RHYMING RIDDLE ANSWERS I

The answers to the four items in each clue below will rhyme.

1. A NASA vehicle, a state capital, a flower, and a Sesame Street character.

2. Babe Ruth, Jack the Ripper, Rudolph Valentino, and Richard Nixon

3. Pinocchio, a king, a singing group, and clothing

4. A place to sit, a tool, a ditch, and a gentleman

5. Sweet treat, illegal bet-taker, first-year player, and cutting school

6. Early movie singing cowboy, pastry treat, child tender, 140 characters

7. Destinations in Michigan, Mali, Vietnam, and Nepal

8. Swahili, destinations in Hawaii, Peru, and Somalia

Answers:

1. Rover, Dover, Clover, and Grover
2. A slugger, a mugger, a lover, and a bugger 
3. A liar, a sire, a choir, and attire
4. A bench, a wrench, a trench, and a mensch
5. Cookie, bookie, rookie, and hooky 
6. Tex Ritter, apple fritter, baby sitter, and rule of Twitter
7. Kalamazoo, Timbuktu, Dien Bien Phu, and Katmandu 
8. Language of the Zulu, Honolulu, Machu Picchu, and Mogadishu

Credit: #7 & 8 - Chicago Tribune Crossword
Ed Voile -TRAVELING IN RHYME (adapted)