BOOKEND A's
Credit: Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
January 12, 2014

The letters in the words below can be re-arranged and placed between two A's to form a new word. For example, given the clue word PEN, you could re-arrange the letters to PNA and place them between two A's - to produce APNEA.

1. ERN
2. ROT
3. CLAP
4. DRAM
5. LAZE
6. MINE
7. IN SHEETS


The next three clues will yield geographical answers.

8. CRIME
9. RENTING
10. RITUALS

Answers:

1. ARENA
2. AORTA
3. ALPACA
4. ARMADA
5. AZALEA
6. ANEMIA
7. ANESTHESIA

8. AMERICA
9. ARGENTINA
10. AUSTRALIA