NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
June 4, 2006
Will Shortz

Below are clues for two words. The first word starts and ends with the same letter. Drop this letter at both the start and the end. The remaining letters will spell a new word that answers the second clue.

1) Flap on a suit jacket
    Mimick
2) Fix hair and make-up just so
    Outer edge - as of a cup
3. Computer connection device
    Poem of praise
4. Bereaved woman
    Wedding pledge
5. Annual
    Certain British nobleman
6. Signal transmitter in body
   Widely used foreign currency unit
7. Supporter of old Russian monarchy
    Traditional dresses of India
8. Seasoning herb
    One of King Lear's daughters
9. San Francisco Bay area county
    Hobbled
10. Absolutely horrible
      Historic immigrant island
11. Pistol
     Change gradually over time
12. Gathering left-over crops
      Move closer - as to hear

Answers:

1. LAPEL (ape)
2. PRIMP (rim)
3. MODEM (ode)
4. WIDOW (I do)
5. YEARLY (earl)
6. NEURON (euro)
7. TSARIST (saris)
8. OREGANO (Regan)
9. ALAMEDA (lamed)
10. HELLISH (Ellis)
11. REVOLVER (evolve)
12. GLEANING (lean in)