NPR Sunday Puzzle: A-T, As in Alex Trebek

On-air challenge: Today’s puzzle is a tribute to Alex Trebek, the longtime host of “Jeopardy!,” whom we lost last Sunday. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name with the initials A-T.

Example: 180-degree reversal –> ABOUT TURN

1. Part of an orchard

2. Something controlled by a tower at O’Hare or LAX

3. Clumsy

4. Appreciation for something that you get only through repeated exposure

5. Clock setting in Anchorage or Fairbanks

6. Something you can hike from Georgia to Maine

7. LSD experience

8. Band of tissue that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone

9. Sticky material for fastening things

10. Worker with tigers and elephants at old circuses

11. Author of The Joy Luck Club

12. Something affixed to a wall or ceiling in a sound studio