I Solved The NPR Puzzle for 3/1/9

I soved the puzzle rather quickly so thought I would give hints as to the location of the two cities instead of saying outright:

1. Junior a.k.a. ?
2. Bigger
3. Ex's

NPR Sunday Puzzle (3/1/09)

My Green Thumb Sunday will be late because it's raining outside and, as you know, sugar melts so I can't go out there! LOL

I got last week's puzzle right. Yea! Now here's this week's puzzle:

Take the words Atlas Of The World, exchange the "e" for an "r", and rearrange the letters to form two related cities.

I haven't worked on it yet but stay tuned, I am determined to do the puzzle every week. I've given up sweets for Lent so this is my dessert!

NPR Sunday Puzzle ***Spoiler Alert***

This puzzle.....

Name an item often found on a desk. It's a hyphenated word. Add an 'S' to the beginning of each part, and you'll get two synonyms. What's the item?

.....has been bugging me all week. I even went online to find out if anyone else was blogging about it. They were and they weren't giving up the answer! I finally figured it out tonight and I am willing to share but then again, I could be wrong. I sent in my answer feeling about 80% sure I am right.

IN - TRAY = SIN + STRAY