The Weekly Quiz from NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz https://www.wwno.org/npr-news/2025-02-16/sunday-puzzle-p-e-class
On-air challenge: Today’s puzzle is called “P.E. Class.” Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the initials are P.E. Ex. Breakfast item sometimes served on toast —> POACHED EGG
1. Medical checkup that’s often done annually
2. Our place in the solar system
3. Person whom the voters have picked to be chief executive but who hasn’t yet taken office
4. Result in a sudden boom in the number of births
5. Detective
6. System by which businesses are owned independently, not by the government
7. Colorful animals that alcoholics are said to see
8. Astronomical event in which the moon obscures a portion of the sun
9. Mail delivery service in the Old West
10. Places to insert studs
11. Geologic period that began 586 million years ago
12. English royal after whom a Canadian province was named
13. Team that won the 2025 Super Bowl
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