Sunday Puzzle
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On-air problem
Each reply is the six-letter identify of a world capital, through which I’ve modified the primary and final letters. You identify the capitals.
Ex. VASSAL –> NASSAU (capital of the Bahamas)
1. CONDOR
2. ROSCOE
3. PUBLIC
4. SAVANT
5. ZANILY
6. DRAG UP
7. ETHENE
8. TARSAL
9. TUSCAN
10. NONACT
11. I AGREE
12. [7 letters:] CALLING
Final week’s problem
Rearrange the letters of NECESSARY MISPRINT to spell a well-recognized phrase.
Reply: Sic semper tyrannis.
Winner:
Judy Alexander of South Burlington, Vermont.
This week’s problem
This week’s problem comes from listener Michael Pickard. Identify one thing in 10 letters that is present in a kitchen. Drop its sixth letter to call one thing on a keyboard. Then drop the brand new phrase’s fifth letter to call one thing nobody needs to get. What phrases are these?
If you already know the reply to the problem, submit it right here by Thursday, June 18 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose solutions are chosen win an opportunity to play the on-air puzzle. Essential: embrace a cellphone quantity the place we are able to attain you.
