PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 8!/21 SERVED
Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Shooting a star
Take six consecutive letters of a somewhat well known movie director’s last name followed by the last three letters of the director’s first name.
Change the second letter of this result to a different vowel to form the name of a movie star.
What is the name of this movie star?
What is the name of this movie director?
Cryptic Crossword Appetizer
Peppy intro, original lyrics, bouncy ending
Below is another ingenious Patrick J. Berry Cryptic Crossword Puzzle for you to solve. Patrick, also known by his screen name “cranberry,” has now created and contributed eight great cryptic crosswords to Puzzleria! Each of Patrick’s intricate puzzles is wordplayful work of art. Links to all seven of his previous cryptic crossword puzzles can be opened here:
SEVEN; SIX; FIVE; FOUR; THREE; TWO; ONE
Regarding the Across and Down clues and their format:
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 further 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 in that edition of Puzzleria!)
4. Most familiar with top gunman going in recalled murder trial(8)
8. City girl going past post office(6)
9. Worthless weapon turned on a British politician(8)
10. Disease producing scab?(8)
11. (along with 1 DOWN and 20 ACROSS) Approve of Mick Jagger on Facebook, according to song by 23?(4,1,7,5)
12. Burnout, lazy and free(8)
14. Stop by to welcome old guy starting on the way down?(8)
16. Where recruits train for official debut in combat possibly, with pay at first(4,4)
19. Angry, getting rough with sex to make one sore(8)
20. See 11 Across
23. Manufactured boy band using original lyrics from famous songwriter?(3,5)
24. Last season, with pitcher making comeback(8)
25. Sick feeling experienced primarily in sauna, perhaps?(6)
26. Drink always put in sack by closing time(8)
1. See 11 Across
2. Doctor can perform the operation, it’s agreed(9)
3. Song by 23, song 23 almost finished with bouncy ending(3,4,3)
4. Song by 23, being a dull tune, rewritten to have peppier intro(7,2,2,4)
5. Crazy to have a practical joke go the other way(4)
6. Half the ice cream for all?(5)
7. Swell working with the doctor(7)
13. Using skill to move up in study group? It’s forbidden!(10)
15. Woman possessing sultry disposition, though it’s not much(6,3)
17. Power failure right in the middle causing great anger(7)
18. Kept getting a little restless and wandered(7)
21. Uncle’s girl, pretty and full of energy(5)
22. Second wager, second race(4)
Municipal Slice:
Urban redevelopment
Rearrange the letters of a major U.S. city three separate times to form:
1. a body part and what it helps you do;
2. something you see in a museum and what kind of museum it is; and
3. a two-word direction in a lamb chop recipe.
What is this city?
Riffing Off Shortz And Chapus Slices:
Oy Veyance, oil those wheels!
Will Shortz’s May 12th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by David Chapus of Rush, New York, reads:
Think of a 6-letter conveyance on wheels. Drop the first letter. Add a new letter at the end. The result will be another 6-letter conveyance on wheels. What conveyances are these?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Chapus Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Think of the name of a 6-letter British sports car manufactured by a company whose name is a fruit that figures in a work of literature whose title happens to be a Honda model.
Move the first letter to the end. The result will be the name of another 6-letter British sports car.
What sports cars are these?
ENTREE #2:
Think of a 6-letter breed of bird dog.
Drop the first letter.
Add a new letter at the end.
The result will be baby bird of prey.
What critters are these?
ENTREE #3:
Think of a 6-letter critter. Add a letter to the beginning.
Divide the result in two.
The final result will be a 2-word term for a particular “aquatic claw” or “marine antenna.”
What critter and term for “claw” or “antenna” are these?
ENTREE #4:
Name a feathered critter. Add a letter to name a more general term for feathered critters.
What critter and term are these?
ENTREE #5:
Think of a color. Drop the first letter. Add a new letter at the end. The result will be an adjective of a color that is quite a contrast to the first color. What colors are these?
ENTREE #6:
Think of a profession. Drop the first letter. Add to the end tools used by auto racing pit crews. The result will be laborers in another profession. A laborer in this other profession wields a tool that rhymes with the tools used by pit crews. What profession and members of another profession are these?
Number Two Graphite Pencil Dessert:
Victor’s verbal pat on the back
After completing a mental challenge successfully, Victor utters a self-congratulatory word under his breath.
A letter appears twice in the name of the challenge; remove one of them and rearrange the result to spell the self-congratulatory word.
What is this word?
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:
Shooting a star
Take six consecutive letters of a somewhat well known movie director’s last name followed by the last three letters of the director’s first name.
Change the second letter of this result to a different vowel to form the name of a movie star.
What is the name of this movie star?
What is the name of this movie director?
Appetizer Menu
Cryptic Crossword Appetizer
Peppy intro, original lyrics, bouncy ending
Below is another ingenious Patrick J. Berry Cryptic Crossword Puzzle for you to solve. Patrick, also known by his screen name “cranberry,” has now created and contributed eight great cryptic crosswords to Puzzleria! Each of Patrick’s intricate puzzles is wordplayful work of art. Links to all seven of his previous cryptic crossword puzzles can be opened here:
SEVEN; SIX; FIVE; FOUR; THREE; TWO; ONE
Regarding the Across and Down clues and their format:
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 further 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 in that edition of Puzzleria!)
ACROSS
4. Most familiar with top gunman going in recalled murder trial(8)
8. City girl going past post office(6)
9. Worthless weapon turned on a British politician(8)
10. Disease producing scab?(8)
11. (along with 1 DOWN and 20 ACROSS) Approve of Mick Jagger on Facebook, according to song by 23?(4,1,7,5)12. Burnout, lazy and free(8)
14. Stop by to welcome old guy starting on the way down?(8)
16. Where recruits train for official debut in combat possibly, with pay at first(4,4)
19. Angry, getting rough with sex to make one sore(8)
20. See 11 Across
23. Manufactured boy band using original lyrics from famous songwriter?(3,5)
24. Last season, with pitcher making comeback(8)
25. Sick feeling experienced primarily in sauna, perhaps?(6)
26. Drink always put in sack by closing time(8)
DOWN
1. See 11 Across
2. Doctor can perform the operation, it’s agreed(9)
3. Song by 23, song 23 almost finished with bouncy ending(3,4,3)
4. Song by 23, being a dull tune, rewritten to have peppier intro(7,2,2,4)
5. Crazy to have a practical joke go the other way(4)
6. Half the ice cream for all?(5)7. Swell working with the doctor(7)
13. Using skill to move up in study group? It’s forbidden!(10)
15. Woman possessing sultry disposition, though it’s not much(6,3)
17. Power failure right in the middle causing great anger(7)
18. Kept getting a little restless and wandered(7)
21. Uncle’s girl, pretty and full of energy(5)
22. Second wager, second race(4)
MENU
Municipal Slice:
Urban redevelopment
Rearrange the letters of a major U.S. city three separate times to form:
1. a body part and what it helps you do;
2. something you see in a museum and what kind of museum it is; and
3. a two-word direction in a lamb chop recipe.
What is this city?
Riffing Off Shortz And Chapus Slices:
Oy Veyance, oil those wheels!
Will Shortz’s May 12th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by David Chapus of Rush, New York, reads:
Think of a 6-letter conveyance on wheels. Drop the first letter. Add a new letter at the end. The result will be another 6-letter conveyance on wheels. What conveyances are these? Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Chapus Slices read:
ENTREE #1:Think of the name of a 6-letter British sports car manufactured by a company whose name is a fruit that figures in a work of literature whose title happens to be a Honda model.
Move the first letter to the end. The result will be the name of another 6-letter British sports car.
What sports cars are these?
ENTREE #2:
Think of a 6-letter breed of bird dog.
Drop the first letter. Add a new letter at the end.
The result will be baby bird of prey.
What critters are these?
ENTREE #3:
Think of a 6-letter critter. Add a letter to the beginning.
Divide the result in two.
The final result will be a 2-word term for a particular “aquatic claw” or “marine antenna.”
What critter and term for “claw” or “antenna” are these? ENTREE #4:
Name a feathered critter. Add a letter to name a more general term for feathered critters.
What critter and term are these?
ENTREE #5:
Think of a color. Drop the first letter. Add a new letter at the end. The result will be an adjective of a color that is quite a contrast to the first color. What colors are these?
ENTREE #6:Think of a profession. Drop the first letter. Add to the end tools used by auto racing pit crews. The result will be laborers in another profession. A laborer in this other profession wields a tool that rhymes with the tools used by pit crews. What profession and members of another profession are these?
Dessert Menu
Number Two Graphite Pencil Dessert:
Victor’s verbal pat on the back
After completing a mental challenge successfully, Victor utters a self-congratulatory word under his breath.
A letter appears twice in the name of the challenge; remove one of them and rearrange the result to spell the self-congratulatory word. What is this word?
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.
Good middle of the night.....couldn't resist tackling the puzzles, even though I SHOULD be asleep. Having managed four of the Entrees (all by #3 and 5; loved #6), I then got VERY lucky with the Municipal Slice, because I GUESSED the correct city right off the bat, although it took some finagling to figure out the body part and function (the other two pairs popped out fairly quickly).
ReplyDeleteAccomplished nothing with the Schpuzzle, as per usual, although I tried. And haven't looked at the Dessert yet.
Should say "BUT" instead of 'by' in the first set of parentheses
DeleteRE: Municipal slice (first part)- I'm thinking of all sorts of amorous adventures one could have with an oilman in Minneapolis.
ReplyDeleteNot much progress yet other than looking for juvenile anagrams.
Ok, catching up a little. I believe I have everything except the SOTW and the MS, and I'm in the same boat as geo on the crossword so that'll be my homework for the weekend.
DeleteHello all,
ReplyDeleteGot the MS, all the Entrées, and the Dessert. I have little pre-hint hope for the SOTW - a weak area for me.
Will have to take the tutorial on the CW - have not tried many before.
I urge all Puzzlerian!sto take a few minutes to take Patrick's Tutorial, geofan. His themes and clues are not just clever; they're also downright fun.
DeleteLego"Tuting"cranberry'sHorn
Got the SOTW! It surrendered to logical deduction. Unless I found an alternative answer, there is a small trick.
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday to all once again!
ReplyDeleteI do hope everyone at least tries my crossword. It shouldn't be too hard. On the homefront, I've spent the day babysitting my two talented nieces. Last night they both appeared in a dance recital and totally crushed it! Maddy took part in a Seussical medley and sang "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", and Mia Kate danced a ballet to a ballad version of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and danced hip-hop to "Rhythm Nation". They were great! So we babysat them today until my older niece Morgan came to pick them up. Then Mom got me supper from Hardee's, and I did the Prize and Private Eye Crosswords. As for Puzzleria!, I checked it late last night and now all I need help with are the Entrees(#3, #4, and #6 still unsolved). BTW I thought the Schpuzzle was rather amusing. Looking forward to reading some good feedback about my crossword this week! At least give it a try, guys! Don't think twice, it's all right!
cranberry,
DeleteRegarding the Schpuzzle:
Judging from your "rather amusing" language and geofan's "small trick" language, I believe you both have found my intended answer.
LegoAsks:"AreThoseCorrectAnswerBellsIHearRingingInMyEars?"
The answer finally came to me last night. It's very nice, though I'm not entirely sold on this director being described as somewhat well-known.
DeleteThank you, Megatart Stratagem.
DeleteBut I am curious. On which side of the "assessment-of-director-fence" do you fall:
1. Quite well-known
or
2. Not-so-much well-known?
FrancisFordCoppoLego
I would be on the "quite" side of the fence. I initially discounted several directors that I thought were too well-known to be the director in question.
DeletePoint well taken, Megatart Stratagem. It is always a challenge to judge how well-known the subject of a puzzle might be. It might have been better had I just written "a movie director" instead of "a somewhat well known movie director..."
DeleteLegoWhoWhenGivenTheChoiceBetweenHotOrColdTendsToOptForTheLukewarmWhichInevitablyAndRightfullyGetsSpitOutFromTheMouthsOfThePuzzleGods!
SundayPMondAyM Hints:
ReplyDeleteSOTW:
The syllables of the star's name are "poetic" and "echoic".
CCA:
I will defer to Patrick J. Berry to give appropriate hints for his cryptic masterpiece. But, if he wants me to give a hint later in the week, I would be happy to do so.
MS:
'Tis the city that transformed earthbound Browns into flying colors: orange, black and red.
Like the star's name in the SOTW, the city is also a bit Poetic.
ROSACS:
ENTREE #3:
A facsimile of the critter might be seen at a dog track; a human named for the critter might be seen in a distance race, for maybe a lap or so.
ENTREE #4:
An anagram of feathered critter is what cows say.
An anagram of the general term for feathered critter is a furry critter.
ENTREE #5:
The color can precede elephant or eye; the adjective is synonymous to jet.
ENTREE #6:
One who plies the first profession sometimes wields a tool that is identical to the name of the profession, except for two consecutive letters.
Paul (not John... or George or Ringo for that matter) plied the other profession.
NTPD:
The more of these challenges you complete successfully, the duller your pencil gets and the number your brain (and your paper) gets.
A dove could utter half the self-congratulatory word.
LegoWhoBelieves"TheEyeOfTheElephant"JustAin'tAsCatchyACatchphrase
Lego, IMHO, you hint for Entrée #4 might be misleading. "What cows say" is not the first thing that people think of for this, but rather the name for what cows say. The name of the furry critter is not misleading, but one did itself mislead, in a well-known tale.
Delete...your hint...
DeleteYou make an excellent point, geofan, regarding "what cows say" vis-a-vis "the name for what cows say." The word for what dogs say is "bark," but what dogs say is "bow-wow" or maybe "yip"; the word for what roosters say is "crow," but what roosters say is "cock-a-doodle-doo"; he word for what sheep say is "bleat," but what sheep say is "bah!"
DeleteHumbug! Wrong again!
LegoGottaGobbleChickenGottaCluckPigGottaOinkCatGottaMeowDuckGottaQuack
I just solved #4 because of the name for what cows say.
Deletepjb -- very nice puzzle this week. Your clues are getting more and more sophisticated and sneaky -- for example,14-ac. I wrote the answer in without really thinking it out, then caught my egregious faux pas on the reread later. Keep up your skills like you've been doing for all this time -- and I promise I won't let you down! Good job!
ReplyDeletelego -- fun puzzles this week. I'd give you congrats instead of something else...
D.E.
Thanks, Dowager Empress, for checking in and for your kind words.
DeleteI Thought Patrick's Cryptic Crossword this week was a gem. Congratulations on solving it. This particular puzzle grid told a story of sorts. pjb has a true gift.
LegoNotesThatPatrick'sPuzzlesAreImpressiveAndThatPatrick'sPuzzleSolversAre"Empressive"
Thanks, Lego, and especially Dowager Empress, for the kind words about my puzzles. It's not an easy thing to make those, I'm the first to admit. But they are fun. The full puzzle will, of course, be revealed tomorrow, as will the rest. Speaking of which, Lego, I still haven't solved Entrees #3 or #6, so if you wouldn't mind, I sure could use a few eleventh-hour hints while it's still Tuesday. Thanks again.
DeleteWednesday Morning 3AM Hints:
ReplyDeleteENTREE #3:
You might see the aquatic claw and other things descibed by the 2-word term on plates bussed at Red Lobster.
The critter can precede "hole," "punch," or "Run."
ENTREE #6:
The first profession begins with the name of a fruit.
The second profession begins with the name of a Black or a White or a Ruby.
LegoReduxUnlimited
Correction:
DeleteThe second profession ends with the name of a Black or a White or a Ruby.
LegoWroteAlphaWhenHeMeantToWriteOmega
And I'm finally done! See y'all later today!
ReplyDeleteLADY GAGA is only eight letters and ALLY MAINE has a consonant in the second position, so I have no idea who (or what) the "movie star" might be.
ReplyDeleteI'm 29 letters short of completing the cryptic.
BALTIMORE > MOLAR BITE; MOBILE ART; BROIL MEAT [But molars grind; incisors bite.]
(Lotus) ESPRIT > (Austin-Healey) SPRITE [Honda Odyssey]
BEAGLE > EAGLET [But I don't think of a Beagle as a "bird dog"; I believe they're more attuned to the furry critter directly below.]
RABBIT > CRAB BIT
OWL > FOWL
PINK > INK
PLUMBER, JACKS > LUMBERJACKS [AX(E)]
SUDOKU > KUDOS
Paul,
DeleteYou are correct about molars grinding rather than biting. I was thinking very broooaaadly. Dictionaries do not define "bite" as "grind" or "chew," but a few thesauri list "chew, munch, crunch, champ (and) masticate" as synonyms of "bite."
LegoChewingTheFatWithPaul
Same as Paul's answers, except that I got none of the clues in the Cryptic Crossword (CC).
DeleteI think that to solve the CCs I will need more than the linked tutorial - even with the answers there, I could not figure out the clues to that puzzle.
Sorry pjb, I can appreciate that it takes a lot of work to generate such a puzzle.
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteQUENTIN TARANTINO, RIN TIN TIN
Appetizer Menu
See Legolambda's official cryptic answer for details.
Menu
BALTIMORE(MOLAR, BITE; MOBILE, ART; "BROIL MEAT")
Entrees
1. ESPRIT(Austin-Healey), SPRITE(Honda Odyssey)
2. BEAGLE, EAGLET
3. RABBIT, CRAB BIT
4. OWL, FOWL
5. PINK, INKY
6. PLUMBER, LUMBERJACK
Dessert
SUDOKU, "KUDOS!"
To those who solved my puzzle completely, I must also say, "Kudos!", and I'll see y'all in FL!-pjb
Also got the same as cranberry for the SOTW - I liked the "trick"
DeleteSCHPUZZLE: BELLATRIX? [Star that was in Planet of the Apes] But I can't find a director that works. [I have NOT peeked up above to see what everyone else solved. I figured the 'trick' was that the star is a REAL star, not a person star.]
ReplyDeleteMUNICIPAL SLICE: BALTIMORE => MOLAR & BITE; MOBILE & ART; BROIL & MEAT
ENTREES:
1. LOTUS's ESPRIT => SPRITE
2. BEAGLE => EAGLET
3. RABBIT => CRAB BIT
4. OWL => FOWL
5. PINK => INKY
6. PLUMBER => LUMBERJACKS (use an AX, rhymes with JACKS)
DESSERT: SUDOKU => KUDOS; If he'd wanted to insult himself, he could have done a RIDDLE, and then called himself an "IDLER"
For the puzzle, you were thinking outside the box with your theory about the "star (being) a REAL star, not a person star."
DeleteThat would have been a better "trick" than the "trick" I used!
LegoUrgesAllToGoOutAndWatch"Interstellar"StarringAlphaCentauri!
likes the way VT's brain works.
DeleteGosh, you guys, thanks.....but the star being a DOG is pretty good, too....not to mention, there was no cooperating director for MY star!
DeleteWow, VT. You were actually closer to my intended answer than I had realized. Great work! I'm Sirius.
DeleteLegoThinksFritz(Lang)OrSpike(Jonze)CouldHaveDirectedYourDogStar(TheirFirstNamesAreGoodDogNames)
Hey, that's funny: Sirius = the Dog Star.
DeleteThis week's answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle Of The Week:
Shooting a star
Take six consecutive letters of a somewhat well known movie director’s last name followed by the last three letters of the director’s first name.
Change the second letter of this result to a different vowel to form the name of a movie star.
What is the name of this movie star?
What is the name of this movie director?
Answer:
Rin Tin Tin; Quentin Tarantino
(Tarantino >> TaRINTINo + quinTIN>> Rin Tin Tin
RANTIN + TIN --> RINTINTIN = Rin Tin Tin
Appetizer Menu
Cryptic Crossword Appetizer
Peppy intro, original lyrics, bouncy ending
* See grapic at the bottom of this week's blog page for the filled-in grid.
ACROSS
4. Most familiar with top gunman going in recalled murder trial(8)
G for gunman going in HIT reversed+TEST
8. City girl going past post office(6)
Girl's name, MONA, after P.O. for post office
9. Worthless weapon turned on a British politician(8)
GUN reversed+A TORY
10. Disease producing scab?(8)
double definition
11. (with 1 DOWN and 20 ACROSS) Approve of Mick Jagger on Facebook, according to song by 23?(4,1,7,5)
play on words
12. Burnout, lazy and free(8)
BURN anagram+IDLE
14. Stop by to welcome old guy starting on the way down?(8)
O for old inside DROP IN+G for guy
16. Where recruits train for official debut in combat possibly, with pay at first(4,4)
O for official inside COMBAT anagram+P for pay
19. Angry, getting rough with sex to make one sore(8)
IRATE containing R for rough+"IT" meaning sex
20. See 11 Across
23. Manufactured boy band using original lyrics from famous songwriter?(3,5)
BOYBAND anagram including L for lyrics
24. Last season, with pitcher making comeback(8)
FALL containing EWER reversed
25. Sick feeling experienced primarily in sauna, perhaps?(6)
E for experienced inside SAUNA anagram
26. Drink always put in sack by closing time(8)
EVER inside BAG+E(last letter in time)
DOWN
1. See 11 Across
2. Doctor can perform the operation, it's agreed(9)
DOCTORCAN anagram
3. Song by 23, song 23 almost finished with bouncy ending(3,4,3)
LAYLA+DYLAN-N+Y(last letter in bouncy)
4. Song by 23, being a dull tune, rewritten to have peppier intro(7,2,2,4)
BEINGADULLTUNE anagram containing P for peppier
5. Crazy to have a practical joke go the other way(4)
A GAG reversed
6. Half the ice cream for all?(5)
TUTTI(frutti)
7. Swell working with the doctor(7)
SURGE+ON
13. Using skill to move up in study group? It's forbidden!(10)
ART reversed inside CON BAND
15. Woman possessing sultry disposition, though it's not much(6,3)
Woman's name, PAM, containing SULTRY anagram
17. Power failure right in the middle causing great anger(7)
R for right inside OUTAGE
18. Kept getting a little restless and wandered(7)
R for restless inside STAYED
21. Uncle's girl, pretty and full of energy(5)
NICE containing E for energy
22. Second wager, second race(4)
BET+A(second letter in race)
Lego...
This week's answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteMENU
Municipal Slice:
Urban redevelopment
Rearrange the letters of a major U.S. city three separate times to form:
1. a body part and what it helps you do;
2. something you see in a museum and what kind of museum it is; and
3. a 2-word direction in a lamb chop recipe.
What is this city?
Rearrange the letters of a major U.S. city three separate times to form: 1. a body part and what it helps you do; 2. something you see in a museum and what kind of museum it is; 3. a 2-word direction in a lamb chop recipe. What is this city?
Answer:
Baltimore; molar, bite; mobile, art; broil meat
Riffing Off Shortz And Chapus Slices:
Oy Veyance! Oil those wheels!
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Chapus Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Think of the name of a 6-letter British sports car manufactured by a company whose name is a fruit that figures in a work of literature whose title happens to be a Honda model. Move the first letter to the end. The result will be the name of another 6-letter British sports car. What sports cars are these?
Answer:
(Lotus) Esprit, (Austin Healey) Sprite
ENTREE #2:
Think of a 6-letter breed of bird dog. Drop the first letter. Add a new letter at the end. The result will be baby bird of prey. What critters are these?
Answer:
Beagle; Eaglet
ENTREE #3:
Think of a 6-letter critter. Add a letter to the beginning. Divide the result in two. The final result will be a 2-word term for a particular “aquatic claw.” What critter and term for “claw” are these?
Answer:
Rabbit; Crab bit
ENTREE #4:
Name a feathered critter. Add a letter to name a more general term for feathered critters. What critter and term are these?
Answer:
Owl; Fowl
ENTREE #5:
Think of a color. Drop the first letter. Add a new letter at the end. The result will be an adjective for a color that is quite a contrast to the first color. What colors are these?
Answer:
Pink; Inky
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ENTREE #6:
Think of a profession. Drop the first letter. Add to the end tools used by auto racing pit crews. The result will be laborers in another profession. A laborer in this other profession wields a tool that rhymes with the tools used by pit crews. What profession and members of another profession are these?
Answer:
Plumber; Lumberjacks (who each wield an ax)
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Number Two Pencil Dessert:
Victor’s verbal pat on the back
After completing a pencil-and-paper challenge successfully, Victor utters a self-congratulatory word under his breath.
A letter appears twice in the name of the challenge. Remove one of them and rearrange the result to spell the self-congratulatory word. What is this word?
Answer:
Kudos (Sudoku)
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geofan -- cryptic puzzles follow a pretty strict bunch of rules. The definition you are looking for may be only one or two words. The rest of the clue tells you how to construct the answer. A lot of abbreviations could be chemical symbols, or O for old or short words, eg. pa for father or ma or dam for mother). It will come to you. These puzzles are great fun.
ReplyDeleteHope you get this note before lego dumps us. xxxooo D.E.
Dowager Empress,
DeleteDump you? Dumb move! 'Tis never a smart move for one with inferior intelligence (yours truly) to silence or eliminate those with superior intelligence (yours youly).
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Thanks for the information, D.E.
DeleteWith Lego's solutions, I was able to see the logic of at least some of the answers. Maybe it is not hopeless after all.
What is this about Lego dumping us? It isn't as if you gave an answer away early or committed some other egregious sin.
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