FINDING THE ANSWERS WITHIN V
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
May 18, 2014
Presented by Will Shortz

The clues below are submissions from listeners to an on-air contest. The first clue was the winner, and the others were runners-up. The answers to the clues are all different, but they do have something in common. Can you determine what it is? (The contributors' names are listed after the answers to their clues.)

1. In cold weather most attempt to keep this low.
2. Its members are chosen at elections every six years.
3. No doubt about it! An iceberg sank her.
4. A place to hear the fire crackle
5. Worth one's trust
6. Internet wit, tersely
7. As puzzle fans, we're always seeking this
8. On a wedding band, I am on display.
9. Not Mercury, but the other messenger of the gods
10. The electric light bulb he developed is only one of his many inventions.

For what they have in common, look carefully at the letters in the clues.

Answers:

1. THERMOSTAT
2. SENATE
3. TITANIC
4. HEARTH
5. HONEST
6. TWITTER
7. ANSWER
8. DIAMOND
9. HERMES
10. EDISON

What the answers have in common.

The letters of the answer to each clue can be found consecutively in the clue itself:

1. weaTHER MOST ATtempt - Mike Strong
2. choSEN  AT Elections - Steve Stein
3.  abouT IT! AN ICeberg
4. to HEAR THe
5. wortH ONE'S Trust
6. interneT WIT TERsely
7. fANS WE'Re 
8. banD I AM ON Display
9. otHER MESsenger
10. developED IS ONly