Here's the NPR Weekend Puzzle from this last Sunday!

Each question has two words. Drop one letter in each of them to leave two words that are in the same category of things.

Example: DRILL STAGE --> dill & sage (both herbs)

(*picture source: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Related-Words-Categories-3255955)

1.   THEN THIRSTY

2.   BOOST SHORE

3. LINDEN SATING

4. BUNGLE SHORN

5. JUDGE PESTER

6. CANINES NIECE

7. COUNTY PEARL

8. BRASS TREMBLE

9. LOITER GALLEON

10. LAUNCH SCUPPER

<Answer Keys>

1.   ten & thirty (numbers)

2.   boot & shoe (footwear)

3.   linen & satin (cloth)

4.   bugle & horn (wind instruments)

5.   Jude & Peter (Saints)

6.   Cannes & Nice (famous resort areas in Southern Coast of France)

7.   Count & Earl (the nobility ranking)

8.   bass & treble  (the functions that change the lower and higher frequency of audio)

9.   liter & gallon (units for liquid measurement)

10. lunch & supper (meals)