A NEW YORK IN IT

 

GAMES/World of Puzzles

May, 2025

Scott Erdman 

 

The answer to each clue below will contain the consecutive letter pair NY. But ironically, in the hundreds of words ending in NY, none of them are included here. A caveat: Many of the answers are proper names.

 

1. East African nation

2. Arizona national park

3. Folk hero with an ax and an ox

4. LPs and 45s

5. Jupiter's (and the solar system's) largest moon

6. Black gemstone

7. Widely-used synthetic material

8. Pen name

9. Mythical maiden of nature

10. National tree of India

11. Pulled-back style for long hair

12. Pound foolish companion 

 

Answers:

 

1. Kenya

2. Grand Canyon

3. Paul Bunyan

4. Vinyl

5. Ganymede

6. Onyx  

7. Nylon 

8. Pseudonym

9. Nymph

10. Banyan

11. Ponytail  

12. Pennywise