Change the first letter of the first location and rearrange to get [REDACTED].Q: Name a well-known U.S. geographic location in six letters. Move the last letter two places earlier in the name and you'll get a regular English word. Say that word out loud. It will sound like a well-known geographic location abroad. What places are these? Here's a hint: Neither place name is a city.
Sunday, September 27, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 27, 2026): Getting There
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 27, 2026): Getting There
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The U.S. location and the English word are politically connected.
ReplyDeleteSadly.
DeleteNice hint, Blaine (just figured it out).
ReplyDeleteAdd a letter to the first location. Rearrange. You get a country.
ReplyDeleteOr add a different letter.
DeleteYou and your clever hints!
DeleteGosh, yes. Right!
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the left coast. I'm surprised I got it this quickly. Musical hint: a famous duet.
ReplyDeleteOver 700 correct entries last week.
ReplyDeleteMusical hint: a syntactically very weird band.
ReplyDeleteIntro
ReplyDeleteI got it from Blaine's hint.
ReplyDelete25
ReplyDeleteIf you solve Paul's hint, check out his origin!
DeleteHorton Hears a Who
ReplyDeleteThe puzzle creator would come up with this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI needed my Brooklyn accent
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ReplyDeleteI am in the latter geographic location!
ReplyDeleteThe puzzles get lamer and lamer. What a joke!
ReplyDeleteLucky you, Rudolpho.
The gauntlet has been dropped. Just how lame can Shortz go!
DeleteCute puzzle though maybe a little too much ‘puzzling license’ for me. I’m guessing if you tried to get from place A to place B, it would likely not be such a straight line of a trip.
ReplyDeleteYou could always try straightening the line.
DeleteTake the name of the first place. Remove the first three letters and the last letter. Rearrange to get the name of the second place.
ReplyDeleteWhat do Diana Ross, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Lady Gaga, and Beyoncé have in common (other than lots of fame and money)?
ReplyDeleteThey all sing! :-)
DeleteOh dear...what I'm getting is an old quip, a clever maxim/pun that has been circulating since the '70s...or maybe ancient times? And I think the American feature was stripped of this moniker by Julius seize-her by the p***y.
ReplyDeleteRemove one letter from the well-known U. S. geographic location, rearrange, and get a well-known U. S. film.
ReplyDeleteFinally thought of the right geographic location. Kind of a disappointing solution after all of that.
ReplyDeleteKinda leaves ya a bit cold huh?
DeleteGeorge Wendt would like a word.
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