NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle 

November 13, 2022

Will Shortz

Each sentence below contains two words that sound like two other words that are synonyms. For example: I can pare an apple, too.  pare sounds like pair and too sounds like two, and pair and two are synonyms.

1. I stubbed my toe while running down the hall.

2. How much do the shutters on the manor weigh?

3. Winnie Mandela voted nay.

4. The spy was sent on a mission to the Oder River.

5. Dad went to the grocery store to buy some puppy chow.

Answers:

 

1. toe/hall - - - tow/haul

2. manor/weigh - - - manner/way

3. Winnie/nay - - - Whinny/neigh

4. Sent/Oder - - - Scent/odor

5. Buy/chow - - - Bye/ciau