NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 7, 2016): All that Glitters is not Gold - Answer

Here's an autopost of the solution. You didn't need "help" this week because those are the repeated letters that are removed.

A: MICHAEL PHELPS --> MICAS

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 24, 2013): [Solution] Five by Five Word Square

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 24, 2013): [Solution] Five by Five Word Square:

A: PANDA, APART, NASAL, DRAMA, ATLAS

The hints in the original post were "Aside from" = APART, "Subjecting" = things you might study as in PANDA (zoology), DRAMA and ATLAS (geography). The last clue was "& let" since the consonants in "aMPeRSaND LeT" are the ones used in the puzzle.