NY Times Crossword

August 26, 2021

Ashish Vengsarkar

 

What do the three countries below have in common?

 

NORWAY

PANAMA

SURINAME

 

Answer:

 

If you drop one letter from each country, you are left with a valid phrase, name, and word - in that order - without any other re-arrangement of letters:

 

NORWAY - NO WAY

PANAMA - PAN AM (pioneering early airline) 

SURINAME - SURNAME