Add the letter D to the city and rearrange to get a former sports team in the same state.Q: Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Add a letter to the first word, without rearranging letters, to name a country. Then, without adding a letter, rearrange the letters of the second word to name another country. What places are these?
Sunday, June 28, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 28, 2026): Going Places
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 28, 2026): Going Places
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Rearrange the two countries to name a rock band and an online magazine.
ReplyDeleteRemove the first and last letters of the city. Rearrange. You get something often mentioned in the news these days.
ReplyDeleteOver 1700 correct entries last week
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty easy. With this puzzle, I immediately thought the letter should be added to the START, in first PLACE.
DeleteThis one can be unlocked in a couple of ways (at least).
ReplyDeleteYes, I started with a reasonable guess at the first country and worked backwards.
DeleteI have a musical clue, but I think Blaine might consider it TMI.
ReplyDeleteHere’s a similar challenge: Think of a well-known U.S. city with a two-word name. Add a letter to EACH of the two words without rearranging letters. Then read the first forward and the second backward to name two countries.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is city I tried first.
DeletePretty close to the actual answer, in more ways than one.
DeleteFor some reason, I'm thinking of artificial intelligence.
DeleteOk, a musical clue: a Philadelphia R&B group.
ReplyDeleteWill has lost he plot.
ReplyDeleteWhen you add a letter. Is the country just the first word of the city, or still the two words?
ReplyDeleteJust the first word.
DeleteQuestion: I may be splitting hairs, but the clue is "add" a letter, not "insert" a letter. Is that important?
ReplyDeleteNevermind! I got it.
DeleteI think that's a fair question, Scarlett. I have an answer, but it required me to insert a letter into the first word of the U.S. city. Isn't "inserting" a way of "rearranging," which the puzzle directions said not to do?
DeleteNot a clue, but my wife just pointed out that Narcissus died as a result of a reflecting pool.
ReplyDelete😆
DeleteGood one!
DeleteExcellent, Mrs. K!
DeleteThat's Dr. K to you, bud.
DeleteSorry; I didn’t realize the Ks were a paradox. I once knew a PhD married to a PhD who invited her students to call her either Mrs. or Dr., explaining that she had worked just as long to get the first title as to get the second.
DeleteI’m reminded of my friend, Cliff Crag, of the Department of Redundancy Department.
ReplyDeleteIt’s taking me longer to think of a non-TMI clue than it took to solve the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteRearrange the letters in the city name to describe a mathematical problem.
DeleteChange one letter of the second country and rearrange to get a bird.
ReplyDeleteJust mentioning how I started to solve this one is probably TMI.
ReplyDeleteMy congratulations to Rawson Sheinberg for creating an almost perfect Will-Shortz-type puzzle. Of the 3 parts of the answer, I suggest answering them 2, 1, 3.
ReplyDeleteSomebody died in this city.
ReplyDeleteI JUST FOUND OUT THAT TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!
ReplyDeleteIs there no Billy Joel related reference this week? Hmmm…..
ReplyDeleteEven though this is a shithole puzzle I enjoyed it because I solved it while still in bed without any lists.
ReplyDeleteFilm Clue: Wim Wenders
ReplyDeleteI got nits over this one
ReplyDeleteTo SDB: perhaps you should have stayed in bed.
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