Take the 4th letter of the country and change it to a G. Rearrange to get the name of a popular liquid.Q: Take the 10-letter (2-word) title of a popular TV series for which most of its seasons have been filmed in a foreign country. Remove the first and last letters, and the remaining letters can be rearranged to spell the name of a country. What are the two names?
Sunday, July 12, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 12, 2026): Filmed on Location
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 12, 2026): Filmed on Location
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I'm surprised that there were only 900 low-fat entries this week. As this week's guess, I'll take 550.
ReplyDeleteOh my. Lindsay Graham is dead but Mitch McMcConnell is "alive." What a way to start a Sunday morning.
ReplyDeleteThird time's the charm.
DeleteHmmm, Dr. K, who will it be, who will it be?
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DeleteOops! I obviously had my eye on the thread and wasn't thinking about the puzzle. Sorry.
DeleteOn air, Will said that the TV series had a two-word title.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I've updated the wording but I'm still waiting for a link to the puzzle that aired.
DeleteI think I have it. But a clue?
ReplyDeleteGood one. I think I can see a connection to last week’s puzzle. Hope everyone is enjoying the thrilling World Cup this month.
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DeleteMea culpa.
DeleteI don’t know anything about TV series, but I was surprised to find this show as a subject on a podcast I listened to this morning as I did weights. Remove the first two and the last two letters from the show, rearrange, and you get a container.
ReplyDeleteRob - it seems we listen the same podcasts.
DeleteRemove the second letter, rearrange a bit, and get a possible synonym for a famous home.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! But be sure to start with the TV show, not the country.
DeleteRight. Thanks for the clarification, Lancek.
DeleteOh goody, an anagram of a tv series, what could be more fun than that?
ReplyDeleteOkay I have it, but I'm not going to rack my brain for a good hint. Maybe one will just come to me.
Trump
ReplyDeleteThere's a local version of the series coming to the country.
ReplyDeleteThe NPR Sunday Puzzle Page still hasn't been updated.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Just listened to last week's offering where the winner says she has 5 grandchildren, does geneology, and plays puzzles. Will's retort "I like how you collect things." Did he mean "collecting grandchildren" is a thing?
DeleteThat"s weird phrasing about one's kin, if so.
I am collecting photos of my pup in many places (including a Nebraska cornfield at sunrise -' in my thumbnail) but I would not say I have collected Maizie, Bruno, and now, Maxx.
I have two children but they are not in any "collection."
Weird. Just weird to me.
The new puzzle is up now.
DeleteCapisce paisan?!
DeleteRemove the first and last letters from the second word of the TV show, rearrange the remaining letters to spell something read rather than watched. Appropriate for me, who’s never owned a TV.
ReplyDeleteThat's an approach.
DeleteThe team from this country did not qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
ReplyDeleteThe answer is similar to a lot of recent puzzles.
ReplyDeleteThe only one I found with 10 letters was if I didn't include the?
ReplyDeleteNever mind....I finally cheated and used AI, so I won't submit the answer... I should say that this a series I NEVER would have watched. I hated the title.
ReplyDeleteYes, especially in view of things along the same line.
DeleteThis puzzle was a bit slippery, for sure. --Margaret G.
ReplyDeleteThe two words in the show title appear in the titles of two shows that used to air back-to-back. (I'd never heard of the show. I solved it working backwards from Blaine's hint.)
ReplyDeleteGreat clue!
DeleteThank you. I watched way too much TV in those days.
DeleteGreat observation! And kudos for using Blaine’s clue to solve the puzzle! (Perhaps you’re suggesting the need for a blog administrator action!)
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DeleteNodd, Snipper, and anyone else interested: Take the last word of the show that Nodd referenced and aired first in the lineup and the first word of the second show. Remove the first two letters from the first and the final letter from the second, rearrange what remains, and get a common holiday redundancy.
DeleteI had to search for the two shows to confirm the titles because I'd never seen them although I had heard of them. That was a busy decade. And you can add them to the NPR puzzle answer, another show I've also never seen but had not even heard of.
Reminds me of a bowl full of jelly.
DeleteI am sorry to report that Mitch McConnell is reported to be recovering and may someday return to the Senate. I was hoping for more good news such as we got earlier today.
ReplyDeleteIt's beginning to look like Mitch McConnell may not be on the mend after all. There are questions regarding his "statement" informing us he is on the mend. No voice or video after a month now. It reeks of an AI scam. So we do not know what the truth is.
DeleteThe best advice used to be: Believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see. That was pre-photoshop and AI. Now it's best to believe nothing one hears or sees.
DeleteApparently he said he was “briefly unconscious,” which is ironic given that he's been without a conscience for his entire political career, if not his entire life.
DeleteDrop the first 3 letters of the first word and the last letter of the last word....rearrange to get one of the coolest sequels of all time.
ReplyDeleteAnd change fourth letter to a g in country name -per Blaine- and drop last letter =mix gently -to get a libation -not as popular now as it once was.
DeleteIs there any other way to listen to the on-air puzzle? The NPR site still says "audio will be available later today", and it is already much later today than when I first checked it earlier this morning. Another few hours, and it will NO LONGER be available later today, because it will no longer be today. I was able to solve the puzzle, though, and I totally relate to Nodd's earlier post. Sometimes the first show would do a crossover with the second show.
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"Mandrell"WhoHadTheirOwnVarietyShowAnHourEarlierThanTheOtherTwoShows,OnlyOnAnotherNetwork
Sorry, I don't know how "Puzzles & Brainteasers" ended up at the end of my post. I must've hit a wrong button or something.
ReplyDeletepjbHasHadTooMuchToHaveToThinkAboutWithoutSomething(Strangely)GoingWrongWithHisCorrespondenceOnThisWebsite!
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ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I'm becoming too apathetic.
ReplyDeleteRIP Sam Neill 🦖
ReplyDeleteSam Neill and Lindsey Graham are two more examples of the wealthy claiming more than their fair share of resources. Come the revolution, everyone will get just one first name.
DeleteScarlett
ReplyDeleteMy apologies for not responding sooner to your correct answer to my puzzle last week. My significant other has come down with a serious disease and things have been rather hectic here lately.
Oh my! Life can change so quickly. I do hope things turn around. Sending positive thoughts your way.
DeleteBest wishes for a quick recovery.
DeleteChuck, I echo good thoughts for your significant other.
DeleteChuck, looking firward to hearing that your SO is on the mend.
DeleteShift a letter in the show name backwards one and rearrange to get a word that could describe the cast.
ReplyDeleteWho or what is tagging stuff? I smell AI.
Delete@ Blaine, might you stop the automatic tagging by AI?!
DeleteIt appears that Google introduced a new text ad format with "related" text links. I think I found the setting and have disabled it.
DeleteThanks, Blaine. I hope it sticks.
DeleteWell, "Puzzles & Brainteasers" must've only appeared on my end, but you can clearly see "Language Resources" ended up on two different posts from two different posters.
ReplyDeletepjbStillDoesn'tKnowHowThatCanHappenOnAnyBlaine'sBlogPostNow,ButHeThinksEveryoneShouldBeCarefulWhenTheyPostAnythingHereRightNow!
Yeah, that's some strange stuff showing up the past few weeks. I noticed it on my posts too.
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DeleteHappy Bastille Day tomorrow! Vive la France in the World Cup!
ReplyDeleteTrying to look at all the angles in the game.
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