A typo was introduced when the city name was registered; if that hadn't occured, it wouldn't be composed of 13 unique letters.Q: The city of UTICA, NEW YORK, when spelled out, contains 12 letters, all of them different. Think of a well-known U.S. city, that when its name is spelled out (including the state), contains 13 letters, all of them different. Your answer doesn't have to match Will's.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 20, 2024): Greetings from...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 20, 2024): Greetings from...
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Following Paul's suggestion at the end of last week's thread to be systematic, I've got it.
ReplyDeleteGot it with some Google sleuthing, and confirmed with Blaine’s clue. Back to bed.
ReplyDeleteThe city I got has a good name for this time of year.
ReplyDeleteI believe I have the same city as you!
DeleteYes, timely, again!
DeleteLike David, I learned something from Blaine’s hint.
ReplyDeleteHere’s one of my own: Rearrange the city’s name, and get an informal term for something you’d rather not get into.
Does it HAVE to be EXACTLY 13? Cause I've got an answer that's 14 unique letters!
ReplyDeleteI have a 12.
DeleteExactly 13.
Delete13 letters, huh? I suppose that rules out Big Flats, New York since it has 15 letters.
ReplyDeleteI would argue the "well-known" criteria knocks this one out. I was not familiar with it, and I'll bet that a majority of Blainesville has not, either.
DeleteAppropriate for the season!
ReplyDeleteWill does like to choose timely challenges.
DeleteI have a "not so well-known" city...
ReplyDeleteWhy does the answer have to include the State? It is not mentioned in the formulation of the challenge. My answer is just the city.
DeleteSince Will's example provided both city and state names, his wording "Think of a well-known U. S. city" is, in context, ambiguous as he makes no mention of "state." Like Blaine, however, I had to assume he meant city and state, and others seem to have come up with the same answer. But if you have come up with a 13-letter city that solves the puzzle's criterion as stated (rather than just implied), I would send it in.
DeleteI’m reminded of a famous piece of mid-19th century advice.
ReplyDeleteLike ron, I have a not-so-well-known city. I'll keep searching. (My city has a much better known namesake in another state with roughly 20 times the population.)
ReplyDeleteAh. Okay, my not-well-known city was not ron's.
ReplyDeleteBut now I have the one everyone else has, and presumably the intended one.
Let's see, a clue so obscure it couldn't possibly give anyone useful info...
Well, there's a very relevant town in my state.
No ginmills here.
ReplyDeleteWell it clearly isn’t a city in Indiana, but you might find some people there who could sort this out.
ReplyDeleteAs for last week’s puzzle, my clues “….three or four in a row” included two crew references - “oar” and “row”. And ever there was a drink to be served with a certain something, it would be this - a “twist” (for a screwdriver, of course).
The town I am thinking of offers ghost tours this time of year.
ReplyDeleteSeattle offers them all year long.
DeleteLiterary clue: almost C. S. Lewis, but not quite.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of my comment a while back: What do these people have in common?: Spiro Agnew, Fidel Castro, Curtis Lemay, Franz Joseph, Harvey Milk ... also dermatoglyphics and uncopyrightable
ReplyDeleteA very friendly puzzle.
ReplyDeleteNice. Good clue.
DeleteAn anagram of the city/state would be like examining certain members of the same species of flora.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle is a good one and fairly easy to analyze. The name of the state is intended as part of the answer, so I isolated the states with no repeating letters. At first, I forgot the state that was the answer so I came up with a couple of lame answers that now I'm certain we're not intended. Then I checked again and added the missing state and the answer appeared as if from the ethereal. Does anyone remember Tim Kazurinsky's character from SNL, Havnagoodtimewishinyouwerehere?
ReplyDeleteI wonder why WS left out under and rearm in the online quiz to the winner this morning.
ReplyDeleteNice, I was among many who visited this city for an event in 2017, and never knew the factoid about the city name.
ReplyDeleteSame here! Maybe our paths crossed.
DeleteThe NPR puzzle had an interesting host today.
ReplyDeleteThe answer does not yield much of a cuteness payoff this week, so I thought I would offer some. I solved a cryptic crossword many years ago that involved using a 13-letter word comprising half the letters in the alphabet to code certain entries. The word was “lumberjacking.” When I told a friend how rare it must be to find such a word, he replied with a wry smile, “Oh, I don’t know; it reminds me of another.”
ReplyDeleteHuge respect to Mr. Shailesh Dubey playing today's puzzle, on air. He did a terrific job....and in what I believe must be his second language. Well done, sir.
ReplyDeleteOne thing's for sure: Trump didn't discuss the dimensions of this community's solid waste disposal site at his latest rally.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to the clue I provided this morning, here’s another: “Remove a letter and you have something people enjoy eating.
ReplyDeleteI found two in the same state. One of them is the intended answer, but I got the alt first.
ReplyDeleteHave you noticed that Donald Trump uses walls in order to keep people apart, and that Kamala Harris uses Walz in order to bring people together?
ReplyDeleteA hint: Non-complementary beverage and food ordered at a restaurant, preceded by...
ReplyDeleteLego(NoNotPrecededBy"Lego!")
Found one answer, but it might not be as "well-known". Can't find anything else, though. Plus there's so few states that match the criteria, let alone with the city added.
ReplyDeletepjbWondersIfThisIsThe"Timely" AnswerThey'veDiscussedEarlier?
I would say rearrange the city name, but that would be going too far.
ReplyDeleteShe used to be nice to me, but now she never calls.
ReplyDeleteThe city is the first name , almost, of a former cabinet member.
ReplyDeleteI beg your pardon, but I think you are mistaken.
Delete... and relevant to their successor's successor.
DeleteTouché.
DeleteWow, good connection, Jan.
DeleteLess "almost" if its name had been registered correctly.
DeleteFinally found the right city. I have heard of it. It just didn't seem to be as well-known to me, and took me a long time to find it. No hint here.
ReplyDeleteWe've already been told the answer doesn't have to match Wills. We've been told the state name is included with the city. There are 50 states of which a finite number are spelled with no repeating letters. Those finite states are spelt (or spelled,) with 13 or less than thirteen letters. Take 13, subtract the state's number of letters, and you have the number of letters in the city's name. Hope that is not TMI, Blaine. Let me know.
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