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NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
February 18, 2012

Clues 1-6 below can be answered by a three-word phrase, each word containing five letters. Clues 7 and 8 can be answered by a four-word phrase, each word containing five letters.

1. London site for Aida, perhaps
2. Proverb advising slowing down
3. Annual award presented in Oslo, Norway
4. Celebrated ocean predator
5. Alternative to white, rye, or sourdough
6. Body's natural infection fighters
7. Washington, D.C. journalists
8. Expression used when two people get the same idea at the same time

Answers:

1. Royal Opera House
2. Haste Makes Waste
3. Nobel Peace Prize
4. Great White Shark
5. Whole Wheat Bread
6. White Blood Cells
7. White House Press Corps
8. Great Minds Think Alike