Old MacDonald had a farm AUEIO; Seek whence...; Take the Chappaqua train;

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Welcome to our September 1st edition of Joseph Young’s Puzzleria!

Eight puzzles this week: 

6 Shortz rip-offs, 

1 numerical appetizer and 

1 versical dessert.

Let’s get right to ‘em, shall we? 

Enjoy, please.

Appetizer Menu

Numerical Appetizer:

Seek whence...

What is the twelfth number in this series?

3, 6, 8, 7, 10, 10, 8, 9, 4, 3, 9, ?

 Explain your answer.

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Ripping Off Shortz Slices:

Old MacDonald had a farm AUEIO  

Will Shortz’s August 27th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads: 

This week’s challenge is a common two-word expression. The expression consists of 8 letters and uses all five vowels — A, E, I, O and U. It has only three consonants, one of which is repeated. The first word in the expression has two letters and the second has six letters. What familiar expression is it?

Puzzleria’s! Ripping Off Shortz Slices read:

ONE:

The second and third words of a somewhat familiar three-word expression consists of 8 letters and uses all five vowels — A, E, I, O and U. It has only three consonants, one of which is repeated. The second word in the expression has three letters and the third has five letters. The first word in the expression is the word “high.” 

What somewhat familiar expression is it?

Hint: the expression is associated with brands such as McIntosh, Marantz, Garrard and Bang & Olufsen.

TWO:

A two-word description of netminder who has spent his entire career not wearing a mask consists of 10 letters and uses all six vowels — A, E, I, O, U and Y. It has two different consonants, each of which is repeated. The first word in the expression is a 4-letter adjective and the second is a 6-letter noun. What description is it? 

THREE:

Name two informal and/or slang nouns that might appear in a caption for the image pictured here. Together, these 3-letter and 5-letter nouns include all five vowels — A, E, I, O and U — and only one consonant, which is repeated thrice. What are these informal/slang nouns? 

FOUR:

Name a proper 4-letter noun followed by a 3-letter shortened form of a 9-letter noun. Together, these nouns include all five vowels — A, E, I, O and U — and only one consonant, which is repeated twice. The two nouns form a phrase describing where one could find snippets of information such as:

"...was born the day after the day that shall live in infamy..."

"...was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame..."

"...comes from an acting family..."

"...played basketball at UCLA for John Wooden..."

What is this 2-word phrase?

FIVE:

A two-word description consists of 8 letters and uses all five vowels — A, E, I, O and U. It has only three consonants, one of which is repeated. The first word in the description has five letters and the second has three letters. The description might be a caption for any of the three images pictured here. 

What description is it?

SIX:

What a farmer needs:

Tilling tools for sowing seeds,

Then uprooting weeds.

A two-word description of the above verse consists of 8 letters and uses all five vowels — A, E, I, O and U. It has only three consonants, one of which is repeated. The first word in the description is a 3-letter singular noun and the second is a 5-letter noun which could be either plural or singular (but is singular in this instance). What description is this?

Dessert Menu

Tea Hot As Magma (Ouch!) Dessert

Take the Chappaqua train

Only fools raise the stakes when they’re dealt a bad hand.

Custer strove to beat odds although clearly outmanned.

In a duel it’s moronic to shoot from your hip...

‘Tis like tea hot as magma you pour and then sip. 

Seven words in the above quatrain, at least one in each line, share a wordplay property. 

What are these words and what is this property?

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