PUZZLERIA! SLICES:OVER 6!π SERVEDForecast: Overcast... or shadows cast?
Name a two-word plural term you might hear on a weather forecast, in four and six letters.
Double either the third or the fifth letter in the second word. Rearrange the eleven letters of either of these results to spell three other words you might hear on a weather forecast.
What are these five weather words?
What two answers are possible for one of the “three other words?”
Appetizer Menu
An Ordinal (But No Ordinary!) Appetizer:
Our 8th & cranberry’s 26th, on Friday’s 13th
Eight years ago, on May 9, 2014, Puzzleria! cranked out its first weekly edition.
The first Cryptic Crossword by Patrick J. Berry (screen name cranberry), appeared on Puzzleria! less than two years later, on March 4, 2016. (Patrick had previously and subsequently also contributed more conventional “NPR-style” word puzzles to our blog.)So, on this, Puzzleria!s eighth anniversary, it seems fitting that we feature Patrick’s 26th Cryptic Crossword on Puzzleria!
We thank him, as well as all the talented puzzle-makers who have graced our blog’s pages with their genius and ingenuity.
Here are links to Patrick’s previous 25 Cryptic Crosswords on Puzzleria!:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
For those who may be new to cryptic crossword puzzles, Patrick has compiled a few basic cryptic crossword puzzle instructions to help you reach the “pot o’ gold at the end of the cryptic rainbow.”
Here are his instructions:
Regarding the Across and Down clues and
their format...
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| See 24 Down |
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) simply 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!)
Happy 8th to Puzzleria!
Happy 26th to Patrick!
Happy Friday the 13th (and happy solving) to us all!
ACROSS
1. Correct to have married vain entertainer?(5,6)9. Mexican food with a little corn getting in the
way?(4)
10. Replaced gift in rush(11)
11. Had discussed college(4)14. Remain at sea with first-rate sailor(7)
16. Roman mixed up with Latin, as usual(6)
17. Lower n-number?(6)
18. Tonight, Manolo’s performing a Beethoven classic(9,6)19. Police using grass to entrap yours truly?(6)
21. Chap put in top order(6)
22. A poet lost in North Dakota looking for something to write on(7)23. Parliament members, slow-moving(4)
26. Sweet girl kidnapped by outlaws, left in ditch(6,5)
27. The woman would take off(4)
28. Noticeable problem with Republican Party(11)
DOWN
2. Always cut head off(4)3. Said, “Spell ‘bird’ ”(4)
4. Forget almost everything in songbook?(6)
5. Comic strip kid raised, was bad—punishment coming up in paper(6,3,6)
6. Football team uniform getting extremely loose(6)7. Witch doctor: “Could be healthier after diet?
No way!”(5,6)
8. Portrayed tragically, getting close to starvation, ending in desperation!(6,5)
12. Alas, uh, I’m one crazy movie!(6,5)
13. Actor in “Citizen Kane” turning swollen and sore?(5,6)
14. Awfully mean, describing movie with no following? We’re gonna get letters from them!(7)
15. Kicked out one musical group meeting another musical group on the rise?(7)20. One man cooked chopped liver(2-4)
21. Heard strange exchange(6)
24. Fight to turn lights out?(4)
25. Prank accomplished nothing(4)
MENU
Unidentified Flying Keyboards Slice:
Extraterrestrial typewriting
Name certain extraterrestrial vehicles, in two words.
The last four letters of the second word can be rearranged to spell a terrestrial wetland that is
a synonym of a five-letter wetland that is often associated with UFOs. Remove these four letters.
What remains are two words seen on many computer keyboards.
The first word sometimes appears as the second part of a compound word you often see on keyboards. This word is also the function of a long unlabled keyboard key.
The second word is a four-letter plural word sometimes seen on a key along with a second word.
What is the five-letter terrestrial wetland associated with UFOs and its four-letter synonym?
What are the keys upon which the remaining words appear?
What is the “long unlabled keyboard key?”
Riffing Off Shortz And Gori Slices:
“Soap Flakes on a Plane!”
Will Shortz’s May 8th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Al Gori of Oak Ridge, New Jersey, reads:
The initial letters in the title of a popular movie from this century spell the name of a popular sitcom from the last century. What titles are these? Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz and Gori Slices
read:
The initial letters in the name of a puzzle-maker from this century (and, likely, also a part of the last century), when spoken aloud, sound like the surname of of a popular member of the
Miracle Mets and the surname of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter and critic.
Who are this puzzle-maker, Met and novelist?
The initial letters in the title of a 2002 horror/comedy movie spell the title of a popular 2003 comedy movie.
What titles are these?
Hint: The original title of the 2002 movie was “Arach Attack.”
ENTREE #3
Take the title of a 20th-Century novel that many in the literary community (including Boni & Liveright and Scribner’s) were “bullish on.
The four initial letters of this title spell the title of rulers named Peter, Paul, Nicholas, Alexander and...Ivan.
What are the title of the novel and the title of the rulers?
ENTREE #4
Take the three initial letters in the title of a popular novel from the 20th Century.
The title character in the novel is a rodent. The title also contains plural word for things that grow in a field.
These three letters are the same as the initial letters in a nearly-century-old organization originally formed to promote and support young people planning to enter careers that involve growing things in a field.
What are the titles of this novel and organization.
ENTREE #5
The four initial letters in the title of a popular novella from the 20th Century can be rearranged to spell a word that means “projectiles with fuses, propelling charges, and primers fired from guns.”
The four letters can also be rearranged to spell an acronym of a New York City repository of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, etc.
What are this novella title, word and acronym?
People often mistakenly place a one-letter article in front of a five-word 20th-Century science fiction novel.
The last two words of this result indicate how some people in the Western Hemisphere might describe the land spelled out by the initial letters of the first four words of the result. What is the title of this novel?
Take the initial letters in the title of a “papalur” novella from the 20th-Century.
They spell the French word for certain fruits.
What are this novella title and these fruits?
ENTREE #8
The initial letters in the title of a novel from the late-19th-Century (by an author who has been called the “Shakespeare of science fiction”) spell the title of a 1980s-era album by a Minnesota rock band. What titles are these?
Dessert Menu
B-Movie Book Ballad Batting Title Dessert:
In seach of a “Sioneer” and a “Puperstar”
Swap the initial letters of well known two-word title to get the names of two former major leaguers: the surname of a pioneer and the nickname of a superstar. Who are these former major leaguers?
What is the title?
Hint: These two major league ballplayers combined to win six home run titles during a nine-year span.
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Congratulations PJB on your 26th Cryptic puzzle. I was reading a little on Cryptics and i guess they started in U.K.around 1923. In UK those who invent them are called "Settlers" and here in US they are known as "constructors", why exactly different names i don't know.
ReplyDeleteFYI- full blood moon Sunday eve around 10:30 p.m. Eastern time. Don't miss it.
Um, was going along splendidly, till Entree #3. After being stuck awhile, I realized that it doesn't say what we are supposed to DO with the initial three letters of the novel title...are they supposed to be the same as the last three letters of the plural field-grown item, which is also the same as this mysterious young farmers' association?
ReplyDeleteOOPS, I MEANT ENTREE #4, NOT #3.
DeleteThank you, VT.
DeleteIn Entree #4 (not Entree #3, which involves four initial letters), the three words of the novel's title are:
1. the "plural word for things that grow in a field,"
2. a common preposition, and
3. a proper name.
The initial letters of those three title words are the same initial letters (in the same order) "as the initial letters in (the) nearly-century-old organization originally formed to promote and support young people planning to enter careers that involve growing things in a field."
LegoLambdaWhichHasTheSameInitialLettersAs"LotsaLuck!"
Ah, okay, thanks....that turned out to be easy enough once you laid it out. : o )
DeleteGood Friday the 13th to all!
DeletePlantsmith, I'm glad you offered a little information about the cryptic crossword's origins, but I believe they're called "setters", not "settlers". Anyway, I do hope those who are interested will certainly enjoy my latest puzzle. There's more where that came from! Mom and I are fine, although she was shopping in Aldi earlier today, and she felt like passing out. Even had to ask someone else to help her bag everything and put it in the car!
She's resting comfortably in the living room right now, but supper is still up in the air. She may or may not fix Sloppy Joes, or it may mean another trip to a drive-through. She says she didn't get a good night's sleep last night, so that could've had something to do with what happened earlier. I hope she gets enough rest tonight, because tomorrow Mia Kate has a dance recital at 2:00PM. It has to do with the four seasons, and she'll be representing winter. We'll make a day of it, because Mom has a beauty shop appointment around noon, she said she'll get us lunch from Burger King, then the recital, then another trip to Aldi because she didn't get everything the first time under the circumstances, so I'll have to go with her. We'll both need to get to bed early tonight!
My progress with this week's offerings is simple. Excluding my own puzzle, I've solved everything but the Schpuzzle and the Dessert. Don't forget those hints, Lego!
Good luck in solving to all, please stay safe, and don't let superstition bother you for the remainder of this day. Cranberry out!
pjbOnTheLookOutForBlackCats,Ladders,OpenUmbrellas,Etc.
Thanks for the correction PJB. Not to meddle but if you ever get in a pinch you could try " Meals on wheels." Nice folks and i used to drive for them in Seattle.
DeleteDon't think we have "Meals on Wheels" here in Jasper. Mia Kate did beautifully at the recital today, but Mom still wasn't feeling that well. We made the walk to the auditorium, but coming back Bryan had to transport us back to our car. We never went back to Aldi, but Mom was able to fix Sloppy Joes for supper. Both of us took naps after we got home. I'm currently watching an SNL rerun hosted by Val Kilmer. I'll also watch the all new episode hosted by Selena Gomez later, then break it up between reruns of Benny Hill and Red Skelton.
DeletepjbAndMomLeftTheRecitalRightAfterMiaKate'sPerformance,ButALotOfPeopleInTheAudienceLeftAfterTheirKidsWereThrough
I guess Old Farmers Almanac is really not a novel in any sense of the word?
ReplyDeleteIs it a coincidence i am watching for the first time this weekend "Lord of the rings- Return of the king.?
ReplyDeleteGood movie for some popcorn and a 6-pack of MAGA Ultras?
DeleteMAGA ultras? I thought they drank MEAD.
DeleteAfter a 6-pack of that one, could end up as a MealEatenbyADragon. I think that was from a novella about the Old Country.
DeleteSunday Hints:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Forecast: Overcast, or shadows cast?
The two-word term you might hear on a weather forecast, in four and six letters, falls under the category of "Overcast."
One of the three "other words" falls under the category of "Shadows cast."
Another of the three "other words" descibes the climate in Arizona.
The third of the three "other words" (and its alternative) fall under the category of more wintry weather than in Arizona.
Appetizer Menu
An Ordinal (But No Ordinary!) Appetizer:
I shall defer to cranberry regarding hints he may give, but...
here are four hints from me, nevertheless:
Locate the four 2-by-2 letter "mini-squares" in the interior of the grid: NW, NE, SW and SE:
Rearrange the four letters in the NW "mini-square" to spell a kind of priest;
Rearrange the four letters in the NE "mini-square" to spell the first name of a mathematician/philosopher;
Rearrange the four letters in the SW "mini-square" to spell the number of elements in an empty set; and
Rearrange the four letters in the SE "mini-square" to spell a rosary part.
Unidentified Flying Keyboards Slice:
The first word sometimes seen on the keyboard can be found in "New England," the “long unlabled keyboard key” in NM-TX-LA, and the second, four-letter plural word in OR/northern-CA.
Riffing Off Shortz And Gori Slices:
ENTREE #1
A Magnolia, Alabama native; "The African Queen" screenwriter
ENTREE #2
The horror/comedy movie had legs... multiple legs! The comedy movie had a Will.
ENTREE #3
Pamplona
ENTREE #4
Cliff Robertson and Matthew Modine starred in the two film adaptations of the novel.
ENTREE #5
Entree #4 redux... More rodents! (Well, at least in the novella's title).
ENTREE #6
A 1961 science fiction novel. The plot: Raised by wolves? No! Raised by Martians!
ENTREE #7
It is a “Papalur” novella from the 20th-Century
ENTREE #8
Album by "The Mats."
Dessert Menu
B-Movie Book Ballad Batting Dessert:
Insert an L in the middle of the pioneer's surname to get the surname of a guy who was blinded by science.
LegoDeafenedBySilence
Got the Dessert, but am still stumped by the Schpuzzle, and although I know for sure I've got the right answer to the Slice, I don't exactly understand the hint! Clarification, please?
ReplyDeletepjbFeelsHeMustQuoteMs.Estefan: "WhatWasSoClearIsNowOvercast"
As for the Slice hint, think of the computer keyboard as a U.S. map.
DeleteAs for the Schpuzzle, think of throngs of blokes packed into London depot waiting for the Flying Scotsman to come chuff-chuffing down the tracks... It's a two-word, two-syllable term. Make a rhyme of it.
LegoTheLyingYachtsman(WhoOwnsNoYacht...NorEvenARowboat!)
I was certain I had the Schpuzzle nailed. But, with that hint, I can't tell. Anywho, I'm sticking with my original. Apparently alternates pay the same as intendeds.
DeleteIndeed, GB, look how rich we are all becoming from answering these, by now, hundreds of puzzles!!
DeleteThanks, VT. Yes, as the top of our page says, "More than 6!𝜋 served"... (Somehow, in the course of weekly blog posting I omitted the factor!al symbol. But it is now back in place.
DeleteLegoWhoSays6!𝜋Or720Times3.1416IsSomewhereNorthOfTwoThousand
It equals 2262, with slight round up from the decimal portion, which is really not nearly enough.
DeleteThat is, is 6!π supposed to represent total PUZZLES solved (whereby 52 x an average of 14 posers / week x 8 yrs = 5824; OR should it represent that number TIMES all of us, i.e. "puzzler-puzzles solved" totals?
It would be kinda hard at this point to come up with an average number of us per week, since people have come and gone....but clearly, 6!π is not nearly high enough!
There'd have been NO hope for me on the Dessert, except for that hint, which just helped me solve it. I had been awash and lost in lists of homerun title holders.
ReplyDeleteAnd now, some last-minute cryptic hints(thank me later):
ReplyDeleteACROSS
1. The Name of The Rose
9. Puttin' on the Ritz(1983)
10. Announced one's from the EastSIDE or WestSIDE, perhaps?
11. If you're an American, this answer could keep you from seeing your teenager for a long time(unless you can shell out the air fare!).
14. Lego would most likely bring up baseball with this one.
16. Looking at this answer might make you think of boy's names.
17. For some, a common word that follows this answer might be "regions"(And we're not talking about a bank here!).
18. Elsewhere in the world of music, the first word in this answer has preceded "bay", "mile", and my personal favorite, "feels right".
19. Wyatt Earp, Matt Dillon, even Barney Fife(though I don't think anyone has ever referred to Joe Friday as such, though they could).
21. Four consonants, one vowel
22. Can be found around the house, particularly when one needs to jot down a grocery list just before heading out to go shopping.
23. Good thing I didn't mention crows, or this clue would be murder to solve.
26. Were it pluralized, this answer might just bring back childhood memories for a few people, probably on Saturday mornings(sorry for the earworm!).
27. Now let's see...where did I put those tools...?
28. The Gang's all here(Yahoo)!
DOWN
2. The answer may be found in Beverly Hills(though not in the hills).
3. According to a "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" cast member, the bird in question makes a noise that sounds like "Backstreet Boys!"
4. Sounds like what someone thought was in the sky in the song "99 Red Balloons".(Just a balloon, though.)
5. If your surname is Wilson, you're probably not going to like this one.
6. A numbers racket
7. The one who cured the ills of one of the panelists on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" last week?
8. Still can't find Timothy? Oh well...bon appetit!
12. "We're on double secret probation, whatever that is..."
13. We will provide no hint before its time(BTW I heard the Martians have just landed).
14. Don't get disgruntled over this one.
15. Everybody hurts once you whip it good.
20. Makes me think of a horse, for some reason.
21. Not Harper's Ferry, but Harper's...
24. A shorter way to say "expectorated"
25. If you can't get this one, I will go down with this ship.
pjbSaying,"GoodNightAndGoodLuck"
cranberry,
DeleteI am thanking you now for these hints.
LegoWhoAppreciatescranberry'sCleverHintery
TACO
ReplyDeleteMARINER
NORMAL
MOONLIGHT SONATA
NOTEPAD
OWLS
SHED
EVER
DENNIS THE MENACE
ANIMAL HOUSE
ORSON WELLES
MAILMEN
Schpuzzle: Rain, Clouds, Cool/Cold, Arid & Sun (Rain Clouds + o = Cool, Arid, Sun; Rain Clouds + d = Cold, Arid, Sun) [Not certain this fits with the hint]
ReplyDeleteAppetizer: We'll see; then we'll know
UFK Slice: Space Capsules; Swamp & Slue; Backspace & Caps Lock; Spacebar (function is "Space")
Entrees:
1. Al Gori; Tommie Agee; James Agee
2. Eight Legged Freaks & Elf
3. The Sun Also Rises & Tsar
4. Flowers for Algernon & Future Farmers of America
5. Of Mice and Men; Ammo; Museum of Modern Art
6. Stranger in a Strange Land (+ A = Asia & Strange Land)
7. The Old Man and the Sea & Tomats
8. The Invisible Man & Tim (1985 album by The Replacements)
Dessert: (Larry) Doby & Mick (-ey Mantle); Moby Dick
Another top flight entry. Next stop: Friday
Schpuzzle: DARK CLOUDS + O → DUSK, COLD, OAR
ReplyDeleteDARK CLOUDS + D → DUSK, COLD, RAD
Cryptic:
Slice: SPACE CAPSULES – ULES (SLUE) → SPACE, CAPS
Entrées
#1: AG → Agee
#2: “Eight-Legged Freaks” → ELF → “Elf”
#3: “The Sun Also Rises” → TSAR
#4: FFA → “Flowers for Algernon” [post-hint] Never heard of the novel.
#5: AMMO, MOMA → “Of Mice and Men”
#6: “Stranger in a Strange Land”, STRANGE LAND, ASIA (if the incorrect A is added)
#7: “The Old Man and the Sea” → TOMATS (This puzzle seems familiar, somehow.)
#8: H.G. WELLS, “The Invisible Man”, TIM (The Mats) [post-hint]
Dessert:
Puzzeleria 5-17-22 - 87 yesterday..
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Rain clouds- = air/cold/ air/sun .
.
Dactylographic Slice:
Space Caps/capsules
ENTREE #1. Al Gori- James Agee, Tommie Agee
Entree #2- Eight Legged Freaks- ELF
Entree #3- The sun Also Rises- TSAR- leader of nations
Entree#4 - Watership Down//??
Entree 5 “Of mice and men.” MOMA- Museum of modern Art- NYC -New York
Entree#6 Stranger in a Strange land- H.G .Wells,strange land
Entree #7 - “The old man and the Sea.” -tomats.
Entree-#8 The invisible Man– Tim
Titular Dessert:
“Moby Dick”. Doby ,Larry , Mick -i.e. Mickey Mantle
Good ones PJB, Lego
Cryptos
1A. Smart cookie/Janis Joplin
11a. Jaial
19. Taco
16A Normal
17.nether
Mariner
Jeepers, it never even occurred to me that it is WEDNESDAY. Pathetic!
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE, pre-hint: RAIN CLOUDS => SUN, ARID, COLD; OR SUN, ARID, COOL
SLICE, pre-hint: SPACE CAPS/ULES => SLUE, synonym of SWAMP or MARSH; BackSPACE & SPACE [Bar] & CAPS [Lock]
ENTREES, all pre-hints, except for initial guidance on #4:
1. AL GORI => AG => Tommie AGEE & James Rufus AGEE
2. EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS => ELF
3. THE SUN ALSO RISES => TSAR
4. FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON => FFA (Future Farmers of America)
5. OF MICE AND MEN => AMMO, MOMA
6. (A) STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND => ASIA
7. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA => TOMAT(e)S
8. THE INVISIBLE MAN => TIM [The Replacements]
DESSERT, due ONLY to the hint: MOBY DICK => Larry DOBY & Mickey MANTLE “MICK"
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteRAIN CLOUDS, COOL(or COLD), ARID, SUN
For official cryptic answers, check Lego's recap later tonight.
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Unidentified Flying Keyboards Slice
SPACE CAPSULE, SPACEBAR, CAPS(capital letters), SLUE(variant of SLOUGH)
Entrees
1. AL GORI, (Tommie or James)AGEE(sounds like A.G.)
2. "EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS"(2002), "ELF"(2003)
3. TSAR, "THE SUN ALSO RISES"
4. "FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON", FFA(Future Farmers of America)
5. "OF MICE AND MEN", MOMA(Museum of Modern Art), AMMO
6. "STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND"(If it were "A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND", the first four initials would spell ASIA, which some believe to be a "STRANGE LAND".)
7. "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA", TOMATS(never really found this word, but I'll take your word for it)
8. "THE INVISIBLE MAN", "TIM"(album by the Replacements)
Dessert
MOBY DICK, (Larry)DOBY, second Black baseball player to break the color barrier, (the)"MICK"(nickname of Mickey Mantle)
Final "Masked Singer" results:
The Prince: CHEYENNE JACKSON
The Ringmaster: HAYLEY ORRANTIA
Firefly/Winner: TEYANA TAYLOR
I've heard of the first two, but neither Mom or I had heard of the winner. Next week, "Beat Shazam" is back, followed by a new version of "Don't Forget the Lyrics", on Mondays, on FOX.-pjb
ReplyDeleteThis week's official answers for the record, part 1:
Schpuzzle of the Week:
Forecast: Overcast, or shadows cast?
Name a two-word term you might hear on a weather forecast, in four and six letters.
Double either the third or the fifth letter in the second word.
Rearrange the eleven letters of either of these results to spell three other words you might hear on a weather forecast.
What are these five weather words?
What two answers are possible for one of the five words?
Answer:
Rain Clouds; Arid, Sun, Cool (or Cold)
Lego...
ReplyDeleteThis week's official answers for the record, part 2:
(The filled-in grid of Patrick's Cryptic Crossword appears above our Comments section.)
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An Ordinal (But No Ordinary!) Appetizer:
Our 8th & cranberry’s 26th on Friday’s 13th
Patrick's cryptic grid, filled-in, appears just above this week's Comments Section.
ANSWERS:
ACROSS
1. Correct to have married vain entertainer?(5,6)
BETTE MIDLER
BETTER containing M+IDLE
9. Mexican food with a little corn getting in the way?(4)
TACO
C inside TAO("The Way" in Chinese)
10. Replaced gift in rush(11)
REPRESENTED
PRESENT inside REED
11. Had discussed college(4)
ETON
sounds like EATEN
14. Remain at sea with first-rate sailor(7)
MARINER
REMAIN anagram plus R
16. Roman mixed up with Latin, as usual(6)
NORMAL
ROMAN anagram plus L
17. Lower n-number?(6)
NETHER
N+ETHER(it makes you numb, so it is a "number")
18. Tonight, Manolo's performing a Beethoven classic(9,6)
MOONLIGHT SONATA
TONIGHTMANOLOS anagram plus A
19. Police using grass to entrap yours truly?(6)
LAWMEN
LAWN containing ME
21. Chap put in top order(6)
BEHEST
HE inside BEST
22. A poet lost in North Dakota looking for something to write on(7)
NOTEPAD
APOET anagram inside ND
23. Parliament members, slow-moving(4)
OWLS
SLOW anagram
26. Sweet girl kidnapped by outlaws, left in ditch(6,5)
BANANA SPLIT
BANS containing ANA(girl's name)+L inside PIT("sweet" is a synonym for "dessert" in the UK)
27. The woman would take off(4)
SHED
SHED or SHE'D
28. Noticeable problem with Republican Party(11)
CELEBRATION
NOTICEABLE anagram containing R
DOWN
2. Always cut head off(4)
EVER
SEVER-S
3. Said, "Spell 'bird'"(4)
TERN
sounds like TURN
4. Forget almost everything in songbook?(6)
MISSAL
MISS+ALL-L
5. Comic strip kid raised, was bad---punishment coming up in paper(6,3,6)
DENNIS THE MENACE
SINNED reversed, plus CANE reversed inside THEME
6. Football team uniform getting extremely loose(6)
ELEVEN
EVEN containing LE
7. Witch doctor: "Could be healthier after diet? No way!"(5,6)
FAITH HEALER
HEALTHIER anagram following FAST-ST(street)
8. Portrayed tragically, getting close to starvation, ending in desperation!(6,5)
DONNER PARTY
PORTRAYED anagram containing N+N & lit.
12. Alas, uh, I'm one crazy movie!(6,5)
ANIMAL HOUSE
ALASUHIMONE anagram
13. Actor in "Citizen Kane" turning swollen and sore?(5,6)
ORSON WELLES
SWOLLENSORE anagram
14. Awfully mean, describing movie with no following? We're gonna get letters from them!(7)
MAILMEN
MEAN anagram containing FILM-F
15. Kicked out one musical group meeting another musical group on the rise?(7)
REMOVED
REM+DEVO reversed
20. One man cooked chopped liver(2-4)
NO-NAME
ONEMAN anagram
21. Heard strange exchange(6)
BAZAAR
sounds like BIZARRE
24. Fight to turn lights out?(4)
SPAT
TAPS reversed
25. Prank accomplished nothing(4)
FIDO
DID+O(zero)
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Unidentified Flying Keyboards Slice:
Extraterrestrial typewriting
Name certain extraterrestrial vehicles, in two words. The last four letters of the second word can be rearranged to spell a terrestrial wetland that is a synonym of a five-letter wetland that is often associated with UFOs. Remove them.
What remains are two words seen on many computer keyboards.
The first word sometimes appears as the second part of a compound word on a key you sometimes see on keyboards. This word is also the function of a “long unlabled keyboard key.”
The second word is a four-letter plural word sometimes seen on a key.
What are these vehicles?
What is the five-letter terrestrial wetland associated with UFOs and its four-letter synonym?
What are the keys upon which the remaining words appear?
What is the “long unlabled keyboard key?”
Answer:
Space Capsules;
"Backspace," "caps lock"
Swamp, slue; Space, Caps (lock);
the "space bar," (the function of which is to make a space)
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“Soap Flakes on a Plane!”
Will Shortz’s May 8th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Al Gori of Oak Ridge, New Jersey, reads:
The initial letters in the title of a popular movie from this century spell the name of a popular sitcom from the last century. What titles are these?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz and Gori Slices read:
ENTREE #1
The initial letters in the name of a puzzle-maker from this century (and, likely, also a part of the last century), when spoken aloud, sound like the surname of of a popular member of the Miracle Mets and the surname of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter and critic.
Who are this puzzle-maker, Met and novelist?
Answer:
Al Gori; Tommie Agee; James Agee
ENTREE #2
The initial letters in the title of a 2002 horror/comedy movie spell the title of a popular 2003 comedy movie. What titles are these?
Hint: The original title of the 2002 movie was “Arach Attack.”
Answer:
"Eight Legged Freaks," "Elf"
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ENTREE #3
Take the title of a 20th-Century novel that many in the literary community (including Boni & Liveright and Scribner’s) were “bullish on.”
The four initial letters of this title spell the title of rulers named Peter, Paul, Nicholas, Alexander and...Ivan.
What are the title of the novel and the title of the rulers?
Answer:
"The Sun Also Rises"; Tsar
ENTREE #4
Take the three initial letters in the title of a popular novel from the 20th Century. The title character in the novel is a rodent. The title also contains plural word for things that grow in a field. These three letters are the same as the initial letters in a nearly-century-old organization originally formed to promote and support young people planning to enter careers that involve growing things in a field. What are the titles of this novel and organization.
Answer:
"Flowers for Algernon"; Future Farmers (of) America"
ENTREE #5
The four initial letters in the title of a popular novella from the 20th Century can be rearranged to spell a word that means “projectiles with fuses, propelling charges, and primers fired from guns.” The four letters can also be rearranged to spell an acronym of a Midtown Manhattan repository architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, and other art.
What are this novella title, word and acronym?
Answer:
"Of Mice and Men"; Ammo; MoMA
ENTREE #6
People often mistakenly place a one-letter article in front of a five-word 20th-Century science fiction novel. The last two words of this result are how how people in the Western Hemisphere might describe the land spelled out by the initial letters of the first four words of the result. What is the title of this novel?
Answer:
"(A) Stranger in a Strange Land"; (Some Westerners consider ASIA a strange land.)
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ENTREE #7
The initial letters in the title of a “papalur” novella from the 20th-Century spell the French word for fruits. What are this novella title and these fruits?
Answer:
"The Old Man and the Sea"; "Tomats"
ENTREE #8
The initial letters in the title of a novel from the late-19th-Century (by an author who has been called the “Shakespeare of science fiction”) spell the title of a 1980s-era album by a Minnesota rock band. What titles are these?
Answer:
"The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells; "Tim" by The Replacements
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B-Movie Book Ballad Batting Dessert:
In seach of a “Sioneer” and a “Puperstar”
Swap the initial letters of well known two-word title to get the names of two former major leaguers: the surname of a pioneer and the nickname of a superstar.
Who are these former major leaguers?
What is the title?
Answer:
Larry Doby, Mickey Mantle (the Mick); "Moby Dick"
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How come my phone has the whole answer recap, but my Kindle doesn't? BTW Lego, you have FIDO instead of DIDO in there. The wordplay is the same, though.
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