Monday, October 11, 2021

Time to play the latest NPR Sunday Puzzle!

Every answer today is a word or phrase in which the only consonants are D and T, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels.

Example: "Same here" --> DITTO




1. Was on a weight-loss regimen


2. Surpassed in accomplishment

3. Cry of achievement

4. Behaved obsequiously

5. Checked the financial records of

6. Having an uneven number of appendages on the foot

7. Insolent manner

8. Obsolete

9. Removed from an article intended for publication

 

Answer Keys

1.   DIETED

2.   OUTDID

3.   I DID IT

4.   TOADIED

5.   AUDITED

6.   ODDTOED

7.   ATTITUDE

8.   OUTDATED

9.   EDITED OUT


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