CAPITAL IDEA
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Nov. 2004
Sher B. Garfield

If you write out the names of all 50 U.S. state capitals, each followed by the name of its state, you can find some words that use at least one letter at the end of the capital's name and at least one letter from the beginning of the state's name. For example, given the clue word  AWASH, the capital and state would be OlympiA, WASHington.

Can you name the pairs of capitals and states bridged by the following words?

1. DILL
2. VERDE
3. GEL
4. NEW
5. SIN
6. MORE
7. FEN
8. TAG
9. STINT
10. LET
11. TAM
12. BIAS

Answers:

1. SpringfielD, ILLinois
2. DoVER, DElaware 
3. Baton RouGE, Louisiana
4. CheyenNE, Wyoming
5. IndianapoliS, INdiana
6. SaleM, OREgon 
7. Santa FE, New Mexico
8. AtlanTA, Georgia
9. AuSTIN, Texas
10. NashvilLE, Tennessee
11. AugusTA, Maine
12. ColumBIA, South Carolina