NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
September 6, 2020
Will Shortz (#1-6)

Each clue below names something that is the second to last in its category alphabetically. Can you name the last item? For example, given the clue TASTE, the answer would be TOUCH, because it follows TASTE alphabetically and is in the same category (five senses).

1. Wisconsin
2. Two
3. Sleepy
4. Queens
5. Zambia
6. Seven swans-a-swimming
7. Violet
8. Ontario
9. Sloth
10. Indian

Answers:

1. Wyoming
2. Zero (rational numbers)
3. Sneezy
4. Staten Island (NYC boroughs)
5. Zimbabwe
6. Two turtle doves 
7. Yellow (colors of the rainbow) 
8. Superior (Great Lakes)
9. Wrath (Seven deadly sins) 
10. Pacific