NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
August 2, 2020
Will Shortz

Each clue below has two words. The first words contains some of the letters of a U.S. state capital with those letters in correct left-to-right order - but not in consecutive order. The second word contains some of the letters in the name of that capital city's state, again with those letter in correct left-to-right order, but not consecutive. For example, given SCANT - CORN, the answers would be SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. Can you name the capital cities and their states?

1. ANNALS - ARYAN
2. SINGED - LOIS
3. ALAS - FORD
4. SAUL - MINES
5. BOONE - ASSETS
6. MOTOR -LAMA
7. MASON - COIN
8. PRINCE - RESAND

Answers:

1. Annapolis, Maryland
2. Springfield, Illinois
3. Tallahassee, Florida
4.  Saint Paul, Minnesota
5. Boston, Massachusetts
6. Montgomery, Alabama
7. Madison, Wisconsin
8. Providence, Rhode Island 

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