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Sunday Puzzle: Wordy to worldly

NPR's Leila Fadel plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's winner Steve Vittori from Gig Harbor, WA.
Sunday Puzzle

I'm going to give you some words and phrases. For each one, change exactly two letters to name a country. Hint: Ex. SOLARIA --> SOMALIA1. ALGEBRA2. NORMAL3. TUSKED4. MEDICS5. CANARY6. RUSTIC7. GRIEVE8. HANGARS9. TUNES IN10. SEVERAL11. PAPAYA12. CAME UPON

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