PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER (2!)(6!) SERVED
Schpuzzle of the Week:
Yoko, John, heavy metal, and gin-swilling rock groups!
We are serving up a special treat as our Schpuzzle of the Week – another delicious and ingenious Cryptic Crossword Puzzle whipped up by Patrick J. Berry (screen name: “cranberry”), a talented and valued friend of Puzzleria!
This is the fifth wonderful cryptic crossword Patrick has composed for our blog, and he and I both agree it may be his finest yet... and that’s sayin’ sumthin’. These creations of his are each a unique work of “wordplayfully” puzzling art, and we are very grateful to Patrick for sharing them with us.
Here are instructions for solving:
The number in parentheses at the end of each clue tells how many letters are in the answer. Multiple numbers in parentheses indicate how letters are distributed in multiple-word answers.
For example, (6) indicates a six-letter answer like
“jalopy,” (7, 5) indicates a seven-and-five-letter answer
like “station wagon,” and (5-5) indicates a five-and-five-letter
hyphenated answer like “Rolls-Royce.”
(For insight about how to decipher these numbered cryptic clues, see Patrick’s “Cryptic Crossword Tutorial” in this link to his November 17, 2017 cryptic crossword. The Tutorial appears below the grid that contains the answers.)
1. Live with noise and somehow cope with fear? John and Yoko wouldn’t stand for it!
(3-2,3,5)
10. Not the first to complain – ultimate burden with age (5)
11. One probably not goin’ to get caught in disguise? (9)
12. Forget the money (7)
13. Item ordered at deli (6)
15. Special place I go to – sorry (10)
16. Piece of meat to have cut (4)
18. Lead, a male part – first one (4)
20. Candy making belly look funny tucked inside pants? (10)
23. Girl meets sailor in film (6)
24. A tenor’s drunk, first of many for new conductor (7)
26. Minor takes prize for getting attention (9)
27. Sweet? Wrong, sweetheart! (5)
28. Member of 9 breaks kid’s heart getting loaded (5,8)
2. Grass or peat’s spread around (7)
3. Can soldier turn one on firing? (8)
4. Find her and get awfully scared (10)
5. Run one marathon (4)
6. Young flier to have injured leg going in? (6)
7. Smart to leave, having initial apathy for the city (7)
8. Ready to go, but says he’s afraid to fly (5,2,1,5)
9. Legendary rock group swilling gin in fancy automobile – some tipsy individuals! (7,6)
14. Clever handling of a mild topic (10)
17. Horrific beast in a horror movie (8)
19. Sailor started lunch digging into first-rate shellfish (7)
21. Dressed, given time – casual shirt put on to go outside (7)
22. Play a little heavy metal, perhaps (6)
25. Assistant in the big organization? (4)
“That Athlete Sure Can Elevate!” Appetizer:
Shifting out of drive and into park, yet still driving
Rearrange the letters of a brand name product you drive to form two words:
1. a place where the product might temporarily be “parked,” and
2. the last name of an athlete known for his scoring drives.
What is this brand name?
French Class: Sick Conduct Or Simple Familiarity? Appetizer:
To crack a 40% solution, concentrate!
Divide a famous classical conductor’s last name into its two syllables.
“Horn” a French article in between them to form about 40 percent, more or less, of something very familiar to the conductor.
Who is this conductor?
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
“Phonetickling” human body parts
Will Shortz’s July 22nd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
Name two parts of the human body. Say them out loud one after the other. The result, phonetically, will name something delicious to eat, in 7 letters. What is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Name two parts of the human body. Replace the first letter of the first part with the letter following it in the alphabet and replace the last two letters of the second part with a D to form a new word, in 11 letters, associated with something delicious (and vegan-friendly) to eat that includes body parts... including arms, legs and a head. What is it?
Hint/Extra Credit: The first two letters of the first body part followed by the last two letters of the second form a third body part. What is this third body part?
ENTREE #2:
Name two parts of the human body. Say them out loud one after the other.
The result, phonetically, will name a military slang word associated with obsequious behavior, in 9 letters. What is it?
ENTREE #3:
Name two plural parts of the human body. Between them place a third body part that is more commonly associated with non-humans. Say these three body parts out loud one after the other. The result, phonetically, will name a delicious snack, in 8 letters. What is it?
ENTREE #4:
Name two parts of the human body. Place between them the last word of a delicious but non-vegan-friendly 3-word main course one might order from a menu.
Say these three words out loud one after the other.
The result, phonetically, will name something delicious to eat, in 12 letters, that comes in a wrapper. What is it?
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.
Schpuzzle of the Week:
Yoko, John, heavy metal, and gin-swilling rock groups!
We are serving up a special treat as our Schpuzzle of the Week – another delicious and ingenious Cryptic Crossword Puzzle whipped up by Patrick J. Berry (screen name: “cranberry”), a talented and valued friend of Puzzleria!
This is the fifth wonderful cryptic crossword Patrick has composed for our blog, and he and I both agree it may be his finest yet... and that’s sayin’ sumthin’. These creations of his are each a unique work of “wordplayfully” puzzling art, and we are very grateful to Patrick for sharing them with us. Here are instructions for solving:
The number in parentheses at the end of each clue tells how many letters are in the answer. Multiple numbers in parentheses indicate how letters are distributed in multiple-word answers.
For example, (6) indicates a six-letter answer like“jalopy,” (7, 5) indicates a seven-and-five-letter answer
like “station wagon,” and (5-5) indicates a five-and-five-letter
hyphenated answer like “Rolls-Royce.”
(For insight about how to decipher these numbered cryptic clues, see Patrick’s “Cryptic Crossword Tutorial” in this link to his November 17, 2017 cryptic crossword. The Tutorial appears below the grid that contains the answers.)
ACROSS
1. Live with noise and somehow cope with fear? John and Yoko wouldn’t stand for it! (3-2,3,5)
10. Not the first to complain – ultimate burden with age (5)
11. One probably not goin’ to get caught in disguise? (9)
12. Forget the money (7)
13. Item ordered at deli (6)
15. Special place I go to – sorry (10)
16. Piece of meat to have cut (4)
18. Lead, a male part – first one (4)20. Candy making belly look funny tucked inside pants? (10)
23. Girl meets sailor in film (6)
24. A tenor’s drunk, first of many for new conductor (7)
26. Minor takes prize for getting attention (9)
27. Sweet? Wrong, sweetheart! (5)
28. Member of 9 breaks kid’s heart getting loaded (5,8)
DOWN
2. Grass or peat’s spread around (7)
3. Can soldier turn one on firing? (8)
4. Find her and get awfully scared (10)
5. Run one marathon (4)
6. Young flier to have injured leg going in? (6)
7. Smart to leave, having initial apathy for the city (7)
8. Ready to go, but says he’s afraid to fly (5,2,1,5)9. Legendary rock group swilling gin in fancy automobile – some tipsy individuals! (7,6)
14. Clever handling of a mild topic (10)
17. Horrific beast in a horror movie (8)
19. Sailor started lunch digging into first-rate shellfish (7)
21. Dressed, given time – casual shirt put on to go outside (7)
22. Play a little heavy metal, perhaps (6)
25. Assistant in the big organization? (4)
Appetizer Menu
“That Athlete Sure Can Elevate!” Appetizer:
Shifting out of drive and into park, yet still driving
Rearrange the letters of a brand name product you drive to form two words:
1. a place where the product might temporarily be “parked,” and
2. the last name of an athlete known for his scoring drives.
What is this brand name?
French Class: Sick Conduct Or Simple Familiarity? Appetizer:
To crack a 40% solution, concentrate!Divide a famous classical conductor’s last name into its two syllables.
“Horn” a French article in between them to form about 40 percent, more or less, of something very familiar to the conductor. Who is this conductor?
MENU
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
“Phonetickling” human body parts
Will Shortz’s July 22nd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
Name two parts of the human body. Say them out loud one after the other. The result, phonetically, will name something delicious to eat, in 7 letters. What is it?Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1:Name two parts of the human body. Replace the first letter of the first part with the letter following it in the alphabet and replace the last two letters of the second part with a D to form a new word, in 11 letters, associated with something delicious (and vegan-friendly) to eat that includes body parts... including arms, legs and a head. What is it?
Hint/Extra Credit: The first two letters of the first body part followed by the last two letters of the second form a third body part. What is this third body part?
ENTREE #2:
Name two parts of the human body. Say them out loud one after the other. The result, phonetically, will name a military slang word associated with obsequious behavior, in 9 letters. What is it?
ENTREE #3:Name two plural parts of the human body. Between them place a third body part that is more commonly associated with non-humans. Say these three body parts out loud one after the other. The result, phonetically, will name a delicious snack, in 8 letters. What is it?
ENTREE #4:
Name two parts of the human body. Place between them the last word of a delicious but non-vegan-friendly 3-word main course one might order from a menu.
Say these three words out loud one after the other. The result, phonetically, will name something delicious to eat, in 12 letters, that comes in a wrapper. What is it?
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.
Love Appetizer #2. The solution is really cute.
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup, ViolonNounours
DeleteLegoWhoCannotBelieveAFrenchTranslationOf"Teddy"WasAvailableOnTheInternets
De rien, Monsieur Lego.
DeleteI acctually have a French copy of Winnie the Pooh, which my mom gave me one Christmas sometime when I was a teenager. Its French title is: "Le Meilleur des Ours." [Meaning, The Best of Bears"]
Great memory, VT!
DeleteI guess that at least in France, "Ours is a Cross that everyone bears. Pooh!
Lego(MisquotingCharlesDickens)Writes:"ItWasTheBestOfBearsItWasTheWorstOfBears...
LOVE that sign-off, LegoBears!!!
DeleteI've figured out about 40%, more or less (whatever the heck THAT means) of the cryptic. I hope Appetizer #2 turns out to be as cute as VT says, because Entree #2 is definitely not what I would call "cute".
ReplyDelete"One of these days, Lego ..."
Right-o, Paul. Entree #2 is not-at-all cute. But, then again, neither is military slanguage!
DeleteAs for "whatever the heck (40 percent) means," the quantity of the "something very familiar to the conductor" might be defined in two different ways.
LegoSaysYesIndeed"OneOfTheseDays,Alice...
I just did the math, and I hope it's correct:
Delete50.62%
...to the moon, lego!
Paul,
DeleteMy "less" is 37.5%, and my "more" is 42.9%. Those are the results if you count syllables. If you count letters, the higher percentage jumps to 46.7%.
LegoAddressingThePaul:"HelloPaul!"..(PaulDoYouHaveDimples?)
BROW + NOSE => BROWN-NOSE
DeleteA related 9-letter term consists of a slang term for a body part followed by a twice-as-long slang term for another body part. The first body part is often threatened to be kicked, and Ralph often threatened to punch Alice in the second.
I still don't understand the conductor puzzle. My percentage referred to the 82 of 162 squares of the cryptic I had filled in. Here's what I had:
BEDINFORPEACE
INCOGNITO
DETAIL
APOLOGETIC
JELLYBEANS
ESPARTO [this was a new word for me (it seems to be for my spellchecker, also)]
FRIGHTENED
RACE
DIPLOMATIC
EAGLET
ROLLINGSTONES
After that, I also got ADAM, and just now CHICAGO (I believe WW has noted on a number of occasions that some very smart people live in the Kingdom of Tonga).
Paul,
DeleteAs Meat Loaf (or "Mr. Loaf" as the New York Times once called him in an article's second reference) noted once (actually countless times), "82 out of 162 ain't bad!"
LegoJustDoingHisBestToPreserveTheRock'N'RollFlavorOfPatrick'sCrypticCrosswordPuzzle
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you're all enjoying my cryptic crossword, but Paul, I know you can do better than just 40% of my puzzle! Take it from me, they're a lot of fun once you know what you have to do. I just wish they were as popular here as they are in the UK. Seems like every newspaper or magazine in Britain has one, but the best ones are in the Guardian, the London Times, and Private Eye Magazine(the naughtiest one!). I also hope Dowager Empress makes another appearance, because she really loved my last crossword. I was so flattered by her kind words! DE, I promise to keep 'em comin' for a long, long time! As for my own progress on those puzzles that I didn't create, I have all but Appetizer #1, so I could use a few good hints on that one. BTW I thought Appetizer #2 and Entree #2 were indeed clever, but I'm not the type to refer to anything as "cute" unless it were a good-looking woman...and I've seen a lot of them! TMI, I know! Have a great weekend y'all, and feel free to comment or ask questions about my puzzle if you have any! Oh, and VT, at least TRY the puzzle. You never know, you may like it!
ReplyDeleteSorry, pjb, I feel about the cryptics the way you feel about math puzzles....i.e. no way. I know you must have put a lot of work into it, but...well, sorry.
DeleteI haven't gotten Entree #2 yet, but DID solve Entree #1 last night, at least.
Hints:
ReplyDeleteTASCEA:
The brand name product you drive has no wheels, yet it can roll.
The word in the Appetizer title, "Elevate" is a clue to the athlete's name.
FCSCOSFA:
Fastening a button with a "cyclops" and a spool + "Thank you for fastening my button" + Chamomile
ROSS:
E#1 You've heard of "The Princess Bride"? They've made a sequel about my marriage called the "Nagger Bride"
E#2 Both are facial body parts: one, proverbially sweaty; the other, plain as...
E#3 Piggies + "A pirate without a rudder? No a rudder wthout a pirate!" + more piggies
E#4 Josh Hamilton
LegoWhoIsARudderWithoutAShip
Boy, Lego, if I didn't already have Entree 1's answer, I'd be completely totally lost/thrown off by that clue for it. On Wed, please explain it to me.
DeleteThe hints did help with 2 and 3, however. STill stuck (although thought I'd gotten onto the right path, but no final success yet) on Appetizer 1 and the last Entree.
Hints:
DeleteE#4:
First half, syllable-wise, of a movie title in which a friend of Michael Jackson won an Oscar + Last name of a player whose number was retired by two teams he played on... What a relief!
App #1:
(Anybody else out there have any good hints?)
The brand name product you drive not only has no wheels... it is not even a vehicle!
Note: My "Nagger Bride" hint to E#1 is one that Blainesvillians Mendo Jim and ecoarchitect, founder of STRAP (the Society To Remove Anagram Puzzles) would not approve of!
LegoWhoHasNotedBeforeThattheWord"Strap"IsVeryAnagramable:(PartsTartsTrapsSprat!)
Oh, okay, I get it now re Nagger Bride. I hadn't thought of THAT. Thanks...
DeleteP.S. I'm pretty sure I DO know what the brand name product IS for A#1, the problem is I haven't been able to break up the brand(s) into the 'parking spot' and any athlete name.
DeleteViolinTeddy,
DeleteI am gratified and impressed that you are spending your time and effort in solving this "sports puzzle"!
Here are some clarifications:
"Elevate" is a clue to the athlete's first name. The athlete's last name is really a nice last name, IMHO.
The "parking spot" is kinda shaped like the letter T.
It is a one-word brand name, a compound word. It is a company that also manufactures other products used on other "driven things."
LegoWhoIsPurerThanTheDrivenSnowmobile
Frankly, what you describe sounds VERY much like what I have come up with. (Of course, I didn't know the part about 'elevate' going to the FIRST name)....it may come to me, and then again, it might not.
DeleteI think I do have it now....agreed, that last name IS extremely 'nice.' Of course, I have never heard of anyone with this last name, athlete or not.
DeleteI suddenly realize that I STILL have no idea how 'elevate' is a clue to the athlete's first name. And according to Google, there seem to be quite a few athletes with this admittedly unusual (and nice, as we've established) last name. So I have NO idea which one it is.
DeleteElisha Graves...
DeleteLegoWhoWillNowStaggerOnOverToTheMayberryJailhouseAndLockHimselfIn
Wow, that was ONE first name I had NEVER even seen in the Google list! Thanks, Lego (but why are you now staggering to the Mayberry Jailhouse? What am I missing NOW?)
DeleteFinally! Plus, as a child I used to go to a family doctor with that last name! Thanks, Lego! See y'all Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteSHOUT OUT! to Dowager Empress:
ReplyDeleteI know that in the past you have enjoyed Patrick's Cryptic Crossword Puzzles. The one he sent me in this week's Puzzleria! is really an amazing creation. If you can, please drop by and let us know what you think of it. Thanks. DE!
LegoWho"PensCagierWords"
lego and pjb:
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice mention! Here I am, dropping by -- though I always thought of sdb as the one who does that all the time... As for the cryptic, this one will take longer for me to do, since I don't really like rock and roll -- it just seems like noise for its own sake. Much better some old front porch rocking chair acoustic blues, or Edith Piaf, or Hank Williams, or Nana Mouskouri. But please do keep your promise of doing your puzzles for a long time! You're very good.
One more thing, lego -- my blurry old eyes thank you for ditching the pink paisley background with its invisible orange type that made reading the comments well nigh impossible. Now we can all know what we all really think!
Besos y pesos
D.E.
Dowager Empress,
DeleteGreat to read your comment regarding Patrick's latest Cryptic Crossword Puzzle! Thanks for checking in.
Altough the puzzle indeed does possess a bit of a rock 'n' roll theme, the majority of Patrick's clues and grid-fill are non-rock-related. It may take you longer to finish, perhaps, but I an confident it will be time well-and-enjoyably spent.
Incidentally, one of my puzzles last week obliquely involved lyrics to a Hank Williams song. (Another of Hank's songs, "I'm So Lonesome I could Cry" is one of the most poignant and beautifully evocative pieces of music heaven ever.)
Thanks also for your positive comment on the new "cleaner and easier-on-the-eyes" look of Puzzleria! The credit is due to Word Woman (whose own PEOTS blog is quite inviting and excellent). She encouraged and aided me in making the blog more visually appealing. Others with good design sense, including ecoarchitect and skydiveboy, have also in the past tactfully and constructively urged me to consider making improvments to the "look" of P!
We anticipate with relish your future posts, DE.
LegoWhoAlsoWishesAllPuzzlerians!BesosYPesosYBenedicionesYPaz
Thanks for the shout-out, Lego. We’ve recently been talking about 40,000 year old worms brought back to life. As they were found in permafrost, they are driving us a bit boggy.
DeleteThe schpuzzle is more time than I can handle this week. Will check in next week...in August!
Sure enough, I got after Patrick's cryptic on Saturday afternoon, in spite of the RnR heme. Took about 20 minutes. I was delighted to see the skill in his setting -- he used almost every convention and subterfuge in the setter's art. All the solver has to do is look at the world a little bit askew, take the clue a word at a time, and never (or hardly ever) think that the whole thing makes sense. Part of it, sometimes just one or two words, is the definition. The other half tells you how to construct the answer. Easy!
ReplyDeleteI liked the Appetizer 2,like VT. Got the same percentages as lego.
besos y pesos y abrazos D.E.
On your recommendation about 20 minutes to solve, DE, I took another look at the schpuzzle. That running group gif, Lego, makes my head spin, though. Sorry, I can’t stare at that...and my printer is on the fritz. I’ll take your word for it that it’s a satisfying solve.
DeleteAlso, a fillable online grid would help also. Is that easy to set up?
Thought I’d give a few comments that might make cb’s cryptic crosswords more user-friendly.
Thanks, Word Woman.
DeleteThe gif is gone! That was easy.
A fillable online grid would indeed be heaven, but I am such a fuddy-duddy that I don't know how to do it. When Patrick first began sending me his cryptic crossword puzzles I researched how to make them interactive on Blogger, but came up empty. If anyone has advice, I am open to it.
Thanks to all.
LegoWhoIsALonerYetCravesInteractivity
Thanks, lego. That’s helpful.
DeleteThe NY Times has a four part series on crossword construction, including fillable forms. Here is the latest installment:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/crosswords/how-to-make-a-crossword-puzzle-4.html
Looks like an interesting series.
Thank you for your kind words, DE! I have been a solver myself since college, so it's a good thing I've learned enough about "every convention and subterfuge in the setter's art", as you so quaintly put it, to actually make up my own puzzles and submit them here. I'll be the first to admit my brain does work a little differently than others', but it still surprises me sometimes that I(almost)totally understand how to do this sort of thing. Maybe it has to do with autism. I recently heard an episode of "Says You", where the panelists had to decipher what was being said by a guy who could say things backwards, and then they'd play it back in reverse, and it sounded almost perfectly like what he had just said backwards, only forwards. Then the host asked him how he can do this, and he said it's something in autism called the "spectrum". Basically, his brain works differently, too. There's probably a lot of us out there. Others may not understand us, but we're certainly not unintelligent. We just think on a whole other level. Could be what makes the best cryptic setters, but I wouldn't know for sure. I do know, if there are any other would-be setters out there, it's harder than it looks. It takes practice, believe me. Took me a while before I could get the answers to cross just right, get the clues worded just right, wordplay, everything. I say if anyone else wants to do it, they should definitely study the puzzles, not just solve them. Really get something out of it, be able to parse out everything in the wordplay(especially if the answer is long enough). It is indeed an experience like no other(except maybe Puzzleria!, eh Lego?). I just wish it were more popular here. Brits really know what they're doing with these things! I'd love to go over there someday, buy a bunch of different newspapers and magazines, take 'em back to the hotel, and not even come out until I'd solved every one of them! Too bad you and Lego seem to be the only ones on the blog who like them, DE. I can't say that my future puzzles will not contain any further "rock'n'roll" references, but as long as I'm still providing puzzles for P!, I do hope you'll stick around here to solve them. Again, DE, thanks! Your kind words have made my week(and it's only Tuesday)!
ReplyDeleteI second cranberry's gratitude for your response, Dowager Empress. His cryptic crosswords are a great gift to our blog. He has a great gift for wordplay and we are blessed that he shares it with us. In addition to cryptic crosswords, cranberry also shares his "NPR-style" puzzles, which both Will Shortz (over the airwaves) and we (at Puzzleria!) have disseminated. We have all also enjoyed reading the amazingly prolific and clever responses to Will's periodic "creative challenges" that Patrick has posted over on Blaine's fine blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks also for your kind mention of my "40% solution" Appetizer. It is a puzzle on a much smaller scale than, for example, Patrick's cryptic masterpieces... but, it is what I do.
LegoWhoPrefersToSendAlongAmorYBesosYPesosInLieuOfAbogadosYPistolasYPesos!
I thought I was very late, yet again, but am surprised to find nobody else has yet posted answers. So here are mine:
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZER 1: BRIDGESTONE (golf balls) => TEE and [Otis] BIRDSONG
APPETIZER 2: SOLTI => SOL LA TI [ SOLFEGE: DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO]
ENTREE #1: FINGER & BREAST => GINGERBREAD Extra: FIST
ENTREE #2: BROW & NOSE => BROWN NOSE
ENTREE #3: TOES & TIT & TOES => TOSTITOS
ENTREE #4: BUTTERFINGER [Oh, on Sunday, just finally 'got' that you meant SURF AND TURF for the middle syllable]
But I, for one, find this candy bar anything BUT delicious, hating and loathing peanut butter (and even its odor) as I do!!
For the answer to this week's Schpuzzle(my cryptic), I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota to explain it all.
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Part 1
BRIDGESTONE(golf balls)-TEE=(Otis Lee)BIRDSONG(basketball player)
Appetizer Part 2
GEORG SOLTI, (do re mi fa SOL LA TI do)
Menu/Riff-Offs
1. FINGER, BREAST, GINGERBREAD
2. BROW, NOSE, BROWNNOSE
3. TOES+TEAT+TOES=TOSTITOS
4. BUTT+TURF+FINGER=BUTTERFINGER
Spent most of the day looking after Mia Kate, and she's supposed to be coming back in a little bit. We don't have any gingerbread, jelly beans, Tostitos or Butterfingers, but hopefully she's already eaten.-pjb
This week's answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Yoko, John, heavy metal, and gin-swilling rock groups!
For the answers, see the filled-in grid at the bottom of the DOWN clues on the main blog page.
Some explanations of the clueing:
ACROSS
1. Live with noise and somehow cope with fear? John and Yoko wouldn't stand for it!(3-2,3,5) BE+DIN+COPEFEAR anagram
10. Not the first to complain---ultimate burden with age(5)
GRIPE-G+N
11. One probably not goin' to get caught in disguise?(9)
I(one)+NOTGOIN anagram containing C
12. Forget the money(7)
double definition
13. Item ordered at deli(6)
ATDELI anagram
15. Special place I go to---sorry(10)
PLACEIGOTO anagram
16. Piece of meat to have cut(4)
M+OWN
18. Lead, a male part---first one(4)
hidden inside LeADAMale
20. Candy making belly look funny tucked inside pants?(10)
BELLY anagram inside JEANS
23. Girl meets sailor in film(6)
AVA+TAR
24. A tenor's drunk, first of many for new conductor(7)
ATENORS anagram, M replacing N
26. Minor takes prize for getting attention(9)
SLIGHT containing POT
27. Sweet? Wrong, sweetheart!(5)
TORT+E
28. Member of 9 breaks kid's heart getting loaded(5,8)
KIDSHEART anagram containing RICH
DOWN
2. Grass or peat's spread around(7)
ORPEATS anagram
3. Can soldier turn one on firing?(8)
(reversed TIN+GI)+I+ON
4. Find her and get awfully scared(10)
FINDHERGET anagram
5. Run one marathon(4)
R+ACE
6. Young flier to have injured leg going in?(6)
LEG anagram inside EAT
7. Smart to leave, having initial apathy for the city(7)
A separating CHIC and GO
8. Ready to go, but says he's afraid to fly(5,2,1,5)
SAYSHESAFRAID anagram
9. Legendary rock group swilling gin in fancy automobile---some tipsy individuals!(7,6)
GIN anagram inside ROLLS+T+ONES
14. Clever handling of a mild topic(10)
AMILDTOPIC anagram
17. Horrific beast in a horror movie(8)
BEASTINA anagram
19. Sailor started lunch digging into first-rate shellfish(7)
AB(able-bodied)+L inside A-ONE(no hyphen)
21. Dressed, given time---casual shirt put on to go outside(7)
T+T(-shirt)inside AIRED
22. Play a little heavy metal, perhaps(6)
H+METAL anagram
25. Assistant in the big organization?(4)
hidden inside bIGORganization
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I enjoyed and solved the clues BED IN FOR PEACE, JELLYBEAN, and ROLLINGSTONES. Clever. Bed in for peace made me want to start a new puzzle clue “BEDOUIN FOR PEACE.”
DeleteI am glad you enjoyed Patrick's puzzle, Word Woman. "BEDOUIN FOR PEACE" (15 letters) would be possible Cryptic Crossword fill for the 15x15 grids he uses.
DeleteI am hoping some blog hotshot out there somewhere might help me make these cryptic crosswords interactive, however. Printing or copying the grid out by hand can be tedious... but, on the bright side, you then have a souvenir!
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Lego, souvenirs? >>> Countertops in a certain Indian's kitchen?
DeleteSIOUX VENEERS ;-)
That is a perfect example of why Word Woman is known as Word Woman.
DeleteLegoWhoReckonsThatASmithyLikeWordWoman(WhoKnowsHerWayAroundAHammerAndAnvil)WouldBeSuaveInEars
This week's answers for the record, part 2:
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“That Athlete Sure Can Elevate!” Appetizer:
Shifting out of drive and into park, yet still driving
Rearrange the letters of brand name product you drive to form two words: a place where the product might temporarily be “parked” and the last name of an athlete known for his scoring drives. What is this brand name?
Answer:
Bridgestone (golf balls); (Otis) Birdsong; tee
Bridgestone = (Otis) Birdsong + tee (a place where golf balls are "parked" before being driven)
Otis Birdsong... can "Elevate," as in Otis Elevators
French Class: Sick Conduct Or Simple Familiarity? Appetizer:
To crack a 40% solution, concentrate!
Divide a famous classical conductor’s last name into its two syllables. Place a French article between them to form about 40 percent, more or less, of something very familiar to the conductor. Who is this conductor?
Answer: Georg Solti; Place "la" between Sol and ti to form sol-la-ti, the fifth, sixth and seventh syllables of the major scale in music: do re mi fa sol la ti (do)
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his week's answers for the record, part 3:
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Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
“Phonetickling” human body parts
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Name two parts of the human body. Replace the first letter of the first part with the letter following it in the alphabet and replace the last two letters of the second part with a D to form a new word, in 11 letters, associated with something delicious (and vegan-friendly) to eat that includes body parts... including arms, legs and a head. What is it?
The first two letters of the first body part followed by the last two letters of the second form a third body part. What are these three body parts?
Answer: Gingerbread (man)
Hint: Finger; breast; fist;
ENTREE #2:
Name two parts of the human body. Say them one out loud after the other. The result, phonetically, will name a military slang word associated with obsequious behavior, in 9 letters. What is it?
Answer:
Brownnose (brow nose)
ENTREE #3:
Name two plural parts of the human body. Between them place a third body part that is more commonly associated with non-humans. Say these three body parts out loud one after the other. The result, phonetically, will name a delicious snack, in 8 letters. What is it?
Answer:
Tostitos (Toes + teat + toes)
ENTREE #4:
Name two parts of the human body. Place between then the last word of a delicious but non-vegan-friendly 3-word main course one might order from a menu. Say these three words out loud one after the other after the other. The result, phonetically, will name something delicious to eat, in 12 letters, that comes in a wrapper. What is it?
Answer:
Butterfinger; (Butt + turf + finger; "turf" is from the main course "surf and turf")
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