CONSONANT CAPITALS
Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
October 18, 2015
Will Shortz

Use the consonants in the words below to name a world capital having the same consonants in the same order. For example, given the clue word AIMING, the consonants are M, N, and G. The answer would be MANAGUA, the capital of Nicaragua, containing the consonants M, N, and G - in the same order.

1. UPRAISE
2. CROCUS
3. ABORT
4. THRONE
5. UNROBE
6. BIGOT
7. LAGERS
8. BELEAGUERED
9. SEAL (2)

Answers:

1. PARIS, France
2. CARACAS, Venezuela
3. BEIRUT, Lebanon
4. TEHRAN, Iran
5. NAIROBI, Kenya
6. BOGOTA, Colombia
7. ALGIERS, Algeria
8. BELGRADE, Serbia
9. OSLO, Norway and SEOUL, South Korea