Friday, June 16, 2017

Push the framboises, can the krieks Chowing down from fine china; Knotty webs, Fiery hotbeds, Lewder misogynists! Zebra leg fell, Ascend bad bee, Sum joy!

P! SLICES: OVER (76 + 543) SERVED

Welcome to our June 16th edition of Joseph Young’s Puzzleria!

We are serving up half a dozen puzzles this week, three of which are Rip/Riff-offs of Will Shortz’s NPR puzzle about “Benjamin, the Greenpeace ombudsman...”

Also on our menus are:
4. An uplifting Hors d’Oeuvre that we hope brings you “sum joy,”
5. A downcasting Appetizer that connotes negativity, and
6. A down-chowing Dessert.

So, lift up your spirits by chowing down on our challenges. Cast down all negativity, connoted or otherwise.
In other words, please enjoy our puzzles. 

Hors d’Oeuvre Menu

Seven (Plus One) Deadly Synonyms Hors d’Oeuvre:
Zebra leg fell, Ascend bad bee, Sum joy!
Solve each of the eight clues below. Rearrange the letters of each solution to form eight terms that are more-or-less synonymous. One term contains two words; the others all contain one word.
The number in parentheses after each clue indicates the number of words in the solution you must rearrange to form the synonymous terms.
1. Leg (2)
2. A way to find a sum (1)
3. Ascend (1)
4. Norman Fell (2)
5. What a “zebra” may throw down on the field when a second infraction occurs during one play from scrimmage (2)
6. “No one likes being a ______ __ bad tidings” (2)
7. Word preceding “Joy” (1)
8. “The ________ kindled a ___­­_ in his bee smoker.” (2)


Appetizer Menu

Negative Con Notations Appetizer:
Knotty webs, Fiery hotbeds, Lewd misogynists!

“Fire, knots, hotbed, lewder, misogynist, webs.”


Each of the six words (listed alphabetically in bold print above) can have negative connotations.

Group them into three 2-word pairs.
Rearrange the letters in each pair to form the ending words of the title of: 
One movie and two television shows.
The three titles all begin with the same word, a word normally understood to have positive connotations.
What is this word? What are the three titles?


MENU 

Ripping Off Shortz Slices:
Push the framboises, can the krieks

Will Shortz’s June 11th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
Consider this sentence: Benjamin, the Greenpeace ombudsman in the panorama, was charmed by the chinchilla fragrance.” 
The sentence contains seven words of seven or more letters. They have something very unusual in common. What is it, and can you think of an eighth word with the same property?

Puzzleria’s Riffing/Ripping Off Shortz Slices read:
ONE:
Consider this sentence: “Benjamin, the Greenpeace ombudsman in the panorama, was charmed by the fragrant chinchilla.” The sentence contains seven words of seven or more letters. They have something somewhat unusual in common. 
What is it, and can you think of an eighth word of seven or more letters with the same property?
TWO:
Consider this sentence: “The new hotshot brewer upped the output of framboises and nixed all sales of kriek beer; indeed no holdovers from that foregone era remained.” The sentence contains four words of eight or more letters. They have something very unusual in common. 
What is it, and can you think of a fifth word with the same property?
THREE:
Consider this sentence: “Freelance yeomen chaired a probe into how a gabion, built by Latinos to divert the Rio flood, broke.” The sentence contains five words of six or more letters. They have something reasonably unusual in common. 
What is it, and can you think of a sixth word with the same property?


Dessert Menu

Petunia Pigs Out Dessert:
Chowing down from fine china

“Mabel misplaced her pet Petunia’s food dish, so had to pour Petunia’s food into a piece of fine china from her sideboard!”

That piece of china and Petunia’s pet food brand name each contain two words. Their first words are the same. Their second words are different but share something in common.
What are the pet food name and piece of china?


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.)

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 Wednesdays to post your answers and explain your hints about the puzzles. We serve up at least one fresh puzzle every Friday.


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26 comments:

  1. You don't have to be psychic to solve the Dessert.
    I have half the Hors d’Oeuvre and ideas about the rest.
    I may have all the rip-offs; I'm not sure.
    The Appetizer will have to wait; I'm all worn out.

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  2. Greetings from sunny Ft. Walton Beach(sunny for the time being, anyway)! Went to the Olive Garden for a delicious meal, good time had by all! Just took a look at Puzzleria!, immediately figured out Ripoff #2, and #3 seems more like out-and-out plagiarism of the Will Shortz original(if I may be so bold as to say that such a long time before Wednesday). Will, of course, need hints for all others, but don't hold your breath if you're expecting me to reply soon, because I'm trying to enjoy the trip. Seriously, once my nieces get a hold of both Kindles, I'll have to wait for their bedtime to get anything done. Happy Friday everyone!

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  3. Good evening from the West. Myself, just returned from a luscious chamber concert that a friend treated me to....oooh, boy, were they good. A Mozart, a Brahms sextet, and in between, another composer I'd never heard of (out of Czechoslovakia circa 1910ish, but it was spritely and interesting.

    Anyway, before I had to get ready to go to that, I managed to get all of the Hors D'O, EXCEPT #7. That one has me puzzled. But I caught on to the 'theme' right away, so started working backwards, as is so often the case.

    Like Paul, I also solved the Dessert immediately.

    And I didn't have time to read the Rip Offs, or get anywhere with the Appetizer...it sounds to me like the latter is going to be the stumper for this week! So on to the fun.....

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  4. Yahoo, to my utter amazement, I just figured out the whole Appetizer. [ I caught the 'hint'.]

    It's the RIp Offs #1 and 2 that I'm stuck on (but then, I didn't solve the NPR puzzle either, but I did read the answer on Blaines Blog.)

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    1. VT,
      Who was that Czechoslovakian composer (circa 1910ish)?
      BTW, we at P! really appreciate your posts.

      LegoMozartzyBrahmsy

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    2. So sweet of you to say, Lego......blush (as per usual)...

      The composer (fortunately I still have the program) was Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)...it doesn't say WHY he was kicked out of the Conservatory. I'll have to go research to see if I can find out. The piece we heard was his Sonata for Flute, VIolin and Piano, in four mvmts, from 1937.

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    3. Ah, YouTube!

      LegoThanksViolinTeddyForElevatingThe"Culture"OfPuzzleria!

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    4. It's funny, LegoCulture, I liked the piece much more when it was LIVE in front of me, i.e. the visual fun of watching the emotive violinist (a STICK, he was NOT).....it somehow sounded altogether less 'modern' in person. Weird. Thanks for the link, though!

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  5. I still need hints for the puzzles, as I have spent most of the time having fun in Florida and then coming back and resting. I really haven't spent much or any time on this week's puzzles, and in a few hours I'll go work out, and tomorrow's the day all answers will be revealed. Then again, I haven't seen any hints posted either, so unless some are posted within the next few hours I'll just have to admit this could have been a total vacation from my usual occupation with Puzzleria!, and I can assure you next week you'll have my(practically)full attention.

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  6. Hints:
    SPODSHO:
    1. Think furniture
    2. A 3 letter verb
    3. ...Like the Roman Empire
    4. ...On "3's Company"
    5. An "official topper"
    6. ... or of false witness
    7. Relative of Mounds
    8. “The (beekeeper) kindled a (something neverending that Susanna, Vicki and Debbi sang about... Robin, Rick and Bun E. sang about one also, but it may or may not have been neverending) in his bee smoker.”

    NCNA:
    The pairs are:
    knots webs (TV),
    fire hotbed (movie), and
    lewder, misogynist (TV).

    ROSS:
    ONE:
    A guy named Pa trick ought to get this one
    ("Fragrance" didn't cut it; had to change it to "fragrant.")
    TWO:
    Unlike Will's puzzle, the answer is the "mean," not the "extremes."
    THREE:
    Like Will's puzzle, but a bit more "unusual" than his "very unusual" answers.

    PPOD:
    The piece of china is something Ralphie's mom was getting sick of receiving on dish night at the local cinema.

    Leg O! Lamb Da!

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  7. Got most of the Hors d'Oeuvre, the whole Appetizer! Great common thread, Lego!

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  8. HORS D'O:
    1. CHAIR PART = PATRIARCH
    2. ADD = DAD
    3. RISE = SIRE
    4. ACTOR ROPER = PROCREATOR
    5. REF HAT / FATHER
    6. BEARER OF / FOREBEAR
    7. ALMOND JOY/ OLD MAN [POST-hint]
    8. APIARIST FLAME / PATERFAMILIAS


    APPETIZER:

    KNOTS & WEBS => "FATHER" KNOWS BEST;
    FIRE & HOTBED => "FATHER" OF THE BRIDE;
    LEWDER MISOGYNIST => "FATHER" DOWLING MYSTERIES


    RIP OFF SHORTZ:

    1. ??? Something about first and last letters, since the 't' of fragrant matters, and the hint contains "Pa"???

    2. FRAMBOISES, HOLDOVERS, FOREGONE, REMAINED => Cities and States: BOISE, DOVER, OREGON, MAINE; No luck coming up with another word.

    3. FRANCE [leaves EEL], YEMEN [leaves O], CHAD [leaves IRE], GABON [leaves I], LAOS [leaves TIN]; Ditto


    DESSERT: GRAVY TRAIN and GRAVY BOAT

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    1. VT,
      Nice work, especially pre-hint, on the puzzles, in particular on apiarist/flame = paterfamilias!

      In my ROSS ONE hint requested by cranberry = patjberry = Patrick, I wrote: "A guy named Pa trick ought to get this one," implying that he break up big words into smaller word-pieces.

      LegoNotesHoweverThatThe"Pa"DidFitIntoThisWeek'sSemiTheme

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    2. I did try that, Lego, breaking the words up into smaller words, but nothing ever materialized for me out of the attempt: Jam, pea, ace, bud, man, pan, ram, arm, rag, ran, rant, chin, chill, hill, and so forth....

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  9. SPODSHO:
    1. lower limb > billmower (i.e., the breadwinner of the family, who cuts the bills down to size -- I know that's not right, but I can't think of a word for a furniture leg that transforms into a synonym for father)
    2. add > Dad
    3. rise / sire
    4. Stanley Roper > ???parent
    5. some kind of flag?
    6. bearer of > forebear
    7. Almond > old man (which means, I think, that the other seven father synonyms have to be one-worders)
    8. apiarist, ??? > patri????

    NCNA:
    Knows Best
    of the Bride
    Dowling Mysteries
    (I wouldn't have gotten this without the pairings being provided; I was sort of assuming the answers were single words for this one also.)

    ROSS:
    ONE: I thought it was as simple as each word having a shorter word in its interior, but that provides no rationale for excluding fragrance in favor of fragrant, so I must confess complete ignorance on this one.
    TWO: I found this one exhausting.
    THREE: I underestimated this one as well. My last minute attempt is 'Siloam'.

    PPOD:
    Gravy Train, gravy boat (Like I said, it doesn't require a psychic.) (Don't know anything about the Christmas Story connection.)

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    1. Paul,
      Congrats on solving ROSS TWO (VT, take note).
      PPOD: I knew of "Planes and Boats and Trains," but was only vaguely aware who sang it. Had I known I would have put 2 + 2 together to crack your fine "psychic" clue.
      And, what about John Candy's and Steve Martins's "Planes, Trains and Autoboatmeals"?
      Good point about your assumption that the answers were single words for the NCNA. I could have specified that in my text.
      I like your "billmower." It creates a nice visual. But, be careful, not to mow down the dead presidents! Just obliterate the utility bills.

      LegoCouldNotFindANiceVisualFor"Billmower"ViaSearchEngineSoWeWillJustHaveToUseOurImaginations

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    2. RE: "solving ROSS TWO (VT take note)": HUH? Didn't I correctly solve ROSS 2? It was #1 that I couldn't get.

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    3. You are correct, VT. I meant ROSS ONE. Some of the words in some answers to ROSS TWO are on the obscure side.

      LegoCameraObscura

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  10. Hors d'Oeuvre
    1. CHAIR PART(PATRIARCH)
    2. ADD(DAD)
    3. RISE(SIRE)
    4. ROPER ACTOR(PROCREATOR)
    5. REF HAT(FATHER)
    6. BEARER OF(FOREBEAR)
    7. ALMOND(OLD MAN)
    8. APIARIST, FLAME(PATERFAMILIAS)
    Appetizer
    KNOTS, WEBS=FATHER KNOWS BEST
    FIRE, HOTBED=FATHER OF THE BRIDE
    LEWDER, MISOGYNIST=FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES
    Ripoffs
    2. Names of American cities or states are hidden in the words: BOISE in framboises, DOVER in holdovers, OREGON in foregone, and MAINE in remained. Another example might be MOBILE in automobiles or TROY in destroyed.
    3. Pretty much the same as Will Shortz's puzzle with names of foreign countries hidden in certain words, with a few extra letters inside: FRANCE in freelance, YEMEN in yeomen, GABON in gabion, CHAD in chaired, and LAOS in Latinos. Other examples may include SPAIN in sprain and TURKEY in turnkey.
    I miss my father, God rest his soul.-pjb.

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    1. I'm very sorry for the loss of your dad, pjb.....

      Fathers Day has always been painful for me for a different reason, i.e. that mine wasn't even around (except in the very earliest years.) Sigh.

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    2. cranberry,
      I like your autoMOBILEs and desTROYed, but I do not like it when automobiles are destroyed!

      I recall you telling us that your father was an athlete, Patrick; do you care to share more about him?

      LegoWhoseLateFatherUsedToDoMagicTricksForHisThreeKidsAndTheirFriends

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    3. Yes. His full name was James Wilson(JW)Berry, and he died at the age of 68 in 2007. Long before my brother Bryan and I were born, he played basketball in the Air Force in the early 60s while stationed in England. He also learned to be a Russian linguist while serving. Then he played at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. But, as good as he was, he never went pro because there weren't very many professional basketball teams in existence at that time. He was a loving but stern father, and he ended up a very popular claims adjuster with ALFA Insurance. Finally, renal cell carcinoma took his life in 2007. I miss him every day. Happy belated Father's Day to all from yours truly.

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    4. Those of you on this blog whose fathers may still be alive, be sure you tell them you love and look up to them before it's too late.

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  11. This week's official answers, for the record, Part 1:

    Hors d’Oeuvre Menu
    Seven (Plus One) Deadly Synonyms Hors d’Oeuvre:
    Zebra leg fell, Ascend bad bee, Sum joy!
    Solve each of the eight clues below. Rearrange the letters of each solution to form eight terms that are more-or-less synonymous. One term contains two words; the others all contain one word.
    The number in parentheses after each clue indicates the number of words in the solution you must rearrange to form the synonymous terms.
    1. Leg (2)
    2. A way to find a sum (1)
    3. Ascend (1)
    4. Norman Fell (2)
    5. What a “zebra” may throw down on the field when a second infraction occurs during one play from scrimmage (2)
    6. “No one likes being a ______ __ bad tidings” (2)
    7. Word preceding “Joy” (1)
    8. “The ________ kindled a ____ in his bee smoker.” (2)
    Answer:
    1. Leg = chair part = patriarch
    2. A way to find a sum = add = dad
    3. Ascend = rise = sire
    4. Norman Fell = Roper actor (Stanley Roper on "Three's Company") = procreator
    5. What a “zebra” may throw down on the field when a second infraction occurs during one play from scrimmage = Ref hat = father
    6. “No one likes being a ______ __ bad tidings” = bearer of = forebear
    7. Word preceding “Joy” = Almond = old man
    8. “The ________ kindled a ____ in his bee smoker.” = apiarist, flame = paterfamilias


    Appetizer Menu

    Negative Con Notations Appetizer:
    Knotty webs, Fiery hotbeds, Lewd misogynists!
    “Fire, knots, hotbed, lewder, misogynist, webs.”
    Each of the six words (listed alphabetically in bold print above) can have negative connotations.
    Group them into three 2-word pairs.
    Rearrange the letters in each pair to form the ending words of the title of:
    One movie and two television shows.
    The three titles all begin with the same word, a word normally understood to have positive connotations.
    What is this word? What are the three titles?
    Answer:
    Father...
    “Father of the Bride” (fire + hotbed = of the Bride)
    “Father Knows Best” (webs + knots = Knows Best)
    “Father Dowling Mysteries” (lewder + misogynist = Dowling Mysteries)

    Lego...

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  12. This week's official answers, for the record, Part 2:

    MENU

    Ripping Off Shortz Slices:
    Push the framboises, can the krieks
    ONE:
    Consider this sentence: “Benjamin, the Greenpeace ombudsman in the panorama, was charmed by the fragrant chinchilla.” The sentence contains seven words of seven or more letters. They have something somewhat unusual in common.
    What is it, and can you think of an eighth word of seven or more letters with the same property?
    Answer:
    Each word consists of smaller words:
    ben jam in;
    Green peace;
    om buds man;
    pan or ram a;
    char med;
    frag rant;
    chin chill a;
    Other words with the same property are “abs tract,” “pal pit ate” (or, pal pit at ion”), “bad mint on,” and “a nest he tic.”
    TWO:
    Consider this sentence: “The new hotshot brewer upped the output of framboises and nixed all sales of kriek beer; indeed no holdovers from that foregone era remained.” The sentence contains four words of eight or more letters. They have something very unusual in common.
    What is it, and can you think of a fifth word with the same property?
    Answer:
    Each word contains either the name of a U.S. state or U.S. state capital in its interior:
    framBOISEs; (Idaho)
    holDOVERs; (Delaware)
    fOREGONe;
    reMAINEd;
    A fifth word with this property is exhAUSTINg. (Texas)
    THREE:
    Consider this sentence: “Freelance yeomen chaired a probe into how a gabion, built by Latinos to divert the Rio flood, broke.” The sentence contains five words of six or more letters. They have something reasonably unusual in common.
    What is it, and can you think of a sixth word with the same property?
    Answer:
    Each word consists of an interior word that is “sandwiched between” the first and second parts of the name of a country:
    frEELance;
    yeOmen;
    chaIREd;
    gabIon;
    laTINos
    A sixth word with this property could be BenJAMin, panORama, or chinCHILLa

    Dessert Menu

    Petunia Pigs Out Dessert:
    Chowing down from fine china
    “Mabel misplaced her pet Petunia’s food dish, so had to pour Petunia’s food into a piece of fine china from her sideboard!”
    That piece of china and Petunia’s pet food brand name each contain two words. Their first words are the same. Their second words are different but share something in common.
    What are the pet food name and piece of china?
    Answer:
    Gravy Train; gravy boat (30:50-32:30; 43:46-45:08; 1:00:35-1:02:01)

    Lego...

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  13. I just saw AUSTIN on TV and thought of exhausting! It didn't come to me sooner, unfortunately.

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