Hats “Hoff” to an octogenarian! Quick Draw Magritte; Golden anaGrahams for breakfast; Blanks that flank not “drank” but “8”

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Schpuzzle of the Week:
Hats “Hoff” to an octogenarian!

Note: The content of the following shpuzzle is “embellished.”
April 24, 2009: Mr. Mose hops into his PT Cruiser and motors up Interstate 95 from his home in Weed, California to Tacoma, Washington. Mr. Mose had previously participated in “producers’ auditions” conducted by the reality television show “America’s Got Talent” in Sacramento, and had been chosen to advance to a live audition in Tacoma in front of celebrity judges that is taped for later broadcast over the national airwaves. 
If those judges would be wowed by his talent and his act, Mr. Mose would then advance to the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds held at Stage 36 of the CBS Television City studios in Los Angeles, the “City of Angels.”
During the first day of taping in Tacoma Mr. Mose, an octogenarian, did indeed wow celebrity judges David “the Hoff” Hasselhoff, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan. 
Indeed, after Mr. Mose’s performance, “the Hoff” exclaimed effusively: 
“Gee, you are 80! You see L.A.!”
Judging by “the Hoff’s” comment, what are Mr. Mose’s talent and his first name?
Hint: The combined letters in Mr. Mose’s first and last names can be rearranged to form a one-word-named notable person who shared Mr. Mose’s talent.

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Seek Whence Appetizer:
Blanks that flank not “drank” but “8” 

What are the two missing numbers in the following sequence? 
Explain your answer:
9, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 9, 9, _, 8, _, 10, 11, 8, 8, 8, 8,...
Hint: The answer involves an important and useful smaller number with a name that sounds like the former team nickname of a professional sports franchise.

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Riffing Off Shortz And Young Slices:
Golden anaGrahams for breakfast

Will Shortz’s August 19th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle was created by Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minnesota, who conducts the blog Puzzleria! It reads:
Think of a brand name you might see on your breakfast table. Change one letter to a Y and rearrange the result to get a familiar two-word phrase that names something else you might see on your breakfast table. What phrase is this?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Young Slices read:

(Note: ENTREES #1 and #2 were created by Mathew Huffman, a great friend of Puzzleria!)


ENTREE #1:
Name a breakfast chain. Change a vowel to a different vowel and rearrange the result to name a brand you might find on your breakfast table, in two words.

ENTREE #2:
Name a two-word phrase that describes what a waiter or spouse might do at breakfast. Change the noun in the phrase to a less common synonym, but in its plural form.
Change one letter in this altered two-word phrase to a Y and rearrange the result to name a new two-word phrase that describes a way the noun might be ordered or served. 

ENTREE #3:
Think of a hyphenated brand name you might see on your breakfast table. The hyphen is flanked by two foods, neither of which is actually contained in the product.  Duplicate one letter in this name and rearrange the result to get another brand name you might see on your breakfast table and the word for a kind of meal at which both brand names would likely not be seen. 
What are these two brand names and the word for the kind of meal at which both brand names would likely not be seen?

ENTREE #4:
Think of something you might see in a jar on your breakfast table, in two words. Rearrange the fifteen letters in these two words to get a three-word command that is a shorter way of  saying “Rearrange the letters in a two-word term for an inferior lyrical poem.”
Obeying that command would result in a two-word term for a professional person who might be hired to pose for an ad campaign promoting jewelry items – items associated with the last name of a U.S. president if your lowercase its first letter.
What is in the jar on the breakfast table? What is the three-word command? What is the term for the person who is hired to pose?

ENTREE #5:
Think of a brand name you might see on your breakfast table along with the word for the kind of food it is. Rearrange the twelve letters in these two words to form three 4-letter words for foods you are not likely to see on your breakfast table. 
Two of these words (which not brand names) might be ingredients in a sandwich. The third (which is a brand name) might be spooned into a bowl which is then placed on the floor.
What food and its brand name might you see on your breakfast table? 
What are the three 4-letter words?

ENTREE #6:
Think of the name of a puzzle-maker, first and last names, that you might hear at your breakfast table on a Sunday morning. Change one letter to a B and rearrange the result to get two familiar synonyms for “fraudulent.” What synonyms are these? 
Who is the puzzle-maker?
Note: Your answer for one of the synonyms will use a variant unamerican spelling.
Hint: I was not familiar with this puzzle-maker until about five days ago... but that might be a “fraudulent” hint. Fake news!

ENTREE #7:
Think of the name of a puzzle-maker, first and last names. Change one letter to an “i” and rearrange the result to get three words: two foods (in 6 and 3 letters) you might eat for breakfast and what you might do to both foods (in 4 letters), using a microwave or conventional oven, to enhance their flavor.
What two foods are these, and what might you do to them? Who is the puzzle-maker?

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Bert Conveyance Dessert:
Quick Draw Magritte

Put two pieces of horse-drawn conveyance in alphabetical order.


Remove four letters: the first half of the second word followed by the second half of the first word. These removed letters form a new word.
Form a second new word by spelling the four remaining letters backward. 
Place the second new word in front of the first new word to spell a new 2-syllable 8-letter compound word for what type of puzzle this is. 

What are the two pieces of horse-drawn conveyance? 
What is the compound word that descibes this type of puzzle?


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.)

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