JAKARTA - WITH A CAPITAL J

Credit: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
June 3, 2012
Will Shortz

The answers to the clues below will (roughly) sound out the name of a world capital.

1. Bangkok resident's salary
2. Informal Queen of England and a hotdog holder
3. Islamic place of worship and an expression of pain
4. Wildebeest and a where you'd get a pastrami on rye
5. Chesapeake and a highway
6. Word meant to scare, a mongrel dog, and to take by force
7. Opposite of heaven, to drop down, and B flat, for one

Answers:

1. Taipei  (Thai + pay)
2. Lisbon  (Liz + bun)
3. Moscow  (Mosque + ow)
4. New Delhi  (Gnu + deli)
5. Beirut  (Bay + route)
6. Bucharest  (Boo + cur + wrest)
7. Helsinki  (Hell + sink + key)