NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
July 15, 2007
Dan Katz
Presented by Will Shortz

Think of a city in Michigan that has two words in its name (not Ann Arbor). Add an E to each word and anagram the resulting letters to get two things you don't want to be in. Both of these things will begin and end with the same letters.

HINT:
The city is Grand Rapids.

Answer:

GRAND RAPIDS:

GRAND + E = DANGER
RAPIDS + E = DESPAIR