This Sunday’s on-air challenge of Word Puzzle on NPR (created by Will Shortz) is to find “homophones”. Homophones are each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.
Each of the following sentence ends in
"_____ to _____." Put two homophones in the blanks to complete it. Example: The bicycle salesman had an innovative new _____ to _____. --> PEDAL, PEDDLE
1.
The thieves prowling around the Pittsburgh
mill were looking for some _____ to _____.
2.
To prepare the dough for the oven, the baker
will first _____ to _____.
3.
Since my foot surgery, my toes have gotten
better, but I still have to wait for my _____ to _____.
4.
To make some money, the illustrator for the
old Disney film has a sample _____ to _____.
5.
Seeing the physician's boat moving
erratically, the Coast Guard ordered the _____ to _____.
6.
Regulations may not allow you to speak, but
you always have the _____ to _____.
Answer Keys
1.
Still to steal
2.
Need to knead
3.
Heel to heal
4.
Cell to sell
5.
Doc to dock
6.
Right to write
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