The 20s roar in crypticktockingly! Mugging for cameras at the café; Poetica Universalis (lyricism of the spheres); Diver of skies advises us to “Spoonerize!” “All this ‘clinical talk’ makes me blue”

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 8!/20 SERVED

Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Poetica Universalis (lyricism of the spheres)

Describe Mars, Milky Way or Galaxy, in two words. 
Add a letter to the end of this description to name two means to an end that are compared to one another in a poem. 
What are this two-word description and these two means to an end?
Note: The second “means to an end” is a more specific example of the broader, more general term mentioned in the poem.

Appetizer Menu

Lions, Dogs, Horses & Bears Appetizer:
The 20s roar in crypticktockingly!

The holidays seem to be becoming synonymous with the name Patrick J. Berry (screen name, “cranberry”) who this past Thanksgiving had his tenth Cryptic Crossword puzzle appear on Puzzleria! 
This week, in the wake of New Year (and “New Decade”) celebrations, we are reveling in the eleventh of Patrick’s Puzzleria! cryptic crossword puzzles (which, happily, keep cropping up like cryptockticktic clockwork!). 
Here are links to Patrick’s previous ten crosswords:
ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN
And here are a few basic cryptic crossword puzzle instructions:
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,” (5, 3) indicates a five-and-three-letter answer like “cargo van,” 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
1. Certain pets loved primarily by S. Caesar’s costar in show(6,4)
6. Nobleman expected to entertain king(4)
9. Had a braid out of place? Yes!(3,4,3)
10. Indeed, I think it’s correct(4)
11. Man left pub in terrible mood– we’ve all heard him before!(3,8)
15. Slow working dog?(7)
16. Surprise rattles characters, getting nervous(7)
17. Recent disorder involving some inflammation of the stomach(7)
19. Manage to do it?(4,3)
20. Never easy dancing with different partners shortly before 11 is heard?(3,5,3)
23. Lion’s first appearance in den(4)
24. Unfortunate sunbather, perhaps? It’s not top priority here(4,6)
25. Imaginary creature, still intimidating at first(4)
26. Get toy broken in crowd, looking for fair(6,4)
DOWN
1. Country Bear Jamboree No. 2?(4)
2. Wife’s long, terrible day(4)
3. Be inclined to go on record during trial: “There’s not much money in it!”(6,5)
4. Continue to misbehave(5,2)
5. Snapping a visitor, unable to get one in frame(7)
7. Got awfully rude? Not so on date!(10)
8. Texts excitedly about gypsy characters(10)
12. B-Be ugly as a horse?(5,6)
13. Plan for change of scenery to involve mountain climbing(10)
14. Weakling wants pity – sadly, gets little attention(10)
18. Vulgar-sounding song from pirate(7)
19. Creature – simple feline, say?(7)
21. Ruin card game with last hand(4)
22. Raised money over the phone(4)

MENU

Snapshot Slice:
Mugging for cameras at the café

An actor takes a seat at an establishment where drinks are served. He orders one. Presently, the waitress places a mug in front of his “mug...”
Double a letter in the surname of this actor. Place the letters of a synonym of mug in front of his altered surname. Switch the first two vowels of this result to name the drink in the actor’s mug.
Who is this actor and what is his drink?  
Hint: The first four letters of the drink are the last name of a satirist from the past who has the same first name as the actor.

Riffing Off Shortz And Scott Slices:
Diver of skies advises us to “Spoonerize!”

This week’s challenge, created by Mark Scott of Seattle, Washington (also known by his screen name “skydiveboy”) reads: 
Everyone knows what a spoonerism is, right? That’s where you switch the initial consonant sounds of one phrase to get another – like “light rain” for “right lane.” Here’s the puzzle: Name a well-known world leader, first and last names. Spoonerize this, and you’ll get a phrase that means “to have confidence in one of the martial arts.” Who’s the leader, and what’s the phrase?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Scott Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Name two articles of clothing: a 3-letter word for what a banker with a motorcar never wears in the pouring rain, and a 5-letter word for a pair of above-the-knees hybrid britches. 
1. Double the last letter of the second word;
2. Switch the third letter of the first word with the second letter of the second word;
3. Move the fourth letter of the second word somewhere inside the first word.
The result spells a talented puzzle maker, first and last names. 
Who is it? What are the two articles of clothing?
ENTREE #2
Name a well-known world leader, first and last names. 
Spoonerize this, and you’ll get what sounds reasonably similar to a phrase that tells how a martial artist – who in the mid-1990s invested heavily in a fledgling web services provider – made a fortune. 
Who’s the leader, and what’s the phrase?
ENTREE #3
Name a not-so-well-known world leader, first and last names. The name of the republic of which this leader is prime minister contains multiple words. 
Spoonerize this prime minister’s name, forming two parts. Ignore a long-E sound at the end of the second part. The two parts sound like two words for things that can be worn on the head.  
Who’s the leader, and what are the two things worn on the head?
ENTREE #4
Name a well-known past world leader, full name. 
Remove six consecutive letters from the interior of this name, leaving what sounds like the last name of an artist whose nationality was the same as that of the world leader.
Who are this leader and artist?
ENTREE #5
Name a well-known world leader, first and last names. The first two letters in the name spell the nickname of the winningest men’s basketball coach in the history of his Big Ten school. 
Change the third and sixth letters of the name, respectively, to the letters in a abbreviated synonym of “bathroom” to spell what sounds like the Big Ten school where the coach was a winner.
Who is this world leader? 
Who is the coach and what was his school?
ENTREE #6
Name a well-known 19th-century world leader, first and last names, 15 total letters.
Replace the fifth letter in the name with a duplicate of the eighth letter. 
The first seven letters spell what sounds like the name of a modern expressway in the land of this leader. The remaining letters spell a U.S. state capital.
Who’s the leader? What’s the expressway? What is the capital?

Dessert Menu

Cinnanonymous Dessert:
“All this ‘clinical talk’ makes me blue”

Name a word for a kind of talk. 
Place it at the end of a medical procedure to form what sounds like a synonym of  “blue.”
What are this procedure and synonym?
Hint: The word for the  “kind of talk” is an an acronym.


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.)


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