Name that con-tune-ent; Double parking; ...Twelve bits just to see 'em

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Welcome to Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! Today is Friday the 20^th of March. We are still basking in the afterglow of yesterday’s March 19^th Feast of St. Joseph Day celebration.

Joseph was the foster father or father (depending on whom you believe) of Jesus of Nazareth. He is mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, not so much in John, but not at all in the Gospel of Mark.

Okay, so St. Mark the Evangelist missed the mark (as well as the joseph!). But that is no reason to for us to dismiss all the Marks. For by doing so we would be missing many Marks of distinction: Twain, Rothko, Knopfler, Antony, Fidrych, Spitz, Newhouse, and…

…this guy from Seattle, Washington, also known:

as “skydiveboy” in Blainesville and the blogosphere;

as guest Gourmet French puzzle chef “Monsieur Garcon du Parachutisme” at Puzzleria!;

and, in real life (or life as real as it gets), as Mark Scott.

Here is Mark’s… er, our French puzzle chef’s latest creation:

Moi Aussie Bonus Slice:

Name that con-tune-ent

Australians are very clever and humorous about how they use language and have many descriptive slang words for everyday things. This being said, it turns out Aussies have been rather slack in coming up with a more aptly eponymous word to describe their own country/continent.

Therefore I think we should see if we can help our Down Under friends and try to come up with a suitable and eponymous name for Australia. This may sound like a daunting task, but don’t despair because there is a most perfect name already. The best part is that it is hiding right here in our own country, the United States of America. All you have to do to find it is rearrange the letters of one of our largest cities and it should jump out at you.

Are you feeling up to the task? Well then, hop to it mates.

G’day, Mate. G’degree of difficulty, Mark.

Another treat: Just as St. Joseph’s Day was winding down, at the end of last week’s Puzzleria! comments, always-interesting blogger ron posted this nifty logic puzzle:


Starting in Delaware, you must tour the 48 contiguous United States (by land vehicle), visiting each state exactly once. Where will you finish?

ron linked to the answer in his comment.

And, one more bonus slice:

Bonus Belated Feast Day Slice:

Even the crawlers shall soar

A word for the etymological meaning of Joseph is five letters long. That word has a homograph that names a living creature of interest to herpetologists. Take a three-letter cousin of the creature. Add to the end of it the first three letters of a country associated with a saint more popular (mysteriously) than Joseph. The result is a word meaning “to ascend or soar.”

What are these three words?

Need more puzzlery? Who in the name of Joseph knows if those of (serial triple rhyme!) you who fancy yourselves as puzzle mavens can solve the slices in this week’s menu, which appears down under:

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Easy As Pilot-bearing Slice:

Double parking

Print the make of automobile in uppercase letters. Double its third letter. Remove the final letter and a portion of the new fourth letter to form an adjective the automobile’s producers would not want to have associated with their product.

Extra credit: A European automobile maker might actually want to have this adjective associated with a particular model in its line. What is this European make and model? 

Specialty Of The House Slice:

...Twelve bits just to see ‘em

Think of a noun often associated with souvenirs, postcards or old photographs. Remove either the second and third, or the third and fourth, or the fourth and fifth letters. The letters that remain, when read aloud, sound like certain objects you might observe at a museum.

What are the original noun and the museum objects?

Every Friday at Joseph Young’s Puzzle -ria! we publish a new menu of fresh word puzzles, number puzzles, logic puzzles, puzzles of all varieties and flavors. We cater to cravers of scrumptious puzzles!

Our master chef, Grecian gourmet puzzle-creator Lego Lambda, blends and bakes up mysterious (and sometimes questionable) toppings and spices (such as alphabet soup, Mobius bacon strips, diced snake eyes, cubed radishes, “hominym” grits, anagraham crackers, rhyme thyme and sage sprinklings.)

 

Please post your comments below. Feel free also to post clever and subtle hints that do not give the puzzle answers away. Please wait until after 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays to post your answers and explain your hints about the puzzles. We serve up at least one fresh puzzle every Friday.

We invite you to make it a habit to “Meet at Joe’s!” If you enjoy our weekly puzzle party, please tell your friends about Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! Thank you.