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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