Laffer Curves and funny business; “Monogramania!” Fodder for foodies, from noodles to nuts; Gluttons for punnish mental morsels; BenD Sinister;

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Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Gluttons for punnish mental morsels

Name what famished people would do – in a phrase of two 6-letter words beginning with D and H – if they took a certain facetious hyperbolic expression literally. 
Rearrange these 12 letters to form more suitable consumables for the famished. 
What consumables are these?

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Try Beating These Conundrums Appetizer:
Fodder for foodies, from noodles to nuts

🥁1. Think of the first name of a celebrity chef that contains “IG”. Change the “IG” to a “UT” to get a brand name condiment.

🥁2. Think of a word used to describe a speech made by a particular president. 
Drop the last letter and rearrange to name a deli meat.

🥁3. Think of a noodle dish in two words. Replace the space with a G to name a company traded on the NASDAQ.

🥁4. Think of a type of nut in five letters. 
Shift each letter four places later in the alphabet. The result will be an apex predator.


🥁5. Think of a three-word phrase meaning “perfection”. 
Insert an S somewhere inside and remove the spaces to name a food that requires precise timing in its preparation.

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Economic Currents Slice:
Laffer Curves and funny business  


Name a four-syllable word sometimes associated with home appliances, outlets and boxes (but boxes smaller than the kind of boxes found in “big box stores”). 
The final two syllables of this word sound like a word sometimes associated with the economy and with charging things.  
The four-syllable word and two-syllable word are both associated with currents. 
What are these two words?

Riffing Off Shortz And Matthews Slices:
BenD Sinister

Will Shortz’s January 13th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by listener James Matthews of Little Rock, Arkansas, reads:
Make a 9-letter word meaning “left” using only a B and one D. Can you do it?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Matthews Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Make an 8-letter word for a region of France that contains no R, M and Y. Can you do it?

ENTREE #2:
Make a 5-letter word meaning “left or subsided” using only B’s, E’s and one D. Can you do it?


ENTREE #3:
Make a 2-letter abbreviation, using only a B and one D (with a period after each), associated with a person who apparently “left” the face of the earth. Can you do it?


ENTREE #4:
Make a 7-letter word meaning “moral” using only the letters of an L and one H. Can you do it?

ENTREE #5:
Make a 5-letter adjective using only a B and one D. The adjective often precedes a homophone of a contraction (of two words) that eliminates more than a letter or two. 
Can you do it? 

ENTREE #6:
Make a 7-letter word for a mollusk using a B alone. 
The mollusk has a shell lined with “Hester Prynne.” 
Can you do it?

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National Initials Dessert:
“Monogramania!”

Name a nationally broadcast weekly show, in three words. 
The first and last names of a person featured on the broadcast begin with the initial letters of the first and third words in the broadcast’s name. 
The initial letter of the person’s college degree is the same as the initial letter of the broadcast’s second word. 
What is the name of this broadcast? 
What is the name of this person?

Note to Puzzlerians!:
A few weeks ago, a gentleman named Gregory Gray contacted me. He is Editor-in-Chief of a biweekly digital puzzle magazine titled “Topple.”
Mr. Gray asked me to take a gander at Topple and share my opinion of it with Puzzleria!s followers. He also encouraged me to share with you this link to the most recent edition of Topple. You can find out everything you need to know about Topple by clicking the FAQ tab.

There is a nominal fee for downloading issues of Topple. I believe there is more than enough puzzle-bang for your buck to justify the price. There are also samples available for those who may want to browse a bit before buying.

Topple’s graphics are clean and creative. The variety is wide, with puzzles and games for all tastes. There is a mix of original and established puzzles.

I find the “feel” of Topple to be polished and professional, yet inviting and friendly. Its staff (editor, art director, puzzle artist, and a variety of contributing puzzlers) obviously are very creative and cyber-savvy. But, better yet, their writing displays a playful way with words, and you can tell they are enjoying themselves. They suggest, for example, that Topple consumers print out the games and puzzles so as to “enjoy the full tactile experience” they deserve, adding, “You can even use a stapler if you're feeling frisky.”
Whether you are feeling frisky or not, Topple is worth checking out.

Lego... 

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.

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