Here’s the interesting word puzzle from this last week’s Weekend On-air challenge game made by Will Shortz from NPR.
You are given clues for two words. The first word ends in -GO. Drop the GO, and what's left will answer the second clue.
For example: What's loaded onto a ship? / Automobile --> CARGO
1. Tropical fruit / Guy or fellow
2. Australian sheep menace / Cacophony
3. Ballroom dance / Light brown
4. Second-longest river in Africa / Opposed to
5. North Dakota city / At a distance
6. Game with a 25-square card / Large container
7. Foreigner in Mexico / Smile
8. Italian cheese / Where China is
9. Third-largest city in America / Latin-American girl
10. Name of a bay in Jamaica / Card game associated with cheats
11. California city / Cookie often made with pecans
Answer Keys
1. mango/
man
2. dingo/
din
3. tango/tan
4. congo/
com
5. fargo/far
6. bingo/bin
7. Gringo/grin
8. Asiago/Asia
9. Chicago/Chica
10.
Montego/Monte
11.
San Diego/Sandie
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