NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle 

February 2, 2025

Will Shortz 

 

Each sentence below conceals a related word of at least five consecutive letters, with the letters in correct left-to-right order. Can you spot them?

 

1. Take the fastest highway home.

 

2. You might see a wolf in Germany. 

 

3. My office will compel visitors to show ID.

 

4. Iowa is the first state to vote.

 

5. Can a model with a mustache eke out a living?

 

6. Fix your shirt before heading out.

 

7. Thank Leslie for the present.

 

8. The chef used a steel bowl for mixing.

 

9. Last night I watched a "Sopranos" trilogy.

 

10. You should erase your work if you mess up.

 

11. Scientists in the lab do mental work.

 

12.  You can get a skin test in Estonia. 

 

HINT:
Jethro ate a pear.

 

Answers:

 

Each sentence conceals the name of a human body part: 

 

1. Take the fastesT HIGHway home

2. You might see a wolF IN GERmany.

3. My office will comPEL VISitors to show ID.

4.  IoWA IS The first state to vote. 

5. Can a model with a mustaCHE EKe out a living? 

6. Fix you shirt beFORE HEADing out.

7. ThANK LEslie for the present.

8. The chef used a steEL BOWl for mixing.

9. Last night I watched a "SopraNOS" TRILogy.

10. You SHOULD ERase your work if you mess up.

11. Scientists in the lAB DO MENtal work.

12. You can get a skIN TEST IN Estonia. 

 

HINT: JeTHRO ATe a pear.