AR GGH!
Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
October 2, 2005
Will Shortz

Each sentence below contains two blanks. Add the letters AR to the word that goes in the first blank to get the word that goes in the second blank, so that the sentence makes sense. Sentences 6 and 7 have two-word answers in the second blank. Wordplay is fair play.

Example:
The Indian musician would _____ all day and play his _____.
The Indian musician would  SIT  all day and play his SITAR.

1. That Barbie _____ is on sale for one _____.
2. I left my _____ phone in the _____.
3. The fish had a _____ taste, but it was helped by the _____ sauce.
4. Aunt Mildred was ill, but why _____ Al missed the party is _____.
5. The ingenue said that no matter what the _____ she would _____ in a movie.
6. It's hard for me to duplicate the pitch from the _____ of the tuning fork because I have a _____   _____.
7. The sailors at the back of the ship were opposed to fighting, but those on the _____ were _____   _____.

Answers:

1. DOLL - DOLLAR
2. CELL - CELLAR
3. TART - TARTAR
4. UNCLE - UNCLEAR
5. COST - CO-STAR 
6. TINE - TIN EAR
7. PROW - PRO WAR