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Sunday Puzzle: Accented Syllable

Listener Jerry Cordaro plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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On-air challenge: Every answer today is a word, name, or phrase ending on the accented syllable "lay" — in any spelling.

1. Person who parks cars at a restaurant2. Slice of boneless meat or fish3. Lose by putting in a place you can't remember4. Put to rest, as fears5. French red wine6. Cry at a bullfight7. Brand of skin cream and beauty products8. French for "with milk" (2 wds.)9. French for "sun"10. Skiers' cabin in the Alps11. Poet Edna St. Vincent12. [Fill in the blank:] Crème ___ (custard dessert)13. Car with a roof that folds down14. Renaissance writer François15. Singer Robert who won a Tony for his role in "The Happy Time"16. "Swan Lake," for example

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