It's time to play the SUNDAY PUZZLE from NPR: aired today on March 8th, 2006)

 This is a "quiet" puzzle. Every answer is a word that starts with SH-. I'm going to give you two words that the answer can proceed in order to complete compound words or familiar two-word phrases. You tell me the SH- word.

Ex. Holder     Cropper   -->   SHARE (shareholder, sharecropper)

 

1. Shooter     Eyed

 

2. Music     Metal

 

3. Skin     Dog

 

4. Shocked     Game

 

5. Key     Gears

 

6. Wreck     Mate

 

7. Horn     Lace

 

8. Center     List

 

9. Change     Range

 

10. Clock     Glass

 

11. Blade     Strap

 

12. Stall     Curtain

 

Answer Keys

    1.   Sharp (Sharpshooter & Sharp-eyed)

    2.   Sheet (Sheet music & Sheet metal)

    3.   Sheep (sheepskin & sheepdog)

    4.   Shell (shellshocked & Shell game)

    5.   Shift (shift key & shift gears)

    6.   Ship (shipwreck & shipmate)

    7.   Shoe (shoehorn & shoelace)

    8.   Shopping (shopping center & shopping list)

    9.   Short (shortchange & shortrange)

    10.              Shot (shot clock & shot glass)

    11.              Shoulder (shoulder blade & shoulder strap)

    12.              Shower (shower stall & shower curtain)