NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

August 21, 2022

Will Shortz

 

Every answer to the clues below is a made-up phrase of two five-letter words that differ only by their vowel. For example, given the clue, PATH FOR HEAVY VEHICLES, the answer could be TRUCK TRACK.

 

1. Trench in Holland

2. Dark-colored cube

3. Viking caregiver

4. Short sound from a duck

5. Top that doesn't reach the waist

6. Odor that you can barely detect

7. Light-haired person who can't see

8. Food for pigs that's really great. 

9. Cord that's hard to break (six-letter words)

Answers:

 

1. Dutch ditch

2. Black block

3. Norse nurse

4. Quick quack

5. Short shirt

6. Small smell (Scant scent)

7. Blind blonde

8. Swell swill

9. Strong string