STUMPERS CXCVI

Credit: Rich Silvestri
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NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
February 28, 2009
Presented by 
Will Shortz


Think of an item commonly found on an office desk containing two hyphenated words. Add the letter S to the beginning of each of these words to get two new words which are synonyms.

Answer:

IN-TRAY
SIN - STRAY