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Each pair of clues is answered by a word or name starting with "sch" and a word that sounds like it with...

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Problem

Each pair of clues is answered by a word or name starting with "sch"
and a word that sounds like it with the "sch" sound dropped; solve the
twelve pairs.

In the on air puzzle, Will gave clues for two words at a time.
The first clue is answered by a word or name that starts with
"sch."  The second clue is phonetically the same as the first
word if you drop the "sch" sound.  For example, if the clues were
a toy store starting with "F.A.O." and a witch's facial feature,
the answer would be Schwartz and warts.

1.   bicycle brand, and to be victorious
2.   German Chancellor before Kohl, and a baseball glove
3.   one who carries a load, and a person in a colony
4.   exaggerated sentimentality, and ice cream drinks
        (phonetically the same by Indiana standards)
5.   junk, and a security device
6.   comedian's routine, and an insect that carries Lyme disease
7.   dab, as of cream cheese on a bagel, and a Russian space
        station
8.   to chat idly, and sounds on dairy farms
9.   German poet Frederick, and more sick (slightly diabolical,
        according to Liane, Will does this all the time in his
        crossword puzzles)
10.   a dope and a quiet recess
11.   a jerk and a stooge
12.   football player Jay, and teamwise what Jay once was in Los
        Angeles

-- Richard Renner <rrenner@igc.apc.org>, summarizing the NPR Weekend
   Edition puzzle of 13 October 1996 (Liane Hansen and Will Shortz)

[ Editor: the first paragraph is the editor's summary. ]
Show solution
CLUES                                 ANSWERS
bicycle brand (also my favorite       Schwinn and win
   unicycle brand), and to be
   victorious
German Chancellor before Kohl, and a  Schmidt and mitt
   baseball glove
one who carries a load, and a person  schlepper and leper
   in a colony
exaggerated sentimentality, and ice   schmaltz and malts
   cream drinks (phonetically the same
   by Indiana standards)
junk, and a security device           schlock and lock
comedian's routine, and an insect     schtick and tick
   that carries Lyme disease
dab, as of cream cheese on a bagel,   schmear and Mir
   and a Russian space station
to chat idly, and sounds on dairy     schmooze and moos
   farms
German poet Frederick, and more sick  Schiller and iller (Will
   (slightly diabolical, according to    assures us its in the
   Liane, Will does this all the time    dictionary)
   in his crossword puzzles)
a dope and a quiet recess             schnook and nook
a jerk and a stooge                   schmo and Moe
football player Jay, and teamwise     Schrader and Raider
   what Jay once was in Los Angeles

-- Richard Renner <rrenner@igc.apc.org>