Sunday Puzzle: Let's Go Toe-To-Toe

On-air challenge:The theme is toes. Every answer is a word or name that has the accented syllable "toe" somewhere inside it.

Example: Radioactive element --> PLUTONIUM

1. Month after September

2. Idyllic place

3. Bad breath

4. Janitor

5. Florida city with a "500" race

6. Upstate New York city famous for its mineral springs

7. Winnipeg's province

8. Country north of Latvia

9. Indonesian volcano with a massive 1883 explosion

10. The merchant in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

11. Tube-shaped pasta

12. Standard type of cell division, in biology

13. Kind of wagon in the old West

Last week's challenge:This week's challenge is not so hard. It comes from Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn. Take a common English word in three letters. Translate it into French — also three letters. (The French word is one everyone knows.) And between them these two words consist of six different vowels and no consonants. What words are these?

Challenge answer:aye, oui — also accepted: yea and oui

Winner:Brian Sandstrom of Chicago.

This week's challenge:This week's challenge comes from listener Greg VanMechelen of Berkeley, Calif. Think of a verb in its present and past tense forms. Drop the first letter of each word. The result will name two vehicles. What are they?

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