Postcards from the past; Stumping us by leveraging a Shortz shift! Mount Thrushmore; “Not on our menu? Ask, we may have it” A portrait of four artists by a young Huffman

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“Hail To The Clef” Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Mount Thrushmore

Adams, Adams, Fillmore, Ford, Taft. 

What connection to music do these five presidents share that all other United States of America presidents do not?
Bonus question:
One of these five presidents shares the connection to music even more so than the other four. 
Who is he? 
Explain this president’s enhanced connection to music.

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Note: Puzzleria! is unveiling a new feature this week called “Mathew Huffman’s Conundrum Set” (MHCS) created by our friend, prolific and terrific puzzle creator Mathew Huffman. MHCS will appear on our menus on special occasions or when the blog could use some “drumming-up of  excitement!”

Try Beating These Conundrums Appetizer:

A portrait of four artists by a young Huffman

🥁1. Think of a famous film director whose first and last names conceal the four-letter name of a popular television series.

🥁2. Think of a famous artist, first and last names. Remove an H from their first name. The remaining letters conceal a seven letter compound word for not having access to a vehicle.

🥁 3. Think of a famous comedienne, first and last names, and a shorthand descriptor for someone at the top of their game. 
Drop one vowel and rearrange to get a type of language comedians sometimes employ.

🥁4. Think of a famous author, first and last names. 
Drop the last letter of their last name and write the remaining letters in reverse order. 
The result when spoken aloud sounds like a fictional location in a well-known series of books.

“Chalk-olate Shake Please” Appetizer:
“Not on our menu? Ask, we may have it”

A roadside diner on the outskirts of a state capital in a fly-over state offers a wall-hung chalkboard menu that reads simply:
Kraut
Soda
Pie
Other?
What state capital is it?

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Riffing Off Shortz And Levering Slices:
Stumping us by leveraging a Shortz shift! 

Will Shortz’s September 23rd  NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Jim Levering of San Antonio,Texas, reads:

Think of an affliction in five letters. Shift each letter three spaces later in the alphabet – for example, A would become D, B would become E, etc. The result will be a prominent name in the Bible. Who is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Levering Slices read:
(Note: Entrees #1, #2 and #3 were created by Mathew Huffman.)
ENTREE #1: 
Think of the first name of a titular television character in five letters. Shift each letter six places later in the alphabet. The result is the first name of a well-known actress.

ENTREE #2:
Think of the name of a sports team in five letters. Shift each letter six places later in the alphabet to get the first name of a well-known sports announcer from the same area as the sports team.

ENTREE #3:
Think of a common jewelry feature in five letters. Shift each letter six places later in the alphabet to name a stage of metallurgy prior to becoming the jewelry feature.

ENTREE #4:
Think of the last name of an actor in four letters. Shift each letter three spaces later in the alphabet. The result will fill in the blank in the following sentence:
“The actor in a memorable movie role played a holdout juror in a murder trial who eventually casts the vote that decides the defendant’s fate – to live as a ____ man.”
Who is this actor and what is the movie?

ENTREE #5:
Think of a synonym of “sick.” Shift each letter three spaces later in the alphabet. The result will be a place where a nauseously sick person may have to spend more time than normal. What is this synonym? 

ENTREE #6:
Think of a prestigious institution of higher learning in four letters. Shift each letter three spaces later in the alphabet. Add an O and and R so that they bookend three consecutive letters of the result, forming an even more prestigious institution of higher learning. What are these institutions?

ENTREE #7:
Name one of three sons of Terah from the Bible’s Hebrew Scriptures, in five letters. 
Add to the end of this son’s name a letter that appears twice in the biblical book in which he appears, then add to this result the initials of a person who figures prominently in the New Testament. 
Shift each letter of this result four spaces later in the alphabet. 
The final result will be the last name of a puzzle-maker. Who is it?

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Shortz-Term Memory Dessert:
Postcards from the past

Name a two-word alliterative term relating to and dating back to the  postcard era of the pre-email postal service. 
Add two lowercase letters that look similar in many fonts when one is capitalized. 
Rearrange these letters to name two-word item of “blingy” apparel relating to and dating back to the postcard era.
What is this item?
Hint: People who enjoy solving NPR puzzles will have an advantage in solving this 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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