NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
November 6, 2016
Will Shortz

Each clue below names a category and it is followed by a word which names something in that category. Can you think of another word in each category that can precede the given word in alphabetical order? For example, given the clue States - Texas, the answer would be Tennessee. For the clues with more than one word in the category, the answer is based on the first word of the clue.

1. SEASONS - SUMMER
2. DIGITS - FIVE
3. SENSES - TASTE
4. COLORS of the rainbow - INDIGO
5. ORIGINAL thirteen colonies - RHODE ISLAND
6. CENTRAL American countries - GUATEMALA
7. POKER hands - STRAIGHT
8. CHEMICAL element - CHROMIUM

Answers:

1. SPRING
2. EIGHT
3. SMELL
4. GREEN
5. PENNSYLVANIA
6. COSTA RICA
7. ROYAL FLUSH
8. CHLORINE