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Welcome to our January 19th 2018 edition of Joseph Young’s Puzzleria!
Our puzzles this week include: A SEPTET ⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩ of Riffing-Off-Shortz-Slices;
ONE ⇩ “Sporty Logo” Appetizer; and
ONE ⇩ “Desert-ed” Dessert.
Think Good, It’s Friday. And, have a lot of fun.
Le LogoLambda Appetizer:
Andre Romelle Simmons and...
Name a two-word brand whose logo many people sport. From one of the words remove a letter, leaving a French word familiar to many English speakers.
Rearrange the letters in the other word, adding the removed letter into the mix, to form two capitalized words – one associated with Joseph Simmons, the other associated with Andre Romelle Young.
What are the two-word brand, the French word, and the two words associated with the two men?
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
Dumpy digs for Felix and Figaro
Will Shortz’s January 14th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
Name a world capital. It’s an older way of spelling the name. Drop three letters, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another world capital. Both cities have more than a million residents. What cities are these?
Puzzleria!’s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read... (Note: One of these puzzles was created by faithful Puzzlerian! Paul. He and I came up with it independently of each other last Sunday, soon after the NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle was broadcast. Peculiar minds think alike!)
ONE:
Name a world capital. Drop two letters, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another world capital. Both cities have more than a million residents.
What cities are these?
TWO:
Take a former name of a U.S. state capital, in two words. Place a “t” between the words. Saying the result aloud will sound like a two-syllable compound synonym for dumpy digs.
A homophone of the second part of the compound synonym is related to the second word of the former name of the state capital.
What name is this and what is the capital’s current name? What are the synonym and homophone?
THREE:
Name a world capital. Move three consecutive letters to the beginning of the name, leaving a space after them.
The letters of this result, in order, will spell a caption for images A or B, but not for C.
What capital is this?
FOUR:
Name a world capital. Replace the third letter with a “d” to spell the nickname of a pioneering Major League pitcher who can also sing and dance.
Name the same world capital. Replace the fourth letter with a letter that does not change how the capital is pronounced.
Place an “r” after that replacement letter to spell the nickname of F.O.C. Darley, Howard Pyle, Robert Montgomery Bird, Thomas Garrett and Annie Jump Cannon.
What capital is this?
FIVE:
Solve for X in the following seven equations. X always equals a world capital. (Note: The solution for one of the seven X’s is the former name of a capital whose country has subsequently also been renamed):
1. (Hayder and Rocca) + (Elsie or Bossie) = X
2. (synonym of “latot”) + (Felix or Figaro) = X
3. (Rocket or Rascal) – (0.033814 of a U.S. fl. oz.) + (the real surname of “China Girl”) = X
4. (Rock band ____ DeVille or actress ____ Stole) + (Element #16, for short) = X
5. (Overconfident leveret that was vanquished by an underdog reptile) + (Element #18, for short) = X
6. (“flexible”[?] mollusks) – (Lang/Lorre film) + (Element #35, for short) = X
7. (“risible”[?] African critter) – (Element #1, for short) – (Hester’s letter) = X
SIX:
Name a world capital. It’s an older way of spelling the name. Drop three letters, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another world capital... if you add the proper punctuation and capitalization.
Both cities have more than a half-a-million residents. What cities are these?
Mirror-Like Mirage Dessert:
What’s in the palm of his sand? Oh, aces!
Divide something seen in the desert into four unequal parts (that is, each part has a different number of letters).
Interchange the second and fourth parts.
Replace the last letter in the new fourth part with its mirror image and move it to the beginning of the fourth part to name a character from children’s literature.
Who is this character?
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.
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.
Welcome to our January 19th 2018 edition of Joseph Young’s Puzzleria!
Our puzzles this week include: A SEPTET ⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩ of Riffing-Off-Shortz-Slices;ONE ⇩ “Sporty Logo” Appetizer; and
ONE ⇩ “Desert-ed” Dessert.
Think Good, It’s Friday. And, have a lot of fun.
Appetizer Menu
Le LogoLambda Appetizer:Andre Romelle Simmons and...
Name a two-word brand whose logo many people sport. From one of the words remove a letter, leaving a French word familiar to many English speakers.
Rearrange the letters in the other word, adding the removed letter into the mix, to form two capitalized words – one associated with Joseph Simmons, the other associated with Andre Romelle Young.
What are the two-word brand, the French word, and the two words associated with the two men?
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Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
Dumpy digs for Felix and Figaro
Will Shortz’s January 14th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:Name a world capital. It’s an older way of spelling the name. Drop three letters, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another world capital. Both cities have more than a million residents. What cities are these?
Puzzleria!’s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read... (Note: One of these puzzles was created by faithful Puzzlerian! Paul. He and I came up with it independently of each other last Sunday, soon after the NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle was broadcast. Peculiar minds think alike!)
ONE:Name a world capital. Drop two letters, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another world capital. Both cities have more than a million residents.
What cities are these?
TWO:
Take a former name of a U.S. state capital, in two words. Place a “t” between the words. Saying the result aloud will sound like a two-syllable compound synonym for dumpy digs.
A homophone of the second part of the compound synonym is related to the second word of the former name of the state capital. What name is this and what is the capital’s current name? What are the synonym and homophone?
THREE:
Name a world capital. Move three consecutive letters to the beginning of the name, leaving a space after them. The letters of this result, in order, will spell a caption for images A or B, but not for C.
What capital is this?
FOUR: Name a world capital. Replace the third letter with a “d” to spell the nickname of a pioneering Major League pitcher who can also sing and dance.
Name the same world capital. Replace the fourth letter with a letter that does not change how the capital is pronounced.
Place an “r” after that replacement letter to spell the nickname of F.O.C. Darley, Howard Pyle, Robert Montgomery Bird, Thomas Garrett and Annie Jump Cannon. What capital is this?
FIVE:
Solve for X in the following seven equations. X always equals a world capital. (Note: The solution for one of the seven X’s is the former name of a capital whose country has subsequently also been renamed):
1. (Hayder and Rocca) + (Elsie or Bossie) = X2. (synonym of “latot”) + (Felix or Figaro) = X
3. (Rocket or Rascal) – (0.033814 of a U.S. fl. oz.) + (the real surname of “China Girl”) = X
4. (Rock band ____ DeVille or actress ____ Stole) + (Element #16, for short) = X
5. (Overconfident leveret that was vanquished by an underdog reptile) + (Element #18, for short) = X6. (“flexible”[?] mollusks) – (Lang/Lorre film) + (Element #35, for short) = X
7. (“risible”[?] African critter) – (Element #1, for short) – (Hester’s letter) = X
SIX:Name a world capital. It’s an older way of spelling the name. Drop three letters, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another world capital... if you add the proper punctuation and capitalization.
Both cities have more than a half-a-million residents. What cities are these?
Dessert Menu
Mirror-Like Mirage Dessert:What’s in the palm of his sand? Oh, aces!
Divide something seen in the desert into four unequal parts (that is, each part has a different number of letters).
Interchange the second and fourth parts.
Replace the last letter in the new fourth part with its mirror image and move it to the beginning of the fourth part to name a character from children’s literature. Who is this character?
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.
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.
The Riff Offs are killing me. I've gotten only one so far (#3), and several of the #5 solvings for X. [Haven't tried #6 or 7 yet, though, but I'm not optimistic.]
ReplyDeleteHowever, I must ask: is something perchance MISSING in #5's last two, particularly the one about the mollusks? And although I found a 'critter' that would work for the last of #5, what's left after subtracting the two letters given is NOT a city, of any kind. Thus I wonder if something else was supposed to be in there, as well.
I did just solve the Dessert, though (by happy luck) as well as the Appetizer [before starting to try the Riffs.] That dessert is pretty clever, I think!
ReplyDeleteThanks, ViolinTeddy.
DeleteI believe ROSS FIVE #6 and #7 are legit.
The "flexible mollusks" in #6 is a 7-letter word. Then you subtract one letter and add two. The word "flexible" alludes to a homophonic pun.
Your are likely on the right track with #7. It involves a "trick."
LegoCongratsViolinTeddyOnSolvingTheAppAndDessert
Oh, jeepers, I had completely MISSED the last thing in #6...which is exactly what I needed!! I guess that's what I get for doing these things at 4 and 5 a.m. So now I'm set on #5's 6th X. But not yet the 7th X...as I have no inkling that I AM "on the right track."
DeleteAt least, being more awake, I have now managed to figure out Riffs 1, 2, and 4. But I'm still royally stuck on Riff Six, as well as on the third X in Riff Five [I have an almost answer, but there seems to be a letter hanging on that the capital does NOT want in its name], and I simply do not like the only word I could contort into an answer for that final "X" puzzle.
DeleteIf you are interested in CCD (more of the prey than pray type), come visit us at PEOTS.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the link, Word Woman. We can always count on your PEOTS (Partial Ellipsis Of The Sun) blog to "bee" both informative and entertaining.
DeleteLegoWhoAsACatholicYouthWasConditionedToBelieveThat"CCD"StoodForConfraternity(Of)ChristianDoctrine
Me, too, Lego. It seeems weird for CCB to stand for something else. Thanks for buzzing over.
Delete^^^CCD. BEE WELL.
DeleteHappy Friday everyone! A few hours ago we ate Chinese food at Bryan and Renae's house, but I have been thinking about today's puzzles before and after our get-together, and based on my findings it seems(and forgive me for pulling a "ViolinTedditor" here)that Riff #4 has a misprint. You cannot insert a T to get the nickname, it must be a D. Other than that, I have solved the Appetizer and most of the Riff-Offs(except for #5 Part 3 and I found no real definition for "latot", so I'm unsure about Part 2 too). As for the Dessert, I've thought of things seen in the desert as well as children's literature characters, and neither of them seem to work with the other. So guess what: I will require a few hints! I'll take whatever you've got, Lego!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, that has to be right about the "D" instead of the "T" in Riff #4; here I went and started with the latter half of that puzzle, and then completely FORGOT about the first half, so I had missed what pjb is talking about, until now.
ReplyDeleteYes, VT, Patrick (cranberry) is correct about the D instead of the T. I fixed it. Brain fart on my part. Thank you, Patrick.
DeleteTo express my gratitude, here is a hint for the Dessert: The character from children's literature is one of a pair.
LegoWhoInvitesViolinTeddy(AndOthersWhoMayHaveSolvedTheDessert)ToGiveDessertHints
Once again, my post was wiped out...good thing I copied it, in order to paste: OKay, I'll take a stab at it (this is NOT my forte): the item in question used to be visible on old black and white westerns on TV
DeleteVery fine hint, ViolinTeddy
DeleteLegoWhoIsASonOfThePioneers
For the Desert Dessert, does "each part has a different number of letters" imply that the word has at least 10 letters, or am I just being persnickety?
ReplyDeletePaul,
DeleteYou are the least persnickety person we will ever meet. Your inference is spot-on.
LegoThreeSixTenFifteenTwentyone...
Got the Dessert! The twin hint did it!
ReplyDeleteA few hints:
ReplyDeleteROSS:
FIVE:
2. Try taking a few steps backward, about five of them.
3. "(Rocket or Rascal)" ought to perhaps instead be written as (Rocky or Rascal). The answer is not "squirrel," but I did mistakenly have in mind Rocket J. Squirrel (better known as "Rocky") when I wrote that clue. I was thinking of a different character named Rocky, however.
"China Girl" alludes to a something You might have seen on MTV back in the day.
LegoWhoWondersIfMcCartneyAndLennonWereFansOfRocketJ.Squirrel
What a relief re RIff Five's #3 --- I had tried the correct word (as it turned out) but what had messed things up for me wa shaving the WRONG abbreviation being subtracted, i.e. the wrong letters...thus the proper word wouldn't work. The correct abbrev. finally hit me!
DeleteI also finally made sense of Riff Five's #2, even though I HAD the right answer (I just didn't know why.)
Okay, I have all parts of #5, now I still need #1 and #6!
ReplyDeleteHints:
ReplyDeleteROSS:
ONE:
You are not in Rome (although you are in Europe)... but if you were in Rome you would do what the Romans do and subtract 51 from one capital to spell the other one.
SIX:
This is the puzzle I believe Paul and I came up with last Sunday independently of each other.
The first world capital mentioned sounds like an acronym that is being mouthed much (much of it mere lip service) at present within the second capital that we are looking for. The second capital is a much truncated shorthand version of its formal name. It involves initial letters... thus the necessity of capital letters and punctuation.
LegoInvitesPaul(AndOthers)ToChimeInWithHintsForROSS#6
I think you've spelled out ROSS#6 pretty clearly, Lego. Anyone who can't get it from your last hint probably needs to recharge their batteries.
DeleteThanks, Paul. Fine hint.
DeleteLegoWhoLovesTheSmell(IfNotTheSoundSoMuch)OfC-NotesAndD-NotesInTheMorning
All right! Now I'm done! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteDESSERT:
ReplyDeleteT - UMB - LE - WEED → TWEEDLEDUM
Well, this week I learned about Dr. Dre and Rev. Run, but didn't get much further. Something to do with Revlon and/or 'au revoir'?
ReplyDeleteGot BERLIN/BERN after the generous hint.
Don't know the state capital.
I recognize the Gabors, but not the other ladies.
I can't remember if I found the singing, dancing pitcher or not. If I did, I lost it.
MOS+COW=MOSCOW
MUS+CAT=MUSCAT [!ETUC]
RACCOON-CC+NG=RANGOON [I guessed right about the critter, having read the book when I was a kid, but, like VT, I initially chose the wrong volume unit and couldn't see how to make it work.]
MINK+S=MINSK
HARE+AR=HARARE
MUSSELS-M+BR=BRUSSELS
HYENA-H-A=YEN [The risible critter just HAS to be a hyena, so I think this plays on the double meaning of 'capital'.]
t umb le weed >> t weed le umd >> tweedledum [the 'pair' hint (which lego posted while I was composing my question about the number of letters) gave it to me.]
Paul, I love your "ETUC!" Wish I'd thought of that.
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ReplyDeleteAPPETIZER: UNDER ARMOUR => AMOUR and R + UNDER = RUN and DRE [Did this backwards, as is so often the case, as I'd never heard of the brand.]
ReplyDeleteRIFF OFFS:
1. BERLIN => BERN [Pre-hint]
2. PIG'S EYE (St. Paul, MN) => PIGSTY
3. GABARONE, Botswana => ONE GABOR
4. MUSCAT => MUDCAT [Jim Grant]; MUSCAT => MUSKAT => MUSKRAT [Nickname of folks from Delaware]
5. MO's plus COW = MOSCOW;
MUSCAT [synonym of TOTAL backwards is SUM backwards]
RACCOON - CC + NG = RANGOON [What had been throwing me off on this one was I thought it was ML (milliliter) to subtract, so raccoon wasn't working.]
MINK + S = MINSK;
HARE + AR = HARARE;
MUSSELS - M + BR = BRUSSELS;
HYENA - H - A = YEN (just one of the many old spellings for BEIJING?)
6. DACCA [DHAKA] => D.C.
DESSERT: TUMBLEWEED => T/ umb/ le / weed => Tweedleumd => Tweedledum
Appetizer
ReplyDeleteUNDER ARMOUR, AMOUR, RUN(DMC)and(Dr.)DRE
Riff-Offs
1. BERLIN(Germany)-LI=BERN(Switzerland)
2. PIG'S EYE(Minnesota)+T=PIGSTY; PIG'S EYE is now known as SAINT PAUL.
3. GABORONE(Botswana), ONE GABOR(Eva or Zsa Zsa)
4. MUDCAT(Grant)-D+S=MUSCAT(Oman), MUSCAT-C+KR=MUSKRAT(nickname of Delawareans, such as those listed)
5. Pt. 1 MOS+COW=MOSCOW(Russia)
Pt. 2 MUS("latot" is total spelled backwards, so the answer is sum spelled backwards)+CAT(Oman)
Pt. 3 RACCOON-CC+NG=RANGOON(Yangon, Myanmar, formerly Burma)
Pt. 4 MINK+S=MINSK(Belarus)
Pt. 5 HARE+AR short for Argon=HARARE(Zimbabwe)
Pt. 6 MUSSELS-M+BR for Bromine=BRUSSELS(Belgium)
Pt. 7 HYENA-H for Hydrogen-A=YEN(in this case, "capital" means currency)
6. DACCA, now known as DHAKA(Bangladesh); it sounds like DACA(Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals); D. C.(District of Columbia)
Dessert
TUMBLEWEED, TWEEDLEDUM
"And when I get excited, my little CHINA GIRL says, 'Oh baby, just you shut your mouth.'" and so must I(figuratively)do so here.-pjb
This week's answers for the record, Part 1:
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Menu
Le LogoLambda Appetizer:
Andre Romelle Simmons and...
Name a two-word brand whose logo many people sport.
From one of the words remove a letter, leaving a French word familiar to many English speakers.
Rearrange the letters in the other word, adding the removed letter into the mix, to form two capitalized words – one associated with Joseph Simmons, the other associated with Andre Romelle Young.
What are the two-word brand, the French word, and the two words associated with the two men?
Answer:
Under Armour; Amour; Run; Dre
(Joseph Simmons, whose stage name is "Run," is a founding member of "Run D.M.C." Andre Romelle Young's stage name is Dr. Dre.")
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
Dumpy digs for Felix and Figaro
ONE:
Name a world capital. Drop two letters, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another world capital. Both cities have more than a million residents. What cities are these?
Answer:
Berlin (Germany); Bern (Switzerland)
TWO:
Take a former name of a U.S. state capital, in two words. Place a “t” between the words. Saying the result aloud will sound like a two-syllable compound synonym for dumpy digs. A homophone of the second part of the compound synonym is related to the second word of the former name of the state capital.
What name is this and what is the capital’s current name? What are the synonym and homophone?
Answer:
Pig’s Eye; St. Paul;
Pigsty; stye (or sty) is an inflamed swelling at the edge of the eyelid
THREE:
Name a world capital. Move three consecutive letters to the beginning of the name, leaving a space after them. The letters of this result, in order, will spell a caption for images A or B, but not for C. What capital is this?
Answer:
Gaborone (capital of Botswana); caption: "One Gabor"
FOUR:
Name a world capital. Replace the third letter with a “d” to spell the nickname of a pioneering Major League pitcher who can also sing and dance.
Name the same world capital. Replace the fourth letter with a letter that does not change how the capital is pronounced. Place an “r” after that replacement letter to spell the nickname of F.O.C. Darley, Howard Pyle, Robert Montgomery Bird, Thomas Garrett and Annie Jump Cannon.
What capital is this?
Answer:
Muscat;
Jim "Mudcat" Grant;
Darley, Pyle, Bird, Garrett and Cannon all were residents of Delaware for a time during the 1800s.
Lego...
This week's answers for the record, Part 2:
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz Slices (continued):
FIVE:
Solve for X in the following equations. X always equals a world capital. (One solution for X is the former name of a capital whose country has subsequently also been renamed):
1. (Hayder and Rocca) + (Elsie or Bossie) = X
2. (synonym of “latot”) + (Felix or Figaro) = X
3. (Rocket or Rascal) – (0.033814 of a U.S. fl. oz.) + (the real surname of “China Girl”) = X
4. (Rock band ____ DeVille or actress Stole) + (Element #16, for short) = X
5. (Overconfident leveret vanquished by an underdog tortoise ) + (Element #18, for short) = X
6. (“flexible”[?] mollusks) – (Lang/Lorre film) + (Element #35, for short) = X
7. (“risible”[?] African critter) – (Element #1, for short) – (Hester’s letter) = X
Answer:
1. Moscow, Russia (Mos + cow)
2. Muscat, Oman ("mus" ["sum" spelled backward, just as "latot" is "total" spelled backward] + cat)
3. Rangoon, Burma (Raccoon – cc [cubic centimeter] + Ng)
4. Minsk, Belarus (Mink + S)
5. Harare, Zimbabwe (Hare + Ar)
6. Brussels, Belgium (Mussels – M + Br)
7. Yen (Hyena – H – A)
SIX:
Name a world capital. It’s an older way of spelling the name. Drop three letters, and the remaining letters, in order, will name another world capital... if you add the proper punctuation and calitalization. Both cities have more than a half-a-million residents. What cities are these?
Answer:
Dacca, Bangladesh (Dhaka, Bangladesh was spelled "Dacca" before 1983.)
D.C. (Washington, D.C. is sometimes called just "D.C." for short.)
(DACCA - ACA = DC)
Dessert Menu
Mirror-Like MirrageDessert:
What’s in the palm of his sand? Oh, aces!
Divide something seen in the desert into four unequal parts and interchange the second and fourth parts. Replace the last letter in the new fourth part with its mirror image and move it to the beginning of the fourth part to name a character from children's literature. Who is this character?
Answer:
Tweedledum
Tumbleweed >> T umb le weed >> T weed le umb >> T weed le dum >> Tweedledum
Lego...