Monday, May 18, 2020

NPR WORD PUZZLE only with L, T, and vowels


Let’s have fun with last weekend ‘s on-air challenge for the NPR Word Puzzle. Every answer is a word, name, or phrase in which the only consonants are L and T — repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels. 

(You can listen to this Word Puzzle on https://www.npr.org/2020/05/17/857554125/sunday-puzzle-a-game-of-consonants)


Example: add up --> TOTAL





     1.   Opposite of big



     2.   Coffee made with hot steamed milk



     3.   Name, as of a book or movie



     4.   Dole out



     5.   Sweepstakes game



     6.   "For rent" sign (2 wds.)



     7.   Lavatory



     8.   Place to insert an electric plug



     9.   No-holds-barred (two words hyphenated)



    10.   Prevaricate (3 wds.) George Washing said he'd never ______  ____   ______.



    11.   Excite the imagination



    12.   Snitch







Answer Keys

   
    1.  little

    2.  latte

    3.  title

    4.  allot

    5.  lotto

    6.  to let

    7.  toilet

    8.  outlet

    9.  all-out

    10.              tell a lie

    11.              titillate

    12.              tattletale

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