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Schpuzzle Of The Week:
“Damn Rhettorical questions!”
Name a common 5-word rhetorical question.
Change the second word to a different form of the same verb and remove the space between the third and fourth words, forming a single word.
Move the question mark to the end of that new single word, and place a period in the place where it was.
The result is a new, shorter question, and the answer to that question.
What is this rhetorical question?
What are the new question and its answer?
Hint: The new question was one people were asking back in the 1990’s.
Unbeatable Conundrums Appetizer:
Infield shifts and one nutty outfield mix-up
🥁1. 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.
🥁2. Think of a geologic feature in five letters where some sporting events take place.
Shift each letter nine places later in the alphabet to name an artificial structure for different sporting events.
🥁3. Think of the brand name of a wind surfing company, in eight letters. Drop the third letter and shift the remaining letters seven places later in the alphabet.
The result will be an adverb that describes a rough windsurfing experience.
🥁4. Think of a common two word French term used in a sport. Rearrange into a word related to insanity.
“Hill Street Blues” meets
“Grey’s Anatomy” Slice:
Sergeants and surgeons
Name a past television police drama title in two words. Add a letter to the beginning of the first word to form a verb.
Let’s say a certain health professional provides you with the second word in the television drama title. If so, this will make it easier for you to do what the verb denotes.
What is this title?
Riffing Off Shortz And Fagliano Slices:
Welcome to Synonymity City
Will Shortz’s January 6th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Joel Fagliano, the digital puzzles editor of The New York Times, reads:
Name a major U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get two 5-letter words that are synonyms. What are they?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Fagliano Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Name a major southern U.S. city in 10 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get the first name of a character, beginning with G, in a classic sitcom, and the first word of what another character in the sitcom is called.
Who are these characters?
What is the city?
Hint: The second word in what the second character is called is a letter of the alphabet, spelled out. That letter (just the letter, not the letter spelled-out) appears within the other character’s first name.
ENTREE #2:
Name a major Midwestern U.S. city in 10 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a two-word caption, in 7 and 3 letters beginning with S and S, for the image pictured here.
What is this city?
ENTREE #3:
Name a major western U.S. city in 11 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a possessive 6-letter proper noun beginning with F and a 5-letter common noun beginning with B that describe Cheryl Bae in 1985, who at the time was a recent Brigham Young graduate. What is this city?
ENTREE #4:
Name a major southeastern U.S. city in 12 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a possessive 5-letter proper noun beginning with B and 7-letter common noun beginning with P that form a caption for the image pictured here.
What is this city?
ENTREE #5:
Name a southern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get two words, in 4 and 6 letters beginning with N and A, to indicate what “Christ the King” is vis-a-vis “What Child is this?” What is this city?
ENTREE #6:
Name a Midwestern U.S. city in 9 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get two plural words, of 5 and 4 letters, that you might find in a cash register till, as pictured here.
What is this city?
ENTREE #7:
Name a very northern U.S. city in 9 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 4-letter word for a kind of pain one may suffer and a 5-letter word beginning with G for how one may respond to the pain. What is this city?
ENTREE #8:
Name a southwestern U.S. city in 10 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 6-letter adjective and 4-letter noun that might be a caption for the actors and actresses pictured here. All performed in a one-word titled movie together.
What is this city?
ENTREE #9:
Name an eastern U.S. city in 9 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to form a false, oxymoronic phrase, a 5-letter adjective and 4-letter plural noun, for a byproduct of cigarette smoke.
What is this city?
ENTREE #10:
Name a south central U.S. city in 12 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get the appendages – one a 4-letter word, the other two words of 4 letters each – of two different creatures one might see in an aquarium. What is this city?
ENTREE #11:
Name a northeastern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 6-letter stage name of a singer and a 4-letter singular form of a plural word in a well known song by the singer. What is this city?
ENTREE #12:
Name an eastern U.S. city in 12 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a caption for the image shown here.
The caption consists of a 6-letter possessive proper noun and a 6-letter slang plural noun meaning “inferior things.”
What is this city?
ENTREE #13:
Name an major central U.S. city in 9 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a caption for the image shown here.
The caption consists of a hyphenated phrase in two words of 3 and 6 letters beginning with an I and an S.
What is this city?
Mixed-Up Dessert:
“What’s in your mixing bowl? What isn’t?”
The UPPERCASE letters in the first part of each of the five incomplete sentences below can be rearranged to form words that complete the sentence. The number of words needed to complete each sentence (and the number of letters in each word, along with the initial letter in each word) appear in parentheses at the end of each ellipsis...
Note: If #1 is the only one you solve, consider yourself a winner!
1. You would never PUT SALSA into your cake batter, but you might put into it some... (one word, beginning with S: 8 letters).
2. You probably should ADD NO FRUIT OR FROSTED OAT FLAKES to your bowl of leafy greens, but you might want to instead put into it a... (six words, two pairs of them each connected with a hyphen: 4-5, 4-6, 5, 4). (F-T, F-T, S, F)
3. According to my GAL, HER HEFTY CHICKEN LIVERS NOODLE SOUP recipe does not call for sugar or chocolate chips, but she might instead put into her slow cooker either a... (seven words: 7-4, 5, 2, 4, 7, 5). (K-C, L, O, H, S, S)
4. You wouldn’t put tomato paste or garlic powder into either your preheated-more pineapple upside-down bundt cakes or your PREHEATED-LESS, FLOURY LATTICE-CRUST, PUMPKIN PIES, but you might instead put into them a... (six words: 5, 7-6, 12, 7, 5). (S, S-T, M, C, K)
5. A woman from Nezahualcóyotl would never add maple syrup to her SOUTHERN PAN-FRIED GREENS-VEGGIES WONTONS recipe, but you might instead find in her crock pot the... (six words: 7, 6-5, 6, 7, 5). (S, P-H, F, S, T)
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:“Damn Rhettorical questions!”
Name a common 5-word rhetorical question.
Change the second word to a different form of the same verb and remove the space between the third and fourth words, forming a single word.
Move the question mark to the end of that new single word, and place a period in the place where it was. The result is a new, shorter question, and the answer to that question.
What is this rhetorical question?
What are the new question and its answer?
Hint: The new question was one people were asking back in the 1990’s.
Appetizer Menu
Unbeatable Conundrums Appetizer:
Infield shifts and one nutty outfield mix-up
🥁1. 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.
🥁2. Think of a geologic feature in five letters where some sporting events take place.
Shift each letter nine places later in the alphabet to name an artificial structure for different sporting events.🥁3. Think of the brand name of a wind surfing company, in eight letters. Drop the third letter and shift the remaining letters seven places later in the alphabet.
The result will be an adverb that describes a rough windsurfing experience.🥁4. Think of a common two word French term used in a sport. Rearrange into a word related to insanity.
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“Hill Street Blues” meets
“Grey’s Anatomy” Slice:
Sergeants and surgeons
Name a past television police drama title in two words. Add a letter to the beginning of the first word to form a verb. Let’s say a certain health professional provides you with the second word in the television drama title. If so, this will make it easier for you to do what the verb denotes.
What is this title?
Riffing Off Shortz And Fagliano Slices:
Welcome to Synonymity City
Will Shortz’s January 6th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Joel Fagliano, the digital puzzles editor of The New York Times, reads:Name a major U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get two 5-letter words that are synonyms. What are they?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Fagliano Slices read:
ENTREE #1:Name a major southern U.S. city in 10 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get the first name of a character, beginning with G, in a classic sitcom, and the first word of what another character in the sitcom is called.
Who are these characters?
What is the city?
Hint: The second word in what the second character is called is a letter of the alphabet, spelled out. That letter (just the letter, not the letter spelled-out) appears within the other character’s first name.
ENTREE #2:
Name a major Midwestern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a two-word caption, in 7 and 3 letters beginning with S and S, for the image pictured here.
What is this city?
ENTREE #3:
Name a major western U.S. city in 11 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a possessive 6-letter proper noun beginning with F and a 5-letter common noun beginning with B that describe Cheryl Bae in 1985, who at the time was a recent Brigham Young graduate. What is this city?
ENTREE #4:
Name a major southeastern U.S. city in 12 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a possessive 5-letter proper noun beginning with B and 7-letter common noun beginning with P that form a caption for the image pictured here.
What is this city?
ENTREE #5:
Name a southern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get two words, in 4 and 6 letters beginning with N and A, to indicate what “Christ the King” is vis-a-vis “What Child is this?” What is this city?
ENTREE #6: Name a Midwestern U.S. city in 9 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get two plural words, of 5 and 4 letters, that you might find in a cash register till, as pictured here.
What is this city?
ENTREE #7:
Name a very northern U.S. city in 9 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 4-letter word for a kind of pain one may suffer and a 5-letter word beginning with G for how one may respond to the pain. What is this city?
ENTREE #8: Name a southwestern U.S. city in 10 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 6-letter adjective and 4-letter noun that might be a caption for the actors and actresses pictured here. All performed in a one-word titled movie together.
What is this city?
ENTREE #9:
Name an eastern U.S. city in 9 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to form a false, oxymoronic phrase, a 5-letter adjective and 4-letter plural noun, for a byproduct of cigarette smoke.
What is this city?
ENTREE #10: Name a south central U.S. city in 12 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get the appendages – one a 4-letter word, the other two words of 4 letters each – of two different creatures one might see in an aquarium. What is this city?
ENTREE #11:
Name a northeastern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 6-letter stage name of a singer and a 4-letter singular form of a plural word in a well known song by the singer. What is this city?
ENTREE #12:
Name an eastern U.S. city in 12 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a caption for the image shown here. The caption consists of a 6-letter possessive proper noun and a 6-letter slang plural noun meaning “inferior things.”
What is this city?
ENTREE #13:
Name an major central U.S. city in 9 letters.
If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a caption for the image shown here. The caption consists of a hyphenated phrase in two words of 3 and 6 letters beginning with an I and an S.
What is this city?
Dessert Menu
Mixed-Up Dessert:
“What’s in your mixing bowl? What isn’t?”
The UPPERCASE letters in the first part of each of the five incomplete sentences below can be rearranged to form words that complete the sentence. The number of words needed to complete each sentence (and the number of letters in each word, along with the initial letter in each word) appear in parentheses at the end of each ellipsis...
Note: If #1 is the only one you solve, consider yourself a winner!
1. You would never PUT SALSA into your cake batter, but you might put into it some... (one word, beginning with S: 8 letters).
2. You probably should ADD NO FRUIT OR FROSTED OAT FLAKES to your bowl of leafy greens, but you might want to instead put into it a... (six words, two pairs of them each connected with a hyphen: 4-5, 4-6, 5, 4). (F-T, F-T, S, F)
3. According to my GAL, HER HEFTY CHICKEN LIVERS NOODLE SOUP recipe does not call for sugar or chocolate chips, but she might instead put into her slow cooker either a... (seven words: 7-4, 5, 2, 4, 7, 5). (K-C, L, O, H, S, S)
4. You wouldn’t put tomato paste or garlic powder into either your preheated-more pineapple upside-down bundt cakes or your PREHEATED-LESS, FLOURY LATTICE-CRUST, PUMPKIN PIES, but you might instead put into them a... (six words: 5, 7-6, 12, 7, 5). (S, S-T, M, C, K)
5. A woman from Nezahualcóyotl would never add maple syrup to her SOUTHERN PAN-FRIED GREENS-VEGGIES WONTONS recipe, but you might instead find in her crock pot the... (six words: 7, 6-5, 6, 7, 5). (S, P-H, F, S, T)
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.
Great news. Jayme Closs, missing 3 months, is alive. I am originally from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and have great friends who live in Barron and Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Jayme is from Barron.
ReplyDeleteThis good news has made my year.
LegoThankfulThatJayme'sHopeIsRealized
Yes, that is wonderful news, Lego. I heard it this afternoon amidst TV reports about a fatal shooting at a middle school 45 miles south of us (there is NO end to BAD news), but worry for the poor thing about having seen her parents killed, and what that creep probably did to her.
ReplyDeleteYes Lego, great news about Jayme. Good Friday to all in Puzzlerialand! I spent a hard day of babysitting today(both nieces), and I've just got my other puzzles done now. Checked the site late last night and I already have Conundrums #1 and #4, the police drama puzzle, and all Entrees except #1, #6, and #8. I also have the first and easiest part of the Dessert, but I don't know if I should even attempt the rest. Hints will definitely be needed, but it still might not help anyway. I'm not so good at such complex anagrams, so I may give up really early on them. No offense, Lego. I will try my best on this week's puzzles, like I always do. I'm just going to call it a night right now. Have a great week everybody!
ReplyDeleteIn a state of total nuttiness, I've spent much of the night working on the puzzles. Am pleased to say that I just finished ALL the Entrees (some were a bit of work!, others were fairly straightforward), three of the four Conundrums (am stuck on #3 about windsurfing), and the REALLY difficult ones this week = the Dessert!
ReplyDeleteBoy, they took some detective effort, but I solved #1 thru 4 totally,and have (I think) the last two words for #5. I am stuck,however, on its first three or four words of #5.
Haven't gotten the Schpuzzle [all my looking for well known rhetorical questions led to nought], or the Medical/Police Slice (and I went labriously through a totally long list of police shows.) I guess I must have missed it.
I am quite impressed, ViolinTeddy. I thought The Dessert's Numbers 2 through 5 would be nigh unsolvable!
DeleteHint for #5:
A woman from Nezahualcóyotl would never add maple syrup to her SOUTHERN PAN-FRIED GREENS-VEGGIES WONTONS recipe, but you might instead find in her crock pot the... (six words: 7, 6-5, 6, 7, 5). (S, P-H, F, S, T)
The first of the six words ends with an apostrophe-s. It is a Spanish word for a person.
The second and third, hyphenated, words are a metallic material and and what a door and the sixth word both have.
The fourth word may be either chocolatey or cheesy.
LegoWowedByVT'sAnagrammingSkills
OOh, am thrilled to report that I managed, with the Dessert #5 hints, to figure it out, again by extreme process of elimination.....I had actually thought of the "H" word, but thought it would need a 'd' at the end of it.
DeleteSunday Hints:
ReplyDeleteSOTW:
Robed dancers on Leno
Conundrums:
1. "Buy me some peanuts and Crackerjack..."
2. "Scullery"
3. The adverb begins with a hobo
4. Let's wash William F. ... t'would be such sport!
HSBMGAS:
Sheesh! The first word of the past television police drama title is a Rambler
ROSS:
1. The first name of the character in a classic sitcom is also a peanut. The first word of what another character in the sitcom is called is materteral.
6. The round ones squared = the rectangular ones
8. The 6-letter adjective and 4-letter noun in the caption begin with O and C. The city is in an state that is an arid zone.
LegoSaysYouMightFindThoseRamblersInOgdenUtah
Well, I would say,Lego, that once I 'caught on' to the 'pattern', then I worked slowly looking for words that would make sense to go WITH, if you know what I mean...it was bit by bit, laboriously...
DeleteI will see if I can apply your hints to #5, after I watch PBS's "Wedding of Victoria and Albert" (which is following the season opener of Victoria, which I just LOVE!)
TEDDITOR ALERT: Thanks to the above hint, I have finally figured out that there is a major ERROR in Conundrum #3 (!!), in that to get the required adverb, one must take the Windsurf company (which I've only just now found) and move the letters (after removing the third letter) LATER in the alphabet, NOT earlier. I had given up doing the latter, when nothing ever would work out, so began to suspect.....and finally eked out the answer.
DeleteAs for the Schpuzzle, I am more than a bit flummoxed by the fact that I actually came up with a 'question', that follows from the hint above, has the right number of words, BUT does not need to change the 'form' of the verb, NOR squash the third and fourth words together. It applies to the 1990s, too. So mine MUST be wrong, but I have no other ideas.
DeleteThanks for the V-Tedditing on Conundrum #3. I will fix it.
DeleteAs for the Schpuzzle, I would be thrilled to see another answer that works. Can't wait till Wednesday.
LegoMerciVT
Got all the Entrees! Still can't figure out the other two Conundrums, I know the Leno dancers but don't get the connection there, and don't ask about the Dessert anagrams. I'm going to need a LOT of help on those.
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle:
DeleteInitial letters:
Question: WAITJ?
Q&A: WII? J.
LegoLancingTheBoilOfAnInfectedSchpuzzle
They probably are "nigh unsolvable", as you yourself say, Lego.
ReplyDeletecranberry,
ReplyDeleteI am hoping ViolinTeddy may post a hint or two for the Dessert.
Two of my ROSS answers, for #5 and #13, were in today's "Trump news."
LegoProvidingMoreProofOfHisClairvoyance!
I sort of 'posted' a 'hint' to the Dessert already.....but will repeat....there is a 'pattern' to the last word of each answer. If you find that, work from there....in each puzzle, I take the given sentence and arrange the letters alphabetically, then start looked for descriptive words that could apply (however weirdly in this case) to the last word you (hopefully) already sleuthed out.
DeleteAmazingly (to myself), I just solved the Schpuzzle with YOUR answer. My alternate (which, as I said, doesn't change the verb form OR combine words 3 and 4), is completely related to the hint....and to the actual answer!
DeleteHa, I didn't even "GET" the hint in your sign-off until just now!
DeleteOOPS, I meant to put my above two comments underneath your Schpuzzle hint, not underneath your last post.
DeleteAlas, VT, nothing you've said is helping me yet. Any other hints y'all could spare that might actually work without having to alphabetize the anagrams completely?
DeleteTuesday Dessert hints:
ReplyDeleteThe last word in each answer is a kitchen utensil:
#2.
4(letters)F(is first letter)-5(letters)T(is first letter)
(Hint: two-word hyphenated term that gives numerical information about a feature of the utensil)
4F-6T (modifier that sounds like it might be a brand name; as a noun, a job that Margot Woelk and Halotus had)
5S (a course of a meal)
4F (the utensil)
#3.
7K-4C (a brand name... not normally hypenated, but I hyphenated it because I used it as a modifier);
5L (a kitchen utensil that functions similarly to the one at the 5-letter utensil at the end of this answer)
2O (a conjunction)
4H (a simple adjective, one of many that Trump seems to like)
7S (an adjective in the title of a popular Tin Pan Alley tune; the noun it modifies in the song title rhymes with the noun it modifies in this answer)
5S (the utensil)
#4.
5S (adjective that describes the utensil)
7S-6T (two adjectives: the first is a favorite of the Church Lady, the second is an anagram of a synonym of "hate")
12M (another adjective that describes the utensil; this adjective also decribes a tool used by a Swiss soldier)
7C (an adjective that is redundant, considering what it defines, immediately below)
5K (the utensil)
#5.
7S (possessive Spanish noun)
6P-5H (modifier of the 5-letter utensil below; it describes the metal used a moving part of the utensil)
6F (a dish that big and little dippers enjoy)
7S (one skill that Venus, Serena, Sharapova, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic excel in)
5T (the utensil)
LegoWhoInsistsHeIsNotVladimirPutin'sPuppetFoolToolOrUtensil!
I simply wasn't willing to give away that much info via hinting, Lego, because IMHO, then what is the point of solving the puzzles? Sorry....
ReplyDeleteWell said, ViolinTeddy. I realize that you put much blood and sweat into solving these amazingly tough anagrams, sans hints. It really is a true feat. As I implied earlier, solving them would be a Herculean task... and you did it!
DeleteI do admit that I pretty much phoned these particular hints in. For me, writing subtle hints takes more time than it should. So, for this bear of a puzzle, I spilled much too lavish telltale hints.
You are correct about "Why solve the puzzles if the answers are just going to be soon pretty much given away?" I should have made them more sneaky and clever.
I am the one who is sorry.
LegoGivingTooMuchAway
Despite my best efforts, I got 'em! Now all I have left are the Schpuzzle and Conundrums #2 and #3. Any other hints, Lego?
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle:
DeleteMOON-BAND, FRENCH-FRIEND, EIGHT'S CUBE ROOT, REINHOLD
Conundrums:
#2: Competitive whitewater rafting
#3: The brand name of the wind surfing company sounds a bit like the brand name of some whole-grain breakfast cereal marketed to the health-conscious. The adverb that describes a rough windsurfing experience contains a ball-and-strike caller.
LegoHintalicious
Got 'em! We're done here! See you later today!
ReplyDeletecranberry posted a clever "cryptic crossword-style" hint to this week's NPR puzzle over on Blaine's excellent blog this past Sunday. Jaxson complimented him on it. I commented:
ReplyDeleteHere are links to the six cryptic crosswords with which cranberry has graced Puzzleria! over the past few years:
March 4, 2016
September 2, 2016
February 17, 2017
November 17, 2017
July 27, 2018
October 19, 2018
LegoWhoAppreciatesPatrick'sCrypticContributionsToP!
My own description of this type of clue is a "you-spot-'em". D.E.
ReplyDeleteDE, I assume you are referring to cranberry's cryptic clue for the NPR puzzle on Blaine's:
Delete"A group of musicians, having finished, left."
Please elaborate more on why you call this type of clue a "you-spot-'em" (if you can do so, of course, without revealing the NPR answer).
Thank you. Nice to have you check in.
LegoCurious
Who am I to judge? / Who is Ito? Judge.
ReplyDelete(G)NASH BRIDGES
BATON ROUGE > GOOBER AUNT(BEE)
KANSAS CITY > SATANIC SKY
BAKERSFIELD > FLAKE'S BRIDE
ST. PETERSBURG > BERG'S PUTTERS
NEW ORLEANS > NOEL ANSWER
#6
ANCHORAGE > ACHE GROAN
?????????? > COCOON CAST
#9
#10
#11
???????????? > TWAIN'S ??????
#13
SPATULA
FOUR-TINED FOOD-TASTER SALAD FORK
KITCHEN-CHEF LADLE OR HUGE SILVERY SPOON
SHARP SPECIAL-TESTED MULTIPURPOSE CUTLERY KNIFE
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteWHO AM I TO JUDGE?
WHO IS ITO? JUDGE.
Appetizer
Conundrums
1. BULLS, HARRY(Caray)
2. RIVER, ARENA
3. UNIFIBER, BUMPILY
4. EN GARDE, DERANGE
Menu
NASH BRIDGES(GNASH, BRIDGES)
Entrees
1. BATON ROUGE(GOOBER, AUNT[Bee]), LA
2. KANSAS CITY(SATANIC SKY), KS
3. BAKERSFIELD([Sen. Jeff]FLAKE'S BRIDE), CA
4. ST. PETERSBURG(BERG'S PUTTERS), FL
5. NEW ORLEANS(NOEL ANSWER), LA
6. DES MOINES(ONES, DIMES), IA
7. ANCHORAGE(ACHE, GROAN), AK
8. SCOTTSDALE(OLDEST CAST), AZ
9. LANCASTER(CLEAN TARS), PA
10. WICHITA FALLS(CLAW, FISH TAIL), TX
11. PROVIDENCE(PRINCE, DOVE), RI
12. WINSTON-SALEM([Mark]TWAIN'S LEMONS), NC
13. NASHVILLE(ILL-SHAVEN), TN
Dessert
1. SPATULAS
2. FOUR-TINED, FOOD-TASTER SALAD FORK
3. KITCHEN-CHEF LADLE OR HUGE, SILVERY SPOON
4. SHARP, SPECIAL-TESTED, MULTIPURPOSE CUTLERY KNIFE
5. SENORA'S PEWTER-HINGE, FONDUE SERVING TONGS
In a word, "Whew!"-pjb
SCHPUZZLE: WHO AM I TO JUDGE? => WHO IS ITO? JUDGE [PRE second set of hints]
ReplyDeleteMy alternate answer: WHO KILLED NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON? => WHO KILLED NICOLE BROWN? SIMPSON. [This idea due to the "Dancing Itos" hint]
CONUNDRUMS:
1. BULLS => HARRY (CAREY)
2. RIVER => ARENA
3. UNIFIBER => BUMPILY
4. EN GARDE => DERANGE
MEDICAL SLICE: I can't wait to see WHAT this answer is. The closest I could ever come was "HOT SHOTS", but I couldn't make a verb out of ?HOT.
ENTREES:
1. BATON ROUGE => GOOBER & AUNT (BEE)
2. KANSAS CITY => SATANIC SKY
3. BAKERSFIELD => FLAKE'S BRIDE
4. ST. PETERSBURG => BERG'S PUTTERS
5. NEW ORLEANS => NOEL ANSWER
6. DES MOINES => DIMES & ONES
7. ANCHORAGE => ACHE & GROAN
8. SCOTTSDALE => OLDEST CAST
9. LANCASTER => CLEAN TARS
10. WICHITA FALLS => CLAW & FISH TAIL
11. PROVIDENCE => PRINCE & DOVE
12. TWAIN'S LEMONS
13. NASHVILLE => ILL-SHAVEN
DESSERT:
1. SPATULAS
2. FOUR-TINED FOOD-TASTER SALAD FORK
3. KITCHEN-CHEF LADLE OR HUGE SILVERY SPOON
4. SHARP SPECIAL-TESTED MULTIPURPOSE CUTLERY KNIFE
5. SENORA'S PEWTER-HINGE FONDUE SERVING TONGS
GREAT alternative answer to the Schpuzzle, VT!
DeleteI like it better than my answer.
You had a pretty darn good week.
LegoWhoBelievesThatInViolinTeddyWeHaveOurSolvation!
Gosh...blush.....I'm glad you loved it!
DeleteThis week's answers, for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle Of The Week:
“Damn Rhettorical questions!”
Name a common 5-word rhetorical question.
Change the second word to a different form of the same verb and remove the space between the third and fourth words, forming a single word. Move the question mark to the end of that new single word, and place a period where it was.
The result is a new, shorter question, and the answer to that question.
What is this rhetorical question?
What is the new question and answer?
Hint: The new question was one people were asking back in the 1990s.
Answer:
"Who am I to judge?"
"Who is Ito? Judge."
Unbeatable Conundrums Appetizer:
Infield shifts and one nutty outfield mix-up
1. 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.
(Chicago) BULLS, HARRY (Caray)
2. Think of a geologic feature in five letters where some sporting events take place. Shift each letter nine places later in the alphabet to name an artificial structure for different sporting events.
RIVER, ARENA
3. Think of the brand name of a wind surfing company, in eight letters. Drop the third letter and shift the remaining letters seven places earlier in the alphabet. The result will be an adverb that describes a rough windsurfing experience.
UNIFIBER, BUMPILY
4. Think of a common two word French term used in a sport. Rearrange into a word related to insanity.
EN GARDE, DERANGE
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“Hill Street Blues” Meets “Grey’s Anatomy” Slice:
Sergeants and surgeons
Name a past television police drama title in two words. Add a letter to the beginning of the first word to form a verb.
Let’s say a certain health professional provides you with the second word in the television drama title. If so, this will make it easier for you to do what the verbs denotes.
What is this title?
Answer:
"Nash Bridges" (Persons provided with dental bridges can more easily (g)nash their food.)
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This week's answers, for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Fagliano Slices:
Welcome to Synonymity City
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Fagliano Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Name a major southern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get the first name of a character in a classic sitcom, beginning with G, and the first word of what another character in the sitcom is called. (The second word in what that character is called is a letter of the alphabet, spelled out. That letter (just the letter, not spelled-out) that is embedded in the other character’s first name. Who are these characters? What is the city?
Answer:
Goober, Aunt (Bee); (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
ENTREE #2:
Name a major midwest U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a two-word caption, in 7 and 3 letters beginning with S and S, for the image pictured here. What is this city?
Answer:
Kansas City, (Missouri); Satanic sky (pentagonal shapes formed by jets' condensation trails)
ENTREE #3:
Name a major western U.S. city in 11 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a possessive 6-letter proper noun beginning with F and a 5-letter common noun beginning with B that describe Cheryl Bae in 1985, who at the time was a recent Brigham Young graduate. What is this city?
Answer:
Bakersfield, (California); (Flake's bride); Cheryl Bae wed Jeff Flake (who, until recently served as a U.S. senator from Arizona) in the summer of 1985.
ENTREE #4:
Name a major southeastern U.S. city in 12 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a possessive 5-letter proper noun beginning with B and 7-letter common noun beginning with P that form a caption for the image pictured here. What is this city?
Answer:
St. Petersburg, (Florida); (Patty) Berg's putters
ENTREE #5:
Name a southern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get two words, in 4 and 6 letters beginning with N and A, to indicate what “Christ the King” is vis-a-vis “What Child is this?” What is this city?
Answer:
New Orleans, (Louisiana); "Noel answer" ("Christ the King" is the answer to the question "What child is this...?" in the Christmas carol, "What Child Is this?" Christmas carols are also known as "noels.")
ENTREE #6:
Name a midwest U.S. city in 9 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get two plural words, of 5 and 4 letters, that you might find in a cash register till, as pictured here. What is this city?
Answer:
Des Moines, (Iowa); Dimes, Ones
ENTREE #7:
Name a very nothern U.S. city in 9 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 4-letter word for a kind of pain one may suffer and a 5-letter word beginning with G for how one may respond to the pain. What is this city?
Answer:
Anchorage, (Alaska); Ache, groan
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This week's answers, for the record, part 3:
ReplyDeleteENTREE #8:
Name a southwestern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 6-letter adjective and 4-letter noun that are a caption for the actors and actresses pictured here who performed in a one-word titled movie together. What is this city?
Answer:
Scottsdale, (Arizona); Oldest cast; The average age of these eight major "Cocoon" performers during the making of the movie was about 68.5: (clockwise from upper left in the image accompanying the puzzle): Wilford Brimley, 56; Maureen Stapleton, 60; Jessica Tandy, 76; Hume Cronyn, 74; Herta Ware, 68; Jack Gilford, 77; Gwen Verdon, 60; and Don Ameche, 77.
ENTREE #9:
Name an eastern U.S. city in 9 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to form a false, oxymoronic phrase, in words of 5 and 4 letters, for a byprouduct of cigarette smoke. What is this city?
Answer:
Lancaster, (Pennsylvania); Clean tars
ENTREE #10:
Name a south central U.S. city in 12 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get the appendenges of two different creatures one might see in an aquarium. What is this city?
Answer:
Wichita Falls, (Texas); Claw, fish tail
ENTREE #11:
Name a northeastern U.S. city in 10 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a 6-letter stage name of a singer and a 4-letter singular form of a plural word in a well known song by the singer. What is this city?
Answer:
Prince; Dove
Providence, (Rhode Island);
ENTREE #12:
Name an eastern U.S. city in 12 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a caption for the image shown here. The caption consists of a 6-letter possessive proper noun and a 6-letter slang plural noun meaning “inferior things.” What is this city?
Answer:
Winston-Salem, (North Carolina); (Mark) Twain's lemons. Literary critics have given bad reviews of "Pudd'nhead Wilson," "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc," and "The Mysterious Stranger."
ENTREE #13:
Name an major central U.S. city in 9 letters. If you have the right one, you can rearrange its letters to get a caption for the image shown here. The caption consists of a hyphenated phrase in two words of 3 and 6 letters beginning with an I and an S. What is this city?
Answer:
Nashville, (Tennessee); (ill-shaven)
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This week's answers, for the record, part 4:
ReplyDeleteDessert Menu
Mixed-Up Dessert:
“What’s in your mixing bowl? What isn’t?”
The UPPERCASE letters in the first part of each of the five incomplete sentences below can be rearranged to form words that complete the sentence. The number of words needed to complete each sentence (and the number of letters in each word, and the initial letter in each word) appear in parentheses at the end of each ellipsis...
(Note: If #1 is the only one you solve, consider yourself a winner!)
Answer:
1. You would never PUT SALSA into your cake batter, but you might put into it some... (one word: 8 letters). (SPATULAS).
2. You probably should ADD NO FRUIT OR FROSTED OAT FLAKES to your leafy greens, but you might want to instead put into it a... (six words, two pairs of them each connected with a hyphen: 4-5, 4-6, 5, 4). (F-T, F-T, S, F) (FOUR-TINED FOOD-TASTER SALAD FORK).
3. According to my GAL, HER HEFTY CHICKEN LIVERS NOODLE SOUP recipe does not call for sugar or chocolate chips, but she might instead put into her slow cooker either a... (seven words: 7-4, 5, 2, 4, 7, 5). (K-C, L, O, H, S, S) (KITCHEN-CHEF LADLE OR HUGE SILVERY SPOON).
4. You wouldn’t put tomato paste or garlic powder into either your preheated-more pineapple upside-down bundt cakes or your PREHEATED-LESS, FLOURY LATTICE-CRUST, PUMPKIN PIES, but you might instead put into them a... (six words: 5, 7-6, 12, 7, 5). (S, S-T, M, C, K)
SHARP SPECIAL-TESTED MULTIPURPOSE CUTLERY KNIFE
5. A woman from Nezahualcóyotl would never add maple syrup to her SOUTHERN PAN-FRIED GREENS-VEGGIES WONTONS recipe, but you might instead find in her crock pot the... (six words: 7, 6-5, 6, 7, 5). (S, P-H, F, S, T) (SENORA'S PEWTER-HINGE FONDUE SERVING TONGS)
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