NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

December 12, 2021

Will Shortz

 

Every answer in this puzzle is the two-word name of a well-known tourist site or attraction somewhere in the world. Each clue contains rhymes for the two words. Can you name the sites? For example, given the clue TIGHT BLOUSE, the answer would be WHITE HOUSE.

1. Rifle power

2. Heavy mountain

3. Pig pen

4. Phony highland

5. Climbs there

6. Greater shake

7. Mix bags

8. Planned banyan

9. Honks grew

10. Failing mall

11. Shock dress

12. Turban sheet

13. Dead bear

Answers:

 

1. Rifle power - Eiffel Tower

2. Heavy mountain - Trevi Fountain

3. Pig pen - Big Ben

4. Phony Highland - Coney Island

5. Climbs there - Times Square

6. Greater shake - Crater Lake

7. Mix bags - Six Flags

8. Planned banyan - Grand Canyon

9. Honks grew - Bronx Zoo

10. Failing mall - Wailing Wall

11. Shock dress - Loch Ness

12. Turban sheet - Bourbon Street

13. Dead bear - Red Square