HIDDEN CITIES

Dell PennyPress Variety Puzzles

Volume 72

 

Each sentence conceals the name of a city.

 

1. That tomato had better be ripe, or I am not going to eat it.

 

2. Wisdom always dictates to go slowly, but surely.

 

3. Coffee may have a more powerful punch, but tea is a gently persuasive friend.

 

4. When the temperature hits one hundred degrees, even ice seems inadequate.

 

5. The prophet Amos, cowed by no man, was a wise seer. 

 

6. Shall we meet in the parking lot or on top of the hill?

 

7. A young movie buff along the way may find a career in show business.

 

8. Pedestrians are blasted by arctic air on winter mornings.

 

9. Dad gave Mom a half-dozen beautiful pink roses for her birthday.

 

10. The judge pinned the medal on Don's lapel.

 

Answers:

 

1. riPE, OR I Am - PEORIA

2. gO SLOwly - OSLO

3. punch, BUT TEa - BUTTE

4. eVEN ICE seems - VENICE or NICE

5. aMOS, COWed - MOSCOW

6. loT OR ON TOp - TORONTO

7. move BUFF ALOng - BUFFALO

8. arctiC AIR On - CAIRO

9. mOM A HAlf - OMAHA

10. medaL ON DON's - LONDON