Monday, November 18, 2019

Weekend Word Puzzle from NPR (Nov, 17, 2019)


Let’s solve the NPR Sunday Word Puzzle! (on the air November 17th, 2019)  Every answer today is a word or name that ends in the letters -LLO.
Ex. Standard greeting --> HELLO

1. Dessert that jiggles: ____________________


2. Winemaker Ernest or Julio: __________________


3. 1960s-'70s U.S. space program: ________________


4. Brand of scouring pad: ________________


5. Largest city in the Texas Panhandle: _____________


6. Abbott's partner in old comedy: ________________
7. Animal with a leathery shell much seen in Texas and the Southwest: ________________________


8. Italian sculptor of the Renaissance; also one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: ______________________


9. Kind of mushroom: ________________


10. Island in New Brunswick, Canada where F.D.R. had a summer home: _____________________


11. Highly caffeinated, citrus-flavored soft drink: __________________




Answer Keys


1. Jello
2. Gallo
3. Apollo
4. Brillo
5. Amarillo
6. Costello
7. Armadillo
8. Donatello
9. Portabello
10. Campobello
11. Mellow yello

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