NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle

October 10, 2021

Anthony Gray

Presented by Will Shortz

 

Write down the name of a country in South Asia and next to it its largest city. Hidden in that string of letters is the capital city of another country. What is the country and its largest city, and what is the hidden capital? 

 

HINT: 

The country of the hidden capital is transcontinental. 

Answers:

 

The country is PAKISTAN. Its largest city is KARACHI:

 

PAKISTANKARACHI - ANKARA is the capital of Turkey.