Saturday, January 2, 2021

The final Sunday Puzzle (aired on December 27th, 2020) from NPR of last year

Every answer today is an eight-letter word that consists of a three-letter word inserted inside a five-letter word. I'll give you a clue to the three-letter word as well as the five-letter word itself. You tell me the eight-letter word.

 


Example: Wrigley's product + AREN'T --> ARGUMENT

 

1. Tennis court divider + MAGIC

 

2. Oil installation + IRATE

 

3. What a hot dog goes in + TRIAL

 

4. Everything + BROOM

 

5. Have dinner + ENTRY

 

6. Opposite of young + DRUMS

 

7. To employ + CAROL

 

8. Health resort + DITCH

 

9. Fruit preserves + BENIN

 

10. Cry of disgust + LATER

 

12. Be successful at bat + GRAPE

 

13. Affirmative response + EIGHT

 



Answer Keys 

    1.  net in magic: magnetic

    2.  rig in irate: irrigate

    3.  bun in trial: tribunal

    4.  all in broom: ballroom

    5.  eat in entry:entreaty

    6.  old in drums: doldrums

    7.  use in carol: carousel

    8.  spa in ditch: dispatch

    9.  jam in benin: Benjamin

    10. ugh in later: laughter

    11.   hit in grape: graphite

    12.  yes in eight: eyesight

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