NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

October 10, 2021

Will Shortz

 

The answer to each clue below is a word or phrase in which the only consonants are D and T, repeated as necessary. All the other letters are vowels. For example, given the clue "Same here", the answer word would be DITTO.

 

1. Was on a weight loss regimen

2. Surpassed in achievement

3. Words of a confession

4. Behaved obsequiously

5. Reviewed the financial records 

6. Uneven number of appendages on the foot

7. Rude and insolent manner

8. Obsolete

9. Removed from an article intended for publication

Answers:

 

1. DIETED

2. OUTDID

3. I DID IT

4. TOADIED

5. AUDITED

6. ODD-TOED

7. ATTITUDE

8. OUTDATED

9. EDITED OUT