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Welcome to our March 10th edition
Joseph Young’s Puzzleria!
We offer up seven puzzles this week,
including 4 Will Shortz Rip/Riff-offs (actually 5, because one of them is a
twofer).
Please enjoy.
Hors d’Oeuvre Menu
Pouring Out An Hors d’Oeuvre:
News streaming
Take a two-syllable seven-letter
compound word that has been in the news this past week. Reverse the syllables
and add a space between them, forming two words.
Reverse the last two letters in the
second word. Replace a personal pronoun in the second word with a preposition
represented by a symbol on a standard typewriter or keyboard.
The result is an alternative to Evian,
Dasani, Aquafina, Perrier or Poland Spring.
What is the alternative? What is the
word in the news?
Hint: Replace the middle letter in the
first of the two words with an alcoholic beverage to form the surname of a teetotaling
person associated with the recent news story.
Appetizer Menu
57 Channels And Nothing On Appetizer:
Spoonerfuls
of the soupernatural
Name a long-running cable television show. Remove its first and final words, both consisting of one syllable.
Spell
out what remains and spoonerize those two words (that is, reverse their initial
sounds) to form a hyphenated two-word phrase that sounds like a description of
the supernatural standing of a certain audience the show targets.
What is the TV
show? What is the supernatural standing of the target audience?
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Ripping Off Shortz Slices:
Rightside-left, downside-up,
leftside-right, upside-down
Will Shortz’s
February 26th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
Write the name
of a game in small letters. Reverse the second and third letters. Turn the
fourth letter upside-down. The result will name something else to play. What is
it?
Puzzleria’s
Riffing/Ripping Off Shortz Slices read:
ONE:
Name something
that plays very briefly on screens before a movie begins. Write it backward in
small letters. Rotate the new second letter 180 degrees along the axis
perpendicular to the surface on which it is written. The result will name
something else to play.
What is this something else that is
played? What plays very briefly on movie screens?
TWO:
A.
Write the name of a small bird in small
letters. Rotate each of its first two letters 180 degrees along the axis
perpendicular to the surface on which each written. The result will name the
first step in replacing the ragged roof of a tiki hut.
What is this first step? What is the
bird?
B.
Write the name of an adjective that can
precede “family” or “winter,” in small letters. Rotate each of its first two letters
180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which each written.
The result will name an adjective describing what the pronunciation of the
first adjective is to many people, including even former presidents.
What is these two adjectives?
THREE:
Write two 3-letter synonyms for “nothing”
and place them next to each other without a space. Capitalize the initial
letter but keep the others small. Rotate the third letter 180 degrees along its
vertical axis (in other words, create its mirror image), and capitalize the
result. Rotate the fourth letter 180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to
the surface on which it is written. Rotate the first letter 90 degrees along
the axis perpendicular to the surface on which it is written. If you pronounce
the result aloud you will name a brand-name cold and flu relief product.
What is this product? What are the two synonyms for “nothing”?
FOUR:
Write, in small letters, the name of a
soft gray sulfide mineral used in matchmaking and cosmetics. Spell the first
three letters backward and insert an apostrophe to form a contraction.
Rotate the first letter and the second letter of the remaining five letters 180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which each was written. This result, along with the contraction preceding it, is often followed by a modifier such as “simple,” “interesting” or “alright”... For example:
Rotate the first letter and the second letter of the remaining five letters 180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which each was written. This result, along with the contraction preceding it, is often followed by a modifier such as “simple,” “interesting” or “alright”... For example:
“_ _’ _
_ _ _ _ _ interesting…” is a part
of quotations spoken by Lenny Kravitz and L. Ron Hubbard.
“_ _’ _
_ _ _ _ _ alright…” is a part of
a quotation spoken by Marilyn Monroe in a movie.
What is the soft gray sulfide material? What are the words that fill in the eight blanks?
What is the soft gray sulfide material? What are the words that fill in the eight blanks?
Dessert Menu
“Alternativerity” Dessert
In wine there are lees but no lies
Name a beverage brand name, in eight
different letters.
Three of its letters can be rearranged
to form a synonym of “falsehood.”
Four of its letters can be rearranged to
form a second synonym of “falsehood.” Three of its letters, using one of them
twice, can be rearranged to form a four-letter adjective that often modifies
this four-letter synonym, intensifying its sense of prevarication.
Two consecutive letters of the brand
name form a word that precedes a word made with four of the brand’s rearranged
letters to form the first two words of a Latin phrase, the second Latin word of
which is also a kind of beverage.
The third word of the Latin phrase can
be formed by rearranging five of the brand’s letters (after tossing an R and an
S into the mix). This seven-letter third word is an antonym of “falsehood.”
What is the beverage brand? What are the
two synonyms of “falsehood,” and the adjective that modifies the four-letter
synonym?
What is the Latin phrase?
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Happy Friday! We made it through another (long) week!
ReplyDeleteHere's a computer joke for you. What kind of computer sings beautifully?
A Dell.
Howdy all. I hope you are well, WW! Funny joke....
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased to say that I've managed to wade through the puzzles, solving the H.D'O, RIp Offs #2 through #4, the Dessert, and came up with SORT OF an answer for the Appetizer, although its second word doesnt make much sense to me, so I'm not sure.
Otherwise, I'm stuck on the first Rip Off.....but question: no Morsel this week?
First of all, Lego, there's nothing wrong with saying, "write the letter UPSIDE-DOWN". I find the whole "180 degrees" thing too complicated. That being said, I've already solved Ripoff#2B and #4, and am questioning your spelling of the cold and flu product's brand name. If one of the nothing synonyms is what I think it is, shouldn't you have suggested changing the second letter? I've also solved the Hors d'Oeuvre and all elements of the Dessert except the Latin phrase. That part is tough if you're not an expert in Latin. Also, this isn't easy considering we've had to babysit both nieces today and they're spending the night, and one of them must get around with a walker. They've both been using both our Kindles most of the day, so I've had to wait until they went to bed to do any puzzles, not just on this site. In another week or so, we'll be headed back to the condo in Ft. Walton for Spring Break, so I may even have to wait until we get back home before I can really concentrate on ANY puzzles. Depending on the weather, they may or may not spend a lot of time on the Kindles down there too. As usual, I expect a few hints for every puzzle I'm having difficulty solving. Happy upcoming Spring to all!
ReplyDeleteI also got Ripoff#3, I'm just wondering about the spelling on that one.
ReplyDeleteRe Rip Off #3, pjb, it was one of those puzzles that Lego posed (as he often does) with "say aloud the result," meaning that the spelling won't be exactly that of the cold medicine, but spoken, it will SOUND alike.
DeleteI now have the cable TV show. If you spoonerize it, it won't EXACTLY equal a logical phrase, IMHO. But it was the very first show I saw listed, and while there is some logic to it, it's just not PERFECTLY logical.
ReplyDeleteI stand corrected about the cold and flu product's name. I must have missed the "say the result aloud" part. As I say, I've been busy babysitting this weekend.
ReplyDeleteHow about some hints, Lego? Wednesday will be here before you know it!
ReplyDeleteHints:
ReplyDeletePOAHO:
The "alternative to Evian, Dasani, Aquafina, Perrier or Poland Spring" is a very inexpensive one.
CNN's Jake Tapper has covered the news story relentlessly.
57CNOA:
"What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put..."
ROSS:
ONE:
Rearrange A MAP.
Jimi, Eric, Jimmy, Eddie, Jeff, Carlos, Mark, Duane, Leo, B.B. ...
TWO:
A.
Rotating each of the first two letters of the small bird is the sames as interchanging them. The first step in replacing the ragged roof of a tiki hut contains a very common negative prefix.
B.
The adjective that can precede “family” or “winter” can also precede "sub" and "war." The other adjective contains a very common negative prefix.
THREE:
The answer id not "Dan Quayle."
Last November 20, the Akron University soccer team was shutout by the Hoosiers!
FOUR:
It's all quiet (a considerably "unsettled quiet") on the western front of these sentences.
Dessert Menu
AD:
One might enjoy the beverage at breakfast, along with eggs.
The 3-letter synonym of "falsehood" is also a golf term.
The 3-letter synonym of "falsehood" is also a synonym of "the word meaning 'certain stories' " in Will Shortz's NPR puzzle this week.
The 4-letter adjective describes many of the participants in national tournaments being played this month.
Latin phrase: ...in aqua sanitas.
LegoWhoBacksBadgersButAlsoSaysGoGophers
Happi Pi Day.
ReplyDeleteLegoWhoCelebratesSt.PatrickAndSt.PiTrick
I'm still confused about the first Ripoff puzzle, but I've got everything else.
ReplyDeleteSame for me....I simply can't solve the first rip off puzzle, hint or no hint. The 'obvious' thing that the hint implies re the "something else to play" doesn't work when one goes backwards, and the MAP clue leaves me just as confused as before.
ReplyDeletecranberry and ViolinTeddy,
DeleteWhen I think of things that play "briefly on screens before a movie begins," I think of previews of coming attractions, "buy concessions in our lobby" promos, appeals to the audience for proper movie-watching etiquette, and (in the olden days) Looney Tunes cartoons or newsreels.
But when I think of things that play "very briefly on screens before a movie begins," only one thing comes to my mind. It plays on the screen for around 5 to 10 seconds, maybe.
I would have though the second half of my hint (the one with all the names) would have been right up cranberry's alley.
The "something else to play" is something that I suspect ViolinTeddyis capable of playing.
LegoWhoIsStringingTogetherMoreRippingOffShortzClues
ROSS THREE:
ReplyDeleteZip nil>>>ZzzQuil
DESSERT:
OVALTINE>>>LIE (TALL) TALE>>>IN VINO VERITAS.
ZzzQuil is ingenious! Thanks, ron.
DeleteLegoCoincidentallyHasZzzsInvolvedInThisFriday'sPuzzleria!
I'm off to yet MORE emergency eye appts...and probably another surgery tomorrow evening.....haven't been able to SEE Out of left eye since operatoin a month ago...it's horrible.
ReplyDeleteHORS D'OEUVRE: "WIRETAP" => "TAP WATER"
APPETIZER: THE 700 CLUB => SEVEN HUNDRED => HEAVEN-SUNDERED?
MENU:
RIP OFF #1: PER the HINT: No, Lego, I can NOT play the guitar ....but IF that is indeed the answer, I can NOT make it work backwards to the 5 second on screen thing....no matter how I have tried.
RIP OFF #2: A. "nuthatch" => "unthatch" B. "nuclear" => "unclear"
RIP OFF #3: "zipnil" => Zipnil => ZiQnil => ZiQuil => NiQuil, i.e. "NyQuil"
RIP OFF #4: "stibnite" => it's bnite => "It's quite"
DESSERT: "OVALTINE" "LIE" "TALE" "TALL" "IN VINO VERITAS"
MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA? That would the "A MAP" rearranged.....mpaa => aapm...but you can't rotate 'a' into anything that makes sense, and certainly this doesn't give us "GUITAR"....??????????
ReplyDeleteROSS TWO A.
ReplyDeletenuthatch / unthatch
H d'O
wiretap / t@p water [Trump]
ROSS THREE:
zipnil / Ziqnil / NiQuil / NyQuil
ROSS FOUR:
stibnite / it's quite
Hors d'Oeuvre
ReplyDeleteWIRETAP, TAP WATER
Appetizer
THE 700 CLUB, HEAVEN-SUNDERED(?)
Ripoffs
2A nuthatch, unthatch
2B nuclear, unclear
3. zip, nil, NyQuil
4. stibnite, "it's quite"
Dessert
OVALTINE, LIE, TALE, TALL, "IN VINO VERITAS"
Happy St. Patrick's Day to come! See you guys in Ft. Walton!-pjb
This week's official answers, for the record, Part 1:
ReplyDeleteHors d’Oeuvre Menu
Pouring Out An Hors d’Oeuvre:
News streaming
Take a two-syllable seven-letter compound word that has been in the news this past week. Reverse the syllables and add a space between them, forming two words.
Reverse the last two letters in the second word. Replace a personal pronoun in the second word with a preposition represented by a symbol on a standard typewriter or keyboard.
The result is an alternative to Evian, Dasani, Aquafina, Perrier or Poland Spring.
What is the alternative? What is the word in the news?
Hint: Replace the middle letter in the first of the two words with an alcoholic beverage to form the surname of a teetotaling person associated with the recent news story.
Answer:
Tap water; wiretap
(wiretap >> tap wire >> tap wier >> tap w@er >> tap w+at+er)
Hint: Tap - a + rum = T+rum+p = Trump
Appetizer Menu
57 Channels And Nothing On Appetizer:
Spoonerfuls of the soupernatural
Name a long-running cable television show. Remove its first and final words, both consisting of one syllable.
Spell out what remains and spoonerize those two words (that is, reverse their initial sounds) to form a hyphenated two-word phrase that sounds like a description of the supernatural standing of a certain audience the show targets.
What is the TV show? What is the supernatural standing of the target audience?
Answer:
The 700 Club
heaven-sundered ("seven hundred" spoonerized)
Lego...
This week's official answers, for the record, Part 2:
ReplyDeleteMENU
Ripping Off Shortz Slices:
Rightside-left, downside-up, leftside-right, upside-down
ONE:
Name something that plays very briefly on screens before a movie begins. Write it backward in small letters. Rotate the new second letter 180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which it is written. The result will name something else to play.
What is this something else that is played? What plays very briefly on movie screens?
Answer:
guitar; rating
rating >> gnitar >> guitar
TWO:
A.
Write the name of a small bird in small letters. Rotate each of its first two letters 180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which each written. The result will name the first step in replacing the ragged roof of a tiki hut.
What is this first step? What is the bird?
Answer:
unthatch; nuthatch
B.
Write the name of an adjective that can precede “family” or “winter,” in small letters. Rotate each of its first two letters 180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which each written. The result will name an adjective describing what the pronunciation of the first adjective is to many people, including even former presidents.
What is these two adjectives?
Answer:
nuclear, unclear
THREE:
Write two 3-letter synonyms for “nothing” and place them next to each other without a space. Capitalize the initial letter but keep the others small. Rotate the third letter 180 degrees along its vertical axis (in other words, create its mirror image), and capitalize the result. Rotate the fourth letter 180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which it is written. Rotate the first letter 90 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which it is written. If you pronounce the result aloud you will name a brand-name cold and flu relief product.
What is this product? What are the two synonyms for “nothing”?
Answer:
NyQuil; Zip, nil
FOUR:
Write, in small letters, the name of a soft gray sulfide mineral used in matchmaking and cosmetics. Spell the first three letters backward and insert an apostrophe to form a contraction.
Rotate the first letter and the second letter of the remaining five letters 180 degrees along the axis perpendicular to the surface on which each was written. This result, along with the contraction preceding it, is often followed by a modifier such as “simple,” “interesting” or “alright”... For example:
“_ _’ _ _ _ _ _ _ simple…” is a part of quotations spoken by Thomas Watson Jr., or by Alexandre Dumas (translated from the French)
“_ _’ _ _ _ _ _ _ interesting…” is a part of quotations spoken by Lenny Kravitz and L. Ron Hubbard.
“_ _’ _ _ _ _ _ _ alright…” is a part of a quotation spoken by Marilyn Monroe in a movie.
What is the soft gray sulfide material? What are the words that fill in the eight blanks?
Answer:
Stibnite;
"It's quite"
Lego...
This week's official answers, for the record, Part 3:
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“Alternativerity” Dessert
In wine there are lees but no lies
Name a beverage brand name, in eight different letters.
Three of its letters can be rearranged to form a synonym of “falsehood.”
Four of its letters can be rearranged to form a second synonym of “falsehood.” Three of its letters, using one of them twice, can be rearranged to form a four-letter adjective that often modifies this four-letter synonym, intensifying its sense of prevarication.
Two consecutive letters of the brand name form a word that precedes a word made with four of the brand’s rearranged letters to form the first two words of a Latin phrase, the second Latin word of which is also a kind of beverage.
The third word of the Latin phrase can be formed by rearranging five of the brand’s letters (after tossing an R and an S into the mix). This seven-letter third word is an antonym of “falsehood.”
What is the beverage brand? What are the two synonyms of “falsehood,” and the adjective that modifies the four-letter synonym?
What is the Latin phrase?
Answer:
Ovaltine;
lie, tall tale;
"In vino veritas" ("In wine there is truth.")
Lego...
Oooh...duh....guitar becomes rating (or rather, the other way around.) HOW did we all miss that? SIgh.
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