"Each sentence conceals the name of a major U.S. city in consecutive letters. As a hint, the answer's state also appears in the sentence. Every answer has at least six letters. (Ex. The Kentucky bodybuilders will be flexing tonight. --> LEXINGTON) 1. Space enthusiasts in Oregon support landing on Mars. 2. Contact your insurance branch or agent in Alaska. 3. The Ohio company has a sale from today to next Sunday."
"4. The Colorado trial ended in a sudden verdict. 5. Fans voted the Virginia tennis matches a peak experience. 6. I bought a shamrock for decorating my house in Illinois. 7. All the Connecticut things they knew have now changed. 8. Can you help a software developer in Texas? Last week's challenge Last week's challenge came from Mike Reiss, who's a showrunner, writer, and producer for "The Simpsons.""
"This week's challenge This week's challenge comes from Robert Flood, of Allen, Texas. Name a famous female singer of the past (five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last name)."
Eight numbered sentences hide major U.S. city names by embedding each city's letters consecutively within the sentence. Each sentence explicitly contains the state's name as a hint. All hidden city names have at least six letters. An explicit example extracts LEXINGTON from 'The Kentucky bodybuilders will be flexing tonight.' The eight puzzle sentences reference Oregon, Alaska, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, Illinois, Connecticut, and Texas. A prior puzzle from Mike Reiss produced the solution Placido Domingo and named Brock Hammill of Corvallis, Montana as the winner. A new puzzle from Robert Flood of Allen, Texas requests a historic female singer matching specific letter and anagram constraints and sets a December 18 submission deadline.
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