LOW AND INSIDE
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
August 23, 2020
Will Shortz

The answer to each clue below will contain an accented, interior syllable with the sound LOW. For example, given the clue "common lunch meat," the answer would be BOLOGNA.

1. The U.S. in 1775
2. Hawaiian greeting and farewell
3. Summer Olympics site of 1992
4. Ancient land in Mesopotamia
5. Sweet-sounding
6. Informal, as in language
7. Religious scholar
8. Birth tube
9. Relating to serious crime
10. Skipping the aisle for the window

Answers:

1. Colonial
2. Aloha
3. Barcelona
4. Babylonia
5. Melodious
6. Colloquial
7. Theologian
8. Fallopian
9. Felonious
10. Eloping