Anybody get the answer to the NPR Sunday Puzzle?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’ve been working on it since 6:30, but I can’t pin it down…

Here is the question:

This Week’s Challenge: An opera-related challenge. Take the title Il Trovatore by Verdi. Drop one letter. Rearrange the remaining 10 letters to spell two synonyms. What are they?

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Travel and rove?

ETA: no, that doesn’t work. Never mind.

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Now’s as good a time as any to ask if anybody ever understands what Shortz means when he says a good way to solve anagrams is to write the letters out in a pyramid. I’ve tried this an it never seems to help, and I’m wondering if I’m doing it wrong.

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dropping the a

revolt and riot

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Well, that seems to fit. Great job, dbygawdcapn

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I am very good at these puzzles. My wife and I listen every day at 9:45 and I am nearly 100% on everything.
Fortunately my wife doesn’t realize that it is a rebroadcast from 7:45.