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I'm going to give you clues for two words. Add the letter D at the end of the answer to the first clue to get the answer to the second one. Example: Wild hog / Get on, as a train --> BOAR/D   1. Person who saves the day / Biblical king   2. German wife / Criminal activity   3. Smile / Use a whetstone   4. Prayer ending / Alter   5. Peruse / Total up again   6. Lumbering forest animal (2 words) / Famous pirate   Answer Keys     1.   hero/ Hero d     2.   frau/ frau d     3.   grin/grin d     4.   Amen/amen d     5.   read/re-ad d     6.   black bear/ Black Bear d

Here is the latest Sunday Word Puzzle aired on NPR today. I'm going to give you some six-letter words. Insert two new letters between the first and second letters of my word to make a familiar eight-letter word. Example: BEHEAD --> BONEHEAD 1. ATOMIC 2. SUNKEN 3. LAMENT 4. MAROON 5. ORATOR 6. DONATE 7. CINDER 8. INSIDE 9. HACKER   Answer Keys     1.   anatomic     2.   shrunken     3.   ligament     4.   macaroon     5.   operator     6.   detonate     7.   cylinder     8.   ironside     9.   hijacker

I'm going to give you some four-letter words. Name a capital city that conceals each word in consecutive letters.   (*picture source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7399879/European-capital-cities-dominate-list-worlds-FASTEST-public-transport-systems.html)  Example: THEN --> ATHENS 1. OPEN 2. QUIT 3. SINK 4. PEST 5. LUMP 6. DISH 7. TO-DO   ANSWER KEYS 1.   Copenhagen 2.   Quito 3.   Helsinki 4.   Budapest 5.   Kuala Lumpur 6.   Mogadishu 7.   Santo Domingo