NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 6, 2025): Nice Place in the U.S. to VacationQ: This is a phonetic challenge in four parts. First, say a letter of the alphabet out loud -- like B, C, or L. Then name something you might carry around in your pocket. Say it twice. Finally, name a variety of tree. Say these four things in order, and phonetically they'll name a nice place in the United States to vacation. What is it?
This place was mentioned on this blog in the last couple years by someone from a city and state that started with the same letter.
Take the original name of another prominent locale near the vacation place. Rearrange, and get the first name of a renowned African leader.
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ReplyDeleteA place I’ve always wanted to go
ReplyDeleteI am finding it impossible to clue. I was there in 1969.
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DeleteBlaine!
DeleteVery easy puzzle first location that came to mind. Took about 30 seconds to make sure that the letter, pocket items and tree really did fit the name.
ReplyDeleteSame here. Easy, as a "vacation" should be!
DeleteI needed some guidance on this puzzle.
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ReplyDeleteI live close to a place by that name, although I am sure that's not the one intended in the puzzle. Still, perhaps I should visit that close-by place more often.
ReplyDelete"More than 600 correct answers" to last week's challenge. So, technically, I got it right in guessing "between 700 and 800"!
(Ok, as I said, that wasn't really a guess; it was an oblique reference to #747, Minnie Driver's rank in IMDb's top-1000 list.)
Sorry, Wolfy. I win the showcase. I guessed between 113 and 699 correct answers.
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DeleteSince this puzzle has no listener attribution, it must be from the puzzle master himself. I think it's intended to bring the number of correct submissions back up after a few dismal weeks. I'm guessing close to 2000, despite summer slump.
ReplyDeleteThis was way too easy because I live in Florida, but I'll still give it 75 points.
ReplyDeleteResidence of a well-known assassin.
ReplyDeleteI'd use a zippered pocket.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a Ricky Nelson song
ReplyDeleteInteresting...many comments have been removed, but the one that helped me get to the answer is still there. I guess it's an age thing.
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DeleteGot it in seconds. Now to think of a clue that won't be removed by a blog administrator...
ReplyDeleteTake the first two letters and last two letters of the vacation place. Rearrange to get something associated with the mouth.
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DeleteNatasha, is that a tree joke? 😉
DeleteMy clue is Arthur Godfrey.
ReplyDeleteMy girlfriend and I got this before it even aired - it was our first guess at breakfast.
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ReplyDeleteI’ve vacationed at the intended answer, and at another location with a related name.
I guess this would be a nice place to visit. Too many Hotels, condos and crowds for my taste. We've visited the state, with a focus on less crowded areas. When I travel here in Colorado, I avoid the crowded, condo-ridden areas, like Aspen and Vail, preferring the areas that focus on the rich history of the state, like Alamosa, Durango, and Cortez. So much native history, as well as mining and railroad history in the southwestern part of the state
ReplyDeleteAgreed! Great Sand Dunes NP near Alamosa is a spectacular place. The changing shadows and wildlife are mesmerizing.
DeleteI love Great Sand Dunes. It happens to also be a nice dark-sky area, so I spent several hours there in the middle of the night doing star-trail photos
DeleteSuch splendid dark-skies! Did you see the tiger beetle, endemic to the dunes, and a nocturnal creature? We did a midnight hike there one May with my son's Boy Scout troop. Both the stars and the beetle were wondrous.
DeleteYou went with your son's Boy Scout Troop? Didn't he get razzed?
DeleteNo. All the chaperones went.
DeleteI spent several years in Scouts and we never had a chaperone. The only time that we ever saw anyone's mother was at the Court of Honor or parent's day at camp Osceola.
DeleteIt was a special weekend camp out for all the Scouts and their families. Some parents opted not to hike at midnight but several of us moms and dads did. Different scouting activities look different all over the country.
DeleteOkay...I grew up in the 1970's. Our parents just wanted to get us the hell outta the house.
DeleteDefinitely America's Id.
ReplyDeleteGot this nearly instantaneously. I vacationed here in 2021, in the midst of a COVID peak; although it was a questionable time to be traveling, it was indeed a nice place to vacation!
ReplyDeleteNo clue. This one was obvious for me.
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ReplyDeleteJet Li.
ReplyDeleteEZPZ But you all already knew you need a letter. These ain't it.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people stand and wait here.
ReplyDeleteThere will be 2000 correct answers.
ReplyDeleteLike I said.
DeleteNever been. Have been to Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and even took a cruise to Cozumel. Of course, none of this is TMI because the place in question is not located in any of these aforementioned places. I will offer this as a clue, though:
ReplyDeleteThere is a well-known reality/competition show that Mom and I like to watch(I don't dare reveal its name because it would be a dead giveaway who I'm about to mention). One of the series regulars is associated with another celebrity whose surname suggests that of the vacation spot in this week's challenge.
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Blaine, i just noticed that a couple of dates in your header mistakenly list the date as Jun 06, not Jul 6.
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