NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

March14, 2021

Will Shortz

 

Remove one letter from each word below and replace it with two others to get the name of a country. For example, given the word BELLE, you could remove the second L and replace it with IZ - to get BELIZE.

 

1. FENCE

2. BRAWL

3. NO SAY

4. POLAR

5. BRUNT

6. MONDO

7. BELAYS

8. CANAL

9. PANDA (3 answers)

 

Answers:

 

1. FRANCE

2. BRAZIL

3. NORWAY

4. POLAND

5. BRUNEI

6. MONACO

7. BELARUS

8. CANADA

9. PANAMA, RWANDA, UGANDA 

 

Note from JA: Turn this puzzle around for a new challenge: Drop two letters from each country and add a new one to get a word.