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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