 2012 100 Best Companiesto Work For, Investor Interview

Better Homes and Gardens 8x $662 avg J:5 DJ:3

DJ $400 2021 As its name implies, this magazine founded in 1922 is full of ideas for sprucing up your indoor & outdoor spaces

J $800 2014 Featuring recipes & ideas for your yard:BH&G

DJ $1,200 2004 The USA’s 2 top-selling magazines are Reader’s Digest & TV Guide; this “Better” magazine comes in third

the Ladies' Home Journal 8x 12.5% stumper $688 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $100 1997 This women's publication is known as LHJ for short

DJ $800 1990 Cyrus Curtis founded this women's magazine in 1883; by 1987 its circulation was over 5 million

DJ $1,000 1989 The spine of this magazine warns us to "never underestimate the power of a woman"

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Time 7x $329 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $200 2008 12:15 A.M. or3:11 P.M.

J $600 2013 Ecclesiastes:"To every thing there is a season, and a ____ to every purpose under heaven"

DJ $200 1995 Henry Luce & Briton Hadden brought out the first issue of this newsmagazine dated March 3, 1923

Newsweek 7x $371 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $100 2000 In 1999 Time won for Public Interest & this competitor won for News Reporting

DJ $800 2017 Founded to rival Time; briefly went all-digital in 2013

J $100 1984 Newsmagazine published by the Washington Post

Motor Trend 7x 28.6% stumper $471 avg J:5 DJ:2

DJ $200 1988 In 1949, it began giving out its "Car of the Year" award

J $600 2020 MT for short, this magazine for car enthusiasts celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2019

J $300 1992 It calls itself "The World's Automotive Authority"

Mad 7x $571 avg J:2 DJ:5

DJ $200 1993 William Gaines, the longtime publisher of this humor magazine, died in 1992 at age 70

DJ $600 1991 Soon after its inception in 1952, this popular satire magazine began refusing all outside advertising

J $400 2013 The movie "Network":"I'm as ____ as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

Good Housekeeping 7x 16.7% stumper $633 avg J:5 DJ:1 FJ:1

DJ $200 1987 Many products display this magazine's seal on their labels

J $600 2023 "Adequate Home Maintenance":Will you give your approval to its seal?

J $1,000 2020 Founded in 1885, this magazine established an institute to test consumer goods, which might get its seal of approval

ebony 7x $786 avg J:4 DJ:3

DJ $400 2004 This magazine’s website says it’s “more than a magazine to Black America… it’s a way of life”

J $500 1989 In 1945 George H. Johnson launched this "Life"-like magazine aimed at a black audience

J $1,000 2013 The mirror from Disney's "Snow White":"Lips red as the rose, hair black as ____"

Forbes 7x $733 avg J:3 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $400 2009 Warren Buffett topped this mag's 2008 list of billionaires; mayor Bloomberg was its most powerful billionaire in 2009

DJ $800 1999 In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine

DJ $1,200 2016 Maybe Steve of this last name should put himself on one of his own magazine's "Most Powerful" lists

Vanity Fair 6x 33.3% stumper $650 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $400 2025 Since 1994 this magazine has thrown an after-party following the Academy Awards

J $500 1996 Before Conde Nast revived it in 1983, this arts & culture magazine was defunct for nearly 50 years

DJ $1,200 2014 In killing a piece on Gwyneth, Graydon Carter wrote this magazine didn't do takedowns of individual celebs

Punch 6x $317 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $200 1996 William Makepeace Thackeray was an early staff member of this British humor magazine

DJ $600 1994 In 1992 this British humor magazine ceased regular publication after 151 years

DJ $200 1994 This British humor magazine was named for a puppet, not for a drink

Popular Mechanics 6x 16.7% stumper $767 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $400 1996 1 of 2 magazines with "Popular" in their titles whose circulation exceeds 1 million

DJ $800 1987 2 of the 3 U.S. magazines with circulations over 750,000 that have "Popular" in their names

DJ $1,600 2021 This magazine once known for featuring cars & boats has a breakthrough award for innovations like bacteria-powered batteries

The Wall Street Journal 5x $860 avg J:5

J $100 1995 This daily published by Dow Jones has been printing the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 26, 1896

J $600 2005 (Hello, I'm Peggy Noonan.) I write a weekly column for opinionjournal.com, which is the editorial website of this business-oriented newspaper

J $1,000 DD 2016 From 1889 until early in the Great Depression, this newspaper rarely reported beyond business & economic news

Prevention 5x 20.0% stumper $820 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2004 As the old saying goes, "An ounce of" this magazine "is worth a pound of cure"

J $500 1996 Published by Rodale Press, it's the USA's best-selling magazine devoted to health & nutrition

J $1,000 2018 From Rodale, a healthy lifestyle magazine covering nutrition, medicine & exercise:P

Field & Stream 5x 20.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2012 For the true outdoorsman: F&S

J $500 1994 It's the USA's most popular magazine for the hunting & fishing enthusiast

DJ $400 2024 For those who enjoy the outdoors:F&S

Southern Living 5x $840 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $400 2023 "Biscuits & Jam" is a podcast hosted by Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of this regional magazine abbreviated S.L.

J $800 2004 In titles, this word follows Southern, Country & Martha Stewart

DJ $1,600 2019 It celebrates the culture, cuisine & beauty of Dixieland:SL

Us 4x $500 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1989 In 1977 The New York Times started this rival to People magazine

DJ $600 1990 Comparing itself to People, this magazine says it reaches "A better class of people"

DJ $400 1996 "Looking Good" & "Spotlight" are departments of this magazine whose name is the objective case of "We"

Scientific American 4x $1,225 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2016 SA for short, in 1950 it published an article by Albert Einstein "On the Generalized Theory of Gravitation"

J $500 2000 Its first issue, in 1845, included articles on "A Smoke Filter for Locomotives" & "Cause of Sound and Thunder"

DJ $2,000 DD 2024 Has published articles by more than 200 Nobel Prize winners:SA

Parade 4x $700 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 2000 At 37 million, this magazine that falls out of your Sunday paper has the USA's largest circulation

J $800 2009 This mag now distributed with the Sunday paper debuted in 1941, subtitled "The Weekly Picture Newspaper"

DJ $1,600 2017 Where folks "Ask Marilyn" every Sunday

maxim 4x 75.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $600 2012 The name of this men's magazine is a synonym for "adage"

J $1,000 2008 For example:"Be just, and fear not"

J $800 2024 This magazine debuted in 1997 with Christa Miller as its first alluring cover woman

Martha Stewart 4x $500 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2012 Her name precedes "Living" & "Weddings" in the titles of 2 of her media empire's magazines

DJ $600 2000 Her name precedes the word "Weddings" in the name of a quarterly magazine & "Living" in a monthly

DJ $600 1998 Woman seen here; she has a magazine named for her: ("It's a good thing")

Look 4x 25.0% stumper $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1988 Founded in 1937 to compete with "Life", it died in 1971, was revived & died again in 1979

J $500 1993 From 1937 to 1971 Gardner Cowles spent his life publishing this weekly picture magazine

DJ $600 1991 In 1937 Cowles Communications founded it as a competitor to Life but it died in 1971

Harper's 4x 50.0% stumper $1,400 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $800 2026 Famous for its Index, it celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2025:H

DJ $1,000 DD 1993 For the no. of feathers on Big Bird or the No. of Tupperware parties held daily, check this magazine's "Index"

DJ $1,800 DD 1993 Founded in 1850 & named for the brothers who launched it, it's America's oldest monthly magazine

Gourmet 4x 25.0% stumper $1,250 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $1,000 2020 In her book "Save Me the Plums", Ruth Reichl recounts her days as editor in chief of this fancy food magazine that ceased to be in 2009

J $1,000 2005 Ray Bradbury & Ogden Nash were among the non-food writers featured in this magazine founded in 1941

DJ $1,000 1988 Magazine that describes itself as "The magazine of good living"

The New York Times 4x $325 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1984 Staid New York newspaper that first launched "Us" magazine

J $500 1997 Arthur Hays Sulzberger was publisher of this U.S. newspaper from 1935 to 1961

DJ $200 2000 This newspaper's Sunday mag features "What They Were Thinking", "The Way We Live Now" & a tough crossword

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Washington, D.C. 3 U.S. News & World Report 3 Redbook 3 Playbill 3 money 3 MAD magazine 3 Maclean's 3 Interview 3 Family Circle 3 Entertainment Weekly 3 Denver 3 Architectural Digest 3 Alfred E. Neuman 3 The Atlantic 3 Stern 3 Rupert Murdoch 3 Young 2 World Report 2 Wired 2 Weight Watchers 2 Vibe 2 Town & Country 2 Tom Selleck 2 Time & Life 2 the Washington Post 2 The National Review 2 The Hartford Courant 2 the Chicago Sun-Times 2 Spy 2 Spin 2 Soap Opera Digest 2 Smithsonian 2 Seventeen 2 Rhode Island 2 Popular 2 Playgirl 2 People Magazine 2 Oprah Winfrey 2 Omni 2 Muhammad Ali 2 Ms. magazine 2 Marie Claire 2 Lear's 2 Jet 2 Harper's Bazaar 2 Gentlemen's Quarterly 2 fishing 2 essence 2 Entrepreneur 2 Elle 2 Discover 2 Diana Vreeland 2 Der Spiegel 2 Conde Nast 2 Boy Scouts 2 National Geographic World 2 The Baltimore Sun 2 the National Lampoon 2 the Harvard Lampoon 2 the AARP 2 Norman Vincent Peale 2 GQ ( Gentlemen's Quarterly ) 2 Cosmo 2 Brides 2

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