Monday, July 12, 2021

Sunday Puzzle (from NPR On-air Challenge of July 11th, 2021)

Time to play the latest on-air challenge of Sunday Puzzle from NPR! Every answer today is a word, name, or phrase in which the only consonants are R and C, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels.

Ex. To happen --> OCCUR



(*source of image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/25475970@N07/3402149923) 

[5 letters:]

1. Capital of Ghana

2. About, as before a date that's uncertain

3. One spreading news in colonial times

 

[6 letters:]

4. Occupation

5. Elaborately ornamental style

5. Journalist Katie

7. Ancient Roman statesman and orator

[7 letters:]

8. One who transports documents

9. Partner of Ives in old lithography

10. Verizon or AT&T

11. Native of Rio de Janeiro

12. Vehicle in the Indianapolis 500 (2 words)

 

Answer Keys

-      5 letter word –

1.  Accra

2.  circa

3.  (town) crier

 

-      6 letter word  -

4.  career

5.  Rococo

6.  Couric

7.  Cicero

 

-      7 letter word   -

8.  courier

9.  Currier

10.              carrier

11.              Carioca

12.              race car

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