ALL LIES

The Puzzlemaster Presents Vol. 2

Will Shortz

Every answer to this puzzle starts with the syllable "LIE," in one spelling or another. As a special twist, every clue contains a factual inaccuracy! What are the words and what are the "lies?"

1. Dorothy's companion to Oz who didn't have a heart

2. Spoken defamation

 

3. Kind of bean with red pods

4. The plus side of a balance sheet

5. Slang term for a French sailor

 

6. African country whose capital is Jeffersonia 

7. Girl in Rogers & Hammerstein's "My Fair Lady"

 

8. Institution that uses a filing system created by Adm. George Dewey

Answers:

 

1. Lion - Scarecrow didn't have a heart

 

2. Libel - Spoken defamation is slander

 

3. Lima - Lima beans have green pods

 

4. Liabilities - The plus side of a balance sheet is Assets

 

5. Limey - This is the slang term for a British sailor

 

6. Liberia - Its capital is Monrovia

 

7. Liza - "My Fair Lady" was written by Lerner and Loewe

 

8. Library - The Dewey Decimal System was created by librarian Melvil Dewey