NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
October 24, 2004
Will Shortz

Each clue below can be answered by a two-word phrase in which each word has five letters and the last four letters of both words are the same. The two words differ only by the first letter. They look like they should rhyme, but they don't. For example, given the clue Kids from Dixie, the answering phrase would be SOUTH YOUTH.

1. View a round of tennis
2. Put your hand on a sofa
3. Barbecue area proportion
4. Miserable thing to fret over
5. Large hunting dog injury
6. Envelop an English Channel town
7. Sturdy tree limb
8. Crew member strength
9. Not as good an equine
10. Made pies and cakes while nude
11. One swimming underwater in the Mississippi

Answers:

1. WATCH MATCH
2. TOUCH COUCH
3. PATIO RATIO
4. SORRY WORRY
5. HOUND WOUND
6. COVER DOVER
7. TOUGH BOUGH
8. ROWER POWER
9. WORSE HORSE
10. BAKED NAKED
11. RIVER DIVER