Friday, April 1, 2022

Hymns, tablets and tabloids; Seven-segment transportation; The Good “Citizenship” Lollypop; “Clam-happy, yet dog-tired!” Authors, actresses, performers & card-players

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!π SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:

Seven-segment transportation

Enter a number into an old-school basic calculator, one that shows numerals using a seven-segment digital display. Say aloud the letter (or letters) the number resembles, then say the number itself. 

It will sound like you are spelling a word for vehicle. 

What are this number and vehicle?

Appetizer Menu

Strikingly Brilliant Conundrums Appetizer:

Authors, actresses, performers & card-players

Drawing a pair and discarding a deuce

1. 🂻 🂼 🂽 🂾 🂺 Name a well-known card game. Repeat the first letter and delete the last letter. 

Rearrange and find something you might get at a hospital, in three words. 

What’s the card game? 

What might you get at a hospital?


From A-Lister to B-Lister?

2. 🎥 This Hollywood A-Lister made his name with major actors and actresses. 

Now he could make his name, in 14 letters, with only minor actresses. 

Who is he?

Literary and Media Deities

3. 📚 Think of a legendary deity and rearrange the spelling to produce the last name of a prominent, 20th-century author. 

Then think of the first name of a well-known, living media personality. 

These two names – in order – identify one possible place to put your money. Where?

The long and short of vowel sounds

4. 👀→EE 

Think of a hyphenated, three-syllable word. Change any “i”s to “e”s. Then say the resulting word aloud using only long vowel sounds. 

You will have identified a very famous 20th century performer. 

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Newsstand Slice:

Hymns, tablets and tabloids

Take the title of a hymn. 

Remove three consecutive letters. Anagram them to name a slang term for a newspaper with somewhat sleazy tabloid content that you might pick up at a newsstand. 

Also remove the letter to the right
of those three letters.

Anagram the letters that remain to name something else you might pick up at a newsstand

What are this hymn title and two newsstand offerings?

Riffing Off Shortz And Meiches Slices:

“Clam-happy, yet dog-tired!”

Will Shortz’s March 27th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Mark
Meiches of Dallas, Texas, reads:

Name a state that contains all five vowels — A, E, I, O, and U — once each.

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Meiches Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Name a puzzle-maker, first and last names, and his hometown.

Anagram these combined letters to spell either:

1. three words: a two-word symbol meant to represent the union between agricultural and industrial workers, and a course in a meal that precedes the words “days” or “shooter,” or

2. three other words: a world religion, and two kinds of fish.

Who is this puzzle-maker?

What is his hometown?

What are the the six words?

ENTREE #2

Name three words that, collectively, contain all five vowels: 
Number 1: a plural noun for certain mates, and,
Numbers 2 and 3: something that these mates, prior to their married states, presumably do on dates (a verb and noun, both four letters, separated by “in”). 
Who are these mates?
What, presumably, do these yet-to-be-married mates do on dates?

ENTREE #3

Name a state, one of “goodwill” or of “normal mental health” that contains all five vowels — A, E, I, O, and U, once each.

Hint: Etymologically, the state is rooted in “beautiful thinking” and “mental health.”

ENTREE #4

Name a word for “states of resiliency” that contain all six vowels — A, E, I, O, U and Y — once each.

Hint: The four consonants in this plural word can be rearranged, using two of them twice, to form two three-letter television networks:

1. one with a logo that is also the mascot of St. Peter’s University, and

2. another whose three-letter logo (which was inspired by images drawn on the barns of Pennsylvania Dutch Shakers) becomes a laugh-provoking remark or act if you ROT2 it, a French word if your ROT4 it, a nearly century-old American media company if you ROT8 it, and a basic cable television channel if you ROT15 it. 

ENTREE #5

Name a state and a country that together contain all five vowels — A, E, I, O, and U — once each. 

Hint: The three consonants in the two words and one of the vowels are an anagram of either a synonym of “shawl” or an antonym of “woof.” 

The three consonants in the two words and another one of the vowels are an anagram of “the front part of a ship.”

ENTREE #6

Name a twelve-letter synonym of “victories” that contains the consonants L, M, N, P, R, S, T and V (and only those eight consonants) once each.

ENTREE #7

Name a bird native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia that contains the letters C, D, F, G, H and I — once each — plus the only three letters in either the first name or last name of a past prime minister who spent the last years of his life in the United States as an exile.

ENTREE #8

Name a state and a city in an adjoining state that, combined, contain four different  vowels — A, E, I and O — twice, once, twice and twice each. 

The three consonants on the state and city are the letters in the radio network where you can hear Will Shortz’s Sunday “The Puzzle” segment if you live in Wausau, La Crosse or Superior.

Hint: The three states involved in this puzzle share borders in common.

ENTREE #9

I. Name a gerund used in typography consisting of the four consonants B, C, D, F and G, once each, and five letters that can be arranged to spell the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore.

II. Name a taboo word that ought not be uttered on an airplane. The word contains H, J and K and the three letters of a governmental agency that may investigate such an utterance.

III. Name a word for a substance used in making incendiary bombs. 
This word consists of L, M, N and P and two of the same vowel.

IV. Name a kind of gun  that may be used by a person attempting do “ the word that is the answer to #II, above.” This kind of gun consists of Q, R, S and T, and two different vowels.

V. Name a phrase consisting of a 3-letter shortened form of “videlicet” and a 3-letter word meaning “hexagonal honeycomb substance.” This phrase contains two vowels and the four consonants V, W, X and Z, once each.

Dessert Menu

Best-Ever Dessert:

The Good “Citizenship” Lollypop

Name an idiom that connotes “the best.” 

Replace a two-letter word in this idiom with a different two-letter word. 

The result is a civic task that our “best” citizens perform. 

What are this idiom and task?

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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48 comments:

  1. I think that Appetizer #1 shouldn't have the last letter deleted IF one wants to get a three-word term. If you do delete it, you can get a two-word term that meets the requirements.

    I'm stuck on App 4, and no idea how to do the Schpuzzle (since I have no old calculator to refer to...I believe this problem has come up in the past, or was that on an NPR puzzle?)

    Was chugging nicely along on the Entrees until I hit #6. Have gone exhaustively through lists, and very few words contain an "L" that show up as synonyms for victories.

    And am much too tired to even try to tackle the last three entress, especially when I saw how long #9 is.

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    1. You make a good point about Appetizer #1, VT. Merriam-Webster, however, prefers the six-letter spelling of "what you might get at a hospital" to the seven-letter version.
      Congrats on solving it.
      Appetizer #4 may be the toughest of Chuck's quartet, but it is a great puzzle, and shall be satisfying to solve. Chuck (or I) may provide some hints in due time.
      Here is my early obscure hint for App #4:
      "The hyphenated 3-syllable word" was one that was spoken often by the female lead in one of my favorite movies from the 1970s."
      As for the Schpuzzle, I was hoping the image of the calulator would be of some assistance... 1 uses two segments, 2 uses five, 3 uses five, 4 uses four, etc. (On most calculators, however, I believe 7 uses only three segments, not the four segments that my image shows.)
      Early hint to Entree #6:
      The synonym of “victories” that contains the consonants L, M, N, P, R, S, T and V, once each is a three-syllable word that rhymes with: "Three-tail cents"
      Entree #9 may not be as daunting as it appears.

      LegoHopingThisHelps

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    2. Oh yeah...duh...re the shorter form of the hospital procedure. Obviously, my tired brain completely overlooked that point! Thanks for clearing that up for me.

      I will enjoy using the above hints later on this evening.

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    3. Oh goody! Not easily, but finally worked out the 12 letter word from the hint. Going to see if it EVER appears anywhere in the various synonym lists!

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  2. Happy April Fool's Day y'all!
    Tonight we've just had the big "Jimmy Switch" on the talk shows! Fallon and Kimmel just changed places, so it's been weird. Mom and I are fine. We had Wendy's for supper, and then I took a shower. I still have the Prize Crossword to do, and I already did the Private Eye Crossword during "Tug of Words". As for this week's P! offerings, they seem pretty tough. I can honestly say we don't have an old calculator lying around, so the Schpuzzle will require a little more help. So far I've got the Newsstand Slice, Entrees #6(thanks to Lego for the earlier hint I saw), #7, and #9, and the Dessert. Hints will, of course, be required to solve the rest. Good luck and solving to all, please stay safe, and make sure your vaccinations are all up-to-date. Cranberry out!
    pjbHopesNoneOfYouHaveFallenForAnyAprilFoolPranksToday

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  3. Thankyou PJB. And did you see the Wheel debacle? Broken concoction? A sad state of affairs. Russians play chess- Americans play-??
    It kind of bums me out my girl Hope is in trouble this week -again. Not sure how i can go on without her. "Breaking news." Not to change the subject or anything.

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    1. Hope? The one in the paper this morning?

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    2. That's her. Big time trouble this time.

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    3. The moral of that story - or at least one of them: Nothing good comes from being in a Walmart parking lot after dark.

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  4. I have two so far. In time, my sensor matrices may detect a few more.

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    1. Were those in the new Bladerunner movie?

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    2. Hold that thought. Could be a hint for the next issue.

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    3. By the way, and off the subject, I sent a soil sample from my front yard down to the State College boys yesterday for a bi-annual analysis. They seem to know what they're doing. I follow their instructions and get a reasonable result among the hickories and red oaks. I figure I paid my fair share to support the lab by rendering to Caesar, so why not make use of it. Sounds like it's up your alley.

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    4. Yes- i think that was also a part of the last stimulus package.

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    5. TIME is a magazine and "sensor matrices" is one more anagram of minor actresses (along with Martin Scorsese).

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  5. I am going to assume- that some of the letters in the Schpuzzle might appear as capitals.And we all know what assume means. Ass-u-me.

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    1. Plantsmith,
      As I look at the Illustration of the old-school seven-segment calculator in the Schpuzzle of the Week, here are the possibilities I see:
      1 = I (not "i"... there is not a jot not a dot we can spot!)
      5 = S or s
      8 = B (not b)
      9 = g (not G)
      0 = O or o

      LegoWhoIsOnePuzzlin'SOB(or508)

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    2. No y = four? Mille Gratzi. It is too bad there is no T.

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    3. Yeah, I also thought that y = 4. I also had the ones Lego indicated above, but have yet to figure out what to DO with them. I assume we are going for a synonym of the word vehicle, rather than some specific brand?

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    4. I have a car part, but not a vehicle. I for some reason did not have the 0.

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    5. Oops! My bad. Good catch, Plantsmith and ViolinTeddy. I forgot to boldly include:
      1 = I (not "i"... there is not a jot not a dot we can spot!)
      1 = l (as in 10wer-ca5e 1e90 1ambda)
      4 = y (not sure about Y...perhaps in some fonts)

      5 = S or s
      8 = B (not b)
      9 = g (not G)
      0 = O or o

      Le90Wh0A5k5Y0urF0r9ivene55AndY0ur1ndul9ence

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  6. Of course everyone remembers my GOAT puzzle based on Hope Solo.who needs our prayers big time.She may lose her kids.

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    1. For those who may not remember, or may have missed, Plantsmith's fine Hope Solo GOAT Puzzle, see his Appetizer #4, here.

      LegOSoleMio!

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  7. Got the slice. No for dessert so far.

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    1. I have a Slice guess that works pretty well. I doubt if it's the intended solution, but I'm sticking with it.

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  8. Have answers for all except App #4. For Schpuzzle have two alternate (both obscure) answers.

    Also for Slice have an alternate answer for same-sex couples.

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    1. Chuck's Appetizer #4 is indeed challenging, geofan.
      With Chuck's indulgence, I shall give the following hint (and will include a second hint in a "Hints Package" later this evening).
      The "very famous 20th century performer" is a singer. The answer Chuck seeks is a common nickname by which the performer is known.

      LegoChuckHintin'

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  9. Tuesday Hints:

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    'Tis a two-digit number.

    Strikingly Brilliant Conundrums Appetizer:
    1. Half a high energy dance+Charles' pooch
    2. Take "make his name" literally
    3. The the first name of the prominent 20th-century author, plus the last name of the well-known living media personality form the name of a living composer/pianist.
    4. The hyphenated, three-syllable word was a catchphrase spoken often by a fictional character from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (hometown of singer Judy Henske) in a Best Picture Oscar winner.

    Newsstand Slice:
    It's a pretty damn common and famous hymn.

    Riffing Off Shortz And Meiches Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    1. a Commie symbol and leafy greens
    2. Holy ________! Sanskrit Hindu Upani____s"; Muslims' practice
    ENTREE #2
    Not hubbies... + What Bobby Gentry and Dionne Warwick said they'd never do.
    ENTREE #3
    The sole consonant in the word, an N, is in the third position.
    ENTREE #4
    The word for “states of resiliency” anagrams to "Cousin Abey" or "Saucy Niobe."
    ENTREE #5
    "Lima beans and corn!"
    ENTREE #6
    The order of the consonants in the synonym of “victories” is P, R, V, L, M, N, T and S.
    ENTREE #7
    The bird native to Europe = Actresses Missy or Tracey + actor Peter.
    ENTREE #8
    I have no clue how this puzzle will play in a certain Illinois city!
    ENTREE #9
    I. Here's an example of the answer.
    II. "Greetings, Mr. Palance. Welcome aboard Delta Flight 193."
    III. Horse's whinny + "canvas" upon which hand, heart, fate and life lines are drawn within a fist.
    IV. Grapefruit or Ruby Red fizzy stuff.
    V. The phrase can be anagrammed to form the Oxford English Dictionary publisher's 2021 Word of the Year, plus the name (with "The") of the character portrayed by André DeShields and Carl Hall on Broadway, Richard Pryor on the silver screen, and Queen Latifah on TV.

    Best-Ever Dessert:
    The first, fifth and sixth letters of the "civic task that our best citizens perform" spell and example of the four-word idiom that connotes “the best.”

    Le9o 8i91y 81o99y

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  10. Got Appetizers #1 and #4, Entrees #1, #2, and #4, and the Illinois city in #8(but that's all I have of #8).
    pjbIsThe"BoyICanUse"

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  11. I think the hymn is on the Carrie Underwood greatest hits (hymns) album.

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  12. Schpuzzle: 80; Boat (B-o-ate-tee)

    Appetizers:
    1. Canasta; A CT Scan
    2. Martin Scorsese
    3. Roth IRA (Thor; Philip or Henry Roth; Ira Glass)
    4. La-Di-Da = Ladeda - Lady Day (Billie Holiday)

    N Slice: Amazing Grace; Rag & Magazine

    Entrees:
    1. Mark Meiches; Dallas; Hammer, Sickle, Salad, Islam, Mackerel & Shad
    2. Shipmates Snug (in) Port (I doubt this is the intended solution, but, I like it; and Snug is indeed a verb - so I learned)
    3. Graciousness (again I doubt this is the intended solution, but, I think it fits the bill)
    4. Buoyancies
    5. Iowa & Peru
    6. Prevailments
    7. Goldfinch (Lon Nol)
    8. Iowa; Peoria (Illinois) [Wisconsin Public Radio - WPR]
    9. I. Boldfacing (Ilona)
    II. Hijack (CIA)
    III. Napalm
    IV. Squirt
    V. Viz Wax

    Dessert: Pick of the litter & Pick up the litter.

    Good ones, Chuck & Lego. Some good mental exercise there.

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  13. Schpuzzle: S-5 (a Russian rocket); SB-58 (Matchbox helicopter)

    Appetizers
    #1: CANASTA – A + C → A CT SCAN, or + C only → A CAT SCAN
    #2: MINOR ACTRESSES → MARTIN SCORSESE
    #3: THOR → ROTH, IRA (Glass) → ROTH IRA
    #4: BI-BI-KING → BB KING
    post-Mon-hint: LA-DI-DA → LADY DAY

    Slice: AMAZING GRACE – GRA (→ RAG), C → MAGAZINE

    Entrées
    #1: MARK MEICHES DALLAS → HAMMER, SICKLE, SALAD; ISLAM, MACKEREL, SHAD
    #2: BUDS (buddies) FALL IN LOVE; alternate for same-sex relationships: GUYS FALL IN LOVE
    #3: EUPHORIA
    #4: BUOYANCIES, NBC, CBS (also BBC, CBC, CBN, SBC [Switzerland])
    #5: IOWA, PERÚ / WARP, PROW
    #6: PREVAILMENTS
    #7: GOLDFINCH – CDFGHI → LON NOL
    #8: PEORIA, IOWA, WPR
    #9
    I: BCDFG + ILONA → BOLDFACING
    II: HIJACK, CIA
    III: LMNP + AA → NAPALM
    IV: SQUIRT
    V: VIZ, WAX [got it before Y was changed to Z]

    Dessert: PICK OF THE LITTER → PICK UP THE LITTER

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  14. 4/6/22 -67 degrees AM- Stormy.muggy , rainy

    Schpuzzle of the Week: B-8—-- V-8

    App 1. Canasta-+ c, A cat scan
    App2-2. Macauley Culkin
    App-3.Freyda –Sayre??
    App4..La-de-da //Lady day

    Slice: Amazing grace– Rag-C mix= magazine

    ENTREE #1 Mark Meiches ,Dallas–Salad, .
    Entree #2

    ENTREE #3 Exulation

    ENTREE #4 Buoyancies
    Entree #5- Vegetables
    Entree #6
    Entree #7 -Gold finch
    Entree 9- Boldfacing, b,c,d,f,g,+ilona

    Dessert Menu
    Top of the heap- Top the heap

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  15. SCHPUZZLE: I = 1; lower case ‘l’ = 1; y=4; S = 5; B = 8; G = 9; O = 0 => geo90 [A music streaming service]????

    APPETIZERS:

    1. CANASTA => CCANAST => CAT SCAN

    2. MINOR ACTRESSES => MARTIN SCORSESE

    3. THOR => {Philip] ROTH; IRA (GLASS) => ROTH IRA

    4. LA DI DA => LADY DAY [BILLIE HOLIDAY] This would have been utterly impossible without the hint, as I’d never seen the movie nor heard of this nickname.


    SLICE: AMAZING GRACE => RAG, MAGAZINE

    ENTREES:

    1. MARK MEICHES, DALLAS => HAMMER & SICKILE, SALAD; ISLAM, MACKEREL, SHAD

    2. MALES; KISS IN AUTO

    3. EUNOIA

    4. BUOYANCIES => BCNS => NBC [Peacock], CBS [Eye, GAG, ICI, MGM, TNT]

    5. WRAP; PROW => IOWA & PERU

    6. PREVAILMENTS

    7. 'C D F G H I' & LON => GOLDFINCH

    8. A A E I I O O & WPR [in Wisconsin] => IOWA & PEORIA

    9. (I) B C D F G & “ILONA” => ???????ING B C D F G L O A;
    (II) HJK & CIA => HIJACK;
    (III) L M N P & AA => NAPALM;
    (IV) Q R S T & U I => SQUIRT (Not sure if this is meant to be a sort of joke)
    (V) VIZ WAX [I don’t understand this phrase]

    DESSERT: PICK OF THE LITTER => PICK AT THE LITTER [Can’t make sense of the hint for my answer here, either]

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  16. Appetizer Menu
    1. CANASTA, A CAT SCAN
    2. MARTIN SCORSESE(anagram of MINOR ACTRESSES)
    3. THOR, (Philip)ROTH, IRA(Glass), ROTH IRA
    4. LA-DI-DA(said by ANNIE HALL in the film of the same name), LADY DAY(Billie Holiday)
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    Newsstand Slice
    AMAZING GRACE, RAG, MAGAZINE
    Entrees
    1. MARK MEICHES, DALLAS
    Part 1. HAMMER(and)SICKLE, SALAD
    Part 2. ISLAM, MACKEREL, SHAD
    2.
    Part 1. WIVES
    Part 2. FALL
    Part 3. LOVE
    (FALL IN LOVE)
    4. BUOYANCIES
    Part 1. NBC
    Part 2. CBS(EYE, GAG, ICI, MGM, TNT)
    5. IOWA, PERU, WRAP, PROW
    6. PREVAILMENTS
    7. GOLDFINCH, LON NOL
    8. IOWA, PEORIA(IL), WPR(Wisconsin Public Radio)
    9.
    I. BOLDFACING, ILONA
    II. HIJACK, CIA
    III. NAPALM
    IV. SQUIRT
    V. VIZ, WAX
    Dessert
    PICK OF THE LITTER, PICK UP THE LITTER
    On tonight's "The Masked Singer", the Hydra(three heads)was unmasked to reveal the magic duo Penn and Teller. Before that, no one was really sure if it was two, or even three, people under there. But Nicole Scherzinger guessed correctly, plus we found out that Teller(who never speaks in the act)was actually the one doing most of the singing! Penn said they did that to throw everyone off. Ingenious!-pjb

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    1. You mean you missed the Kardashian special?

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    2. Those are the Star Trek villains, right?

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    3. LOL. Kim has a billion followers -a terrible responsibility.according to Michael Strahan.

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

    PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!p SERVED

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    Seven-segment transportation
    Enter a number into an old-school basic calculator, one that shows numerals using a seven-segment digital display.
    Say aloud the letters the number resembles, then say the number itself.
    It will sound like you are spelling a word for vehicle.
    What are this number and vehicle?
    Answer:
    80; BOAT (80 in a digital display resembles BO; "80" sounds like "AT")

    Appetizer Menu
    Strikingly Brilliant Conundrums Appetizer:
    Authors, actresses, performers, card-players
    Drawing a pair and discarding a deuce
    1.
    Name a well-known card game.
    Repeat the first letter and delete the last letter.
    Rearrange and find something you might get at a hospital, in three words.
    What’s the card game?
    What might you get at a hospital?
    Answer:
    Canasta; "a CT scan"
    (canasta + c – a = a CT scan)
    From A-List to B-List?
    2.
    This Hollywood A-Lister made his name with major actors and actresses.
    Now he could make his name (in 14 letters) with only minor actresses.
    Who is he?
    Answer:
    Martin Scorsese
    (Rearrange “minor actresses” to get Martin Scorsese)
    Literary and Media Deities
    3.
    Think of a legendary deity and rearrange the spelling to produce the last name of a prominent, 20th-century author. Then think of the first name of a well-known, living media personality. These two names – in order – identify one possible place to put your money. Where?
    Answer:
    Thor --> (Philip) Roth + Ira (Glass) = Roth IRA
    The long and short of vowel sounds
    4.
    Think of a hyphenated, three-syllable word. Change any “i”s to “e”s. Then say the resulting word aloud using only long vowel sounds. You will have identified a very famous 20th century performer.
    Answer:
    la-di-da --> la-de-da --> Lady Day (Billie Holiday)

    Chuck's Note: There are 5 spellings of the hyphenated word recognized by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: la-di-da, la-de-da, lah-de-da, lah-dee-dah, and lah-di-dah All of them would be considered correct. And after the required transformations, all of them sound like Lady Day.

    Lego...

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

    MENU

    Newsstand Slice:
    Hymns, tablets and tabloids
    Take the title of a hymn.
    Remove and anagram three consecutive letters to name a slang term for a newspaper with tabloid content that you might see on a newsstand. Also remove the letter to the right of those three letters.
    Anagram the letters that remain to name something else people read periodically.
    What are this hymn title and two things people read?
    Answer:
    "Amazing Grace"; "Rag"; Magazine
    AMAZING GRACE=>AMAZING GRA+E=>RAG+MAGAZINE

    Riffing Off Shortz And Meiches Slices:
    “Clam-happy, yet dog-tired!”
    ENTREE #1
    Name a puzzle-maker, first and last names, and his hometown.
    Anagram these combined letters to spell either:
    1. three words: a two-word symbol meant to represent the union between agricultural and industrial workers, and a course in a meal that precedes the words “days” or “shooter,” or
    2. three other words: a world religion, and two kinds of fish.
    Who are this puzzle-maker and hometown?
    What are the the six words?
    Answer:
    Mark Meiches, Dallas; Hammer & Sickle, Salad; Mackerel, Shad, Islam
    ENTREE #2
    Name three words that, collectively, contain all five vowels:
    Number One: certain mates (a plural noun) and,
    Numbers Two and Three: what these mates may do on dates (a verb and noun separated by “in”).
    Who are these mates?
    What may these mates do on dates?
    Answer:
    Wives, Fall (in) Love;
    (ALL+FIVE+VOWELS=WIVES+FALL+LOVE)
    ENTREE #3
    Name a state, one of “goodwill” or of “normal mental health” that contains all five vowels — A, E, I, O, and U, once each.
    Hint: Etymologically, the state is rooted in “beautiful thinking” and “mental health.”
    Answer:
    Eunonia
    ENTREE #4
    Name a word for “states of resiliency” that contain all six vowels — A, E, I, O, U and Y — once each.
    Hint: The four consonants in this plural word can be rearranged, using two of them twice, to form two three-letter television networks:
    1. one with a logo that is also the mascot of St. Peter’s University, and
    2. another whose three-letter logo becomes a French word if your ROT-4 it, becomes a nearly century-old American media company if you ROT-8 it, and becomes a basic cable television channel if you ROT-15 it.
    Answer:
    Buoyancies
    Hint: NBC's logo, a peacock, is the mascot of St. Peter’s University.
    CBS's logo, an eye, becomes the French word "ici" if your ROT-4 it, becomes MGM if you ROT-8 it, and becomes TNT if you ROT-15 it.

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  19. This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
    (Riffing Off Shortz And Meiches Slices, continued):
    ENTREE #5
    Name a state and a country that together contain all five vowels — A, E, I, O, and U — once each.
    Hint: The three consonants in the two words and one of the vowels are an anagram of either a synonym of “shawl” or an antonym of “woof.” The three consonants in the two words and another one of the vowels are an anagram of “the front part of a ship.”
    Answer:
    Iowa, Peru
    Hint: "Wrap" is synonym of “shawl.”
    "Warp" is an antonym of “woof."
    "Prow" is “the front part of a ship.”
    ENTREE #6
    Name a synonym of “victories” that contains the consonants L, M, N, P, R, S, T and V, once each.
    Answer:
    PReVaiLMeNTS
    ENTREE #7
    Name a bird native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia that contains the letters C, D, F, G, H and I — once each — plus the only three letters in either the first name or last name of a past prime minister who spent the last years of his life in the United States as an exile.
    Answer:
    Goldfinch (CDFGHI + LON
    ENTREE #8
    Name a state and a city in an adjoining state that, combined, contain four different vowels — A, E, I and O — twice, once, twice and twice each. The three consonants on the state and city are the letters in the radio network where you can hear Will Shortz’s Sunday “The Puzzle” segment if you live in Wausau, La Crosse or Superior.
    Hint: The three states involved in this puzzle share borders in common.
    Answer:
    Iowa, Peoria (Illinois); (Will Shortz's "The Puzzle" is broadcast over WPR, the Wisconsin Public Radio network.)

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  20. This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
    (Riffing Off Shortz And Meiches Slices, continued):

    ENTREE #9
    I. Name a gerund used in typography consisting of the four consonants B, C, D, F and G, once each, and the five letters of the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore.
    II. Name a taboo word that ought not be uttered on an airplane consisting of H, J and K and the three letters of a governmental agency that may investigate such an utterance.
    III. Name a substance used in making incendiary bombs consisting of L, M, N and P and two of the same vowel.
    IV. Name a kind of gun that may be used in an attempted “word that is the answer to #II, above.” It consists of Q, R, S and T, and two different vowels.
    V. Name a phrase consisting of a 3-letter shortened form of “videlicet” and a 3-letter word meaning “hexagonal honeycomb substance” that contains two vowels and the four consonants V, W, X and Z, once each.
    Answers:
    I. boldfacing (BCDFG+ILONA)
    II. "Hijack" (CIA)
    III. Napalm
    IV. Squirt (gun)
    V. "viz. wax”

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    The Good “Citizenship” Lollypop
    Name a four-word idiom that connotes “the best.”
    Change a two-letter word in the idiom to a different two-letter word.
    The result is a civic task that our “best” citizens perform.
    What are this idiom and task?
    Answer:
    Pick of the litter; pick up the litter

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