I need to finish up my taxes, so I'll have to put solving on hold until then.Q: Name a famous foreign landmark (5,4). Change the eighth letter to a V and rearrange the result to make an adjective that describes this landmark. What landmark is it?
Sunday, April 12, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 12, 2026): Foreign Landmark
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 12, 2026): Foreign Landmark
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Take a well-known feature of the landmark. Change a vowel to the vowel that precedes it. Rearrange. You get its locale.
ReplyDeleteA former president comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteThe "5,4" made it pretty easy.
ReplyDeleteI have the answer but I don't get any of the clues except Nodd's.
ReplyDeleteOh wait. Now I get Jan's clue from the previous thread -- that's good!
Okay I'll try to think of my own.
Change the first letter of the landmark to another letter and rearrange. You get a description of this list.
ReplyDelete1146 correct answers last week
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling there will be lots of correct answers this week.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling you're right.
DeleteTake the name of a character associated with the landmark, remove the final letter, rearrange, and get the name of some jewels.
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ReplyDeleteThis poem is my clue.
DeleteIt is intended to be utterly impossible until you've solved the puzzle, and even then some of the bits are a little far-fetched. But I had fun making it, and I'll explain it Thursday.
Oy, I made a mistake in the poem. Here's a version that works:
DeleteA landmark found in lands afar?
I solved it fast. (My time is par.)
Another landmark, _ _ _,
Distinguished by _ _ _,
Shaves its grass (Pope’s _)
Under the eye of _ _.
The blanks I’ll fill in, bye and bye,
To show you the site: a delicate lie.
I sort of have an answer.
ReplyDeleteTake off a letter and you miss the whole point.
ReplyDelete"An unfit ovum"? Nah, that's not it.
ReplyDeletedoes the adjective have to be made up of only letters from the landmark? does the adjective need to be 2 words? we are struggling a bit.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Benita Rice for a very clever puzzle! The anagramming is rarely this satisfying.
ReplyDeleteFor the answer I have, it is a one word, 9 letter adjective, containing all the letters in the landmark except for the 8th letter which become a V. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteOh yes the Blarney Stone.
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ReplyDeleteThis is one of those puzzles that is easy, once you think of the right thing it starts with (the landmark, in this case). I spent too much time rearranging letters for other landmarks.
ReplyDeleteThe resulting adjective contains the name of a television show.
DeleteSometimes a hint is so tempting my better judgement fails to hold me back.
DeleteWell, the "adjective" is more of a participle.
ReplyDeleteClever puzzle. The first letters of the adjective are a place I’ve been to. (I bet some others here have been as well).
ReplyDeleteHmmm...from the high to the low.
DeleteI enjoyed the fact that you can take NORTH POLE, perform the operation, and anagram to PROVEN HOT.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that's the right answer, though.
Maybe the correct answer is closer to Corsica, but maybe not quite?
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DeleteClever, clever wordplay. The 5,4 did get me there too soon, though, within moments. I like a puzzle that lasts a little longer. Otherwise it could have been up for best PUZZLE OF 2026. That one tiny detail. Too much info. Darn.
ReplyDeleteThe adjective also describes a list regarding somebody associated with the landmark.
ReplyDeleteYou seldom hear of a [2nd word in the landmark] as a [1st word rearranged].
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