On-air challenge: Every answer today is a familiar phrase in the form "___ to the ___." I'll give you the first word of the phrase. You fill in the end.
Example: Play --> GALLERY (play to the gallery)
First answers are all four letters long
1. Word
2. Key
3. Exception
4. Talk
The next answers are five letters long
5. Cut
6. Off
7. Hail
8. Pedal
9. Dressed
10. Preach
Now six letters
11. Back
12. Heir
Now eight letters or more
13. Rise
14. Nose
The last answers have more than one word
15. Good
16. Journey
Last week's challenge:There are two answers to this one, and you have to get them both. Name two tasty things to eat, each in eight letters, in which the only consonant letters are L and P.
Challenge answer: lollipop, apple pie
Winner: Denise Kale of Santa Barbara, Calif.
This week's challenge: These week's challenge comes from Dominick Talvacchio of Chicago. Think of an informal term for a beverage. Now say it in Pig Latin, and you'll have an informal term for another beverage. What two beverages are these?
If you know the answer to next week's challenge, submit it here. Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you by Thursday, Oct. 17,at 3 p.m. ET.
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