NY Times Crossword
August 22, 2017
Timothy Polin

What unusual quality do the U.S. cities listed below share?

OZARK
ALBANY
ASTORIA
TUSCALOOSA
GRAND FORKS
BLOOMINGTON
SANTA MONICA

Answer:

Concealed within each city's name is the postal abbreviation of its state:

ozARk
albaNY
astORia
tuscALoosa
graND forks
bloomINgton
santa moniCA

NOTE: Similar puzzle - by Dan Schoenholz posted 5/9/16 under Word Puzzles