Friday, February 10, 2017

The rise and fall of syzygy dust... Fractured fairy tale refugis; Is Bunyan Beer a lager? Fabric + Fiber = Funny; I-24, G-46, O-61… “I go!”

P! SLICES: OVER (pe)3 – (e4 + p3) SERVED

Welcome to our February 10th edition Joseph Young’s Puzzleria!

We offer seven puzzles on our menus this week, including three that Rip Off Shortz.

Please enjoy.

 Hors d’Oeuvre Menu

Subgrouped Hors d’Oeuvre:
I-24, G-46, O-61… “I go!”

An exclusive group of U.S. citizens, numbering fewer than 25, can be divided into three subgroups:
One-sixth of them are associated with the number 61;
One-third of them are associated with the number 24;
One-half of them are associated with the number 46.

Name the members of this group, and explain how each is associated with either 61, 24 or 46?

Morsel Menu
 
Aladdin Memorial Morsel:
The rise and fall of syzygy dust…

Take one word that can follow either “rising” or “falling” to form a two-word phrase. 

Find a synonym for each phrase. These two synonyms are spelled identically except for the final letter of each.
What are these two phrases and their synonyms?

Note: The synonym of the “falling ____” is not an “exact synonym” but is often confused with an exact synonym whose first three letters are the final three letters of the “inexact synonym” that is our answer. Our answer does, however,often play a role in the generation of a “falling ____.”


Appetizer Menu

“Sit, Com!” Appetizer:
Fabric + Fiber = Funny

Name a one-syllable fabric, a one-syllable synonym for fiber or thread, and another one-syllable fabric. 

When you say the result aloud the three syllables will rhyme with the title of a popular and critically acclaimed situation comedy.

What are these two fabrics and the synonym? What is the sitcom title?
Hint: The acronym of the sitcom’s title spells out something dogs sometimes do. One of the words in the title, however, must be converted from a punctuation mark to the word for which the punctuation mark stands.

MENU 

Ripping Off Shortz And Collins Slices:
 
Will Shortz’s February 5th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, composed by Peter Collins, reads:
Name a prominent figure in a fairy tale. Write this in all capital letters. Add a stroke to one letter and rearrange the result. You’ll name another prominent figure in a fairy tale. What two fairy tale figures are these?

Puzzleria’s Riffing Off Shortz And Collins Slices read:
ONE:
Name a prominent figure in a fairy tale. Write this in all CAPITAL LETTERS.
Add two straight-line strokes to one letter. You’ll name a mythological creature.
Add one curved stroke to one letter of this creature. You’ll name a different creature, from children’s literature.
What fairy tale figure, mythological creature and children’s literature creature are these?

TWO:
Name a prominent figure in a fairy tale. Move the last letter to the fourth-last position and change it to the following letter in the alphabet. 
(See Puzzlerias Closed-Loop Circular Seamless Alphabet if the last letter you move to the fourth-last position happens to be a Z.)
Change the first letter, which sounds like a large quantity of liquid, to a a letter that sounds like a liquid usually poured in much smaller quantities. 
Change the fourth letter, which sounds like the last name of a Sandra, to a letter that sounds like the last name of a Danny.
You’ll name another prominent figure in a fairy tale.
What two fairy tale figures are these?

THREE:
Name a prominent figure from a whimsical tale, in two words. Write this in all CAPITAL LETTERS.
Add two straight-line strokes to one letter. Change two letters of a monogram (belonging to a daughter of a president who has served almost one month) to two letters of a different monogram (belonging to a son of a president who served exactly one month).
Rearrange the result. You’ll name another prominent figure, also in two words, in the same whimsical tale. What two whimsical tale figures are these?

Dessert Menu

Brandy Name With A Beer Chaser Dessert:
Is Bunyan Beer a lager?

Name a two-syllable brand of beer, a lager with a healthy (or perhaps, rather, “unhealthy”) alcohol content. Place a clone of its fourth letter at the beginning of the name.

Divide the result into two parts:
One: the clone of the letter followed by the brand name’s original first letter, and…
Two: the remainder of the brand name, after removing the letter that you made a clone of.

Pronounce each part aloud as a single syllable.
The first part sounds like an adjective for what a person might become who occasionally overindulges in the lager.
The second part sounds like a noun for what a person might become who habitually overindulges in the lager.

What is this brand name lager? What are the adjective and noun?

Every Friday at Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! 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.)

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52 comments:

  1. Got the Appetizer. The dog gave it away. Ignoring the dog's action, rearrange the remaining letters of the show (after cloning one of them) to get part of the answer to the other puzzle I've solved so far.

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    1. Wow! Great observation, Paul. I love the way you tinker with letters and come up with surprising connections.

      LegoWondersIfThereIsEverAChanceThatTinkeringToysWithTheDelicateFabricAndFiberOfTimeAndSpace?

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    2. Incidentally, Paul, no dog that has ever owned me has ever given anything away... even when I played "fetch the frisbee" with him.
      I would fling the frisbee to Fido, he would fly after it, leap up and enjoy enjawing it, and bolt back to the frisbee launch pad (namely, the hand -- mine -- that feeds him), whereupon he would inevitably engage in an apoplectic tug-o'-war of apocalyptic proportions...
      Durn dog didn't ever give anything away!

      LegoAsks"DidYouHearTheOneAboutTheBirdDogWhoDevouredAllThePheasantsAfterRetrievingThem?"

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    3. Howdy fellow Friday puzzlers. Although, like Paul, I solved the Appetizer (and just now, the Morsel, which had been stumping me while I was out), I can NOT figure out Paul's comment re the dog's having 'given it away', not to mention removing the pooch's 'action' etc. Surely, there couldn't be TWO answers that satisfy this Appetizer, could there?

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    4. ViolinTeddy,

      I respectfully suggest that you and Paul both have the same answer, and that it is my intended answer.
      If you take a second very very close gander at the pooch in question, I believe you will see what Paul saw...

      LegoBelievesThatPaulPerceivedTheAuraEmanatingFromComTheCanine

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    5. You're imprisoned in a room with no door and no windows. All there is in the room with you is a table and a mirror. How do you get out?

      Look in the mirror and see what you saw. Take the saw and saw the table in half. Two halves make a whole. Crawl out through the hole.

      Ah, those oldies but goodies!

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  2. Lego, I was just perusing Blaine's and saw the last post by Clotheslover (to which I replied in delighted astonishment) and then further up, saw YOUR comment that Clotheslover had posted (on the 6th), so I searched to find that post, too....but anyway, I share your surprise and joy that she(?) seems to be back! Let us hope she will once again join in here, as well.

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    1. ViolinTeddy,
      I second that emotion!

      LegoRecallsThatWhenWeLastLeftclothesloverSheWasAGuestAtHerProf'sPlaceForThanksgiving

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    2. I remember that, too, Lego.....so indeed, it HAS been well over a year.

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    3. I really enjoyed CL's erudite solution (and hint thereto) over at Blainesville. I never knew what "Wight" meant, before. I was a little disheartened and demoralized by my inability to transform Elisa(The Wild Swans) into Ariel(The Little Mermaid), but I got over it.

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  3. Good Friday everyone! I'm alone here tonight, as my mother is out at a Valentine's Day banquet. Because Ask Me Another's podcast is a rerun this week, I'm really early getting all my puzzles solved tonight(except for tomorrow's NYT crosswords, of course). I already have the Morsel and the Appetizer, as well as Ripoff Puzzle #2. I will, as usual, need hints for all others.

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    1. Those are the same three I got, pjb, so they must be the 'easy ones' for this week, huh? I have an idea for the H D'O (as to WHO) but can't relate the numbers to any subgroups.

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    2. I also have three of the puzzles. I misspoke earlier when I indicated that I only had two. I've been busy trying to track down a TV commercial that one of them reminded me of. I haven't found it yet, but I have found an audio recording of it, as well as a related print ad, which I will share on Wednesday. Enjoy!

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    3. I also have an inkling about the H D'O, but ferreting out the details seems like an arduous task. For the record, I'm a member of a very exclusive group of citizens, which numbers exactly ONE, and I assert my constitutional right to associate with any integer I damn well please. I'll even associate with irrationals and transcendentals if I want to. Try and stop me!

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    4. i prefer to associate with 'maginary numbers, myself.

      LegoMuses:"IsMyBrainReallyGettingNumberOrIsThatJustMy'Magination?"

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  4. The unhealthiest two-syllable lager I can think of is something called Earthquake. If I'm doing the mechanics correctly, that would mean "tee" or "tea" or "tay" or "tə" describes the occasional imbiber, while "arthquake" could somehow be pronounced in one breath that would be a label applicable to a chronic tippler. Which all sounds preposterous; so I think (hope) I haven't let any cat out of any bag here. I just really would like to know if I'm following the directions properly, in case I do find the correct ingredients.

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    1. Paul,
      Yes, you are following the directions properly -- following them, as it were, to a "tee" or "tea" or "tay" or "tə."
      Wow, Earthquake sounds pretty potent. Its alcohol % is almost double the unhealthily healthy concentration of my intended lager!

      LegoSuggestsThatWhenYouFeelTheEarthMoveUnderYourFeetItIsTimeToMoveYourFeetInSuchAMannerThatYouStaggerOutOfTheSaloon

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    2. Well, having done a search, I finally came up with a beer name that almost seems to meet the criteria....that is, if one MOVES that fourth letter to the front, rather than just cloning it (and thus allowing the original letter to remain in place)....would *I* be 'on the right track' here, Lego? [Your hint re the alcohol content vs Paul's guess was most helpful.]

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    3. I couldn't help noticing that Carole appears to be "with child" in that video. "With Molly?
      Anyway, my Spidey-sense led me to an OGRE(4:55)... or something.
      But, even if someone is pulling strings, I believe we can all pull together to restore equilibrium.
      Amen.

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    4. ViolinTeddy,
      Regarding: "if one MOVES that fourth letter to the front, rather than just cloning it (and thus allowing the original letter to remain in place)....would *I* be 'on the right track' here, Lego?"
      Yes indeed you would, VT! Indeed, I just tweaked the wording of the text. The main thing is to keep the "two-syllable" nature of the lager intact after it is altered to form the one-syllable adjective and one-syllable noun.

      Paul,
      I believe you are correct about Carole being "with Molly child" in that 1971 BBC concert footage. Molly was born in 1971.
      As Carole was performing "I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet" she seemed to be quite animated as she tickled the ivories and ebonies... Molly likely felt her "Mother Earth" move ubder her foetal feet. Fittingly, Molly's "Father Sky," was on stage at that concert also. Carol introduces "Charlie Larkey" on bass during her "So Far Away" performance.
      The first 33.3-rpm LP record albums I owned were "Tapestry," "Sweet Baby James" and "Tea for the Tillerman." The cartridge of my 1992 Technics turntable scooped out scads of black vinyl dust from the six grooves of those LPs.

      LegoEmptyingEverythingOutOfBlackGroovesAndIntoWhite

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    5. Paul,
      Your spidey-sense is on the mark, Muppet-wise. You noted, perceptively, that Kermit, a FROG, introduces a musical number in which an OGRE looms and stomps in the backgound, outside. The number is performed by Loretta SWIT who somehow keeps her WITS about her.
      You are a regular Will Shortz with your ogres and frogs and Swits and wits.

      LegoAddsThatIsNotToImplyThatWillShortzIsInAnyWayIrregular

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    6. Actually, I kind of forgot about Kermit being a frog. What my Spidey-sense picked up on was Molly's M*A*S*H exhibition at the Smith-Stewart gallery in 2007.

      So, if Earthquake were the lager in question, the sequence of letters I'd have to somehow squeeze into a single syllable noun meaning "an alcoholic" would be "arhquake", not "arthquake", right?

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    7. Right, Paul.
      Racecar is a palindrome. Racehorse is not a bit like a palindrome. It runs not forth and back on a racetrack but runs around on a racetrack...
      But a racehorse is a bit like my lager.

      LegoWhoHopesHeIsNotGivingTheRunaround

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    8. I must have the wrong beer, then, LegoPalindrome. (But I'm going to leave it in my answers, even if I ever DO come up with the one you intended, since it's so tantalizingly close.)

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    9. I look forward to Wednesday, ViolinTeddy, because you have a knack for coming up with brilliantly creative answers that are often better than my intended answers!

      Paul,
      regarding Carole, Kermit, Shrek (say), Loretta, Molly and your Spidey Sense...
      Let's face it, everything is connected to everything else. All you have to do is take your spade, turn some earth, turn more earth,and keep turning until you unearth the connection:
      Molly Larkey has a M*A*S*H exhibit...
      M*A*S*H star Loretta Swit sings "I Feel the Earth Move..."
      "Earhtmover" is performed by Tesla...
      Tesla pills ought not be ingested if they are orange...
      Orange is the new black...
      And a new variety of salvia is called Black and Bloom...
      And Leopold Bloom's wife was named Molly...

      LegoBonoConnectedToTheHippoBono

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    10. That is, as usual, Lego, very sweet of you to say....but honestly, I can think of only twice or so that an answer of mine has been 'creative' (and unintended)....Jewish herring come to mind!

      Truly, I have waded through hundreds of beer names (not a fun thing for me, anyway), without being able to apply your 'hint' about 'around'. So I've called it a day on that puzzle.

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    11. VT, You have provided many more than a few creative not-what-I-had-in-mind answers to my puzzles. I am sure of it.

      The real hint in my February 11 @ 12:43 PM post was "racehorse is a bit like my lager," in the sense that the word for my lager and "racehorse" have similar forms or constructions regarding letters, syllables etc.
      So, please don't call it a day quite yet.

      Another hint: The lager sounds as if it would be very refreshing on a sweltering day.

      LegoLager

      LegoWhoHopesHeIsNotGivingTheRunaround

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    12. Actually, Lego, the way you laid out your explanation above suddenly makes me realize that I DO have the correct beer after all!! I had been focusing on the wrong 'thing' re what you'd written further up. As a matter of fact, originally I thought you had meant that the lager itself was a palindrome....I found out, however, that none such exists, so I went for the 'around' thing, which happily, was also the wrong focus. Thus, I'm afraid there won't be any 'creative' answer from me this week! : O )

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    13. Ah, finally got it! There might be a connection to the Morsel, if you use your imagination.

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    14. Yes, Paul, I believe there is a connection between my lager and the "falling" thing from the Morsel...

      LegoThinksThisIsFittingBecauseLoggersDealInFellingThingsThatFall

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  5. It's getting late, and I need more hints. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow when we'll be revealing our answers. It's crunch time for me! Got anything else, Lego?

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    1. HINTS:

      SHO:
      Had I been more fair I would have included a certain punctuation mark in front of each of the three numerals. This exclusive group of U.S. citizens actually numbers fewer than 7. So, they're not Dwarfs... although some might argue that a few of them are mental dwarfs.

      ROSACS:
      ONE:
      ...And, speaking of Dwarfs...
      Dwayne Johnson ought to play the mythological creature in a movie.
      You shall REGRET it if you fail to solve the children’s literature creature.

      THREE:
      Kind of a Dodgy puzzle. But it is not completely devoid of Grace, and is even kinda Slick. If you can solve it you'll feel ten feet tall.

      BNWABCD:

      You will solve this Dessert and, when you do, you shall exclaim, "Ouch, I see!"
      The name of the lager is a place you'd love to be inside on a 100+degree humid summer day.

      LegoWhoIsFeedingSolvers'HeadsWithMushroomyHints

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  6. I have the first Ripoff Puzzle and the Dessert. I might have the third Ripoff Puzzle, but it's hard to find presidential children's monograms. I think I know which characters are involved, though. BTW my doctor has the flu, and my appointment has been postponed until Thursday at 11:00AM.

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    1. How is your doctor going to get OVER the FLU in one extra day, pjb? (Perhaps he/she's already had it for a week or so?)

      Re the monograms, I had no trouble finding out what THOSE were, I just haven't been able to come up with anything else. But I'll shove the two new hints into the ole noggin and see if any inspiration occurs!

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    2. Another ROSACS THREE hint:
      Danny made it his mission to CHARM RHEA and, in 1982, THAT DREAM of wedded bliss came true, just as always happens in a whimsical tale that is something like a fairy tale.

      LegoConcludesThatCarlaAndLouieWereLovers

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    3. Oh brother, what this clue has to do with the prior Grace/Slick/ten feet tall clue is completely beyond me. I'm stuck, but out of time.

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    4. Hmm, I've just managed (thanks to anagramming) to come up with the two characters, so now I get the connection between the two hints (I had had the wrong version of one of the character's names.) NOW I'm in pjb's boat, trying to figure out which one and where to add the two strokes....not to mention wrangling the monogram change into the deal.

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    5. In my apparent minute to minute report, bingo, I finally figured out the two strokes, and had the wrong daughter's initials....so that makes sense. The only last bit that doesn't, is that one of the initials we must change to, is NOT for the name of any son of the one-month president that I could find.

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    6. I just discovered said son had an extra middle name...that explains it, now. AT LAST.

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  7. I knew I chose the right two characters! It's the monograms I'm having trouble with, and where to put the two strokes.

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  8. BTW I have no idea how long my doctor has had or will have the flu. I only know I have to go on Thursday now. So it won't conflict with revealing my answers later today.

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  9. Well, I'm having yet another eye surgery in about six hours....and am staying up all night in preparation....so whether I manage to get to the computer, when I'm supposed to come home and stay flat on ye olde back once again (for three days...UGH), will be a good question. I can't recall, now, how or whether I posted answers on Dec. 21, which was the other eye's surgery, and which was also a Wednesday.

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    1. Hope your surgery went well, VT.

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    2. Thanks, WW.....it did, although this time I FELT the painful needle the surgeon put in under my left eye (last time, I'd asked to be knocked out in the Pre-Op, because I'd been so scared....which meant that I had 'missed' the painful shot! This time I wanted to SEE the operating room, as I had found it disconcerting not to last time.)

      I'm not supposed to be sitting up, so I must get off....but thanks for the well wishes.

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  10. MORSEL:
    Falling STAR>>>COMET (Meteor)
    Rising STAR>>>COMER

    MENU:
    ONE: ROI, ROC, ROO
    TWO: CINDERELLA>>>TINKERBELL

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  11. I agree with ron on the Morsel. Here are the links I promised (threatened?) for the ad campaign it reminded me of:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omTLCaE4XMA

    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/aa/74/bd/aa74bd21e4ed4dea1da6d50de299772d.jpg

    For ripoff ONE I had DOC, ROC, ROO.

    Take CINDERELLA, drop one E, add WAG (yes, I know, it's exciting, isn't it?), rearrange and get WILL AND GRACE, which rhymes with TWILL, STRAND, LACE.

    Speaking of GRACE, I'm sure we all remember Ms. Slick singing about the White Rabbit, a.k.a. MARCH HARE. Amputate the legs of one of the R's to get a D. Replace Carter Harrison with Tiffany Trump and rearrange to get MAD HATTER.

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  12. '24={39, 41}
    '46={42, 43, 45}
    '61={44}

    The lager brand (6.9% ABV) makes me think of an igloo, which reminds me of Iggy Pop, Ziggy Stardust, and Miss Piggy. Miss Piggy reminds me of a brick house.

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  13. Morsel
    FALLING STAR, COMET
    RISING STAR, COMER
    Appetizer
    Twill+strand+lace=WILL AND GRACE
    Menu
    Ripoff #1: DOC, ROC, ROO
    #2: CINDERELLA, TINKERBELL
    #3: MAD HATTER, MARCH HARE
    Dessert
    ICEHOUSE, HIGH, SOUSE
    Wish me good luck at the doctor tomorrow! And good health to all! Or, as the white knight might say, "Lla ot htlaeh doog dna!" pjb

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  14. And be ready Friday, because one of my puzzles will appear!

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  15. This week's answers for the record, part 1:

    Hors d’Oeuvre Menu

    Subgrouped Hors d’Oeuvre:
    I-24, G-46, O-61… “I go!”
    An exclusive group of U.S. citizens, numbering fewer than 25, can be divided into three subgroups:
    One-sixth of them are associated with the number 61;
    One-third of them are associated with the number 24;
    One-half of them are associated with the number 46.
    Name the members of this group, and explain how each is associated with either 61, 24 or 46?

    Answer:
    There are six past or current presidents of the United States who are still living:
    Barrack Obama was born in '61;
    Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush were born in '24;
    Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Donald Trump wereborn in '46.

    Morsel Menu

    Aladdin Memorial Morsel:
    The rise and fall of syzygy dust…
    Take one word that can follow either “rising” or “falling” to form a two-word phrase.
    Find a synonym for each phrase. These two synonyms are spelled identically except for the final letter of each.
    What are these two phrases and their synonyms?
    Note: The synonym of the “falling ____” is not an “exact synonym” but is often confused with an exact synonym whose first three letters are the final three letters of the “inexact synonym” that is our answer. Our answer does, however,often play a role in the generation of a “falling ____.”

    Answer:
    Rising star = "comer"
    Falling star = "comet"


    Appetizer Menu

    “Sit, Com!” Appetizer:
    Fabric + Fiber = Funny
    Name a one-syllable fabric, a one-syllable synonym for fiber or thread, and another one-syllable fabric.
    When you say the result aloud the three syllables will rhyme with the title of a popular and critically acclaimed situation comedy.
    What are these two fabrics and the synonym? What is the sitcom title?
    Hint: The acronym of the sitcom’s title spells out something dogs sometimes do. One of the words in the title, however, must be converted from a punctuation mark to the word for which the punctuation mark stands.

    Answer:
    Twill, Strand, Lace;
    "Will & Grace"

    Lego...

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  16. This week's answers for the record, part 2:

    MENU

    Ripping Off Shortz And Collins Slices:
    Fractured fairy tale refugis

    ONE:
    Name a prominent figure in a fairy tale. Write this in all CAPITAL LETTERS.
    Add two straight-line strokes to one letter. You’ll name a mythological creature.
    Add one curved stroke to one letter of this creature. You’ll name a different creature, from children’s literature.
    What fairy tale figure, mythological creature and children’s literature creature are these?
    Answer:
    DOC, ROC, ROO

    TWO:
    Name a prominent figure in a fairy tale. Move the last letter to the fourth-last position and change it to the following letter in the alphabet.
    Change the first letter, which sounds like a large quantity of liquid, to a a letter that sounds like a liquid usually poured in much smaller quantities.
    Change the fourth letter, which sounds like the last name of a Sandra, to a letter that sounds like the last name of a Danny.
    You’ll name another prominent figure in a fairy tale.
    What two fairy tale figures are these?
    Answer:
    Cinderella; Tinkerbell
    Cinderella >> Cinderaell >> Cinderbell
    Sea = C; Tea = T;
    Sandra = Sandra Dee; Danny = Danny Kaye
    Cinderbell >> Tinderbell >> Tinkerbell

    THREE:
    Name a prominent figure from a whimsical tale, in two words. Write this in all CAPITAL LETTERS.
    Add two straight-line strokes to one letter. Change two letters of a monogram (belonging to a daughter of a president who has served almost one month) to two letters of a different monogram (belonging to a son of a president who served exactly one month).
    Rearrange the result. You’ll name another prominent figure, also in two words, in the same whimsical tale. What two whimsical tale figures are these?
    Answer:
    MAD HATTER, MARCH HARE
    MAD HATTER >> MAR HATTER
    Tiffany Trump = TT; Carter Harrison = CH
    MAR HATTER >> MAR HACHER >> MARCH HARE

    Dessert Menu
    Brandy Name With A Beer Chaser Dessert:
    Is Bunyan Beer a lager?
    Name a two-syllable brand of beer, a lager with a healthy (or perhaps, rather, “unhealthy”) alcohol content. Place a clone of its fourth letter at the beginning of the name.
    Divide the result into two parts:
    One: the clone of the letter followed by the brand name’s original first letter, and…
    Two: the remainder of the brand name.
    Pronounce each part aloud as a single syllable.
    The first part sounds like an adjective for what a person might become who occasionally overindulges in the lager.
    The second part sounds like a noun for what a person might become who habitually overindulges in the lager.
    What is this brand name lager? What are the adjective and noun?

    Answer:
    Icehouse; high, souse
    Icehouse >> hi ceouse >> high; souse

    Lego...

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  17. I know it's too late, but this has been my first chance:

    'HORS D'OEUVRE: One born in '61; two born in '24; three born in '46 [I originally thought it was the 24 Americans who flew to the moon/ 12 who walked on it.]

    MORSEL: Rising STAR and Falling STAR => COMER and COMET

    APPETIZER: TWILL, STRAND, LACE => WILL AND GRACE

    MENU RIP OFFS:

    1. [ Turn L into an E ??]

    2. CINDERELLA => TINKER BELL

    3. MAD HATTER [Add the 2 strokes to the 'D' to get an 'R'] and change "TT" (for Tiffany Trump) to "CH" for John CLEVES Symmes Harrison] => MARCH HARE


    DESSERT: ICEHOUSE => HI [High] and CEOUSE [Souse]

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