NPR Puzzle: For French Fanatics


The Weekly Quiz from NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz    https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/nx-s1-5341314/sunday-puzzle-for-french-fanatics

On-air challenge: Every answer today is a word or phrase that comes from French but is also commonly used in English. See if you can get them from their anagrams.   Ex. TOPED / Train station   –>   DEPOT

  1. BRIDES / Scattered pieces of waste
  2. ROSE UP / One who pretends to be something he’s not
  3. BEARCAT / Nightclub
  4. EURONET / On the way (2 words)
  5. CONTOUR / Bit of toasted bread in soup or a salad
  6. IT’S CHEAP / Artistic work that imitates another
  7. BEARS OUT / One who deliberately wrecks something for military gain
  8. QUITE SOUR / Bluish green
  9. RUNESTONE / Confidentially (2 words)
  10. HOTEL SUITE / Dark outline of something against a light background
  11. CENTRAL BEACH / Complete freedom to act (2 words)

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