Sunday Puzzle: So-so

The Weekly Quiz From NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz       https://www.npr.org/2026/09/27/g-s1-144718/sunday-puzzle-so-so

Every answer is a four-letter word or name in which the first two letters are the same as the last two.                 Ex. Just OK –> SO-SO

1. Toy on a string
2. Ballerina’s skirt
3. Response to a joke
4. Hawaiian goose
5. “The Wizard of Oz” dog
6. Best Picture Oscar winner before “Ben-Hur”
7. Singer Lady ___
8. Nickname for Rihanna
9. Lead role in “La Bohème”
10. Humdinger
11. Thickheaded person
12. Absurdist art movement of the early 20th century
13. 2017 Pixar film set in Mexico
14. Kind of platter at a Polynesian restaurant
15. Something that’s forbidden
16. Cutesy goodbye