NPR Sunday Puzzles

From City to City

On-air challenge: Every answer today is the name of a U.S. city, which consists of one word inside another.     Ex. Was in first place [inside] Also / Ohio –> TO(LED)O

1. Back of the foot [inside] Part of a bird / West Virginia

2. Where to save money [inside] Expositions / Alaska

3. Earth [inside] Spanish for gold / Florida

4. Cuban revolutionary [inside] List of players / New York & Minnesota

5. Small songbird [inside] Frilly fabric / Massachusetts & Kansas

      Two Words, Scrambled Please

On-air challenge: I’m going to give you some six-letter words. For each one rearrange the letters to get two three-letter words in the same category.     Ex. REGALE (parts of the body) –> EAR, LEG

1. BEATEN (insects)

2. GENIAL (alcoholic beverages)

3. ARDENT (colors)

4. BAITER (things to wear)

5. TACKLE (animals)

6. LAUGHS (boys’ nicknames)

7. SHARIF (trees)

8. AUTHOR (Greek letters)

9. ORIOLE (resources from the earth)

10. THEIRS (possessive pronouns)