NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

February 12, 2023

Will Shortz

 

HAVE AT IT

 

Each clue below has two parts. Answer the first part and then add the consecutive letters AT to it to answer the second part. For example, given PLAY, AS A GUITAR and LAYER OF ROCK, the first answer would be STRUM and, adding AT, the second answer would be STRATUM. 

1. Hunter constellation and a grand speech

 

2. Spanish "mister" and a certain legislator

 

3. Experience again and aunt, uncle, or cousin

4. Piece of furniture to sit in and a certain allergen

5. Organs that smell and what Standing Room Only means

 

6. Piece slightly, as with a needle, and Saint celebrated on March 17

7. Shaped like a dunce cap, geometrically, and like an unresponsive stupor (2 AT's)

Answers:

 

1. ORION - ORATION

2. SENOR - SENATOR

3. RELIVE - RELATIVE

4. CHAIR - CAT HAIR

5. NOSES - NO SEATS

6. PRICK - PATRICK

7. CONIC - CATATONIC