IT - ATE - - - CITY - STATE
Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
March 4, 2007
Will Shortz

The first word in each pair below is made up of letters, in consecutive order, found in the name of a U.S. capital city. The second word is made up of letters, also in consecutive order, found in the name of that capital's state. For example, given the word pair SON - OUR, the answer would be Jefferson City, Missouri. The region of the country in which the state is located is given as a solving hint.

1. TON - SET (northeast)
2. HAS - RID (southeast)
3. RAM - FOR (west)
4. SIN - CHI (midwest)
5. INC - BRA ((plains)
6. ALE - EGO (west)
7. ERR - OUT (plains)
8. NAP - IAN (midwest)
9. LEN - TAN (northwest)
10. BUR - VAN (mid-atlantic)

Answers:

1. Boston, Massachusetts
2. Tallhassee, Florida
3. Sacramento, California
4. Lansing, Michigan
5. Lincoln, Nebraska
6. Salem, Oregon
7. Pierre, South Dakota
8. Indianapolis, Indiana
9. Helena, Montana
10. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania