Can you find the words ending in "-net" in English using the clues? Here's the latest WORD PUZZLE from NPR for you!

Every answer today is a word or name ending in "net," in any spelling.

 

Ex. Small room in which to eat meals -->  DINETTE

 

1. Person with brown hair

 

2. Old crime show with the catchphrase "Just the facts, ma'am"

 

3. Puppet manipulated by strings

 

4. Soldier's weapon used for stabbing

 

5. Wind instrument akin to an oboe

 

6. Brass instrument related to the trumpet

 

7. Percussion instrument that a dancer clicks

 

8. Old French queen Marie ___

 

9. Singer Tammy

 

10. ___ Rankin, first woman in Congress

 

11. ___ Funicello, one of TV's original Mouseketeers

 

12. Comedian Carol

 

13. President Joe Biden's middle name

 

14. Newspaper chain that publishes USA Today

 

15. Villainous superintelligence system in the "Terminator" films

 

16. Something a baby sleeps in

 

 

Answer Keys

    1.  brunette

    2.  dragnet

    3.  marionette

    4.  bayonet

    5.  clarinet

    6.  cornet

    7.  castanet

    8.  Antoinette

    9.  Wynette

    10.  Jeannette

    11. Annette

    12. Burnett

    13.  Robinette

    14.  Gannett

    15.  Skynet

    16. bassinet