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NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

November 29, 2020

Presented by Will Shortz 

Can you think of a marine animal - two words - such that if you drop two consecutive letters in its name, you are left with the name of a major American city?

HINTS:
1. The city is in the Northwest.

2. The deleted consecutive letters are UR.

Answer:

 

SEA TURTLE - SEATTLE