Sunday, July 15, 2018

PANCAKE
Andrew Chaikin
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
Presented by Will Shortz
July 15, 2018

If you drop the E on PANCAKE, the remaining letters form a series of US Postal Service state abbreviations - PA, NC, and AK. Can you think of a major US city and its state that follow the same pattern? That is, if you drop the final letter of the city and the final letter of the state, you are left with a continuous series of state postal abbreviations.

HINT:
The state is in the southeast.

Answer:

ORLANDO, FLORIDA - OR, LA, ND, FL, OR, ID

Note: Another, even longer answer, that follows this pattern is a town (not a major city) in New York. Can you name it?

Answer:

SCARSDALE, NEW YORK

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