PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe2 SERVED
Schpuzzle of the Week:
“Cap ‘n’ Ken”
If you replace the first letter with a duplicate of the fourth letter and add a space you will name things worn by Ken Hubbs and, had he not retired in 1897, perhaps by Cap Anson.
What are these automobile parts and these things worn by Ken and perhaps by Cap?
Appetizer Menu
Celebrating a 54th Birthday & a 34th Appetizer:
A birthday gift from Patrick to us
puzzle to appear on Puzzleria!
If you have missed any of Patrick’s previous 33 cryptic crosswords on Puzzleria!, here are their links:
instructions:
Regarding the Across and Down clues and their format:
The number, or numbers, that appear in parentheses at the end of each clue indicate how many letters are in the answer.
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.
That Tutorial appears below the grid that contains the answers in that edition of Puzzleria!
So, sit back, relax and enjoy this birthday gift from Patrick. You will seldom come across such a downright enjoyable gift from a birthday boy!
ACROSS
8. Fool to get high, of course(7)
10. More ideal leader in our country, one replacing sorehead?(6)
11. Talk about beans, perhaps, used as preservatives?(8)
12. One most likely to succeed, having song on the radio(4)
13. Regular guy to have a drink, be missing coffee(7,3)
19. Different spot, away from the skating rink, for game(4,6)
23. Get away to have modern-day adventure(8)
24. Some looking in? That’s most unnecessary!(6)
26. Distinguished “weird one” in family(7)
DOWN
1. Is it sex-crazed time for all the hippies?(7)
3. Old man admits, “Ain’t bad place to find
candy!”(6)
4. Service providing food for party(so hard to cook!)(8)
5. Life cut short in explicit film(6)
9. Old porno agent brought up, claims “stock
rising” with topless woman in film(11)
15. Top roadie fearin’ worst with initial sound checks(8)
16. Chap gets all excited over a new movie(2,2,4)
17. “Bonanza” character expecting to get spinoff at first?(3,4)
primarily(7)
20. Harry, on time for afternoon service...(3,3)
21. ...was dropping off son, then left(6)
MENU
Twenty-five-or-six-to-four Hors d’Oeuvre:
“Does Tim really know what time it is?”
Alas, each of these three phrases is ambiguous. The person asking what time it is might interpret each of Tim’s three replies as being anywhere from 165 minutes to 525 minutes different from one another. Each of the three replies can be interpreted in two ways.
Sequential Slice:
“The dozenth doesn’t come to light”
What is the twelfth number in the following sequence?
2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 10 13 ?
Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Entrees:
“Beating plowshares into (s)words”
Will Shortz’s April 7th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Steve Baggish of Arlington, Massachusetts, reads:
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices read:
Name a pair of plural words, in four and five letters – one associated with birds, the other with bees – and a singular three-letter word for a third creature that flies. Rearrange these twelve letters to spell the first name and surname of a puzzle-maker.
What are the three words?
Who is the puzzle-maker?
Note: Entree #2 is the brainchild of our friend Plantsmith, whose “Garden of Puzzley Delights” is a regular feature on Puzzleria! The words for the U.S. capital city and for the popular exercise activity both appear in the King James Version of the Bible.
Name a tool associated with the Bible. Divide it into two words so that the last letter of the first word doubles as the first letter of the second
word. One of the words is a U.S. capital city and the other word is a popular exercise activity.
What are these two words and the tool?
Note: Entrees #3 through #8 were created by our friend Nodd, whose “Nodd ready for prime time” is featured regularly on Puzzleria! Biblical references in Nodd’s puzzles are to the King James Version.
Think of two words naming tools that are mentioned in a well-known passage of the Bible, eight letters total. The letters can be rearranged to spell two new words that
describe what a person might use one of the tools for when moving rapidly through the setting described in the biblical passage. What are the tools and what are the two new words? (Hint: The two new words also could describe a popular 1,300-horsepower vehicle.)
ENTREE #4
Remove the fourth letter of the first word of the phrase and rearrange the remaining letters of that word to spell a new word that describes some people’s reaction to present-day versions of this biblical event. What are the four-word phrase and the new word?
Think of a nine-letter two-word phrase naming an implement that is mentioned in a prominent passage in the Bible. Rearrange the letters to spell two new words that might be exclaimed by a person after successfully using minoxidil. What are the implement and the two-word exclamation?
ENTREE #6
Think of a ten-letter two-word phrase naming a principle commonly associated with the Bible. Remove an abbreviation for a clothing size. Rearrange the remaining letters to spell two new words that describe something an aspiring actress might be reluctant to accept.
Now take the last word in the passage of the Bible describing this principle, eight letters. This word describes persons whose advice is often sought in biblical stories. Remove an informal tech company name. Rearrange the remaining letters to spell a word describing a kind of advertisement.
Finally, take a state postal abbreviation and reverse the two letters. Then add these two letters to the beginning of the word for the advertisement, to spell a word that often describes one who claims to be one of the persons whose advice is often sought. What are the biblical principle, the thing the actress might not accept, the persons whose advice is often sought, and the word that often describes one who claims to be one of those persons?
ENTREE #7
eight-letter word would be discussed in detail. Remove the last two letters of the word for the location and rearrange to spell a group of persons who would undoubtedly reject any such discussion. What are the words for the promise, the location, and the group?
Think of a seven-letter word naming retaliatory measures taken by God in the Bible. Remove the first two letters to spell a word describing an example of one of these measures. What are these two words?
Hint: the ten-letter term used in the Bible to describe that example can be rearranged to spell two words describing what dog owners are often required to get.
ENTREE #9
What are these creatures and this tool?
Note: The words for both winged creatures appear in the Lexham Expanded Bible. The plural form of the tool also appears in that biblical version.
Dessert Menu
Prune a plant, plant a “p”
Prune three consecutive letters from a plant, then plant a “p” in their place.
Move the third letter of the result into the second position, then move the sixth letter into the fourth position. The result spells a mammal. What are this plant and mammal?
Hint: The three consecutive letters you replaced with the “p” spell, in reverse, a piece of equipment used in a game.
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QUESTIONS
ReplyDeleteI got the Hors D'O, I think, however my largest time discrepancy is 525 minutes, not 555. I think you added when you meant to subtract, in that instance! I was going bleary on it myself!
DeleteDessert problem: I have come frustratingly close, with what I am sure MUSt be the correct plant and the correct mammal. However, there is an extra letter (a stray "P") in the middle that is messing it up. Could you please look at this, Lego? Thanks. [Seems to me t he solution is to MOVE the 'p' that is already in the plant, to replace the three-consecutive letters; then it works!
DeleteThank you, ViolinTedditor!
DeleteI did change 555 to 525 in the Hors d'Oeuvre... but I do think the Dessert is OK. Of course, I could be wrong about the Dessert.
LegoFallible!
So in the Hors d'Oeuvre, are the three four-word phrases different ways of expressing the same time of day, even though they end with three different whole numbers?
DeleteSince I don't have it in me, Lego, to try to find a NEW plant for the dessert, because the one I found is SO frustratingly close to turning into the mammal, I am just going to sit on it and wait for Wed.
DeleteIs the Biblical event in E4 a miraculous one- like the parting of the Red sea?
DeleteI am going around and around for the dessert digging a nice little fox hole.
DeleteVT, the Dessert works as stated. The plant is usually found in a place that is not American. It's the main diet of a particular animal, but not the animal in the Dessert; however, the animal in the Dessert also lives in the same non-American place.
DeleteWas there a recent puzzle with this plant in tow?
DeletePS, yes, and that puzzle's answer included the other animal I obliquely mentioned.
DeleteMolto Gratzi
DeleteNodd,
DeleteIn the Hors d'Oeuvre, each of the three four-word phrases is meant to indicate a time of the day that is different from the other two (like, for example, "four-thirty," "eight-forty-five," or "half-past-noon." But each could also be interpreted to mean two different times of the day... if one does some simple multiplication.
Plantsmith,
In Nodd's Entree #4, the "four-word phrase describing an event featured prominently in the Bible" is not really miraculous. Try writing a caption for the picture that accompanies the Entree.
LegoEggo
Got the Hors d'Oeuvre now and previously figured out Entree #8. So right now I'm just missing the Slice, Entree 5, and the cryptic crossword. I likely won't make a lot of progress on the latter, but I'll try.
DeleteThanks, Lego, for that clarification on the Hors d'Oeuvre.
DeleteTortie, I had somehow spelled the plant wrong! Got a stupid extra "p" in there....I had the right plant and animal all along. Duh.....
DeleteOne of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse?
DeleteE(9)- But is it in the Trump Bible? Oh for God's sake.
DeleteHINTS:
ReplyDeleteE2. A rose is a rose?? A grape by any other name, would still be sweet. A bluer shade of dark.
DeleteE2. "Unsafe at Any Speed" - Ralph Nader
DeleteCRYPTIC HINTS:
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7. It'd be a huge spoiler alert for anyone here who hasn't seen the movie yet.
8. Back in the day, Moon Unit Zappa would have used this answer quite a bit in regular conversation.
10. Group fronted by Todd Rundgren at some point.
11. Franklin and Vereen, perhaps?
12. For a long time, King Charles was one.
13. Way to describe Walsh or Piscopo, perhaps?
14. It would take a lot of climbing to get this one.
19. Don't be disgruntled if this answer gets lost in the mail.
22. If you can't solve this one, you probably haven't got a prayer.
23. Title of a Janet Jackson song.
24. Add two letters to the end of a founding member of a popular British comedy troupe.
25. Irwin Allen would describe it as "Towering".
26. This answer looks like it would be the name of a past Pope.
DOWN
1. Before my time(shortly before).
2. One of his opponents was a computer named "Deep Blue".
3. It would definitely be a hit with all the kids at a birthday party!
4. Rhymes with a popular designer jeans brand from the 80s.
5. Ken, Skipper, Margot...
6. He likes the saxophone, McDonald's, Miss Lewinsky...
9. The movie was not a bomb, but it was about one being developed.
15. TRALALA, TRALALA
16. Not "Moonlight", that's for sure(Blame Bonnie and Clyde!).
17. He did the cooking for all the Cartwright boys at the Ponderosa.
18. As ViolinTeddy might say, "now vs. gift".
20. Commonly used at 4:00pm in the UK.
21. In most buildings, one would need a sign to be able to do this.
pjbMustNowHeadOffToTheHappyHintingGround!
Heh heh, pjb, I think I actually know the answer for your 18 Down! Although I don't know how it is supposed to relate to a radio station.
DeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 3-8:
Delete3. A comfortable pair.
4. Mr. sniffer.
5. Go get your departed.
6. The irresistible lure of a precious commodity.
7. None will know the answer.
8. A snake, and an adhesive.
VT, you'd find out by reading Lego's official explanations of the cryptic clues on Wednesday.
DeletepjbKnowsIfYouDidThat,You'dProbablyFigureOutHowToSolveThePuzzleInTheFirstPlace!
E2- the Guttenberg Bible. A copy of which i actually saw when on loan to main NYC library in Manhattan. It was under glass and must weigh about 60 pounds- so you can't take it on the plane.
DeleteEveryone, thank you for the hints. Haven't gotten through them yet, but I did look at 18 Down. Agreed that it is a fun hint! Surprisingly, I was able to solve that one pre-hint and even understand the cryptic portion of it.
DeleteDoes anyone have a hint for the Slice?
E2. -Richard Simmons
Delete- Not all tools are made of steel and stone. But many are.
Tuesday Hints:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
“Cap ‘n’ Ken”
The singular form of the surname of one player + the plural form of the first name of the other player.
Celebrating a 54th & a 34th Appetizer:
My thanks to cranberry for providing hints for his Cryptic Crossword in our "Hints Section."
Twenty-five-or-six-to-four Hors d’Oeuvre:
“Does Tim really know what time it is?”
The preposition in Tim's response is "of"... but most people use "to" instead. Alas "to" does not work for the purpose of my puzzle!
Sequential Slice:
The Fibonacci sequence and old-school calculators both come into play.
The correct answer already appears in the sequence.
ENTREE #1
The pair of plural words associated with birds and bees are words also associated with food they produce.
My thanks to Plantsmith for providing hints for his "ENTREE #2 in our "Hints Section... I would add, "The tool associated with the Bible would be used by biblical scholars."
My thanks to Nodd for providing hints for his "Entrees #3 through #8 in his hints section.
ENTREE #9
My nine-letter word naming a kind of tool that is mentioned in the Bible is not really very original.
Mammalian Dessert:
The plant sounds like something guys at a barbershop might say, collectively, to their barber.
The mammal sounds like it might be some kinda feline.
LegoLateHinting
PUZZLE RIFFS:
ReplyDeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR:
ReplyDeleteThat is a blessedly easy Schpuzzle this week, even for me!
DeleteGot the Schpuzzle and Dessert, and 2/3 of the Entrees (missing 4, 5, and 8). Will likely need hints for the Hors d'Oeuvre and the Slice.
DeleteI haven't even really looked at the cryptic crossword yet, but I know pjb will give out hints. Happy Birthday, Patrick!
OK, have Entree 4 now.
DeleteI think seeing that #9's tool is "not really very original" helped me to solve it. Not really getting anywhere with PS or Nodd's hints, though.
DeletepjbCanAtLeastSayBothWingedCreaturesHe'sFoundAreNotTheSameSpecies
Congrats to Patrick on his 34th. Quite an achievement. Also happy birthday. Hope you make it to Mr. Beans?
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely heartbroken over Gary-(the golden bachelor) and Teresa's upcoming divorce. Devastating.
ReplyDeletePlantsmith, sorry for your grief, but if it's any consolation, I think your Entree is a clever variation on the original puzzle. Very fun.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Nodd. I suppose, and after all they did make it three months.
ReplyDeleteHappy couple-of-days-until-my-birthday, y'all!
ReplyDeleteAnd no, PS, we didn't go to Mr. Bean's. We went to Los Amigos, a new Mexican restaurant where Ruby Tuesday used to be(they still have the sign up there, too!). I had the "Pechuga Monterrey", grilled chicken with mushrooms, peppers, beans, and rice; Mom had some kind of baked potato fajitas; Bryan had some nacho fajitas; And Mia Kate had a chicken enchilada, but she didn't like it very much. Also, Mom had enough left to make another meal, so that may just be my supper tomorrow night. Mom also broke a crown on one of her teeth, and then almost never got them to believe her when she was trying to make an appointment to come in to get it put back. Seems the dentist who put it in first has been dead for 20 years or so! Anyway, she has another appointment Monday, so she couldn't get it taken care of that morning. She now has to come in Wednesday to get it seen about. The restaurant looks nice, with Aztec or Mayan decor inside now. But they kept us waiting long enough for our orders that we talked about a lot of stuff, like about someone who died, or the TV shows "M*A*S*H" and "Newhart", or Mia Kate's dance recital on May 19th, or how she's become a "parent" to her two cats, who are usually asleep at 2:00pm but then they're up when she's supposed to be asleep at 2:00am. That sort of thing. BTW Renae has taken Maddy back up to Baltimore this week, too.
I haven't had much progress with the puzzles so far, though I have to say I was quite surprised when the new edition premiered as early as 9:00pm last night! Outside of my own puzzle, I already got the Schpuzzle and Entree #1(the easiest two in the bunch). I will of course be monitoring the HINTS section from time to time between now and Hump Day. I hope all the respective puzzlers(myself included)will be providing good ones.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and may we be visiting Los Amigos again some time, because it was good! Cranberry out!
pjbMightJustSleepALittleLateForHisBirthday,ButNotTooLate
Happy Birthday, Cranberry! Wishing you the most wonderful day!
DeleteHi Eileen.
DeleteHello and wishing you a beautiful day, Plantsmith! Hope you have a great week!
DeleteThank you so much, Eileen! Hope you and Bobby are doing well today!
Deletepjb'sMotherAlmostSangToHim,ButHe'dHaveMuchRatherHisBrotherBryanDoItInTheStyleOfBillMurray(HeDoesAGreatImpression!)
Thank you, Cranberry! And so glad you had a wonderful birthday celebration!
DeleteI know a little Spanish so what you had was really pechuga de pollo Monterrey. Chicken breast (pechuga) Monterrey. Sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt was delicious. BTW Here's what we drank:
DeleteI had Coke Zero, Mom and Mia Kate both had Sprite, and Bryan had water.
pjbTookSpanishInSchool,ButNeverLearnedTheWord"Pechuga"UntilMuchLaterAtADifferentMexicanRestaurant
Anyway it sounds good. Here it is hard to find a decent Mexican eatery. La Parilla is good though.
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ReplyDeleteI shared this this email with ViolinTeddy on Saturday. It is an attempt to somewhat redeem last week's Slice, which I somehow ravel into a ball of nonsense. So I am sharing it with all of you.
My email to VT reads:
Very sorry!
I have no idea what I was thinking regarding last week's Slice:
The incorrect part, of course, is the instruction after the first asterisk:
* Interchange the first and third words in the Shakespearean line. In that new third word, replace the last four letters with the letter following the last of those four letters in the alphabet.
It should have instead read:
* Interchange the first and third words in the Shakespearean line. In that new first word, replace the last letter with a word for a unit of weight in the avoirdupois system equal to one sixteenth of an ounce. Transpose the first two letters in that unit of weight.
So the puzzle should have read:
Editing Shakespeare Slice:
World Geography lessons from the Globe Theatre
Name a famous line from a Shakespearean play, a play that is brimming with a Bardworthy superabundance of famous lines. This line contains eight words.
Carry out the following instructions to form a true geographical statement:
* Interchange the first and third words in the Shakespearean line. In that new first word, replace the last letter with a word for a unit of weight in the avoirdupois system equal to one sixteenth of an ounce. Transpose the first two letters in that unit of weight.
* Replace the eighth word – a one-word anagram of a possible task on Noah’s “to-do list” during the forty days and forty nights – with an anagram of the name of an American animation film director and screenwriter who is associated with Walt Disney Studios. (These anagrams are names of coastal nations – the latter being an oft-used informal name – that border a third nation and the same sea.)
What is this line from the Shakespearean play?
What is the possible task on Noah’s “to-do list” and its anagram?
What is the name of the American animation film director and its anagram?
What is the true geographical statement?
Answer:
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
Mend ark; Denmark
Don Hall; Holland
“Rotterdam is something in the state of Holland.”
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
becomes
“rotten is Something in the state of Denmark.”
becomes
“rotteDRAM is Something in the state of Denmark.”
becomes
“rotteRDAM is Something in the state of Holland.”
Mend ark; Denmark
Don Hall; Holland
“Rotterdam is something in the state of Holland.”
LegoMeaCulpa!
Thank you, Lego. We were confused by that. This new version makes sense.
DeleteTITANIC
ReplyDeleteUTOPIA
HEIR
OVERTHEHILL
POSTOFFICE
LORD
ESCAPADE
INFERNO
SIXTIES
KASPAROV
PINATA
CLINTON
REFRAINS
LALALAND
HOPSING
TEASET
SCHPUZZLE – HUBCAPS; CUB CAPS
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ACROSS
7. GLACIER, TITANIC ?
8. TOTALLY
10. UTOPIA
11. BENJAMIN ?
12. DUKE ?
13. MORNING JOE ? REGULAR JOE ? JOE SIXPACK?
14.
19.
22. NCAA
23. ESCAPADE
24. IDLERS
25. INFERNO
26. ODDBALL
DOWN
1.
2. KASPAROV
3. PINATA ?
4. DOORDASH
5.
6. CLINTON
9. OPPENHEIMER
15.
16.
17. HOP SING
18.
20.
21.
HORS D’OEUVRE – (1) “A QUARTER OF FOUR” – could mean 3:45 or 1:00, a difference of 165 minutes; (2) “A QUARTER OF EIGHT” – could mean 7:45 or 2:00, a difference of 345 minutes; (3) “A QUARTER OF TWELVE” – could mean 11:45 or 3:00, a difference of 525 minutes.
SLICE ?
ENTREES
1. EGGS, HIVES, BAT; STEVE BAGGISH
2. CONCORDANCE; CONCORD; DANCE
3. ROD, STAFF (from the 23rd Psalm); FAST FORD (Hint: 2022 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Code Red).
4. SERMON ON THE MOUNT; SNORE
5. HOLY GRAIL; “GOLLY, HAIR!”
6. GOLDEN RULE; NUDE ROLE; PROPHETS; POSTER; IMPOSTER
7. COVENANT; CONVENT; COVEN
8. PLAGUES; AGUES (HINT: PESTILENCE, PET LICENSE)
9. PLOWSHARE; OWL, SERAPH
DESSERT – EUCALYPTUS; PLATYPUS
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ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: HUBCAPS, CUB CAPS
ReplyDeleteApp: Needless to say, still don’t understand “cryptic” part of many of these. I especially don’t understand BARBENHEIMER (5 & 9)
ACROSS: 7. TITANIC, 8. TOTALLY, 10. UTOPIA, 11. PARABENS, 12. PEER, 13. AVERAGEJOE, 14. OVERTHEHILL, 19. POSTOFFICE, 22. LORD, 23. ESCAPADE, 24. IDLEST, 25. INFERNO, 26. LEONINE
DOWN: 1. SIXTIES, 2. KASPAROV, 3. PINATA, 4. DOORDASH, 5. BARBIE, 6. CLINTON, 9. OPPENHEIMER, 15. REFRAINS, 16. LALALAND, 17. HOPSING, 18. PRESENT, 20. TEASET (??? - originally had HOTTEA for Harry On Time + TEA, but POSTOFFICE ruined that idea), 21. EXITED (???; maybe EXILED or EXILES)
Hors d’Oeuvre: A QUARTER OF 4 (1/4 of 4 = 1, 1 o’clock vs. 3:45 (165 minutes)), A QUARTER OF 8 (2 o’clock vs. 7:45 = 345 minutes), A QUARTER OF 12 (3 o’clock vs. 11:45 = 525 minutes)
Slice: (Post hint: ) 10; take the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, write them in calculator style, and count the segments (next number in Fibonacci sequence is 144 -> 2 + 4 + 4)
Entrees:
1. EGGS, HIVES, BAT; STEVE BAGGISH
2. CONCORD, DANCE, CONCORDANCE
3. ROD, STAFF; FAST FORD
4. SERMON ON THE MOUNT, SNORE
5. ??? something with HAIR? Tried to get HELLO HAIR to work with no luck.
6. GOLDEN RULE (-LG), NUDE ROLE, PROPHETS (-HP -> POSTER + MI backwards), IMPOSTER
7. COVENANT, CONVENT, COVEN
8. PLAGUES, AGUES (Hint: PESTILENCE, PET LICENSE)
9. PLOWSHARE, SERAPH, OWL
Dessert: EUCALYPTUS, PLATYPUS (Hint: CUE)
I am going to scream with frustration. My answers for this week, which I always keep in my email drafts, have completely vanished. They were there just a couple of days ago. I have searched everything, including the trash.
ReplyDeleteSo I had the Schpuzzle [Hub Caps=> Cubs Caps]; the Hors D'O: "A quarter to" any hour divisible by four, i.e. 12, 4, and 8 o'clock, but I can't possibly type out a second time how the various minutes worked out; Entrees 1 and 9, and Dessert: indeed, Eucalyptus => Platypus. Sigh....computers are not to be trusted!
Oh and "PRESENT" for PJB's #18 Down, I believe it was.
DeleteFrustrating.
DeleteThe other word involved was PRESET, which could be an apt synonym for "radio station". An N would be inserted, of course.
DeletepjbFeltItNecessaryToExplainThatOneAtLeast
Was that a theme of this cryptic crossword i.e. words that if you add one letter make another word?
DeleteVT- i have a simple outline in Google Docs I use every week for Puzzzleria -just copying over stuff. But I am about to Frisbee my Chromebook as it is frustrating to try and manipulate images and scroll down or up. Also Yahoo keeps wanting me to upgrade to Y+ mail, from the free version. I have a chromebook 11 which is on it's last mico-byte.
DeletePuzzleria.4/16/24/ Spring is here or is it summer?
ReplyDelete‘- Schpuzzle of the Week
Hub caps // Cub Hats
Appetizer Menu-per PJB Across-7 Titanic, 8 totally,12. star
Down 4, Doordash 6 Clinton
Hors Dourves
ENTREE #1 Steve Baggish, eggs, hives, bat
ENTREE #2 Concordance-
Concord and dance.
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ENTREE #3
ENTREE 4 Sermon on the mount. Snore
ENTREE #5 Look hair,? Halo, KIRO
ENTREE #6
ENTREE #7
ENTREE #8 Famine– Fame
ENTREE #9 Plough shares -seraph, owl
ENTREE #10
Dessert Menu
Eucalyptus- - cue, adjust Platypus. We went to a number of zoos during our time in Australia. I may have caught a glimpse of the tail of one of these.-but nothing else. Elusive creatures.I am not sure they actually exist.
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteHUBCAPS, CUB CAPS
See Lego's official recap for all cryptic clue explanations.
Menu
Entrees
1. EGGS+HIVES+BAT=STEVE BAGGISH
2. CONCORDANCE, CONCORD(NH), DANCE
3. ROD+STAFF=FAST FORD
4. SERMON ON THE MOUNT, SNORE
5. HOLY GRAIL, "GOLLY, HAIR!"
6. GOLDEN RULE-LG(large)=NUDE ROLE, PROPHETS-HP(Hewlett-Packard)=POSTER+MI(Michigan)reversed=IMPOSTER
7. COVENANT, CONVENT(nuns), COVEN(witches)
8. PLAGUES, AGUES
9. PLOWSHARE=OWL+SERAPH
Mammalian Dessert
EUCALYPTUS, PLATYPUS
MASKED SINGER RESULTS:
UGLY SWEATER=CHARLIE WILSON(lead singer of the Gap Band, guessed correctly by Robin)
STARFISH=KATE FLANNERY(former star of "The Office", guessed correctly by Ken)
GOLDFISH will move on to next week's "Girl Group Night".
Tonight's broadcast was, oddly enough, a second "Queen Night", which initially confused me and Mom both. I guess their music was certainly worth doing it twice!-pjb
I love the Gap Band.
DeleteThis week's official answers for record, part 1
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
“Cap ‘n’ Ken”
Name automobile parts, in two syllables.
If you replace the first letter with a duplicate of the fourth letter and add a space you will name things worn by Ken Hubbs and, had he not retired in 1897, perhaps by Cap Anson.
What are these automobile parts and things worn by Ken and perhaps Cap?
Answer:
Hubcaps; Cub caps
(Cap Anson retired from the Chicago Cubs franchise, then known as the White Stockings, then the Colts, before they were renamed the Cubs in 1903.)
Lego...
This week's official answers for record, part 2
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Celebrating a 54th & a 34th Appetizer:
A gift From Patrick on his birthday
Note: the filled-in grid to Patrick's cryptic crossword appears just above this week's Comments Section.
ANSWERS:
ACROSS
7. Ship coming through hit it, an iceberg! & lit.(7)
TITANIC
hidden inside hiTITANICeberg
8. Fool to get high, of course(7)
TOTALLY
TOY containing TALL
10. More ideal leader in our country, one replacing sorehead?(6)
UTOPIA
TOP inside USA with I replacing S("Utopia" was written by Sir Thomas More, about a fictional island society in the New World which was said to possess "highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members".)
11. Talk about beans, perhaps, used as preservatives?(8)
PARABENS
RAP reversed plus BEANS anagram
12. One most likely to succeed, having song on the radio(4)
HEIR
sounds like AIR
13. Regular guy to have a drink, be missing coffee(7,3)
AVERAGE JOE
A+BEVERAGE-BE+JOE
14. Obvious the underworld is filled with hitmen, starts to get old(4,3,4)
OVER THE HILL
OVERT+HELL containing HI(tmen)
19. Different spot, away from the skating rink, for game(4,6)
POST OFFICE
SPOT anagram plus "OFF ICE"
22. Title held by earl or duke(4)
LORD
hidden inside earLORDuke
23. Get away to have modern-day adventure(8)
ESCAPADE
ESCAPE containing A.D.
24. Some looking in? That’s most unnecessary!(6)
IDLEST
L inside ID EST("that is", in Latin)
25. Criminal on fire, receiving final condemnation in Hell(7)
INFERNO
ONFIRE anagram containing N
26. Distinguished “weird one” in family(7)
LEONINE
ONE anagram inside LINE
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This week's official answers for record, part 3
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1. Is it sex-crazed time for all the hippies?(7)
SIXTIES
ISITSEX anagram
2. Karpov’s a strange chess player(8)
KASPAROV
KARPOVSA anagram(Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov were both noted chess players.)
3. Old man admits, “Ain’t bad place to find candy!”(6)
PINATA
PA containing AINT anagram
4. Service providing food for party(so hard to cook!)(8)
DOORDASH
DO+SOHARD anagram
5. Life cut short in explicit film(6)
BARBIE
BIO-O inside BARE
6. Eastwood running for President?(7)
CLINTON
CLINT+ON(Mr. Eastwood did serve as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA., from 1986-1988.)
9. Old porno agent brought up, claims “stock rising” with topless woman in film(11)
OPPENHEIMER
O+P+REP reversed containing MINE reversed containing SHE-S
15. Top roadie fearin’ worst with initial sound checks(8)
REFRAINS
R+FEARIN anagram plus S
16. Chap gets all excited over a new movie(2,2,4)
LA LA LAND
LAD containing ALL anagram plus A+N
17. “Bonanza” character expecting to get spinoff at first?(3,4)
HOP SING
HOPING containing S
18. Current radio station embracing nostalgia, primarily(7)
PRESENT
PRESET containing N
20. Harry, on time for afternoon service...(3,3)
TEA SET
TEASE+T
21. ...was dropping off son, then left(6)
EXITED
EXISTED-S
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This week's official answers for record, part 4
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Twenty-five-or-six-to-four Hors d’Oeuvre:
“Does Tim really know what time it is?”
“What time is it Tim?” you ask. Tim replies with one of three four-word phrases consisting of an article, noun, preposition and any one of three whole numbers.
Alas, each of these three phrases is ambiguous. One might interpret Tim’s replies as being anywhere from 165 minutes to 555 minutes different from one another.
A quarter of four = 3:45 or 1:00 = 2.75 hours earlier (or 9.25 hours later)
A quarter of eight = 7:45 or 2:00 = 5.75 hours earlier (or 6.25 hours later)
A quarter of twelve = 11:45 or 3:00 = 8.75 hours earlier (or 3.25 hours later)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73864/why-does-quarter-mean-same-thing-quarter
Sequential Slice:
“The dozenth doesn’t come to light”
What the twelfth number in the following sequence?
2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 10 13 ?
Answer: 10
Explanation:The first 11 Fibonacci numbers are:
1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89
On a calulator that displays digits using a seven-digit display, the digits from 0 through 9 use:
6, 2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7 and 6 segments, respectively.
Thus, the number of segments in the first 11 Fibonacci numbers are:
2 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 10 13
The twelfth Fibonacci number is 144, which contains 10 segments.
Thus, the twelfth number in the sequence is 10.
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There was NO HOPE of solving this one!
DeleteThis week's official answers for record, part 5
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices:
“Beating plowshares into words”
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Name a pair of plural words, in four and five letters – one associated with birds, the other with bees – and a singular three-letter word for a third creature that flies. Rearrange these twelve letters to spell the first name and surname of a puzzle-maker.
What are the three words?
Who is the puzzle-maker?
Answer:
Eggs, Hives, Bat; Steve Baggish
Note: Entree #2 is the brainchild of our friend Plantsmith, whose “Garden of Puzzley Delights” is a regular feature on Puzzleria! The words for the U.S. capital city and for the popular exercise activity both appear in the King James Version of the Bible.
ENTREE #2
Name a tool associated with the Bible. Divide it into two words so that the last letter of the first word doubles as the first letter of the second word. One of the words is a U.S. capital city and the other word is a popular exercise activity.
What are these two words and the tool?
Answer:
Concordance; Concord (capitol of New Hampshire), Dance
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This week's official answers for record, part 6
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ENTREE #3
Think of two words naming tools that are mentioned in a well-known passage of the Bible, eight letters total. The letters can be rearranged to spell two new words that describe what a person might use one of the tools for when moving rapidly through the setting described in the biblical passage. What are the tools and what are the two new words? (Hint: The two new words also could describe a popular 1,300-horsepower vehicle.)
Answer:
ROD, STAFF (from the 23rd Psalm); FAST FORD (Hint: 2022 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Code Red)
ENTREE #4
Think of a four-word phrase describing an event featured prominently in the Bible. Remove the fourth letter of the first word of the phrase and rearrange the remaining letters of that word to spell a new word that describes some people’s reaction to present-day versions of this biblical event. What are the four-word phrase and the new word?
Answer:
SERMON ON THE MOUNT; SNORE
ENTREE #5
Think of a nine-letter two-word phrase naming an implement that is mentioned in a prominent passage in the Bible. Rearrange the letters to spell two new words that might be exclaimed by a person after successfully using minoxidil. What are the implement and the two-word exclamation?
Answer:
HOLY GRAIL; “GOLLY, HAIR!”
ENTREE #6
Think of a ten-letter two-word phrase naming a principle commonly associated with the Bible. Remove an abbreviation for a clothing size. Rearrange the remaining letters to spell two new words that describe something an aspiring actress might be reluctant to accept.
Now take the last word in the passage of the Bible describing this principle, eight letters. This word describes persons whose advice is often sought in biblical stories. Remove an informal tech company name. Rearrange the remaining letters to spell a word describing a kind of advertisement.
Finally, take a state postal abbreviation and reverse the two letters. Then add these two letters to the beginning of the word for the advertisement, to spell a word that often describes one who claims to be one of the persons whose advice is often sought. What are the biblical principle, the thing the actress might not accept, the persons whose advice is often sought, and the word that often describes one who claims to be one of those persons?
Answer:
GOLDEN RULE; NUDE ROLE; PROPHETS; POSTER; IMPOSTER
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This week's official answers for record, part 7
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Take an eight-letter word for a kind of promise that is mentioned numerous times in the Bible. Remove the sixth letter and rearrange the remaining letters to spell a location where the eight-letter word would be discussed in detail. Remove the last two letters of the word for the location and rearrange to spell a group of persons who would undoubtedly reject any such discussion. What are the words for the promise, the location, and the group?
Note: If you instead remove two identical letters from the location where the eight-letter word would be discussed, the remaining letters, in order, form a word for what the biblical commandments say “thou shalt not do.”
Answer:
COVENANT; CONVENT; COVEN
Hint: Covet
ENTREE #8
Think of a seven-letter word naming retaliatory measures taken by God in the Bible. Remove the first two letters to spell a word describing an example of one of these measures. What are these two words? (Hint: the ten-letter term used in the Bible to describe that example can be rearranged to spell two words describing what dog owners are often required to get.)
Answer:
PLAGUES; AGUES (HINT: PESTILENCE, PET LICENSE)
ENTREE #9
Think of a nine-letter word naming a kind of tool that is mentioned in the Bible. Rearrange the letters to spell a pair of winged creatures. What are these creatures and this tool?
Note: The words for both winged creatures appear in the Lexham Expanded Bible. The plural form of the tool also appears in that biblical version.
Answer:
Seraph, owl; Plowshare
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Mammalian Dessert:
Prune a plant, plant a “p”
Prune three consecutive letters from a plant, then plant a “p” in their place. Move the third letter of the result into the second position, then move the sixth letter into the fourth position. The result spells a mammal. What are this plant and mammal?
Hint: The three consecutive letters you replaced with the “p” spell, in reverse, a piece of equipment used in a game.
Answer:
Eucalyptus; Platypus
EUCALYPTUS - EUC + P = PALYPTUS =>PLAYPTUS =>PLATYPUS
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The clue for TITANIC was not an "&lit." clue. If it were, I wouldn't have included the word "ship".
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