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Sunday Puzzle: Easy As Pie

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play this week's puzzle with listener Alphonse Baluta of Londonderry, N.H.
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Every answer is a familiar simile, like "sly as a fox" or "sharp as a tack." I'm going to give you rhymes for the first and last Example: Dry as a flight --> High as a Kite1. Dizzy as a flea2. Green as a thistle3. Near as a smell4. Scrappy as a lamb5. Tight as a tether6. Bad as a batter7. Mute as a glutton8. Sweet as a grin9. Lazy as a goon10. Split as a griddle11. Dead as a suite12. Flat as a wig13. Scarred as a block14. Tight as a post15. Thick as a log16. Kind as a gnat17. Tart as a quip Brain, Bahrain Alphonse Baluta of Londonderry, N.H.

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