NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
May 21, 2017
Will Shortz

Each word or phrase below conceals the name of a well-known U.S. city. The letters are in correct left-to-right order, but are not consecutive. Can you spot them? The HINTS give the names of their states.

1. LANDSCAPING
2. METAMORPHOSIS
3. CHEMICAL GROUP
4. GROUNDSWELL
5. AMBIVALENCE
6. LIEUTENANT COLONEL
7. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
8. WHITE CHRISTMAS
9. RHETORICAL QUESTION
10. BODY BUILDER

HINTS:
1. Michigan
2. Tennessee
3. Illinois
4.New Mexico
5. Texas
6. Nebraska
7. North Carolina
8. Kansas
9. Texas
10. Colorado

Answers:

1. LANSING
2. MEMPHIS
3. CHICAGO
4. ROSWELL
5. ABILENE
6. LINCOLN
7. RALEIGH
8. WICHITA 
9. HOUSTON
10. BOULDER