{"id":102252,"date":"2016-09-01T15:18:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T19:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=102252"},"modified":"2016-09-01T15:35:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T19:35:46","slug":"whats-takeaway-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/01\/whats-takeaway-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Takeaway?: The Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"toyota\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ed. Note: This week\u2019s puzzle contest is officially over\u2014thanks to all who entered. Our winner is Mike Emmons, who\u00a0solved\u00a0nineteen out of twenty riddles. He gets\u00a0a free subscription to the\u00a0<\/em>Review.\u00a0Congratulations, Mike!\u00a0Below, the solutions.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the Takeaway\u201d answers:<\/p>\n

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  1. Laundry, Landry, Landy<\/li>\n
  2. Beach, Bach, Bah!<\/li>\n
  3. Decal, deal, DEA<\/li>\n
  4. Freight, fight, fig<\/li>\n
  5. Apart, P\u00e4rt, art<\/li>\n
  6. Moiety, Mo\u00ebt, et<\/li>\n
  7. Touring, Turing, Turin<\/li>\n
  8. Luftmensch, lumens, me<\/li>\n
  9. Nieve, n\u00e9v\u00e9, Nev.<\/li>\n
  10. Climbers, limber, lime<\/li>\n
  11. Lenient, Lenin, lei<\/li>\n
  12. Cargo, Caro, car<\/li>\n
  13. Sluice, Slice, lice<\/li>\n
  14. Leakey, lake, la<\/li>\n
  15. Ovoid, void, vid<\/li>\n
  16. Leather, lather, later<\/li>\n
  17. Punkt, punk, pun<\/li>\n
  18. Stratus, Strats, stats<\/li>\n
  19. Pinochle, pinch, pi<\/li>\n
  20. Haute, hate, hat<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Dylan Hicks is a writer and musician. His second novel,\u00a0<\/em>Amateurs<\/a>, is out now from Coffee House Press. He contributes a monthly puzzle<\/a> to the\u00a0<\/em>Daily.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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