NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

March 24, 2024

Emma Miersman

Presented by Greg Pliska for Will Shortz

Think of the names of two types of trees. Find a homophone for each one so that the two words describe the source of a type of fabric. Change one letter in the name of this fabric to get word that refers back to trees.

Answer:

 

The trees are YEW and FIR.

The homophones are EWE and FUR. 

EWE FUR is the source of WOOL.

Changing one letter of WOOL gives WOOD.