PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 8!/20 SERVED
Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Punctuation & Judy turns tragic
Take the title of a play that is a comedy.
Delete a punctuation mark and the two letters that immediately follow it.
Rearrange the letters to the right of this deletion.
The result sounds like the title of a tragedy.
What is the title of this comedy?
What is the title of the tragedy?
Free Falling Appetizer:
Restraining one’s room to roam
Note: We are privileged this week to present on Puzzleria! a nifty puzzle created by Mark Scott of Seattle, known to many of us also by his blog screen name, skydiveboy.
Mark created a great puzzle involving spoonerization that Puzzlemaster Will Shortz used last month as “The Puzzle” on the December 29th edition of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday.
Mark’s “Restraining one’s room to roam” puzzle also involves a spoonerism.
Enjoy!
Switch the initial sounds of (that is, spoonerize) a two-word phrase for something that restricts the roaming range of certain creatures.
Switch the order of the resulting words to form what sounds like a two-word phrase that restricts the roaming range of various vehicles.
What are these two phrases?
Common Law Appetizer:
Transporting lowercase letters across state lines!
A city and its state share a string of consecutive letters in common.
Remove these common letters from each, leaving a means of transport and what it once perhaps transported.
What are this city and state?
Market Share Slice:
Bountifully billowing sales... promo
Name a type of sales promotion that marketers use, in two words.
Rearrange the combined letters to form two other words marketers use, often in conjunction with photographs.
What is this type of promotion? What two words do marketers often use along with photographs.
Super Slice:
It was 19 years ago today...
On January 28, 2001 the rock band Aerosmith performed during the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
It is now nineteen years later.
Aerosmith will not be performing at this year’s Super Bowl, February 2 in Miami, Florida. But the name of someone related to a member of the band will be ubiquitously visible.
Who is this someone?
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
Pay-back for a ref under siege!
Will Shortz’s January 26th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
Write down the letter C. Beneath that write ENT. And beneath that write a G. What profession do these letters represent?
Here’s a hint: It’s a two-word phrase – 10 letters in the first word, 5 letters in the second.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Write down the letters ER. Beneath that write LA. What profession do these letters represent?
Here’s a hint: An honest practitioner of the profession deals with “threads,” while a shady practitioner of the profession deals with “bread.”
ENTREE #2
Write down the letters CO. Beneath that write OFFERS. What money-saving methods do these letters represent, in two words?
Here’s a hint: The money-saving methods the letters represent may be printable or clippable.
(Speaking of money, if you remove one of the two O’s, what you wrote is a two-tiered spelling of COFFERS, places to put money.)
ENTREE #3
Write down the word WOOD. Beneath that write G. And beneath that write the word NOR. What profession/title and surname do these letters represent?
Here’s a hint: The person with the title and surname was elected to public office and served a four-year term at age 34. Forty years later, at age 74 he was elected to the same public office and served another four-year term!
ENTREE #4
Write down the letter S. Above that write LASS. These letters represent a word that Annie Oakley and other such cowgals who competed in the rodeo were sometimes called, especially during certain events.
What is it these buckskin-clad lasses were at times called as they vied for a rodeo trophy?
Here’s a hint: An apostrophe comes into play during the solving.
ENTREE #5
The six mini-puzzles below, A through F, correspond to the six graphic representations in the adjoining image below.
Each mini-puzzle contains three clues. Solve for the first two clues, then replace the clues with your answers. Then, taking into account the relative positions of the answers (one above the other in each case), solve for the third clue. The number in parentheses at the end of each clue indicates the number of letters in that clue’s answer.
A.
kiss (4)
monogram of “I’m Sorry” singer (2)
muzzle-loading firearm (11)
B.
Santa syllable (2)
nature abhoree (6)
dirt sucker (6, 6)
C.
sort, type (4)
Bubba’s successor (1)
child prodigy (10)
D.
word following drum or dinner (4)
Bonn-born composer (9)
Berry-penned title (4, 4, 9)
E.
platter that is played (4)
platters that are played (5)
advertising slogan urging younger generations to give “groovy” recordings a listen (8, 5)
F.
what “Lima” stands for (1)
word in a short Holly title (3)
1980’s “hair band” (8)
ENTREE #6
Write down a compound word for particular time periods.
Place the first compound part above the second part. Switch the first letters of the two parts. That is, spoonerize them.
Given their positioning, these words represent a two-word phrase that describes events that occurred on March 31, 1973 in San Diego and on June 9, 1978 in Las Vegas.
What is this two-word phrase?
Here’s a hint: The two-word phrase has 6 letters in the first word and 6 letters in the second word.
Thirst For Juice-tice Dessert:
Alphabetical “imbibery”
The second word in the name of a two-word drink sounds like a letter of the alphabet. Replace the word with the letter and move it to the beginning.
Divide the result into two words.
Use:
1. the first word twice,
2. the second word once,
3. a rhyme of the second word once, and
4. a synonym of “precipitous” once.
Use those five words to fill in the five blanks in this warning:
“Don't _____ this drink ___ ____ lest it become ___ ______.”
What is this drink?
What is the completed sentence?
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:
Punctuation & Judy turns tragic
Take the title of a play that is a comedy. Delete a punctuation mark and the two letters that immediately follow it.
Rearrange the letters to the right of this deletion.
The result sounds like the title of a tragedy.
What is the title of this comedy?
What is the title of the tragedy?
Appetizer Menu
Free Falling Appetizer:
Restraining one’s room to roam
Note: We are privileged this week to present on Puzzleria! a nifty puzzle created by Mark Scott of Seattle, known to many of us also by his blog screen name, skydiveboy. Mark created a great puzzle involving spoonerization that Puzzlemaster Will Shortz used last month as “The Puzzle” on the December 29th edition of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday.
Mark’s “Restraining one’s room to roam” puzzle also involves a spoonerism. Enjoy!
Switch the initial sounds of (that is, spoonerize) a two-word phrase for something that restricts the roaming range of certain creatures. Switch the order of the resulting words to form what sounds like a two-word phrase that restricts the roaming range of various vehicles.
What are these two phrases?
Common Law Appetizer:
Transporting lowercase letters across state lines!
A city and its state share a string of consecutive letters in common. Remove these common letters from each, leaving a means of transport and what it once perhaps transported.
What are this city and state?
MENU
Market Share Slice:
Bountifully billowing sales... promo
Name a type of sales promotion that marketers use, in two words. Rearrange the combined letters to form two other words marketers use, often in conjunction with photographs.
What is this type of promotion? What two words do marketers often use along with photographs.
Super Slice:
It was 19 years ago today...
On January 28, 2001 the rock band Aerosmith performed during the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
It is now nineteen years later. Aerosmith will not be performing at this year’s Super Bowl, February 2 in Miami, Florida. But the name of someone related to a member of the band will be ubiquitously visible.
Who is this someone?
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
Pay-back for a ref under siege!
Will Shortz’s January 26th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:Write down the letter C. Beneath that write ENT. And beneath that write a G. What profession do these letters represent?
Here’s a hint: It’s a two-word phrase – 10 letters in the first word, 5 letters in the second.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Write down the letters ER. Beneath that write LA. What profession do these letters represent?Here’s a hint: An honest practitioner of the profession deals with “threads,” while a shady practitioner of the profession deals with “bread.”
ENTREE #2
Write down the letters CO. Beneath that write OFFERS. What money-saving methods do these letters represent, in two words?
Here’s a hint: The money-saving methods the letters represent may be printable or clippable.(Speaking of money, if you remove one of the two O’s, what you wrote is a two-tiered spelling of COFFERS, places to put money.)
ENTREE #3
Write down the word WOOD. Beneath that write G. And beneath that write the word NOR. What profession/title and surname do these letters represent?
Here’s a hint: The person with the title and surname was elected to public office and served a four-year term at age 34. Forty years later, at age 74 he was elected to the same public office and served another four-year term!ENTREE #4
Write down the letter S. Above that write LASS. These letters represent a word that Annie Oakley and other such cowgals who competed in the rodeo were sometimes called, especially during certain events.
What is it these buckskin-clad lasses were at times called as they vied for a rodeo trophy?Here’s a hint: An apostrophe comes into play during the solving.
ENTREE #5
The six mini-puzzles below, A through F, correspond to the six graphic representations in the adjoining image below.
Each mini-puzzle contains three clues. Solve for the first two clues, then replace the clues with your answers. Then, taking into account the relative positions of the answers (one above the other in each case), solve for the third clue. The number in parentheses at the end of each clue indicates the number of letters in that clue’s answer.
A.
kiss (4)
monogram of “I’m Sorry” singer (2)
muzzle-loading firearm (11)
B.
Santa syllable (2)nature abhoree (6)
dirt sucker (6, 6)
C.
sort, type (4)
Bubba’s successor (1)
child prodigy (10)
D.
word following drum or dinner (4)
Bonn-born composer (9)
Berry-penned title (4, 4, 9)
E.
platter that is played (4)
platters that are played (5)
advertising slogan urging younger generations to give “groovy” recordings a listen (8, 5)
F.
what “Lima” stands for (1)
word in a short Holly title (3)
1980’s “hair band” (8)
ENTREE #6
Write down a compound word for particular time periods.
Place the first compound part above the second part. Switch the first letters of the two parts. That is, spoonerize them.Given their positioning, these words represent a two-word phrase that describes events that occurred on March 31, 1973 in San Diego and on June 9, 1978 in Las Vegas.
What is this two-word phrase?
Here’s a hint: The two-word phrase has 6 letters in the first word and 6 letters in the second word.
Dessert Menu
Thirst For Juice-tice Dessert:
Alphabetical “imbibery”
The second word in the name of a two-word drink sounds like a letter of the alphabet. Replace the word with the letter and move it to the beginning. Divide the result into two words.
Use:
1. the first word twice,
2. the second word once,
3. a rhyme of the second word once, and
4. a synonym of “precipitous” once.
Use those five words to fill in the five blanks in this warning:
“Don't _____ this drink ___ ____ lest it become ___ ______.”
What is this drink?
What is the completed sentence?
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.
No comments yet? I'll fix that!
ReplyDeleteHappy Super Bowl Eve Eve, everybody!
I've been doing some Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation for my hematoma lately(well, not so much compression, as we don't have any bandages that would help the situation). We didn't eat out tonight, as Bryan and Renae et al were babysitting. So we got some food from Arby's. I highly recommend their new white cheddar mac'n'cheese. After that, I listened to Ask Me Another and did this week's Prize Crossword, compiled by Tramp. The very last clue had to do with cricket, which occasionally comes up in these puzzles, and somehow I manage to figure out clues like that even though I know nothing about the sport. Helps to look up answers you're not 100% sure about. Anyway, on to this week's P!
The only puzzles I could not get as of yet are SDB's spoonerism puzzle(sorry, Mark), and the two puzzles that followed. Last night I spent a long time looking up cities and states that looked like they might resemble a transport and what might be transported, but to no avail. By contrast, I definitely enjoyed all of the Entrees, even though I had to look up those dates in the last one to get it. I know I can expect hints for the others, but then I also know SDB isn't the type to supply hints for his own work. So I'm most likely screwed with that one. But in case SDB changes his mind(and I won't hold my breath), I will keep checking back in for hints to all of them. I know Lego won't let me down. Good luck to all on the blog, and keep the comments coming!
I've got many, but not all.
ReplyDeleteMight I add to the riffs? Some are lame, some less so, this is only 45 minutes distracted by MST 3000.
1. n¢o
2. ical
3. deathlife
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5. ablapignket
6. srevo
7. ɔɐʞǝ
8. act_o_
9. b.....e.....d
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11. reosh
12. IDEA
13. x and x
14. en + da
15. nat ion
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18. facedlie
19. fence
one more for this weekend:
Delete20. tmso
Thanks for dropping by and gracing us with your NON-LAME riffs, eco. They are clever. I have solved most of them but not all, just like I do with your BONUS PUZZLES on Blaine's blog. If you didn't have a day job, you could crank out a heckuva puzzle blog.
DeleteI shall sleep on your riffs that are stumping me.
Lego
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and one more:
Delete21. erf erb
improvements on last night's haste:
2. toe
10.
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s.........e
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(graphics are hard in text, think of the . as blank spaces. still isn't right)
20. ti sh
Actually, I have solved only 3. 4. 5. 7. 12, 15, 17, 18, 19 and, maybe, 6 and 8.
DeleteThe "improvements" just brought my puzzlement into clearer focus!
LegoWhoSuddenlyHasAHankerin'ForSome
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I just now posted the following puzzle on Blaine's blog. I reprint it here, with permission (and persimmons):
DeleteA Puzzle:
Take a screen name that appears on Blaine's Blog and, from time to time, on Puzzleria! Rearrange its letters to form two words:
1. A plural noun, and
2. What kind of metrical foot this noun would be classified as if it appeared in a poem.
Hint: The answers to 1. and 2. are in alphabetical order.
LegoWhoDinesOnPricklyPearsForDessert
I just now came up with AN answer for SDB's appetizer. I like the second phrase more than the first phrase, however, so it could well be wrong.
ReplyDeleteAlso have an answer for the Common Law Slice, although (in reverse), I like the first word way better than the second word.
Have 'for sure' answers for the Market Share slice, the Super slice, Entree #3, and the Dessert, but not doing so well everywhere else.
VT: I am sure you did solve it.
DeleteThanks, SDB, but I'm still not sure....
DeleteWhat mainly worries me at the moment, sdb, is that the spoonerizing gave an exact result, not a 'sounds like.'
DeleteVT:
Delete"sounds like" was put in by Lego, not me. I just expect people to either know what a Spoonerism is, or look it up. I am certain you have solved it. Good job.
The difficult part wasn't the spoonerizing, though, it's the trying to come up with WHAT is doing the restricting!
DeleteA few words about spoonerisms:
DeleteMerriam Webster defines "spoonerism" as:
a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil).
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition defines "spoonerism" as:
an unintentional interchange of sounds, usually initial sounds, in two or more words, for example, “a well-boiled icicle” for “a well-oiled bicycle.”
According to Wikipedia, A Mr. Robert Seton, once a student of the Reverend William Spooner, admitted that the good reverend
made, to Seton's knowledge, only one "Spoonerism" in his life, in 1879, when he stood in the pulpit and announced the hymn: "Kinkering Kongs their Titles Take." Spooner himself claimed that "The Kinquering Kongs Their Titles Take" (in reference to a hymn) was his sole spoonerism.
But skydiveboy is correct: Usually a spoonerism switches initial sounds or letters.
A few words about the puzzle:
Spoonerizing "bowl of salad" spells "sowl of balad."
Spoonerizing "bowl of salad" sounds like "soul of ballad."
That is why used "sounds like" in the text of the puzzle.
If we were spoonerizing "pack of lies" to "lack of pies," I would have not used "sounds like."
I would have written something like:
"Switch the initial sounds (or letters) of the first and third words of a three-word phrase for the content of recent State of the Union addresses. The result will spell a phrase indicating a dearth of certain pastries."
Note: It wouldn't be incorrect to substitute "sounds like" for "spell," but using "spell" makes the puzzle more easily solvable. It gives the solver more information.
LegoWhoWillNowSitBackAndRestASpell
Have laboriously worked out the rest of the Entrees, eXCEPT for #1, 4 and 5F.
ReplyDeleteHave other folks gotten the Schpuzzle already?
Oh, Entree #1 wasn't hard after all.
Delete"Have laboriously worked out the rest of the Entrees, except for #1, 4 and 5F..."
DeleteI hope, VT, that it was a labor of love rather than a labor of tedium!
LegoNotes:JustAs"NoGutsNoGlory"SoToo"NoLaboriousNoGlorious"
Well, it's fun when one finally solves it. While researching and looking around, awhile nothing works out, I can't say, in all honesty, that THAT is fun!
DeleteSaturday Hints:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle:
In northern climes, in October on ice rinks you may see a puck or two.
FFA:
The two-word phrase that restricts the roaming range of certain creatures might be invisible. The two-word phrase that restricts the roaming range of various vehicles conjures images of lighthouses.
CLA:
The means of transport was measured not in cubic feet but in cubic cubits.
Super Slice:
Who is this someone? A female actress.
Market Share Slice:
The two words do marketers use with photographs are antonyms.
ROSS:
ENTREE #1
The profession is similar, in one way, with that of a caterer.
ENTREE #2
The key word in solving this puzzle often follows the word "Once..."
ENTREE #3
"Take me home, country roads..."
ENTREE #4
Stanley and Helen on an old sit-com
ENTREE #5
A.
The muzzle-loading firearm is a compound word. The first part is not a good word to associate with firearms!
B.
Perhaps a German child prodigy?
C.
This puzzle might well have substituted "beavers' project (3)" for "nature abhoree (6)"
D.
"...and tell Tchaikovsky the news."
E.
The platter(s)? Usually black and 78, 45 and 33.3333
F.
"OscarHotel _ _ _ )" by BravoUniformDeltaDeltaYankee HotelOscarLimaLimaYankee
ENTREE #6
1,209,600 seconds
Thirst For Juice-tice Dessert:
"Why not have a spot? It's on the cart."
LegoPouringOutSippableHints
I think I've accidentally stumbled upon the answer to SDB's puzzle!
ReplyDeleteIf my answer to the transport puzzle is correct(and I doubt it), what's being transported is only one out of many, many, many different "things". Further clarification may be necessary.
ReplyDeleteWhat is being transported is one of many things, Perhaps many many. But many many many may be stretching it a bit!
DeleteIt is what most of us consider an ancient means of transport. What is being transported is a living creature. The word I am calling it is capitalized and six letters long. It is often followed by a three-letter lowercase noun that names the creature more generally.
LegoWhoSaysThatIfYouTurnYourTelevisionOnThisEveningYouMayWellSeeOnYourScreenTwentyTwoOfTheLowerCaseVersionsOfTheSixLetterCreatureThatWasOncePerhapsTransported
Late last (Saturday) evening, our friend ron over on Blaine's blog posted a wonderful and interesting comment regarding today's date and palindromes. I am reprinting it here for those of you who may not have seen it:
ReplyDeleteTomorrow’s date will be written as an eight-digit palindrome around the world, the first time this has happened in 900 years.
The coincidence is rare because countries use differing conventions. February 2, 2020, is a palindrome whether expressed as day/month/year (02/02/2020), month/day/year (02/02/2020), or year/month/day (2020/02/02).
This happened last on November 11, 1111, and it won’t happen again until March 3, 3030.
02/01/2020 UPDATE: A number of readers have pointed out that 12/12/2121 works fine too, and it’s barely more than a century away.
LegoWhoNotesThatronAlwaysSeemsToDigUpInterestingStuffLikeThisAndThanksHimForDoingSo(AndWhoHopesronIsOkayWithMyReprintingItHereOnOurBlog)
Sunday clues to some additional riffs
ReplyDelete1. n¢o → Standard Fear Leader Proclamation
2. toe → Might come through your own two lips
3. deathlife → SDB belief
4. cl
leaf → there's a reason it's #4
5. ablapignket → Vegetarians, Jews, and Muslims won't go for this
6. srevo → Possible, but unlikely result ending for #5 or #7
7. ɔɐʞǝ → Pineapple
8. act_o_ → Pretty unwatchable
9. b.....e.....d → Sort of related to Undercover Agent
10.
s....t....p
s.........e
r....e....t → An opportunity to pontificate?
11. reosh → STRAP cannot condone.
12. IDEA → Not many of these coming out of Washington DC these days
13. x and x → "If I've clued you once..."
14. en + da → I swear I didn't know about today's on-air puzzle
15. nat ion → Result of standard Fear Leader Proclamation
16.
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17. lookyouleap → Wise words to SDB, or maybe not
18. facedlie → Another standard Fear Leader Proclamation
19. fence → You might also let yourself be braced
20 tmso or ti sh → I think happens around 5 PM today
21. erf erb → You don't want one of these
Thanks, eco, for these hints. It helped me chip away at a few more. I now have more than half.
DeleteLegoWhoDoesNotKnowTheAnswerTo#11ButWhoNeverthelessPresumesToIntroduceTheFollowingRiffOffs:GSGE>Or,MoreSubtley,STUN
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Just a few Riff-Offs of my own. Hope you enjoy them.
I have solved two-thirds of eco's riffs and 60% of cranberry's riffs.
DeleteLegoWhoDeclares"Hey!That'sOverA600BattingAverage!NotBad!"
Three more:
Delete14. THLACKE
15.
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Delete17. BREA&KING
Wouldja believe one more?
Delete18. ELPPA
cranberry,
DeleteI solved #16. I'm so close to solving #18 that I can almost taste it!
LegoFlummoxed
An easy one:
Delete21. reenigne
Would that be anything like YGOLOHCYSP?
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ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE: MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM => MARE => MIDSUMMER NIGHTMARE
ReplyDeleteFREEFALL APPETIZER: LARGE CHOW (dog) => LOW CHARGE [on electric cars] ; SMART COLLAR => CART SMOLLAR => SMALLER CART ?? [I know these are both wrong, since they don't go with the hint. I tried "VIRTUAL FENCE" but got nowhere with it.]
COMMON LAW SLICE: NEWARK, NEW JERSEY => ARK & JERSEY (cow)
MARKET SHARE SLICE: REBATE OFFER => BEFORE, AFTER [Did this backwards]
SUPER SLICE: LIV TYLER (Super Bowl LIV)
ENTREES:
1. LA[UNDER]ER
2. CO[UPON] OFFERS
3. G[OVER]NOR [UNDER]WOOD
4. LASS[OVER] S ?????
5. A. BL[UNDER]BUSS [Good thing I learned the second word here last week!]
B. HO[OVER] VACUUM or DAM per the hint
C. W[UNDER]KIND
D. ROLL [OVER] BEETHOVEN
E. DISC[OVER] DISCS
F. L[OVER]BOY
6. FORTNIGHTS => NORT[ON] FIGHTS
DESSERT: OOLONG TEA => TOOLONG => TOO & LONG => 1. TOO, TOO 2. LONG 3. STRONG 4. STEEP => Don't STEEP this drink TOO LONG, lest it become TOO STRONG.
VT:
DeleteI thought you had solved it, but I was wrong. You did get 2 of the words though. More later.
Yeah, I see from geo's answer below, that 'dog and 'fence' were the answer. However, I DO love my "Low Charge" answer anyway.
DeleteAfter reading the "lighthouse" hint, I was really hoping to make BARRIER REEF work somehow.
DeleteVT: I also liked your LARGE CHOW / LOW CHARGE answer.
DeleteThanks, geo!
DeleteA Midsummer Night's Dream > A Midsummer Nightmare
ReplyDeleteLA(UNDER)ER
Don't STEEP OOLONG TEA TOO LONG les it become TOO STRONG.
Schpuzzle: ????
ReplyDeleteMisunderstood the question to relate to only the letters after the apostrophe, not all the remaining letters (including those before). But I had never heard of the film, so couldn't have gotten it anyway.
Free-Falling Appetizer: DOG FENCE => FOG DENCE => DENSE FOG (post-Sat-hint)
Common Law Appetizer: NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – NEW => ARK, JERSEY (breed of cattle)
Alternate: NEW DURHAM, NH – NEW => DURHAM (boat), HAMPSHIRE (breed of sheep or pig)
Market Share Slice: ????
Got stuck on SAIL/SALE from the picture, so got nowhere.
Super Slice: KOBE BRYANT (?) - didn't fit with hint. Had never heard of Liv Tyler, and had no idea who could be related to anyone in Aerosmith (also unfamiliar).
Entrées
#1: LA (under) ER => LAUNDERER
#2: CO (upon) OFFERS => COUPON OFFERS
#3: G (under) WOOD; (over) NOR => (Grant) UNDERWOOD GOVERNOR
#4: LASS (o'er) S => LASSOERS
#5 A: BL (Brenda Lee) (under) BUSS => BLUNDERBUSS
B: HO (over) VACUUM => HOOVER VACUUM
C: W (under) KIND => WUNDERKIND
D: ROLL (over) BEETHOVEN => ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
E: DISC (over) DISCS => DISCOVER DISCS
F: L (over) BOY => LOVERBOY (never heard of the band)
#6: FORT (on) NIGHTS => NORTON FIGHTS
Dessert: OOLONG TEA => TOO LONG => STEEP, TOO LONG, TOO STRONG
Also got most of Eco's and cranberry's bonus puzzles.
Oh, I had meant to comment a bit earlier, when I read your Schpuzzle comment, that I, TOO, had misunderstood the directions until just last night, when suddenly I realized (having already put down Midsummer NIght's Dream, but 'ream' arranged any way one did it, didn't make sense).....that Lego meant for us to use ALL the letters, not just the ones after the apostrophe deletion.
DeleteMy riffs:
ReplyDelete1. n¢o → in no cent First one I thought of, I hope you got stuck on non-commissioned officer.
2. toe → Tip toe Through the two lips.
3. deathlife → Life after death Easy.
4.
cl
leaf → Cloverleaf Also easy.
5. ablapignket → Pig in a blanket Even easier
6. srevo → Leftovers
7. ɔɐʞǝ → Upside down cake
8. act_o_ → Missing in action
9. b.....e.....d → Bedspread
10.
s....t....p
s.........e
r....e....t → St Peters Square My favorite, no surprise there.
11. reosh → Horseplay
12. IDEA → Capital ideal
13. x and x → Time and time again
14. en + da → Addenda
15. nat ion → Divided nation
16.
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| → line up
17. lookyouleap → Look before you leap
18. facedlie → Bold faced lie
19. fence → chain link fence
20 tmso or ti sh → half time show
21. erf erb → f end er b end er
22. reenigne → reverse engineer
First my riffs:
ReplyDelete1. SLICED BALONEY(below knee)
2. ABYSMALLY(A by small Y)
3. QUARTER AFTER SIX
4. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
5. STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT
6. ONCE UPON A TIME(up on)
7. FOREIGN AFFAIRS(four in AFFAIRS)
8. GOVERNMENT(G over NMENT)
9. PHEASANT UNDER GLASS
10. DRINKS ARE ON THE HOUSE(R for are)
11. HAM ON RYE
12. THE TIDE IS TURNING(or TURNING THE TIDE)
13. ALL ABOUT EVE
14. THE HOUSING SHORTAGE
15. TRUMP THINKS HE'S ABOVE THE LAW
16. FOUNDER'S DAY(FO under 'SDAY)
17. BREAKING AND ENTERING
18. APPLE TURNOVER
And of course, REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY.
Schpuzzle
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTMARE
Appetizer Menu
skydiveboy's Puzzle
DOG FENCE, DENSE FOG(Good one, SDB!)
Common Law Appetizer
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY(ARK, JERSEY cows)
Menu
Market Share Slice
REBATE OFFER, BEFORE, AFTER
Entrees
1. LAUNDERER(under)
2. COUPON OFFERS(upon)
3. GOVERNOR UNDERWOOD(over, under, his first name is Grant)
4. LASSOERS(o'er)
5. A. BLUNDERBUSS(BL for Brenda Lee under BUSS)
B. HOOVER VACUUM(over)
C. WUNDERKIND(George W. Bush under KIND)
D. ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN(over)
E. DISCOVER DISCS(over)
F. LOVERBOY(L over BOY)
6. NORTON FIGHTS(NORT on FIGHTS), FORTNIGHTS
Dessert
OOLONG TEA, STEEP, TOO LONG, TOO STRONG
Gotta go! I'm missing The Masked Singer!-pjb
Congratulations to geofan and PJB for solving my puzzle, and also VT, who came very close to solving it. Congrats to anyone else who did too.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, at least to me anyway, I came up with the puzzle on the spur of the moment during a phone conversation with Lego. I really don't know how it came to me so quickly and easily, seemingly without any thought at all. At that moment I didn't think it worthwhile as a puzzle. I had to look at it again after Lego said he would like to use it to see that it might be okay. Thanks Lego.
(Sorry about the tardiness of these official answers)
ReplyDeleteThis week's official answers for the record, part 1:
Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Punctuation & Judy turns tragic
Take the title of a play that is a comedy.
Delete a punctuation mark and the two letters that immediately follow it.
Rearrange the letters to the right of this deletion.
The result sounds like the title of a tragedy.
What is the title of this comedy?
What is the title of the tragedy?
Answer:
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"; "A Midsummer Nightmare"
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Free Falling Appetizer:
Restraining one’s room to roam
Spoonerize a two-word phrase that restricts the roaming range of certain creatures. Switch the order of the resulting words to form a two-word phrase that restricts the roaming range of various vehicles. What are these two phrases?
Answer:
Dog fence; Dense fog
Common Law Appetizer:
Transporting lowercase letters across state lines!
A city and its state share a string of consecutive letters in common. Remove these common letters from each, leaving a means of transport and what it once perhaps transported.
What are this city and state?
Answer:
Newark, New Jersey; Noah's ARK perhaps transported a JERSEY (cow)
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Super Slice:
It was 19 years ago today...
On January 28, 2001 the rock band Aerosmith played during the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida.
Nineteen years later, Aerosmith will not be performing at this year’s Super Bowl, February 2 in Miami, Florida. But the name of someone related to a member of the band will be ubiquitously visible.
Who is this someone?
Answer:
Liv Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler. Her first name is the Roman numeral of this year's Super Bowl LIV (54).
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteMarket Share Slice:
Bountifully billowing sales... promo
Name a type of sales promotion that marketers use, in two words.
Rearrange the combined letters to form two other words marketers use in conjunction with photographs.
What is this type of promotion?
What two words do marketers use with photographs.
Answer:
Rebate offer; before, after
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
Pay-back for a ref under siege!
Will Shortz’s January 26th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:
Write down the letter C. Beneath that write ENT. And beneath that write a G. What profession do these letters represent?
Here’s a hint: It’s a two-word phrase – 10 letters in the first word, 5 letters in the second.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Write down the letters ER. Beneath that write LA. What profession do these letters represent?
Here’s a hint: An honest practitioner of the profession deals with “threads,” while a shady practitioner of the profession deals with “bread.”
Answer:
Launderer (of clothers or, more shadily, of cash)
ENTREE #2
Write down the letters CO. Beneath that write OFFERS. What money-saving methods do these letters represent, in two words?
Here’s a hint: The money-saving methods the letters represent may be printable or clippable.
(Speaking of money, if you remove one of the two O’s, what you wrote is a two-tiered spelling of https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffer COFFERS, places to put money.)
Answer:
Coupon offers; CO UPON OFFERS (Coupons that are offered may be printable from online sites or clippable from print media.)
ENTREE #3
Write down the word WOOD. Beneath that write G. And beneath that write the word NOR. What profession/title and surname do these letters represent?
Here’s a hint: The person with the title and surname was elected to public office and served a four-year term at age 34. At age 74 he was elected to the same public office and served a four-year term!
Answer:
Governor (Cecil) Underwood (G OVER NOR UNDER WOOD)
ENTREE #4
Write down the letter S. Above that write LASS. These letters represent a word that Annie Oakley and other such cowgals in the rodeo are sometimes called, especially during the calf-roping competition.
What is it these buckskin-clad lasses are called as ther vie for a calf-roping TROPHY?
Here’s a hint: An aposTROPHE comes into play during the solving.
Answer:
Lassoers; LASS O'ER S
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
ReplyDeleteENTREE #5
The six mini-puzzles below, A through F, correspond to the six grapic representations in the adjoining image.
Each mini-puzzle contains three clues. Solve for the first two clues, then replace the clues with your answers. Then, taking into account the relative positions of the answers (one above the other in each case), solve for the third clue. The number in parentheses at the end of each clue indicates the number of letters in that clue’s answer.
A.
kiss (4)
monogram of “I’m Sorry” singer (2)
muzzle-loading firearm (11)
B.
sort, type (4)
Bubba’s successor (1)
child prodigy (10)
C.
Santa syllable (2)
nature abhoree (6)
dirt sucker (6, 6)
D.
word following drum or dinner (4)
Bonn-born composer (9)
Berry-penned title (4, 4, 9)
E.
platter that is played (4)
platters that are played (5)
advertising slogan urging younger generations to give “groovy” recordings a listen (8, 5)
F.
what “Lima” stands for (1)
word in a short Holly title (3)
1980’s “hair group” (8)
Answer:
A.
kiss (4) BUSS
monogram of “I’m Sorry” singer (2) BL
muzzle-loading firearm (11) BLUNDERBUSS
BL UNDER BUSS = BLUNDERBUSS
B.
sort, type (4) KIND
Bubba’s successor (1) W
child prodigy (10) WUNDERKIND
W UNDER KIND = WUNDERKIND
C.
Santa syllable (2) HO
nature abhoree (6) VACUUM
dirt sucker (6, 6) HOOVER VACUUM
HO OVER VACUUM = HOOVER VACUUM
D.
word following drum or dinner (4) ROLL
Bonn-born composer (9) BEETHOVEN
Berry-penned title (4, 4, 9) ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
E.
platter that is played (4) DISC
platters that are played (5) VINYL
advertising slogan urging younger generations to give “groovy” recordings a listen (8, 5) DISCOVER VINYL
DISC OVER VINYL = DISCOVER VINYL
F.
what “Lima” stands for (1) L
word in a short Holly title (3) BOY
1980’s “hair group” (8) LOVERBOY
L OVER BOY = LOVERBOY
ENTREE #6
Write down a compound word for particular time periods. Place the first compound part above the second part. Switch the first letters of the two parts. Given their positioning, these words represent a two-word phrase that describes events that occured March 31, 1973 in San Diego and June 9, 1978 in Las Vegas.
What is this two-word phrase?
Here’s a hint: The two-word phrase has 6 letters in the first word, 5 letters in the second.
Answer:
Fortnights; Nort (on) Fights
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Thirst For Juice-tice Dessert:
Alphabetical “imbibery”
The second word in the name of a two-word drink sounds like a letter of the alphabet. Replace the word with the letter and move it to the beginning.
Divide the result into two words.
Use:
1. the first word twice,
2. the second word once,
3. a rhyme of the second word once, and
4. a synonym of “precipitous” once...
to fill in the five blanks in this warning:
“Don't _____ this drink ___ ____ lest it become ___ ______.”
What is this drink?
What is the completed sentence?
Answer:
Oolong tea; (oolong t -->too long -->too strong)
"Don't steep this drink too long lest it become too strong."
Lego!