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Time to play the puzzle! (aired on NPR on August 22nd, 2021)

 It’s time to play the Sunday Word Puzzle created by Will Shortz from NPR. Every answer today is a word starting with SH-. I'm going to give you two words. The first one can precede the answer and the second one can follow it, in each case to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase.

Ex. Jump Glass --> SHOT [jump shot, shot glass]



(*PICTURE SOURCE: https://originofalphabet.com/words-beginning-sh/


1.   Tortoise Game

2.   Milk Hands

3.   Soft Polish

4.   Coffee Talk

5.   Talk Business

6.   Window Tree

7.   Space Cock

8.   Meteor Stall 

9.   Look Shooter

10. Cold Blade

Answer Keys

1. Shell

2. Shake

3. Shoe

4. Shop

5. Show

6. Shade

7. Shuttle

8. Shower

9. Shark

10. Shoulder

 

 

 

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