NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

March 3, 2024

Eric Berlin

Given the word SETS, you can add the word PAR to it two times and get a two-word phrase: SPARE PARTS. Can you think of a word that you could add two times to GENIE in a similar way to get a different two-word phrase?

 

HINT:

The new phrase has to do with music.

Answer:

 

The word is OLD:

GOLDEN OLDIE