NPR Weekend Edition Crossword Puzzle

July 3, 2022

Will Shortz

 

Each clue below leads to the name of a U.S. city and something else suggested by the clue. For example, given the clue Alternative to paper clips in Florida, the answer would be Naples staples.

 

1. Breakfast serving in Georgia

2. Very ornate home in Texas

3. The top of a room in West Virginia

4. Waltz and tango in Michigan

5. Sheep-herding dog in North Carolina

6. Marriage in Pennsylvania

7. Lucky flower in Delaware

8. Goods carried on truck in North Dakota

9. Side of the road in Colorado

10. Cloth to cover tears in Mississippi

11. Metric weight in Hawaii

12. Where planes land in Connecticut

Answers:

 

1. Macon bacon

2. Dallas palace

3. Wheeling ceiling

4. Lansing dancing

5. Raleigh collie

6. Redding wedding

7. Dover clover

8. Fargo cargo

9. Boulder shoulder

10. Natchez patches

11. Hilo kilo

12. Fairfield airfield