Sunday Puzzle: Great Words Think Alike

On-air problem: In each, discover two phrases that sound like two different phrases which might be synonyms

Ex. I can pare an apple, too. –> pair, two

1. I stubbed my toe operating down the corridor.

2. How a lot do the shutters on the manor weigh?

3. Winnie Mandela voted “nay.”

4. In Korea a pail prices three received.

5. The spy was despatched on a mission to the Oder river.

6. A lady who bowled an ideal sport wrote the foreword to my e book.

7. Dad went to the grocery to purchase some chow.

Final week’s problem: Final week’s problem comes from Simeon Seigel, of Brooklyn. Title a punctuation mark discovered on a pc keyboard. Someplace inside this insert a phrase for what this punctuation mark could also be a part of or what it might symbolize. The consequence will likely be a 10-letter phrase related to portray. What phrases are these?

Problem reply: Colon, ratio –> colo(ratio)n –> coloration

Winner: Vandana Bajaj of Highland Park, N.J.

This week’s problem: This week’s problem was despatched independently by two listeners — Steve Baggish and Neville Fogarty — credit score to them each. Consider two well-known firms with two-syllable names beginning with J and D, respectively and whose names rhyme. One in all these firms was based within the final 10 years. What firms are these?

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