Sunday, February 7, 2021

Time to play the NPR Sunday Puzzle aired on this Sunday

 Today's puzzle is all about "me." Specifically, every answer is a word or name in which the accented syllable "me," in any spelling, appears somewhere inside it.

 

Example: Serving to fix or correct things --> REMEDIAL

 


1. Person who tells jokes

 

2. Single-celled creature

 

3. Friend in Mexico

 

4. Minor criminal infraction

 

5. Part of Ukraine annexed by Russia in 2014

 

6. Country located between Turkey and Azerbaijan

 

7. Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor

 

8. In Greek myth, the Titan who's said to have created humanity from clay

 

9. Basic kind of acid

 

10. Composer Shostakovich

 

 

Answer Keys

1.  Comedian

2.  Ameba

3.  Amigo(a)

4.  Misdemeanor

5.  Crimea

6.  Armenia

7.  Archimedes

8.  Prometheus

9.  Amino

10.              Dmitri

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