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Sunday Puzzle: A Multisyllabic Flip-Flop

Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Will Shortz play the Sunday Puzzle with winner Samantha Robison of Junction City, Ore.
Sunday Puzzle.

: I'm going to give you clues for two words. The first word starts with the letter "A" and is accented on the second syllable. Reverse the order of Ex. Similar / Classic German camera --> ALIKE, LEICA1. Standoffish / Exfoliating shower sponge2. Horrify / Comedian Poundstone 3. Ease, as fears / Princess in "Star Wars" 4. State as fact / Brand of mattress5. Make receptive or aware / Fish in a Bumblebee can6. Each / Leaning Tower city7. Not inclined to do something / Fill in the blank: Vice ___8. Public fight / Goddess of love, in Norse myth9. Toward shelter, at sea / Wife of Jacob, in the Bible

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