NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
June 1, 2008
Will Shortz

Consider the two expressions

PART TIME
TIME SHARE

The words PART and SHARE respectively precede and follow TIME and are synonyms.

Can you fill in the blanks with two words that can respectively precede and follow CHILD and are also synonyms? (There are two acceptable answers.)

________ CHILD
CHILD ________

Answers:

FOSTER CHILD       or        WONDER CHILD
CHILD CARE                        CHILD PRODIGY