NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
May 21, 2017
Will Shortz

The name of a seven-letter US city is hidden in each of the clues below, with the letters in the correct left-to-right order, but not in consecutive order. For example, given the clue INTERVENTION, the answer would be TRENTON (New Jersey). The names of the states are given as HINTS.

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

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

Answers:

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