NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
September 9, 2018
Will Shortz

Each clue below contains two rhyming words. Can you think of a third rhyming word that fits between the two words alphabetically? For example, given WEST - ZEST, the answer word would be WREST.

1. OWN - PONE
2. JACK - LACK
3. RULE - SPOOL
4. HARE - LAIR
5. GASH - HASH
6. REACH - SPEECH
7. CHAR - FAR

Answers:

1. own - PHONE - pone
2. jack - KNACK - lack
3. rule - SCHOOL - spool
4. hare - HEIR - lair
5. gash - GNASH - hash
6. reach - SCREECH - speech
7. char - CZAR - far