NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

October 9, 2022

Will Shortz (#1-6)

Hidden in each sentence below is the name of a major business/corporation. For example, given the sentence, LET'S WRAP PLENTY OF PRESENTS, the hidden corporation would be APPLE (WRAP PLENTY).

 

1. That was Maori tea I drank.

2. "That's a relief!" Ed exclaimed.

 

3. The traitor would betray the one he loved.

4. As my sister recalls, Tater Tots are delicious.

5. Is your electric guitar getting ruined in the rain?

6. After the troop withdrawal, martial law was imposed.

 

7. Was there such a thing as the white slave trade?

8. Dwight Eisenhower, popularly known as Ike - a five-star general in WWII, was our 34th president.

Answers:

 

1. maoRI TEA I Drank - RITE AID

2. relieF! ED EXclaimed - FED EX

3. betRAY THE ONe - RAYTHEON

4. recALLS, TATEr  - ALL STATE

5. guiTAR GETting - TARGET

6. withdraWAL, MARTial - WALLMART

7. whiTE SLAve - TESLA

8. as IKE - A five - IKEA