It's time to play the puzzle from the latest NPR on-air challenge! Find familiar 3-word phrases that have the same first and the last words connected by 'to'!!

 

Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase, in which the first and last words are the same, and the middle word is "to."

 

Ex. Like a lease that has no expiration date   -->   MONTH TO MONTH

 

1. Consecutive, as wins

 

2. Like carpet that fully covers a room

 

3. Clear across the United States

 

4. [Fill in the blank:] ___ resuscitation

 

5. Deeply personal, as a conversation between two people

 

6. Like heavy traffic

 

7. How a traveling salesman may go around a neighborhood

 

8. The time 9:50

 

9. Like two people directly in front of each other

 

10. When making a comparison, things you should compare because they're alike

11. Kind of defense in basketball

 

12. [Double:] Line from a burial service suggesting the transience of physical life

 

Answer Keys 

    1.  BACK to BACK

    2.  WALL to WALL

    3.  COAST to COAST

    4.  MOUTH to MOUTH

    5.  HEART to HEART

    6.  BUMPER to BUMPER

    7.  DOOR to DOOR

    8.  TEN to TEN

    9.  FACE to FACE 

    10.  APPLES to APPLES

    11. MAN to MAN

12.             ASHES to ASHES, DUST to DUST