Friday, July 5, 2019

The Puzzlemaster prescribes... Simple lessons in making jeweled stetsons; She drove in through the bathroom window; In the wake of Fouthgoing fireworks; “Mystifife me, Nelson-Riddle, me, befiddle me with bemusic!”

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Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Simple lessons in making jeweled stetsons 

What do the following five phrases have in common?
Hotel bill
Simple lesson
Jeweled stetson
Grilled muffin
Floral print's tone



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Tough Conundrums To Beat Appetizer:
“Mystifife me, Nelson-Riddle, me, befiddle me with bemusic!”

🥁1. This doctor is the nemesis in a cartoon series, and this Master of Ceremonies is the stage name for a recording artist. Together, they form a technique for playing the banjo.

🥁2. Think of an American musical instrument brand in five letters. Shift each letter twelve places later in the alphabet to name an Asian animal.

🥁3. Think of a fictional substance in one word. The first seven letters can be split into the first and last names of a British musician.


🥁4. Think of four words that can be taken in groups of two to make the following two-word phrases: 1. The name of a deceased celebrity; 2. The name for something that might have formed whenever this celebrity was in public; 3. The brand name of a candy; 4. The name for a feature of some sheet music; 5. The name for another feature of sheet music; 6. Something needed to keep track of a certain type of customer’s purchases.



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Fife And Drummond Corps(e) Slice:
In the wake of Fouthgoing fireworks

Here are a pair of Fourth of July-themed sparkling sticklers for you to “fire-crack”:
1. Change the first letter of the last name of a French composer to a different consonant. (The French helped the United States defeat the British in the American War for Independence.) Reverse the order of the first three letters of this result. Remove the next two letters, and place the remainder of the composer’s name after the reversed letters. The result is the first name of a person well associated with the founding of the newly independent nation in 1776. The two letters you removed are also well associated with that founding.
Who is this French composer?
 2. (Warning: Fake news ahead!) At the 30-month mark of his tenure as president, Donald Trump orders his Cabinet officials and other staff to complete answers to a survey regarding internal White House communications and interactions. 
One question on the survey reads: Has the vice president assisted POTUS in his decision-making process? 
The overwhelming majority of the responses were identical! They consisted of four words: 
 “_ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _...?   _ _ _!   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _!” beginning with P, A, N and P. 
The 21 letters of the response can be rearranged to form the following traditional event that many Americans attend on the Fourth of July:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _,  beginning with an I, D and P.
What are this response and event?

Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
The Puzzlemaster prescribes...

Will Shortz’s June 30th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads: 
There is a standard two-letter abbreviation for an English word that has an unusual property: The first letter of the abbreviation is the second letter of the word. And the second letter of the abbreviation does not appear in the word at all. What’s the word, and what’s its abbreviation?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
There is a standard two-letter abbreviation for an English word that has an unusual property: The second letter of the abbreviation is the third letter of the word. And the first letter of the abbreviation does not appear in the word at all. What’s the word, and what’s its abbreviation?
ENTREE #2:
Find a one-letter abbreviation for a two-word statistical term. The abbreviation is actually a Greek letter, but we are requiring you to name its counterpart in the Roman (Latin) alphabet. The one-Roman-letter abbreviation is the first letter in the first word of the statistical term. The second word of the scientific term rhymes with the final four syllables of “abbreviation.” What is this statistical term?
ENTREE #3:
There is a three-letter abbreviation for an English word that has an unusual property: None of its three letters appear in the word at all. What’s the word, and what’s its abbreviation?
Hint: If you say the the three letters of the abbreviation aloud, it sounds pretty much like a possible crossword puzzle clue for “Kim Basinger.”
ENTREE #4:
Find the answers to the six clues below. Each answer is two words long. Each two-word answer can be anagrammed to form an English word and its standard two-letter abbreviation. 
Find the two-word answer to each clue.
Name what English word along with its standard two-letter abbreviation can be anagrammed to form it.
Clues:
A. Tegan and Sara, Indigo Girls or Garfunkel and Oates, for example
B. Ernie or Bert (refer to image)
C. Uni-, Tri- and hetero-, perhaps
D. What Tarzan do when Boy’s sister slip and plummet from greased grapevine 
E. Airheads, Hubba Bubba or Adams product, all packaged in bright red wrappers
F. Like James Hardin or Steph Curry when they’re “in the zone”.... or, Chicago in 1871 after a cow got frisky
ENTREE #5: 
A. When Father Murphy prays his breviary he dons a white linen vestment. 
What is it called and how much does it weigh?
B. By what quantity does the deli sell center cuts of kielbasa sausage or Colby cheese?
ENTREE #6:
Twelve months after the birth of their twin girls, mom and dad bring these two toddlers back to the children’s hospital for a routine annual check-up. The parents are bemused, however, when during the check-in preliminaries they overhear some medical staff members refer to their daughters with the name of a particular toy with which their 6-year-old son happens to be playing in the waiting room. What is this toy? 


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Rx (Take that!) Dessert:
She drove in through the bathroom window

Name a brand found in the bathroom. 
Changing the first letter and saying the result aloud sounds much like three words: two words you might see on a roadside sign, and one word for other things you usually see on the roadside. 
What is this brand?

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49 comments:

  1. I haven't even looked at the new puzzles yet, but realized that I had never followed up on the RASCAL author story, such as it was. Sterling North's house was at the southeast (I think) end of TEMPE WICK ROAD [#500-something], and my uncle and aunt lived in the house at the complete other end [#2] and I would drive the entire length of the road to commute to college. [This would go past the historic Jockey Hollow Park, where George Washington's men camped in a horrid cold winter.] Last week I did find a photo of the house (I think) online, showing a lake and waterfalls; that matched my memory of the lovely landscaping, although I don't think that from the angles I approached it, the little waterfalls was ever actually visible. Thatis the entire story, i.e. not a real 'brush' like I said.

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  2. I think I have everything except the Dessert and Entree #4.

    Lego, I believe there's a bit of cleanup needed on Entree #2 ("two-letter statistics term)."

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    1. Some cleanup required with my punctuation as well, apparently.

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    2. Thanks for the heads-up on ENTREE #2, Megatart Stratagem. I just now added an "i" to statistcal (sic). I hope that was the only clean-up needed.

      LegoWhoBelievesThatTwoI'sAreBetterThanOne(EspeciallyIn"Statistical")

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    3. Actually, I had thought that Entree #2 needed more clean-up than just a missing "i", namely, it refers to a two-LETTER statistical term, but then later calls it two WORDS, plus you then say 'scientific' term rather than 'statistical'. I was totally confused at first.

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    4. The statistical term (or better, quantity) is often evaluated a scientific context. Also, the symbol used for this quantity is usually the Greek letter for the "population" version and the corresponding Latin letter for the "sample" version (where the "sample" is a subset of the "population" -- statistical terminology).

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    5. VT's observation is what I was trying to draw attention to- two letters vs. two words. I didn't notice the typo!

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    6. Thanks for your patience, ViolinTeddy, geofan, Megatart Stratagem, et al. ENTREE #2 is a hot mess!
      Here is how it now reads:
      ENTREE #2:
      Find a one-letter abbreviation for a two-word statistical term. The abbreviation is actually a Greek letter, but we are requiring you to name its counterpart in the Roman (Latin) alphabet. The one-Roman-letter abbreviation is the first letter in the first word of the statistical term. The second word of the scientific term rhymes with the final four syllables of “abbreviation.” What is this statistical term?


      LegoUnintentionallyDevious

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  3. Happy 5th of July everyone!
    Once again we had to fend for ourselves for supper, but this time we had to vacuum the front seat of the Prius beforehand. Mission accomplished! No other puzzles today, as Paul chose to do his Prize Crossword as a crossword/jigsaw. I don't even attempt to do those. New Private Eye Crossword next week, and possibly a new Ask Me Another podcast.
    Now for this week's Puzzleria!:
    After checking late last night, I got all the Conundrums except #4, and both Fourth-of-July-related puzzles. Otherwise, tough ones this week. Will, of course, require hints for all others. Good luck to all on the blog! BTW funny photoshop of Will Shortz with the "Red Best" cough syrup. Was that your own creation, Lego? Priceless!

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    1. WRT your nice compliment to me on the "spoonerismful of Red Best cough syrup" image: Thank you.
      Yes, I created it, but with the "Paint" program that came installed on my PC, not with Photoshop.

      LegoWhoNowThinksHeWillTakeABitOfBedRest

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  4. So far have all except SOTW; Cons #1, #3, #4; Entrées #4a-4e. geofan

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    1. Now also have Con #1, but had never heard of the technique, cartoon doctor, or MC. So a real "hunh?" for me.

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    3. now got Con #3. Never heard of the musician or the fictitious substance. Yet another "hunh?"

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  5. A minor quibble with several of this week's puzzles: Technically, in several cases, what the puzzle refers to as an abbreviation is, technically, a symbol. But in the interests of facilitating puzzledom, your humble correspondent will suppress his associated discomfort in the inexact language.

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  6. Alternate clue for the SOTW: Belly scratcher.

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    1. Very nice, Megatart Stratagem. This would have been a fine fifth 2-word phrase to add to the mix.

      Lego(Burp!)

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  7. Got all of Entrée #4. Tip: there is a link between all the sections A-F. Having only #4F, after I recognized the ink, it was easy to work all the others backwards and get them all by brute force, in short order.

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    1. Riffoff on #4A-4F: What North Korean directional loudspeakers do toward the south from the north border of the DMZ.

      PS: in the above post, "ink" should read "link."

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    2. Like you, geo, I had gotten only #4F, so I HOPE the 'link' is the one I think you mean!

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    3. Former Speaker, after encounter with WASP...

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    4. Ha, very good Paul. I stumbled across that pair of words as well. That's a pretty anagram-unfriendly set of letters.

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  8. Lego, congrats on getting your puzzle onto NPR this week! [with its interesting set of alternate answers]

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    1. The NPR Sunday Edition website doesn't SAY that it is Lego's puzzle....did they forget to include that info (I never listen to the broadcast.) I have an answer, but it's plural and I noticed that the puzzle says "native", i.e. singular. Very frustrating

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    2. Thanks, geofan and VT. Yes, it is my puzzle. The answer is indeed singular. I have mixed feelings about the puzzle. (That is not a hint.)

      LegoWhoIsA"Legolan"InLegoland

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    3. Why do you think they left your name off the website, then? Do you think WS feared that YOU have had too many puzzles chosen, and other submitters might get jealous?

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    4. ViolinTeddy,
      I suspect it was probably just a new NPR intern who was unfamiliar with the puzzle-posting ropes. No big deal.

      LegoThePuzzleMakerWhoShallRemainNamelessAndSubsequentlyBlameless

      Lego

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  9. Tuesday Hints:

    Schpuzzle"
    A fifth phrase (in 3 words) that has the same thing in common with the other four 2-word phrases:
    Floral print's tone

    Conundrum #4:
    The four words that form the six 2-word phrases begin with, in alphabetical order, a B, and H and two L's.

    ROSS:
    ENTREE #1:
    Oz never did give nothin' to this man that he didn't already have.
    ENTREE #2:
    The first word of the statistical term was a lubricious Rockefeller monopoly.
    ENTREE #3:
    Consult the Good Book, Brother... the one that's all Greek to you.
    ENTREE #4:
    The two words in each answer begin with:
    A. G and D
    B. B and P
    C. B and A
    D. S and G
    E. C and G
    F. O and F
    ENTREE #5:
    Father Murphy's vestment is white, like the white of an egg, like johnny and Edgar Winter...
    They are center cuts... ignore the two ends of these foods.
    ENTREE #6:
    Duncan

    Dessert:
    The Sam who led the Pharoahs + the Winnie who palled around with Roo.

    Legoroo

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  10. I now have the Schpuzzle, the Dessert(maybe), and Entrees #1, #2, and #5. Those involving two-word phrases are still eluding me at the moment(#4 for both the Conundrums and the Entrees). I will need more to go on there, I think.

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  11. Really Late Tuesday Hints:

    Conundrum #4:
    The B-word has 3 letters. Remove the last letter from the H-word to name something that gets off scott-free while humidity takes all the blame. Remove the first letter for the longer L-word to get a lawn-care implement. Remove the third letter for the shorter L-word to get a prevarication.

    ROSS:
    ENTREE #4:
    This puzzle is "element"ary, my dear Watson:
    A. 79
    B. 82
    C. 51
    D. 47
    E. 80
    F. 26

    LegoWhoUnlikeWillShortzOnlyPeriodicallyPlaysTableTennis

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  12. OK, I still don't have Entrees #3 or #6. Got anything else for those, Lego?

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  13. Really Early Wednesday Hints:

    ROSS:
    ENTREE #3:
    The English word = (prefix meaning seven) + (Tuscaloosa school, for short) + (U.S. Army soldier, for short) + (the second part of the Bible, for short)
    ENTREE #6:
    The toy consists of an abbreviation used by medical professionals, repeated twice (because the toddlers are twins). Besides medical professionals, boxers sometimes use the abbreviation when they call their girlfriend Adrian.

    LegoGonnaFlyNow

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  14. ??????

    Dr. CLAW + MC HAMMER => CLAWHAMMER
    DOBRO > PANDA
    ADAMANTIUM > ADAM ANT
    HEATH LEDGER / HEATH LINE? / LEDGER LINE / BAR LINE / BAR LEDGER [I'd been thinking TAB HUNTER miight work sonehow]

    DEBUSSY > BETSY (Ross) + U.S.
    PENCE AIDED? NAY! PANDERED! > INDEPENDENCE DAY

    Sn / Tin
    S (actually sigma) = STANDARD DEVIATION
    LXX = Septuagint
    GAL DUO > Gold (Au)
    BED PAL > Lead (Pb)
    BI- ANTONYMS > Antimony (Bs)
    SAVE GIRL > Silver (Ag)
    CHERRY GUM > Mercury (Hg)
    ON FIRE > Iron (Fe)
    AIM SOUND > Sodium (Na)
    STUNG NEWT > Tungsten (W) [Don't try to tell me "DOUBLE U" is not two letters]
    ALB > A pound / kie(LB)asa, Co(LB)y
    YO-YO (Year-Old/Year-Old)

    HEAD AND SHOULDERS > DEAD END, SHOULDERS [I was trying to get BERMA SHAVE to work]

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    1. I like your Burma Shave efforts, Paul. As a youth, that roadside doggerel was one of the highlights of our family excursions in the 1950 Hudson (the smiley Hudson), or in the 1952 Hudson (the frowny Hudson).

      LegoMyBurma/SaidHubbyToWife/YourFaceIsPeachy/Mine'sLikeLoosestrife!

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  15. All same answers as Paul, except as noted below:

    SOTW (only got this after Lego's first hint)
    1. HOTEL BILL => HILL
    2. SIMPLE LESSON => SIMPSON
    3. JEWELED STETSON => JETSON
    4. GRILLED MUFFIN => GRIFFIN
    also
    5. BELLY SCRATCHER => BELCHER (Megatart's hint)
    6. FLORAL PRINT'S TONE => FLINTSTONE (Lego's hint)

    Theme: all the "start-and-end" words are main characters in animated TV (mostly adult) series.
    The discarded letters anagram to, respectively:
    1. BE LOT
    2. ELLES
    3. WELDS TEE or WED STEEL
    4. MULLED
    5. CRYSTAL
    6. PARLOR
    I do not know if these are significant - no apparent relation to the names that conform to the above theme.

    Con #3
    After Lego's first hint, KJV = BIBLE (but it is in English, not Greek)
    After Lego's second hint, LXX = SEPTUAGINT
    (IMHO this is rather obscure, even more so than AMMONITES in the puzzle of 4 weeks ago - not known to non-specialists)

    Regarding my earlier post, Greek lowercase sigma (σ) is used for the st dev of the population, and Latin lowercase s is used for the sample st dev (estimated from a subset of the population).

    PS: I could not find a PINE NUT anywhere.
    geofan

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    1. 3. in above should read: JEWELED STETSON => JETSON

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    2. In the above, should read Entrée #3, not Con #3
      It is darn difficult to keep the Cons and Entrées straight when composing a post without the blog in front of you!
      Sorry, Lego and Matt.

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  16. Paul's answer for FDCS #2 should read INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE (he let off the PARADE but obviously had it, as his anagrammed answer is correct).

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  17. Hope your cable system is working! Ours isn't right now.
    Schpuzzle
    First letter or first few letters of the first word and last few letters of the last word, revealing the family names of animated cartoon series.
    HOTEL BILL=HILL(King of the Hill)
    SIMPLE LESSON=SIMPSON(The Simpsons)
    JEWELED STETSON=JETSON(The Jetsons)
    GRILLED MUFFIN=GRIFFIN(Family Guy)
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    Conundrums
    1. CLAW+HAMMER=CLAWHAMMER
    2. DOBRO, PANDA
    3. ADAMANTIUM, ADAM ANT
    4. (1). HEATH LEDGER
    (3). HEATH BAR
    (4). BAR LINE
    (6). LEDGER LINE
    Menu
    1. (Claude)DEBUSSY, BETSY(Ross), U.S.
    2. INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE, "PENCE AIDED? NAY, PANDERED!"
    Entrees
    1. TIN, Sn
    2. STANDARD DEVIATION, S
    3. SEPTUAGINT, LXX
    4.
    A. GAL DUO, GOLD, Au
    B. BED PAL, LEAD, Pb
    C. BI- ANTONYMS, ANTIMONY, Sb
    D. SAVE GIRL, SILVER, Ag
    E. CHERRY GUM, MERCURY, Hg
    F. ON FIRE, IRON, Fe
    5. ALB, A LB., BY THE LB.
    6. YO-YO(YEAR OLD, YEAR OLD)
    Dessert
    HEAD AND SHOULDERS, DEAD END, SHOULDERS
    Once again, congratulations to Lego for getting another one on the Sunday Puzzle this week. Are you trying to take Will Shortz's job, Lego? Don't go legit on us, dude. We don't know what we'd do without you.-pjb

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  18. also got HEATH BAR for 3. on Con #4 after Lego's first hint, plus the 5 others that Paul posted (he did not post HEATH BAR; cranberry did). HEATH LINE seems a bit stretched - geofan

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    1. Yes, I had HEATH BAR for the candy but forgot to write it down. I figured the "thing formed" had to be some kind of LINE, and I knew LEDGER LINE as a musical term and didn't think it would be used twice in the same puzzle; hence HEATH LINE (seeking autographs, I suppose).


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    2. Paul, my questioning of HEATH LINE was not wrt you, but wrt the puzzle itself. I had it also, but, analogous to your comment ("HEATH LINE?"), it did not sit well with me either.

      At the start, I was stuck for a long time on BAR TAB, but it got me nowhere. geofan

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  20. SCHPUZZLE: I suspect it's anagramming, but I could get nowhere doing so.

    CONUNDRUMS [All PRE-hint]:

    1. CLAW [in Inspector Gadget] HAMMER [M.C.]

    2. DOBRO => PANDA

    3. ADAMANTIUM => ADAM ANT

    4. (1) HEATH LEDGER (2) HEATH LINE (3) HEATH BAR (4) LEDGER LINE (5) BAR LINE (6) BAR LEDGER


    FIFE and DRUM SLICE [Got these the first night]:

    1. DEBUSSY => TEBUSSY => BETSY (removed 'US'), as in Betsy ROSS.

    2. PENCE AIDED? NAY! PANDERED! => INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE


    ENTREES:

    1. TIN => Sn

    2. STANDARD DEVIATION = SIGMA or "S" [Pre-Hints]

    3. SEPTUAGINT => LXX (seventy) [Who ever HEARD of this word?]

    4. (A) GAL DUO => GOLD & AU [All PRE-hints, except for geo's comment]
    (B) BED PAL => LEAD & PB
    (C) BI-ANTONYMS => ANTIMONY & SB
    (D) SAVE GIRL => SILVER & AG
    (E) CHERRY GUM => MERCURY & HG
    (F) ON FIRE => IRON & FE

    5. (A) ALB =< A LB (pound) (B) BY THE "LB" [Pre-Hint]

    6. YO-YO (though I still don't get why that is the answer.)

    DESSERT: SHAMPOO , but couldn't find any brand that seemed to work....

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  21. Like Paul, I tried to do something with Burma Shave, For many years I lived in a gorgeous old house with a large yard and huge old oak trees. And did most of the yard work myself. It is not a pleasant chore to mow along the curbs where unthinking, obnoxious and unmannerly dog owners walk their pooches along the yard. So in retaliation I posted Burma Shave sign along the front and side streets. My favorite one said: "Eef your perro / Has to sheet/ Yank him over/ To the street. Burma Shave"

    It slowed them down for a while and I made the newspaper.


    D.E.

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    1. Love it, Dowager Empress. You should be in advertising and promotions!

      LegoWhoAlwaysLuxuriatedInSlidingBetweenTheSheetsAtBedtime(ButNotSoMuchAnymoreAfterDowagerEmpress'sComment!)

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  22. This week's answers for the record, part 1:

    Schpuzzle Of The Week:
    Simple lessons in making jeweled stetsons

    What do the following five phrases have in common?
    Hotel bill
    Simple lesson
    Jeweled stetson
    Grilled muffin
    Floral print's tone
    Answer:
    Removing consecutive letters from the interior of each phrase results in the name of a TV cartoon family:
    Hill, Simpson, Griffin, Jetson, Flintstone; ("King of the Hill," "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," "The Jetsons," "The Flintstones")
    Hotel bILL
    SIMPle lesSON
    JEweled steTSON
    GRIlled muFFIN
    FLoral prINT'S TONE
    Appetizer Menu

    Tough Conundrums To Beat Appetizer:
    “Mystifife me, Nelson-Riddle, me, befiddle me with bemusic!”

    1. This doctor is the nemesis in a cartoon series, and this Master of Ceremonies is the stage name for a recording artist. Together, they form a technique for playing the banjo.
    DR. CLAW, MC HAMMER, CLAWHAMMER

    2. Think of an American musical instrument brand in five letters. Shift each letter twelve places later in the alphabet to name an Asian animal.
    DOBRO, PANDA

    3. Think of a fictional substance in one word. The first seven letters can be split into the first and last names of a British musician.
    ADAMANTIUM, ADAM ANT

    4. Think of four words that can be taken in groups of two to make the following two-word phrases: 1. The name of a deceased celebrity; 2. The name for something that might have formed whenever this celebrity was in public; 3. The brand name of a candy; 4. The name for a feature of some sheet music; 5. The name for another feature of sheet music; 6. Something needed to keep track of a certain type of customer’s purchases.
    HEATH LEDGER; 2. HEATH LINE; 3. HEATH BAR; 4. LEDGER LINE; 5. BAR LINE; 6. BAR LEDGER


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    Fife And Drummond Corps(e) Slice
    In the wake of Fouthgoing fireworks
    british grenadiers smashing pumpkins

    Here are a pair of Fourth of July-themed sparkling sticklers for you to “fire-crack”:
    1. Change the first letter of the last name of a French composer to a different consonant. (The French helped the United States defeat the British in the American War for Independence.) Reverse the order of the first three letters of this result. Remove the next two letters, and place the remainder of the composer’s name after the reversed letters. The result is the first name of a person well associated with the founding of the newly independent nation in 1776. The two letters you removed are also well associated with that founding.
    Who is this French composer?
    Answer:
    (Claude) Debussy; Betsy (Ross); U.S. = United States
    2. (Warning: Fake news ahead!) At the 30 month-mark of his tenure as president, Donald Trump orders his Cabinet officials and other staff to complete answers to a survey regarding internal White House communications and interactions. One question on the survey reads: Has the vice president assisted POTUS in his decision-making process? The overwhelming majority of the responses were identical! They consisted of four words:
    “_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _? _ _ _! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _!” beginning with P, A, N and P.
    The 21 letters of the response can be rearranged to form the following traditional event many Americans attend on the Fourth of July:
    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ beginning with an I, D and P.
    What are this response and event?
    Answer:
    “Pence aided? Nay! Pandered!”
    Independence Day Parade

    Lego...

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  23. This week's answers for the record, part 2:

    Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
    The Puzzlemaster prescribes...
    Will Shortz’s June 30th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
    There is a standard two-letter abbreviation for an English word that has an unusual property: The first letter of the abbreviation is the second letter of the word. And the second letter of the abbreviation does not appear in the word at all. What’s the word, and what’s its abbreviation?
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
    ENTREE #1:
    There is a standard two-letter abbreviation for an English word that has an unusual property: The second letter of the abbreviation is the third letter of the word. And the first letter of the abbreviation does not appear in the word at all. What’s the word, and what’s its abbreviation?
    Answer:
    Tin, SN
    ENTREE #2:
    Find a one-letter abbreviation for a two-word statistical term. The abbreviation is actually a Greek letter, but we are requiring you to name its counterpart in the Roman (Latin) alphabet. The one-Roman-letter abbreviation is the first letter in the first word of the statistical term. The second word of the scientific term rhymes with the final four syllables of “abbreviation.” What is this statistical term?
    Answer:
    Standard deviation (abbreviation is s, or the Greek letter sigma
    ENTREE #3:
    There is a three-letter abbreviation for an English word that has an unusual property: None of its three letters appear in the word at all. What’s the word, and what’s its abbreviation?
    Hint: If you say the the three letters of the abbreviation aloud, it sounds pretty much like a possible crossword puzzle clue for “Kim Basinger.”
    Answer:
    Septuagint; LXX
    Hint: "Alec's ex" = LXX (Kim Basinger was once married to Alec Baldwin.)
    ENTREE #4:
    Find the answers to the six clues below, each two words long. The two words in each answer can be anagrammed to form an English word and it standard two-letter abbreviation. Solve for each clue and name what English word and it standard two-letter abbreviation is its anagram.
    A. Tegan and Sara, Indigo Girls or Garfunkel and Oates, for example
    B. Ernie or Bert (refer to image)
    C. Uni-, Tri- and hetero-, perhaps
    D. What Tarzan do when Boy’s sister slip and plummet from greased grapevine
    E. Airheads, Hubba Bubba or Adams product, all package in bright red
    F. Like James Hardin or Steph Curry when they’re “in the zone”.... or, Chicago in 1871 after a cow got frisky
    Answer:
    A. Gal duo (Gold, AU)
    B. Bed pal (Lead, PB)
    C. Bi- antonyms (Antimony SB)
    D. Save Girl (Silver AG)
    E. Cherry gum (Mercury HG)
    F. On fire (Iron FE)
    ENTREE #5:
    When Father Murphy prays his breviary he dons a white linen vestment. What is it called and how much does it weigh?
    Answer:
    Alb; a lb.
    By what quantity does the deli sell middle cuts of kielbasa sausage or Colby cheese?
    Answer;
    by the lb.
    ENTREE #6:
    Twelve months after the birth of their twin girls, mom and dad bring their twin girls back to the children’s hospital for a routine annual check-up. They are bemused, however, when during the check-in preliminaries they overhear some medical staff members refer to their daughters as a particular toy with which their 6-year-old son happens to be playing in the waiting room. What is this toy?
    Answer:
    Yo-yo; (Medical professionals often refer to a year-old child by the abbreviation "yo".)

    Dessert Menu

    Rx? Dessert:
    She drove in through the bathroom window

    Name a brand found in the bathroom. Changing the first letter and saying the result aloud sounds much like two words you might see on a roadside sign, and a word for other things you usually see on the roadside.
    What is this brand?
    Answer:
    Head & Shoulders (Dead End; shoulders)

    Lego!

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