A moveable puzzle feast for those not on the go; Great danes, cranes and automobiles; A dumbfounding demon of a demonym; Live from New York...; Nun of the Above?

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Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Nun of the Above? 

The answer to this Schpuzzle of the Week is not “Nun (or even None) of the above.” It is not a multiple-choice quiz. What it is, is a fill-in-the-blanks quiz.
So, fill in the four blanks in the following sentence with two different words:
A nun in need of a miracle _______ her beads and _____, but most folks just _____ their _______. 
What are these two words?

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Econfusion Appetizer:
A moveable puzzle feast for those not on the go

(Note: We introduce this week a new feature by a great puzzle creator whose screen name is ecoarchitect. We call it “Econfusions.” He is an an architect who is equally adept at designing structures and puzzles. Enjoy!)

National movements
?1. Name two countries. 
In each country, move the last letter to the 3rd position, and the result will be something you might have wanted 1000 years ago, but don’t want today.

You can be famous without vowel movements
?2. Name a well-known celebrity, first and last name. Of the 14 letters in that name, six are the same vowel, and there are no other vowels in that name. Not so useful hint: The celebrity’s middle name has three letters, two are the same vowel.
?3. Name a well-known writer, first and last name. Of the 15 letters in that name, five are the same vowel, and there are no other vowels in that name.

And a movement to solve problems
?4. Name something in 10 letters that people, including folks on this blog, use to solve a problem. Move the 5th letter nine places in the alphabet (or 17, depending on which direction you’re moving) to get another thing people use to solve a problem.

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Retail Comedy Slice:
Live from New York...

Name a U.S.-based high-end global retailer. Change a letter to the letter before it in the alphabet. 
Rearrange the result to form the first and last names of an Saturday Night Live alumna. 
What is this retailer?
Hint: The alumna has remained somewhat ubiquitous on television in the wake of her SNL tenure.


Riffing Off Shortz And Heckler Slices:
Great danes, cranes and automobiles

Will Shortz’s May 5th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Jerry Heckler of Chardon, Ohio, reads:
Name the make and model of a popular car. Change the first and last letters of the make to name an animal. Change the first and fourth letters of the model to name another animal.
What car is this? 
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Heckler Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Take the first and last names of a puzzle-maker. Write down the first and second letters, followed by the ninth and fifth letters, and then the tenth letter, written twice. 
The result is the last name of a character created by a Scottish author.
Now write the sixth, fifth and seventh letters of the puzzle-maker’s name. Between the fifth and seventh letters place the fifth letter in the puzzle-maker’s hometown. The result is the last name of a character created by the same Scottish author.
Who is the puzzle-maker?
Who are the two characters?
ENTREE #2
Name the make and model of a popular car. Change the first two letters of the make to name an animal. 
Change the last two letters of the model to name another animal. 
What car is this?
ENTREE #3
Name the make and model of a popular car.
Change the first and fourth letters of the make to name a slang term for an owl.
Change the first and fourth letters of the make again to name a slang term for an dog.
Change the fourth letter of the model to name another animal.
What car is this? 
ENTREE #4
Name the make and model of a popular car. 
Change the third letter of the make, and remove its fifth and seventh letters, to name an animal. 
Replace the third letter of the model with a vowel and consonant to name another animal. 
What car is this?
ENTREE #5
Name the make and model of a popular car. Change the first and last letters of the make to name a part of an animal that is also a part of a car. Remove a Greek letter from the beginning of the model and spell the remaining letters backward to spell very small animals. 
What car is this?
ENTREE #6
Name the make and model of car manufactures during the 1990s. 
Change the last two letters of the make to name something cars need in order to function. 
Change the first letter of the model and place an L at the end to name a synonym of that something. 
What car is this?
ENTREE #7
Name the brand of a past popular car associated with a former governor. Change the first and fourth letters of the brand to name a car part. 
Change the second letter of the brand to name a slang term for another car part. 
What car is this?
ENTREE #8
Name the make and model of a past popular car that was manufactured for about 35 years. 
The final five letters of the make spell a body part. The second, third, fourth, first and last letters of the make spell a bodily fluid related to blood. 
Double one letter in the model to spell an adjective that describes many animals.  
What car is this?

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Letter-Dropping Dessert:
A dumbfounding demon of a demonym 

Remove one letter in the name of a country and place the result after the name of the same country to name a citizen of the country. 
What is the country?


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.

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