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Time to play the latest NPR word puzzle from this last Sunday!

Every answer today is a word, name, or phrase ending on the accented syllable sound "lay" — in any spelling. (*You need to know the anwers today are pronounced in a different way in the original French words.)

Ex. French city overlooking the Strait of Dover --> CALAIS

1.   Person who parks cars at a restaurant

 

2. Slice of boneless meat or fish

 

3. Lose by putting in a place you can't remember

4. Put to rest, as fears

5. French red wine

6. Cry at a bullfight

7. Brand of skin cream and beauty products

8. French for "with milk" (2 wds.)

9. French for "sun"

10. Skiers' cabin in the Alps

11. Poet Edna St. Vincent

12. [Fill in the blank:] Crème ___ (custard dessert)

13. Car with a roof that folds down

14. Renaissance writer François

15. Singer Robert who won a Tony for his role in "The Happy Time"

16. "Swan Lake," for example

 


Answer Key

1.   valet

2.   filet

3.   mislay

4.   allay

5.   Beaujolais

6.   ole

7.   Olay

8.   au lait

9.   soleil

10.  chalet

11.  Millay

12.  brulee

13.  cabriolet

14.  Rabelais

15.  Goulet

16.  ballet

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