NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

May 17, 2026

Will Shortz 

 

Given two things in the same category, name the only other thing in that category that would fit between the first two things alphabetically. For example, given BLUE and INDIGO, the answer would be GREEN - the only color of the rainbow that fits alphabetically between blue and indigo. 

 

1. Sunday - Tuesday

2. Africa - Asia

3. Blitzen - Cupid

4. Dopey - Happy 

5. Adverb - Interjection

6. Ballroom - Conservatory

7. Labor Day - Memorial Day

8. Triangle - Trumpet

9. Belarus - Belize

10. Luke - Matthew 

 

Answers:

 

1. Thursday

2. Antarctica

3. Comet

4. Grumpy

5. Conjunction

6. Billiard room

7. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

8. Trombone

9. Belgium

10. Mark