NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

February 14, 2021

Will Shortz

 

These strange expressions will make sense when altered according to a certain pattern. What  is the pattern and what are the new - now common - expressions?

 

1. Lilts of the thing

2. Shapes of the mono

3. Hips of the rested

4. Tablet of the bugle

5. Taste of the rats

6. Sing of the items

7. Last of the heart

8. Amen of the mega

9. Stool of the tread

10. Den of the Nile

Answer:

 

The first and last words of each clue can be anagrammed into new words which will create common expressions:

 

1. Still of the night

2. Phases of the moon

3. Ship of the desert

4. Battle of the Bulge

5. State of the arts

6. Sign of the times

7. Salt of the earth

8. Name of the game

9. Tools of the trade

10. End of the line