PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe2 SERVED
Schpuzzle of the Week:
www revolve around xyz axes?
Rotate the first letter 180 degrees around the x-axis, the second letter 180 degrees around the y-axis, and the third letter 180 degrees around the z-axis.
The result, after a hasty uppercasing, is a synonym of “hastily.”
What are the synonym and the three identical lowercase letters you rotated?
Appetizer Menu
Piggybacking Appetizer:
A shallow crossword
and then read each letter column downward, you get common two-letter words AW, RE, IS, AT, NO, AN.
Find two quite common six-letter first names that have this same property.
Superb onus for super word freaks: 
One of these is a quite obscure word meaning “divination based on names,” yet all nine two-letter words reading downward are within the 100 most frequent words of English.
Shoo “a bee” from a word for a home,
Eventful Slice:
Will Shortz’s January 28th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Laura Kozma of South River, New Jersey, reads:
Now think of three words that can fill in the blanks of the following phrase, said by parents after their teenage daughter missed her curfew: “__, ___ ___ in so much trouble, young lady!” 
ENTREE #3
The second letter is one letter before the first letter of the medication in the alphabet, the fourth letter is two letters after the third letter of the medication in the alphabet, and the sixth letter is two letters before the fifth letter of the medication in the alphabet. 
ENTREE #5
Rearrange these seven letters to spell another brand name product that you might also find in a pharmacy. 
ENTREE #7
ENTREE #8
ENTREE #9
An Arm And A GunpowderKegPegLeg Dessert:
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.)
This same pattern works for some longer non-name words like ANOPHORIA and SORCERESS:
Find two nine-letter non-name words that have this property when written one above the other.
One of these is a quite obscure word meaning “divination based on names,” yet all nine two-letter words reading downward are within the 100 most frequent words of English.MENU
Buzzy Hors d’Oeuvre:
Bye bye bee! honey adieu!
The result is a word for a poem.
Poems are sweet but they’re no honeycomb...
Still, to honey and bee bid *Shalom!
What is the word for a home?
What is the word for the poem?
(*Shalom, as in “Farewell!” not “Greetings!”)
Egyptians and Grecians
Take the four letters of an event associated with a Greek city and the letters in the name of a famous Greek person. Rearrange them to spell the name of a famous Egyptian person. What are the four-letter event and the Greek city?
What are the names of the Greek person and the Egyptian person?
Riffing Off Shortz And Kozma Slices:
Clairol for hair, Ricola for coifs... oops! coughs!
Think of a brand name in seven letters that you might find in a pharmacy. Drop the last letter and rearrange the letters that remain.
You'll get another brand name, in six letters, that you might also find in a pharmacy. What is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Kozma Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Name the two vehicles pictured here, in four letters and seven letters.
Rearrange these eleven combined letters to name a six-letter synonym of “ceremony” and a five-letter word for what a pompous master of ceremonies might do during such a ceremony. 
Finally rearrange these eleven letters again to spell the five-letter first name of an excellent puzzle-maker and the six-letter short form of the nickname that we sometimes call her.
Who is this puzzle-maker and what is the short-form of her nickname?
Who is this puzzle-maker and what is the short-form of her nickname?
What are the two vehicles, the ceremony, and what a pompous master of ceremonies might do during it?
Note: Entrees #2, 3 and 4 are “self-riff-offs” courtesy of Laura Kozma, composer of this week’s NPR puzzle and creator of “Tortie’s Slow But Sure Puzzles” on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #2
Take the name of a U.S. city that contains four syllables.
These words sound like letters that together spell a three-letter pronoun, one that the parents use in regard to their daughter.
Replace the last letter of the city, which matches the first letter of the pronoun, with the last two letters of the pronoun. Rearrange these letters to produce the first and last names of a puzzle-maker.
What is the city?
What are the words that fill in the blanks? What is the pronoun?
Who is the puzzle-maker?
Name a rhythm guitarist and sometimes lead singer for a famous California rock band. Change the last letter of his first name to twice its value. Now place the first letter of his first name to the left of a letter in his last name, and the modified last letter of his first name to the right of that same letter. You’ll get the name of a prescription medication.
Who is the musician?
What is the medication?
ENTREE #4
Name an over-the-counter medication in six letters.
What is the medication?
Note: Entree #5 is courtesy of Plantsmith, creator of “Garden of Puzzley Delights” on Puzzleria!
Name a seven-letter item found in drug stores. Remove the last letter and mix the six others to get a medical condition. Although this product would not treat the condition, it would help treat another condition.
What are the item, medical condition it would not treat, and the other condition this product would treat?
Note: Entree #6 is courtesy of Nodd, creator of “Nodd ready for prime time” on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #6
Think of a brand name product in seven letters that you might find in a pharmacy. Drop the last letter and replace it with a copy of the fifth letter.
What are the two brand name products?
(Extra Credit: Think of another brand name product, in seven letters, that you might find in a pharmacy. This product is in the same category as the seven-letter product referred to above. Remove the last letter and rearrange the six remaining letters to spell a life-threatening condition to which this category of product is often seen as a partial solution. What is this condition?)
Note: Entrees #7 and 8 are courtesy of Ecoarchitect, creator of “Econfusions” on Puzzleria!
Think of a brand name in six letters that you might find in a pharmacy. Change the first letter, then swap that with the second letter, and the result will be something (a vitamin) we all need. What are they?
Think of a well-known drug in seven letters.
Rearrange these seven letters to name a world capital.
Rearrange these seven letters to name a world capital.
What is this drug?
What is this capital?
Name a well-known brand that is generally considered to be inferior.
Add an “A” to the beginning and an “e” to the end to spell a brand of grooming products for men.
What are these two brands?
Dessert Menu
Western weapon versus eastern ruler
Remove one letter from a western weapon to get a past eastern military ruler.
What are this weapon and ruler?
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Congrats to Tortitude. I am so jealous. When someone on Blaine's posted," grandparents" as a clue I immediately went to the seven letter Depends brand- which i could not anagram. LOL. Then i thought later of another product Centrum Silver and got Centrum/ nurtec- a possible alternate- never getting the intended answer of Clairol. Oh well. I have a shirt that says "I am not retired - I am a professional grandparent."
ReplyDeleteIs Kozma Danish? as i thought of the great Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki. Take the name of a famous tennis player......
If you flip the W i think you get your name in hers. LOL.
DeleteNope, it's Hungarian.
DeleteI suspect Caroline is of Polish descent, even if she lives in Denmark.
Additional riffs I posted yesterday on that other blog:
ReplyDelete1. Take a brand name pain reliever in seven letters and move the last letter to the front to spell a colloquial term for an intestinal disorder.
2. What brand name cold medication describes, phonetically, what a native New Yorker would tell you to do if Jerome Powell has violated your legal rights?
3. Replace the last letter of a brand name food product you might see in a pharmacy with a copy of the fifth letter and rearrange to spell a brand name antifungal medication.
Appetizer: I never knew that PC was a word.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that either, geofan. But Merriam-Webster seems to think so thinks so... (see definition 2 of 3:
ReplyDeletenoun
pē-ˈsē
plural: PCs or PC's
: PERSONAL COMPUTER
LegoRespondingOnHisPC
Apparently Merriam-Webster considers similar abbreviations (TV, RV, MP, IOU) as nouns as well. They are not allowed in Scrabble, however.
DeleteCan we have proper names in the word such as Al,or TY?
DeleteI also thought RE was not a word, but then i remembered that Aretha Franklin song, Re,Re,Re, RE,RE-----.Re."
DeleteIn the Dessert, are the letters in the weapon rearranged to get the ruler? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGood question, Nodd.
DeleteNo, no rearrangement is necessary.
LegoWhoNotesThatTheLetterToBeRemovedIsSmackDabInTheMiddleOfTheWordForTheWeapon(ForExample"Could"WouldBecome"Cold")
I thought it might be 'taser' and 'tsar.' But thanks for the additional information as to where the removed letter is located.
DeleteTurns out to be nothing like a taser, just a regular old weapon.
DeleteGood Beginning-Of-February to all blog regulars(and the occasional irregulars, like that silly groundhog)!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are alone for the next few days. Bryan, Renae, and the kids went to Gatlinburg, TN for a short trip. It's just as well, what with my doctor's appointments this week, plus Mom's Mardi Gras-themed sorority meeting on Tuesday(here at our house, and Bryan has helped us out with that shortly before leaving as well). So we're on our own for supper, but instead of going to a drive-through, Mom says we still need to be eating our box meals(and do more cleaning out of the fridge), so we're having Pub Style Shepherd's Pie, courtesy of the good folks at Hello Fresh. And it's not ready yet. Anyway, I decided to check in here first before any of my other puzzles and provide my progress report thus far, which is as follows:
The only puzzles I have not solved just yet are the Schpuzzle, Rodolfo's Appetizer, and Entrees #3-#6. But although I could solve everything else, I've felt a little sense of "deja vu" with a few of these puzzles, even down to the synonym for "hastily"(which I somehow haven't been able to remember from the last time, oddly enough!). And I'm almost possible I'd seen the same wordplay from the Dessert used in a cryptic crossword(not one of mine). Of course, I am looking forward to seeing the subsequent hints from Lego and Rodolfo as the week continues.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and may Bryan and the rest have a great time in TN! Cranberry out!
pjbHasAboutAllInHisNewlyRedoneBathroomReady...ExceptForAMirror(WhichMakesBrushingHisTeethHarderThanYou'dExpect!)
BTW I did get Nodd's Riff-Off #2 a few posts up. How do I get on that list of contributors to be able to submit my own Entrees? Practically everyone of "the usual suspects" is there this week!
ReplyDeletepjb'sOwn[BOBDYLAN/BOYBAND]PuzzleWasSupposedToSay"...You'llGetATypeOfSingingGroupYouWouldn'tNecessarilyExpectToSingTheSinger'sMusic,"OrWordsToThatEffect(SoHe'llChangeAnyone'sOriginalIdeas,Tortie,AndYou'reNotAloneAtAll.)
Oh, no, "Cryptic Crosswords" every week!
DeleteYeah, I've heard that before about the NPR puzzles. I'm surprised, though, that Will made my puzzle harder. I heard that he mostly made them easier. I suppose he has some sense for whether this week's puzzle should be easy, medium, or hard, and adjusts the puzzle based on that.
DeleteI'm guessing the regulars (Lego, Mike Reiss, Steve Baggish, etc.) have a lot less editing done.
In any case, you just email Lego with your riff-off. I'd probably try to send it in the sooner the better so that Lego has time to edit it, find a picture, incorporate it into the other puzzles, etc.
Sorry Plantsmith, but I'm going to skip the part of Entree #5 where you tell us to "mix the six others to get a medical condition." I value my health more than solving these puzzles!
ReplyDeleteThe medical condition would be carpal-tunnel syndrome, contracted by the mixing of the letters.
DeleteIn my case, it would be mental fatigue.
DeleteEzra Jr. (King James)
ReplyDeleteOops, that should be Richard instead of James.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_B3qkp4nO4 [Ezra]
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8_xSZMTuKo [Jr.] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttfcrg-Yow [King]
Richard Chamberlain (not James Franciscus, I always get those two confused) starred in the 1980 miniseries SHOGUN.
Me too, Paul. They coulda been twins!
DeleteLegoWhoCouldaBeenTwinsWithMartyFeldman!
With the exception of the Appetizer [the only obscure word I could find that fits the definition has only eight letters), I was making swimmingly lovely progress from the Schpuzzle all the way through Entree 4...and then I hit Entree 5.
ReplyDeleteLike Nodd wrote above, 'mental fatigue' is a risk from all these Entrees (well, that's not exactly what he said, but it's how I interpret it), so that was the end of my progress. No Entree 9 or Dessert luck either.
Addendum: I DID come up with a seven-letter word to anagram into a six-letter medical condition, which oddly enough, I am well-acquainted with.....however doing so required removing a letter OTHER THAN the last one from the seven-letter item. And that, I'm afraid, will l have to suffice for an answer.
DeleteThe drugstore item used to be advertised incessantly on TV in the 1960's for women, who are more at risk for the condition it was supposed to treat. The ads would show a poor beleaguered woman who just didn't have the energy to make it through the day. SNL had a classic satire with the woman transformed into a veritable dynamo. Her secret? "I take speed!"
DeleteApparently there is now a version for men.
Maybe, " You just need a Snickers." I know i do.
DeleteThank you for that help, Nodd. After a few false starts, I was able to find the drugstore item. I vaguely remember it.
DeleteStill missing your Entree and riffs #1 & 3, and the all the other stuff I mentioned below. Kind of suspect I won't solve the App without hints.
Hint for Entree 6: The two products “in the same category” are primarily of interest to parents.
DeleteHint for my riff 1: The intestinal disorder is typically caused by drinking.
Hint for my riff 3: (This is the same as Entree 6. When I posted it in my comment above, I copied it from Blaine’s where I had first posted it. I should have deleted part 3 before I posted it here. So, in the immortal words of Emily Litella, “Never Mind!”)
VT- sounds like a nice Alt.
DeleteWas that add around the time of Akroyd's "Bassomatic.?" Golden age of SNL?
DeleteGood morning. Got the Schpuzzle (very nice!), Hors d'Oeuvre (easiest one ever?), and Dessert. Still missing the Slice.
ReplyDeleteHave an alt for the name portion of the App. My first three letters work fine, but the last three are hardly "common" (but they do work). One is a Greek letter, another is a prefix, and the last is a proper name. The word I found for the divination is only eight letters long, so either this puzzle needs a different form of the word, or I just have the wrong one to begin win.
I am missing Entrees #5 & 6 and I don't think Entree #8 is right (my medication doesn't seem all that common). Also, I only solved Nodd's second riff.
Finally, if anyone is struggling with Entree #4 (perhaps more of a logic puzzle than a word one), BADFIG fits the pattern.
I have two six-letter names for the Appetizer that work according to both Merriam-Webster and Scrabble. I have not found the nine-letter "divination" word. I do have two nine-letter words that work according to M-W, but not Scrabble. I probably have the same "divination" word as VT and Tortie, but as they say, it's only eight letters.
ReplyDeleteAre the Greek and Egyptian names for the Slice last names, first and last names, or single-word names, or is figuring that out part of the puzzle? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThey are mononyms -- like Nodd, Enya, Plantsmith, Cicero, Cher, Tortitude, Plantsmith, Paul, geofan, Sting, Pink, Prince, Pocahontas, Geronimo, etc.
DeleteLego
Thanks! I'm honored to be in such esteemed company!
DeleteI agree. Nodd, Plantsmith, Tortitude, Plantsmith, Paul, geofan and all other Puzzlerians are all quite estimable.
DeleteLegoWhoIsUncertainWhether"ViolinTeddy"IsOneOrTwoWordsButEitherWaySheTooIsWorthyOfEsteem
Thank you, Lego....I was beginning to feel a bit 'left out' as I read the above, until I got to your "sign-off"...but had actually started to wonder if I were one word or two, myself!
DeleteIn Entree 3, does the name of the prescription medication include the letters of both the musician’s first and last names, or just his last name plus the first letter of his first name and the modified last letter of his first name? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAnother good question, Nodd.
DeleteThe the name of the prescription medication includes the letters of just his last name plus the first letter of his first name and the modified last letter of his first name.
LegoRx
Thanks, Lego. Unfortunately, my search for a "famous California rock band" returned 51 results!
DeleteThis may help to narrow down those 51 results into a more manageable number, Nodd:
DeleteThe first letter of the famous California rock band in question rhymes with the first letter of the California rock band in the image that accompanies the puzzle, a band whose best-selling (I think) album included the word "California" in its title.
LegoBCDEGPTVZ
Thanks, Lego, that narrows it down to a mere 27 (lots of bands starting with T.) And of course, my list might not be complete in the first place.
DeleteI have no idea who the band in the image is, but if it's the Eagles, "Hotel California" wasn't their best-selling album.
NoddMuchOfARockBandFan
Don't worry about the "The"s in front of band names.
DeleteFYI, at least in Chrome, you can right click on a picture and select Search Image with Google. That might help you with some of the puzzles (not really this one, though).
I made the puzzle a bit trickier than it could have been. 😈 The medication, indeed, uses all of the letters of the musician's name, except that one letter is modified.
Thanks for the info on ignoring "the." It should help quite a bit.
DeleteActually, I still have 25. Sigh.
DeleteThere were some famous dudes among the 25, but nothing I could rearrange to a medication, so perhaps my list is missing the famous California band with the right answer.
DeleteAnother hint for this puzzle will be forthcoming when Lego posts hints. If you are still stuck at that point, I can think of additional help.
DeleteBTW, I am still stuck on your Entree and your first riff. I haven't tried the additional Egyptian riffs. And I haven't made any additional progress on the App or the Slice.
Think of two words which can be used to describe two different sorts of events within a certain category. Combine and rearrange their letters to get the name of a famous Greek person.
ReplyDeleteLast name, first and last, mononym?
DeleteMononym
DeletePaul,
Delete_____ set? ____ Grounds?
LegoWhoAdds"IfIAmCorrectPaulVeryNice!"
Thanks, I think I have it. Should I post my answer now or wait?
DeleteBetter wait until Wednesday 3PM, Nodd. In the meantime, if you have any insight as to the meaning of Lego's comment, I'd be interested.
DeleteThe Grounds part fits with one of my words, but not the set part. Of course, my words may not be what you had in mind.
DeleteWhenever I try to write a puzzle, I'm never satisfied with my wording.
DeleteI was thinking of track and field events. A running event is a RACE, and a throwing event might be referred to as a TOSS. RACE + TOSS => SOCRATES, and I think it's fairly obvious that I was inspired by the Eventful Slice [RACE (Marathon) + PLATO => CLEOPATRA].
I'm guessing that Lego's ____ Grounds points to POLO, but that's as far as I get with that.
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ReplyDeleteThe (mononymic) name of a prominent ancient Egyptian consists of a four-letter abbreviation used frequently on the Internet, followed by a three-letter anagram of a word for a category of animals. What is the Egyptian name?
ReplyDeleteThe website of the brand of grooming products for men in Entree 9 also features products for women.
ReplyDeleteGood clarification about the grooming product for men, Nodd... But it just somehow sounds like an exclusively masculine brand name!
DeleteAs for your "prominent ancient Egyptian" riff, can you anagram the 7 letters to get "The Ol' Perfesser," "Marvelous Marv" or "Tug" and a "Hash House of Flapjacks"?
LegoAtTheBat
If the first three references you cite mean what I found when I looked them up -- CS, MT, TM -- those aren't correct. I don't know what your fourth reference means, but part of it seems correct.
DeleteYes, I agree the brand name sounds pretty macho, but remember that whacky female.
An instance of "brain flatus" on my part, Nodd -- but at least CS, MT and TM rhyme with your animal category... "___ rock, peeve, shop!"
DeleteLegoWhoThanksNoddAndOthersForKeepingHimAtLeastSomewhatHonest
Indeed, your animal category is correct, though I don't get how CS, MT and TM rhyme with it.
DeleteNoddWhoJustListenedTo"ThereGoesRhymin'Simon"ButStillDoesn'tGetIt
Ah, got it now. I figured it out more from Lego's hints.
DeleteThink of the team that CS, MT and TM are associated with. There is a word in this paragraph that, when you anagram it, you can get two words describing each of them at one point.
Oh, right; I didn't think about the team, just the players.
DeleteMy sincere apologies to Paul ("The Poet'). I failed to acknowledge his "Flea on the Dog" limerick answer to the challenge posed on last week's Puzzleria!
ReplyDeleteHere it is:
There was once a mean flea on a dog,
One its master attempted to flog,
Fleas dogs keep on board
(who masters ignored)
Turn into life-sapping hogs.
LegoWhoNotesThatPaul'sPoetryIsAlsoBoffo!(AndPetFriendly!)
Good one, Paul!
ReplyDeleteEarly Monday Hints:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
The synonym of “hastily” consists of a trio of uppercase letters, none of which is a vowel.
Like PC, TV, RV, MP and IOU (which geofan and I discussed in our Friday exchange of comments), Merriam-Webster recognizes this trio of uppercase letters as a word.
Piggybacking Appetizer:
(I will give Rudolfo first crack at giving hints to his puzzles; I will check with him later if he would prefer that I provide a few hints.)
Buzzy Hors d’Oeuvre:
The home of Speedy Gonzalez was a hacienda constructed of adobe, according to PB, not P(J)B but P(CE)B.
Eventful Slice:
The Greek city begins with an "M".
The "famous Greek person" and "famous Egyptian person" are PC... or, rather, P and C.
Riffing Off Shortz And Kozma Slices:
Because the overwhelming majority of "guest riffs" this week was composed by Puzzlerian!s other than me, I shall give those puzzle-riff composers first crack at giving hints for Entrees #2 through #8. (Some hints have already been posted.)
ENTREE #1
Well, you all know the puzzle-maker and the short-form of her nickname (which rhymes with a "number of thieves).
You can tell by the four portholes visible on the vehicle on the right if the image, that it is either an Oldsmobile or Buick... but what is a four-letter word (other than Olds) for either an Oldsmobile or Buick?
The the ceremony begins with what sounds like a synonym of "prosperous" and what a pompous master of ceremonies might do is an anagram of a poetic muse.
ENTREE #2, 3 and 4 are courtesy of Tortitude.
ENTREE #5 is courtesy of Plantsmith.
Entree #6 is courtesy of Nodd.
ENTREE #7 and 8 are courtesy of Ecoarchitect..
ENTREE #9
"Raisin ____" + "span___"
An Arm And A GunpowderKegPegLeg Dessert:
"The QB is not under center!"
"A dog on the run, a hog in the sun..."
LegOldsmoBuick
Thanks, Lego, but all I'm missing is Entree 3.
DeleteEntree #2: This city has been the answer to fairly recent Puzzleria! and NPR puzzles.
DeleteEntree #3: The musician sang about wanting a certain woman to aid him. The medication aids you in lowering your A1C.
Entree #4: She got into financial trouble because ___ ____ to the credit company bounced. The medication rhymes with the two words in the blanks.
Got the Slice now. Now I just need to solve the App and Entree #6 (and any riffs if I am up to them).
DeleteI apologize, Tortitude, for not publishing the hints you provided to me for your Entree #3 and #4 riffs. Thanks for covering for me!
DeleteAlso , I really enjoyed your Entree #2 riff.
LegoWhoAppreciatesAllThe RiffsAndInvitespjbAndAnyoneElseToEmailTheirCreativityToMeAtTheAddress:jrywriter@aol.com
Thank you, Lego. I thought it was funny when I made the connection between the city and the puzzle-maker.
DeleteThank you, Tortie, for the additional help on the elusive Entree 3. The request for aid from a woman does ring a bell, though I tried the band's rhythm guitarist a couple times and couldn't make it work.
DeleteHere is an additional hint for Entree 6: If you drop the last two letters of the first brand-name product and replace them with an 'e', you will get a six-letter word for a figure of speech that is often found in poetry. And buried within the second brand-name product is the four-letter surname of an English novelist whose first novel was about a fortunate fellow, at least according to the title.
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DeleteI had never heard of the intended starting brand name (not a parent and was never around children - no relatives).
DeleteGot it now. Sheesh! I made a mess of things originally. I was focusing on the parent related product as the antifungal one. And when I thought it might be the food, I was thinking of food for children in another age group.
DeleteOkay, I finally have Entree 3. I had the right guitarist. Partly I was hung up on "twice its value" till I remembered the trick from a past puzzle.
DeleteDo you still need help on either of my riffs?
Glad you got it! Normally I would have worded the "twice its value" in more straighforward terms, but I thought that since I was copying a recent trick, it was fair game.
DeleteI'm missing your Riff #1. I have your other riff, and I think I have Paul's, although Lego's hints don't make sense for my answer.
The intestinal disorder is a word in a foreign language that is spoken in a country where you are particularly likely to get the disorder, unless you only drink bottled water. The word refers to a traveler. Coincidentally, embedded within the word is part of the answer to Entree 2.
DeleteLego's hints for Paul's riff don't match my answer either.
I'm still hung up on the "twice its value" part. I've got the right guitarist(I don't recall ever seeing him play guitar in any old footage, but that's just me), and the right medication(the ads have driven me crazy lately!), but I don't get what the last letter of his first name has to do with the "modified" letter, or how this letter has been "modified" to begin with, and I also must find fault with the answer to #4, with the second letter being "before the first in the name of the medication in the alphabet". Everything else checks out except that part, and that's saying something considering how that one is worded overall. My dear Ms. Laura(we're past the "Tortie" phase by now), please clarify.
DeletepjbAdmitsTheOnlyLauraHe'sEverReallyBeenInterestedInBeforeWasTheLateMs.Branigan(GodRestHerLovelySoul)
That is to say, the second letter in #4 is NOT AT ALL before the first...in the alphabet.
DeletepjbFeltTheNeedToClarifyHisPleaForClarification
Lego, I finally figured out your #9 Entree, but I must say, I thnk both the puzzle as stated, and the Hint are MOST confusing. That I got it at all is a miracle, to me, anyway.
DeleteAnd there are SO MANY comments all out of order in any way, that It is impossible for me to wade through them, to attempt to find hints from other-Entree-makers. #s 6, 7 and 8 will simply have to go unattempted, as will the Appetizer. Will try the Dessert now, but I'm not hopeful.
Oh, I stumbled on Entree #8 after all. BUt not the Dessert. Just don't have any familiarity with weapons.
DeleteWell, having just worked out Entree #7, I am now curious to know if somewhere above in the confusing array of posts, Nodd might have posted a hint to his #6???? Nodd, if so, could you please re-post it here, under my question? Thanks.
DeleteVT, here are the hints I've previously posted for #6:
DeleteThe two products “in the same category” are primarily of interest to parents.
If you drop the last two letters of the first brand-name product and replace them with an 'e', you will get a six-letter word for a figure of speech that is often found in poetry. And buried within the second brand-name product is the four-letter surname of an English novelist whose first novel was about a fortunate fellow, at least according to the title.
Also, VT, the weapon in the Dessert is a compound word. The first word anagrams to someone you might stay with when you visit. The second word anagrams to a kind of antelope native to Africa.
DeleteThank you, Nodd...I will see if I can do anything with the two above post's information (well, the antelope is obvious!)
DeleteOk, Nodd, I actually got your 'extra credit' portion, but I suspect I also know what the main puzzle's brand name is.....all thanks to your hints.
DeleteNodd, when you say "buried within the second brand name..."do you mean buried within the general CATEGORY that both the brand names are, or do you mean buried within the brand NAME itself....and if the latter, do you mean the resultant brand name that one gets from the very first brand name, or do you mean the extra credit's brand name? How's all that for a bunch of confusing questions???
DeleteI ask the above, because I'm sure I have the correct first brand name, given the hint about the poetry term, and also given that it IS in the same category of products as the Extra Credit's brand name. However, after changing the seventh letter to the fifth letter, it refuses to anagram into anything.
DeleteI think I found the English novelist whose last name is supposed to be buried in the resultant (first portion) of your Entree 6. But I still can't find what brand name that is supposed to be part of, no matter WHICH anagram program I try.
DeleteNever mind the above questions, Nodd....I happened to stumble upon a comment that Tortie made (she will always be Tortie to ME on here, pjb) which sent me off looking in a new direction for brand names. WHY that particular brand name refused to show up in either Inge's anagrams or Andy's anagrams, remains a mystery. But it wasn't familiar enough to me to be able to figure it out, without a list of the basic disease it is meant to help.
DeleteE1. What car model has a weapon in it's name??
ReplyDeleteMaxima, Lancer, Cutlass, Dart, Javelin, Jetta, PT Cruiser, Stinger, Trax?
DeleteExcellent- although that is not the model i have in mind for E1.
DeleteIf your answer is the model that's in the picture, then this is not right either, but how about LeSabre?
DeleteExcellent! Yea, you betcha. Buick LeSabre.
DeleteGiven my (at least) complete sense of being overhwlemed when we have 100 posts/comments in a week, Lego is there any way to organize on this Blog a section for questoins/hints on the given puzzles, and a different section for riffs that are being made up on the P! puzzles? Even when I attempt to read through things (while not panicking), I can't separate stuff out. It is just too confusing. A "questions/hints" section and a "RIFFS" section would be awfully helpful.
ReplyDeleteThat is an excellent suggestion, ViolinTeddy. I might try to do something like that next week. (Remind be again sometime on Thursday, please.)
DeleteI think we could do:
QUESTIONS/HINTS:
RIFFS:
or
QUESTIONS:
HINTS:
RIFFS:
I am not sure... would a MISCELLANEOUS: section make sense? I can see the danger, however, of a commenter agonizing over which category to post a comment!
Perhaps others can weigh in...
LegoWhoLikesTheCreativeWayViolinTeddyThinks
I think it's at least worth trying. I don't mind reading through all the posts, because they're usually fun to read. But some organization won't hurt anything. Good thought, VT.
DeleteI think sections headed "Hints" "Questions" and "Riffs" would be WONDErUL! I don't really see how anyone could 'agonize' over which section to post in....if they WOULD have posted more than one subject in ONE long post (which itself is confusing), then this gives them the chance to break it all up!!
DeleteIn fact, if the questions, hints and riffs could be automatically NUMBERED (is that possible on here, Lego?) that would make things even easier. We could thence refer to "Question 3" or "Riff 2"....
Just trying to reply here, caused the whole page to JUMP, and lose my place, and I had to scroll and scroll merely to FIND where I HAD BEEN trying to reply. Awful.
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ReplyDeleteE5. The condition rhymes with a word that might describe what a group of men do when they hang around outside a 7-11 store- with,"no particular place to go."
ReplyDeleteHas anyone heard from Greg? I hope he is OK and not floated out to sea or had a tree fall on his Lexus.
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DeleteAh, I finally got your #5, Plantie. What a relief.
DeleteWho even remembered that brand existed!
Delete"Oh what a relief it is." Actually the New adds are all over Yahoo.
DeleteI had to laugh too as i thought it was out of business. And who can forget Doan's Pills?
DeleteE5- Nodd has also offered some most excellent clues including his riff last week on a particular hair product brand. And an SNL add that i have yet to locate.
DeleteI haven't been able to locate that SNL ad either, but I remember it because it was such a hilarious commentary on our assumption that drugs can fix all our problems.
DeleteLots of comments here since last night!
ReplyDeleteNodd, I solved your final riff last night. Needless to say, I have never heard of the product nor the foreign word before. Think I'm done now!
pjb, please call me Tortie or Tortitude. It's kind of fun having an alter ego. If you call me by my real name every so often, though, I won't complain. Let me clarify a few things: 1) For Entree #3, "twice its value" would usually mean a position in the alphabet, so that "B" (2) would be twice "A" (1). But in this case, it's not so! The gimmick/trick was used here recently in a Dessert about the Marx Brothers.
2) The pattern used matches that of "BADFIG" as far as letter positions go. So, the second letter (A) is one before the first letter (B) in the alphabet, etc.
VT and Lego, I agree that it's hard to keep track of things, especially when there are so many posts, extra riffs, hints, etc. I get the feeling that Blogger wasn't really designed for these kinds of discussions.
What I've been doing for convoluted weeks like this one is to gather up all the hints for a particular puzzle, and enter them in my normal "puzzle answers" file. Then, when I've finally solved the puzzles, I can delete the hints. Not ideal, though.
Just to add to the confusion, did we ever get hints for Rudolfo's App?
ReplyDeleteNodd, since it looks like you solved the six-letter name portion, maybe we can have a hint for that if Rudolfo/Lego don't provide hints.
Sure, Tortie. My six-letter words are two female names starting with A. The first one is the more common and is the name of a star of an iconic Western show that ran in the 50s and early 60s on TV. The name of the show is related to the weapon in the Dessert.
DeleteThe second female name is the name of a judge currently presiding in a high-profile trial. Her last name is also a weapon.
Good luck!
Your first name is the same one I used, but my second name is a male name. My male first name is the first name of an actor whose films have made the most money in the domestic box office.
DeleteOh, you solved it too. I thought from your post asking for a hint that you had not. I'll be interested to see your answer.
DeleteI came up with an answer, but I wasn't happy with it since some of my two-letter words were obscure. But I see you have obscure words too.
DeleteOne of Rudolfo's 9-letter words is a synonym of "mornings."
DeleteLegoHopingRudolfoIsOkayWithThisHint
Tortie, I also have a male name that works with the first female name, and all downward spellings are on the list of acceptable Scrabble words. But of course, some Scrabble words are obscure. I'm not sure if it's possible to get a solution with only non-obscure words. Or did you manage to find one?
DeleteThanks, Lego! I think I've got Rudolfo's "divination" word now. It works with the "mornings" synonym to spell nine quite common words, as Rudolfo notes. (For those of you who found the eight-letter "divination" word, you can get the nine-letter version by replacing the final two letters with three letters that, in order, are a consonant, a vowel, and another vowel.)
DeleteThe other, more difficult, of Rudolfo's nine-letter words is an anagram of the combined letters in two words:
Delete* a negatively charged ion (5 letters)
* the smallest particle of an element that can exist either alone or in combination (4 letters)
LegoHopingThatRudolfoIsOkayWithThisHint
And I should add my kudos to Rudolfo for thinking this one up!
DeleteOK, got it now, thanks! It looks like even the word for "mornings" is somewhat obscure.
DeleteNodd, I only have the one answer for the names. Surprisingly enough, I found it pretty much immediately. When I tried going through name lists later in an attempt to find more common two-letter words, I got nowhere.
NODD: you indicated above that your two six-letter names for the Appetizer are both female beginning with "A"....doesn't that make the first 'two word' result "AA". Are we considering THAT a legal word?
DeleteAND, if the iconic Western IS the show I'm thinking of, it ran until 1975.
DeleteTortie & Nodd: I, too, finally have the nine-letter words for the Appetizer. Those six-letter names, however, even tho I THINK I have the right female actress and the male actor you got, Tortie, I fail to see how some of the two-letter combos are really words....well, in foreign languages they are, but....
DeleteVT: I actually have three answers for the names. The two-letter words are all on Merriam-Webster's list of valid Scrabble words, which is: aa, ab, ad, ae, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax, ay, ba, be, bi, bo, by, da, de, do, ed, ef, eh, el, em, en, er, es, et, ew, ex, fa, fe, gi, go, ha, he, hi, hm, ho, id, if, in, is, it, jo, ka, ki, la, li, lo, ma, me, mi, mm, mo, mu, my, na, ne, no, nu, od, oe, of, oh, oi, ok, om, on, op, or, os, ow, ox, oy, pa, pe, pi, po, qi, re, sh, si, so, ta, te, ti, to, uh, um, un, up, us, ut, we, wo, xi, xu, ya, ye, yo, za.
DeleteVT: Yes, that's the right Western. It ran in the original half-hour format till 1961, but also ran in a one-hour format till 1975.
DeleteTortie, in the two answers I found that might work for #4, neither have the first or second letter that close together in the alphabet, which may well mean I don't have your intended answer, whatever it may be. As for the alphanumeric value part in #3, I still don't quite get it(and I have a Scrabble board and tiles, too!), but I've never liked trying to compute that for letters in puzzles anyway, no offense to anyone here who likes that sort of thing, of course. I do like Laura as a name, though, but if you're not happy with my addressing you as such, then I won't do it anymore. Simple as that.
DeletepjbWon'tStartSinging"ThinkOfL-----"Or"TellL-----ILoveHer"Either
Cranberry, the key word is "alphanumeric."
DeleteOk, Nodd, I hadn't actually seen that list of Scrabble-allowed words. I guess the names that Tortie and I each came up with do work. I think I know the other female first name that you have. Frankly, I've had ENOUGH of this entire Appetizer!!
DeleteVT, if this was a restaurant, the Appetizer was so filling that we couldn't eat our Entrees, let alone Dessert!
Deletepjb, I like my name too, but... can you believe I was actually named after the "Tell" song? Did my parents want my boyfriend to die in a car crash? Also, when I was younger, some people in my family called me Laurie. There was a song that came out a little after I was born called "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" and my mother would play it for me. Pretty weird.... In any case, if you see this in time....
For #4, "twice the value" is referring to Roman numerals. So, if the guitarist's name ended in an "V," it would be replaced by a "X."
Aw, I like it. I think it would have made a great creative challenge on NPR. And I'm amazed how Rudolfo ever came up with the 9-letter pairing. I'll be interested to see what his 6-letter names are and whether he was obliged to rely on the Scrabble list (like me) to justify his six words, or whether his six words are just as common as his nine are. (I'm still looking for 6-letter names that don't rely on the Scrabble list!)
DeleteThe Tell song? Oh -"Tell Laura i love her."
DeleteYes, that's the one!
DeleteI like the puzzle, but I'm still not sure that obscure words are really OK.
DeleteNodd, I realized that, based on your Scrabble list, your second name can be the more common variant if you change the first letter. It's a name in a song: "Come On......"
I think Rudolfo is a programmer or at the very least, an expert in programs like Excel. I've seen a few comments of his on Blaine's blog to make me believe this is the case. And, I think he also has a Tortoiseshell cat, although I might be confusing him with someone else. He actually knew what "Tortitude" meant.
Tortie, yes, reading downward, AA could be changed to AE to use the more common variant, but I can't see that AE is any better than AE. Neither is a word you see in common discourse, and so far I haven't found one that is.
DeleteI agree that AE is no better than AA, but I feel that the "E" name fits the "quite common six-letter first names" part of the puzzle better. The only other person I can think of with the "A" name was a serial killer. Well, I guess we will find out what the intended answer is shortly, unless you happen to find two names with common two-letter words before that.
DeleteTortie, the "A" name is also the name of judge presiding over a crucial trial in the South, and as far as I know, she isn't a serial killer. Wikipedia lists more than 80 others (including the serial killer, but not the judge, so I think the name is reasonably common.
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ReplyDeleteE6. Feb.1, 12:01 p.m.
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: bbb, PDQ (RIP, PDQ Bach!)
ReplyDeleteApp:
1. AMANDA, SAMUEL (AS, MA, AM, NU, DE, AL) (Nodd’s answer: AMANDA, AILEEN); (Post hint: ) ONOMANTIA, FORENOONS
Hors d’Oeuvre: ABODE, ODE
Slice: (Post hint: ) RACE, MARATHON; PLATO, CLEOPATRA
Entrees:
1. AUTO, TRAILER; RITUAL, ORATE; LAURA, TORTIE
2. KALAMAZOO; OH YOU ARE; OUR; LAURA KOZMA
3. AL JARDINE (change L to C in Roman numerals); JARDIANCE
4. ZYRTEC
5. GERITOL, GOITER, ENERGY LEVELS/ANEMIA
6. (Post hint: ) SIMILAC, LAMISIL (Extra credit: ) ENFAMIL, FAMINE
7. ANACIN, NIACIN
8. LIPITOR, TRIPOLI
9. X, AXE
Dessert: SHOTGUN, SHOGUN
Nodd riffs:
1. URISTAT, TURISTA
2. SUDAFED (“Sue da Fed”)
Nodd’s Slice riff: IMHOTEP (IMHO, pet; Lego’s hints: Met, IHOP)
Paul’s riff: SOCRATES; TOSS, RACE
SCHPUZZLE – PDQ; bbb
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZER
SIX-LETTER ANSWERS:
AMANDA; MANUEL; AM, MA, AN, NU, DE, AL
ALTERNATE: AMANDA; AILEEN; AA, MI, AL, NE, DE, AN
ALTERNATE: DANIEL; AMANDA; DA, AM, NA, IN, ED, LA
(According to Merriam-Webster, all of the above are valid two-letter Scrabble words.)
NINE-LETTER ANSWERS:
ONOMANTIA; FORENOONS; OF, NO,OR, ME, AN, NO, TO, IN, AS
ALTERNATE: NAMESAKES; EMISSIONS; NE, AM, MI, ES, SS, AI, KO, EN, SS (Merriam-Webster defines “KO” as: “transitive verb. : to knock out (as in boxing)” without designating it as an abbreviation. M-W defines “SS” as: a noun meaning “a unit of Nazis created as bodyguard to Hitler,” again without designating it as an abbreviation. M-W lists the remaining words as valid Scrabble words.)
HORS D’OEUVRE – ABODE; ODE
SLICE – RACE, MARATHON; PLATO, CLEOPATRA
ENTREES
1. LAURA, TORTIE; AUTO, TRAILER; RITUAL, ORATE
2. KALAMAZOO; “OH, YOU ARE”; OUR; LAURA KOZMA
3. AL JARDINE; JARDIANCE
4. ZYRTEC
5. GERITOL; GOITER; VITAMIN/MINERAL DEFICIENCY
6. SIMILAC, LAMISIL; Extra Credit: ENFAMIL, FAMINE
7. ANACIN, NIACIN
8. LIPITOR; TRIPOLI
9. X; AXE
DESSERT – SHOTGUN; SHOGUN
PAUL’S RIFF – RACE, TOSS; SOCRATES
NODD RIFFS: 1. URISTAT; TURISTA
2. SUDAFED; SUE THE FED
3. SIMILAC; LAMISIL
"Epistle checker" is an anagram of "Peter Schickele" that I couldn't think of anything clever to do with.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE PDQ BACH, Plantie! Bsck when I was in college, or perhaps just before (I can't remember now), my uncle took me and my brother and cousins to see him at Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center. I actually nabbed a PDQ pennant (stipidly, I didn't keep it when I moved from NJ.)
DeleteI don't know what is wrong with me....I completely MIS-read (guess I just saw the 'P") Paul for PLantie above. Sorry, Paul....
DeleteSchpuzzle: bbb → pdq → PDQ
ReplyDeleteAppetizers:
#1:
(a) AMANDA, AILEEN (AA, MI, AL, NE, DE, AN) [Nodd-Tue-hint]
(b) AMANDA, SAMUEL (AS, MA, AM, NU, DE, AL) [Tortie-Tue-hint]
#2: ONOMANTIA, FORENOONS (OF, NO, OR, ME, AN, NO, TO, IN, AS) [Lego-Tue-hint]
Hors d'Oeuvre: ABODE – A,B = ODE
Slice: RACE (Marathon) + PLATO → CLEOPATRA
Entrées:
#1: LAURA, TORTIE → RITUAL, ORATE; TRAILER, AUTO
#2: OH, YOU ARE → OUR; LAURA KOZMA, chg UR to O → KALAMAZOO
#3: AL → A,C + JARDINE → JARDIANCE
#4: ZYRTEC
#5: GERITOL – L → GOITER [post-Fri night discussion]
#6: post-Nodd-Mon-hint: SIMILE → SIMILAC – C + L → LAMISIL [never heard of Similac]
#7: ANACIN, chg A to I → NIACIN
#8: LIPITOR → TRIPOLI
#9: Brand X + A,E → AXE
Dessert: SHOTGUN – T = SHOGUN
close but no cigar: TASER – E = TASR → TSAR
Riffs:
1. URISTAT → TURISTA
2. SUDAFED -. SUED A FED
3. SIMILAC, chg C to L → LAMASIL [same as Entrée #6]
Puzzeleria 2-6-24” (27 degrees this AM in GA.)
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:” Man from Uncle.”
ddd —pdq -Pretty Damn Quick
Appetiser-by Rudolpho
There once was a puzzle maker named Rudolpho,
His puzzles were great, and never grew awful,
That’s all i got,
It’s not a lot,
But at least it’s not unlawful.
Thomas/ Oinylo (Goddess of Mirth),To,hi,on,my,al,so
Amanda, Samuel, As,ma,am,nu,de,la
Animation?
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5.
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Side-By-Side Slice:
Hors Durves
Abode, Ode ( a kind of poem i have been told)
Riffing Off Tortie..
ENTREE #1 Auto, Trailer,, , Ritual, Orate, Laura, Tortie
ENTREE #2
ENTREE #3
ENTREE #4 Xyrtec, Not Nurtec-rhymes with her check.
ENTREE #5 Geritol, Goiter, Iron deficiency.
Entree #6
Entree #7- Tripoli- Lipitor (This was a lucky guess without lists)
Entree#8 Anacin— Niacin
Entree #9.
Dessert
Nodd 1. Xxxx Turista.
Very nice Limerick! (BTW, it's P-U-Z-Z-L-E-R-I-A! : ))
DeletePlantsmith,
DeleteI agree 100% with Nodd...
Love your limerick. I shall email it to Rudolfo.
LegoLoverOFLimericksByPlantsmith!
LOL
DeleteSchpuzzle
ReplyDeletebbb=pdq(PDQ=Pretty Darn Quick)
Sorry, Rudolfo. I got nothin'.
Menu
Buzzy Hors d'Oeuvre
ABODE, ODE
Eventful Slice
PLATO+RACE(Marathon was the city)=CLEOPATRA
Entrees
1. AUTO, TRAILER; RITUAL, ORATE; LAURA(Kozma), TORTIE
2. OH, YOU ARE(OUR), KALAMAZOO(MI), LAURA KOZMA
3. AL JARDINE(The Beach Boys), JARDIANCE
4. ZYRTEC
5. GERITOL, GOITER, VITAMIN or MINERAL DEFICIENCY
6. SIMILAC, LAMISIL; ENFAMIL, FAMINE
7. ANACIN, NIACIN
8. LIPITOR, TRIPOLI(This was a past NPR puzzle, BTW.)
9. BRAND X, AXE
Dessert Menu
An Arm And A GunpowderKegPegLeg
SHOTGUN, SHOGUN
Good thing there weren't as many puzzles this week, but too bad "We Are Family"(on right now)is a rerun. Time for me to get ready for my appointment tomorrow!-pjb
This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
www revolve around xyz axes?
Take three identical lowercase letters, like the “www” in web addresses.
Rotate the first letter 180 degrees around the x-axis, the second letter 180 degrees around the y-axis, and the third lette 180 degrees around the z-axis.
The result, after a hasty uppercasing, is a synonym of “hastily.”
What are the synonym and the three lowercase letters you rotated?
Answer:
PDQ: bbb (which becomes p d q)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PDQ
Appetizer Menu
Piggybacking Appetizer:
A shallow crossword puzzle
If you print the name ARIANA above the name WESTON:
A R I A N A
W E S T O N,
and then read each letter column downward, you get common two-letter words AW, RE, IS, AT, NO, AN.
Find two quite common six-letter first names that have this same property.
Answer:
MARTHA
STEVEN
=> MS AT RE TV HE AN
Superb onus for super word freaks:
This same pattern works for some longer non-name words like ANOPHORIA and SORCERESS:
A N O P H O R I A
S O R C E R E S S
Find two nine-letter non-name words that have this property when written one above the other. One of these is a quite obscure word meaning “divination based on names,” yet the two-letter words that solve this are all within the100 most frequent words of English.
Answer:
ONOMANTIA
FORENOONS
=> OF, NO, OR, ME, AN, NO, TO, IN, AS
onomantia: divination obtained from the letters of names
Not only does ONOMANTIA describe this very puzzle and FORENOONS is easy enough, but their cross-word solution requires only the very most common 2-letter words, they are all within the top 100 most frequent. Too bad even most puzzle folks wouldn't know the word "ONOMANTIA"
Lego...
Hmm, so the "official" 6-letter names rely on two 2-letter abbreviations for the downward words. I had been wondering if Rudolfo had managed to find a "pure" solution, i.e., two names using only common, non-abbreviated downward words.
Delete"Onomantia" sounds like something John Lennon suffered from before he was assassinated.
Oh, that is rather awful!!
DeleteThis week's official answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteMENU
Buzzy Hors d’Oeuvre:
Bye bye bee! honey adieu!
Shoo “a bee” from a word for a home,
The result is a word for a poem.
Poems are sweet but they’re no honeycomb...
Still, to honey and bee bid Shalom!
What are the word for a home and the word for the poem?
Answer:
Abode; Ode; Abode - "a bee" [a (which is spelled "a") b (which is spelled "bee")] = ode
Eventful Slice:
Egyptians and Grecians
Take the four letters of an event associated with a Greek city and the letters in the name of a famous Greek person.
Rearrange them to spell the name of a famous Egyptian person.
What are four-letter event and the Greek city?
What are the names of the Greek and Egyptian persons?
Answer:
Race; Marathon (city in Greece that was site of a victory of Greeks over Persians in 490 b.c., the news of which was carried to Athens by a long-distance runner); Plato, Cleopatra (RACE+PLATO=CLEOPATRA)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Kozma Slices:
Clairol for hair, Ricola for coifs... oops! coughs!
Will Shortz’s January 28th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Laura Kozma of South River, New Jersey, reads:
Think of a brand name in seven letters that you might find in a pharmacy. Drop the last letter and rearrange the letters that remain. You'll get another brand name, in six letters, that you might also find in a pharmacy. What is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Kozma Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Name the two vehicles pictured here, in four letters and seven letters. Rearrange these eleven combined letters to name a six-letter synonym of “ceremony” and a five-letter word for what a pompous master of ceremonies might do during such a ceremony. Finally rearrange these eleven letters again to spell the five-letter first name of an excellent puzzle-maker and the six-letter short form of the nickname that we sometimes call her.
Who is this puzzle-maker and the short-form of her nickname?
What are the two vehicles, the ceremony, and what a pompous master of ceremonies might do during it?
Answer:
Laura (Kozma), "Tortie" (short form of "Tortitude"); Auto, trailer; ritual, orate;
Note: Entrees #2, 3 and 4 are “self-riff-offs” courtesy of Laura Kozma, composer of this week’s NPR puzzle and creator of “Tortie’s Slow But Sure Puzzles” on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #2
Take the name of a U.S. city that contains four syllables. Now think of three words that can fill in the blanks of the following phrase, said by parents after their teenage daughter missed her curfew: “__, ___ ___ in so much trouble, young lady!” These words sound like letters that together spell a three-letter pronoun, one that the parents use in regards to their daughter.
Replace the last letter of the city, which matches the first letter of the pronoun, with the last two letters of the pronoun. Rearrange these letters to produce the first and last names of a puzzle-maker.
What is the city? What are the words that fill in the blanks? What is the pronoun? Who is the puzzle-maker?
Answer:
KALAMAZOO; OH YOU ARE; OUR; LAURA KOZMA
KALAMAZOO => KALAMAZOUR => LAURA KOZMA
ENTREE #3
Name a rhythm guitarist and sometimes lead singer for a famous California rock band. Change the last letter of his first name to twice its value. Now place the first letter of his first name to the left of a letter in his last name, and the modified last letter of his first name to the right of that same letter. You’ll get the name of a prescription medication.
Who is the musician? What is the medication?
Answer:
AL JARDINE (BEACH BOYS); JARDIANCE
AL JARDINE => AC JARDINEN=> C JARDIANE => JARDIANCE
(Hints: The musician sang about wanting a certain woman to aid him. (HELP ME, RHONDA) The medication aids you in lowering your A1C.)
ENTREE #4
Name an over-the-counter medication in six letters. The second letter is one letter before the first letter of the medication in the alphabet, the fourth letter is two letters after the third letter of the medication in the alphabet, and the sixth letter is two letters before the fifth letter of the medication in the alphabet.
What is the medication?
Answer:
ZYRTEC
(Hints: She got into financial trouble because ___ ____ to the credit company bounced. The medication rhymes with the two words in the blanks. (HER CHECK)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
ReplyDeleteNote: Entree #5 is courtesy of Plantsmith, creator of “Garden of Puzzley Delights” on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #5
Name a seven-letter item found in drug stores. Remove the last letter and mix the six others to get a medical condition. Although this product would not treat the condition, it would help treat another condition.
What is the item, medical condition it would not treat, and the other condition this product would treat?
Answer:
Geritol; goiter; iron deficiency.
Note: Entree #6 is courtesy of Nodd, creator of “Nodd ready for prime time” on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #6
Think of a brand name product in seven letters that you might find in a pharmacy. Drop the last letter and replace it with a copy of the fifth letter. Rearrange these seven letters to spell another brand name product that you might also find in a pharmacy. What are the two brand name products?
(Extra Credit: Think of another brand name product, in seven letters, that you might find in a pharmacy. This product is in the same category as the seven-letter product referred to above. Remove the last letter and rearrange the six remaining letters to spell a life-threatening condition to which this category of product is often seen as a partial solution. What is this condition?)
Answer:
SIMILAC, LAMISIL; Extra Credit: ENFAMIL, FAMINE
Note: Entrees #7 and 8 are courtesy of Ecoarchitect, creator of “Econfusions” on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #7
Think of a brand name in six letters that you might find in a pharmacy. Change the first letter, then swap that with the second letter, and the result will be something (a vitamin) we all need. What are they?
Answer:
Anacin, niacin
ENTREE #8
Think of a well-known drug in seven letters. Rearrange to name a world capital.
Answer:
Lipitor, Tripoli
ENTREE #9
Name a well-known brand that is generally considerd to be inferior. Add an “A” to the beginning and an “e” to the end to spell a brand of grooming products for men. What are these two bands?
Answer:
(Brand) X; Axe
Dessert Menu
An Arm And A GunpowderKegPegLeg Dessert:
Western weapon versus eastern ruler
Remove one letter from a western weapon to get a past eastern military ruler.
What are this weapon and ruler?
Answer:
Shotgun, shogun
Lego!
OOPS....
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE: bbb => pdq => PDQ [Pretty Darn Quick] [Pre-hint]
APPETIZER: AMANDA & SAMUEL => AS, MA, AM, NU, DE, AL; ONOMANTIA & FORENOONS => OF, NO, OR, ME, AN, NO, TO, IN, AS [This was utterly agonizing from beginning to end.]
HORS D’O: ABODE => ODE [Pre-hint]
SLICE: RACE [Marathon, presumably] + PLATO => CLEOPATRA [Pre-hint]
ENTREES:
1. AUTO & TRAILER; RITUAL & ORATE => LAURA & TORTIE [Pre-hint]
2. KALAMAZOO; OH, YOU ARE => OUR; KALAMAZOUR => LAURA KOZMA [Pre-hint]
3. AL JARDINE [BEACH BOYS] => Change “L” to “C” => JARDIANCE [Pre-hint]
4. ZYRTEC [Pre-hint]
5. GERITOL => GOITER ; Prior answer: INHALER => HERNIA
6. "SIMILAC" => simile; SIMILAL => “LAMISIL” ; Extra Credit: “ENFAMIL" => FAMINE [Thanks to hints, otherwise, forget it]
7. ANACIN => NIACIN [I sent in DRISTAN to NPR last week for yours, Tortie, with the resultant other brand being ASTRID (lotions)]
8. LIPITOR => TRIPOLI; Also, just for fun: COCAINE => OCEANIC
9. BRAND “X" => AXE [Post-hint]
DESSERT: SHOTGUN => SHOGUN [Post Nodd’s hint] [I never know whether Lego means us to find an actual person’s NAME for a category such as “past military ruler”, or just a general word, as in this case.]
Very nice alt- VT. Can inhalers help hernias? It's possible.
ReplyDeleteYet another "oops"..I had meant to erase that alternate answer, having realized at one point when away from the computer, that inhaler wasn't a brand name, as your puzzle asked for....so it really wasn't a good alternate.
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ReplyDeleteName a famous classical composer in four syllables. Swap the vowel sounds in the first two syllables. The result sounds like an explanation of how to pronounce an adjective that describes a bodily condition.
DeleteNow rotate the first letter of the adjective 180 degrees along the vertical axis and change the vowel sound in the first syllable. The result sounds like the name of another famous classical composer.
Who are the composers and what is the adjective?
(It's the lowercase form of the first letter of the adjective that is rotated.)
DeleteAm attempting to work on this riff of yours, Nodd. (Normally, I am too overwhelmed, as I've repeatedly said, by all the regular P! puzzles to pay attention to riffs, but there are now a few hours still the new P! will be posted.) Funnily enough, the first two four-syllable composers I lighted on aren't in contention, because their first and second vowel sounds are exactly the same...i.e. Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev. Onward....
DeleteLikewise with PAGANINI
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ReplyDeleteI think this looks good....nice DARK BOLD headings....and so what if everything has to be a 'reply', i.e. indented...at least we wil lhopefully be able to FIND hints, questions and riffs, without complete confusion, as well as SOME indents and some NOT indented. At least, we can see how it goes this coming week.
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