Thursday, September 12, 2024

Thirty-six Cryptics, and counting... "Glides his gondola o’er a lagoon" “An arithmetic operation” Jonathan, Anwar and Thomas; Body part... and a body of water; “E Eye E Eye... Oh?”

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe2 SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:

Jonathan, Anwar & Thomas

Jonathan Swift was a satirist. Anwar Sadat was a Mideasterner. Thomas E. Dewey was a
prosecutor.

What do this satirist, Mideasterner and prosecutor have in common? 

Appetizer Menu

Brain-Cryptickling Cluemasterful Appetizer:

Thirty-six Cryptics, and counting...

Cryptic Crosswordmeister Patrick J. Berry (known also by his screen name “cranberry”) is truly a master at creating clever clues to his “fill” (the words that the solver must insert into the cryptic crossword grid.)

Take for example, this, his 36th cryptic crossword that Patrick has created for Puzzleria! 

His first clue (1. ACROSS) reads: 

1. Cryptic, I gather — latest puzzle, right?

(Patrick is noting and announcing that this is his “latest cryptic puzzle” (but, as we all hope, not his “last”) to grace the pages of Puzzleria!

And Patrick’s final clue (21. DOWN) reads: 

21. Think that’s about the end — hard to avoid!

Patrick is concluding his clues with an appropriate “that’s about the end...” and, yes, the end is indeed “hard to avoid!”

All good things (in this case, great things called “clues”!) do come to an end... at least for this puzzle...

But we all hope and trust that Patrick will keep ‘em comin’!  

If you have missed, or wish to revisit, any of Patrick’s previous 35 cryptic crosswords on Puzzleria!, here are their links:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

For those who may be new to cryptic crossword puzzles, Patrick has compiled the following list of basic cryptic crossword puzzle 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.

Multiple numbers in parentheses indicate how letters are distributed in multiple-word answers. 

For example, (9) simply indicates a nine-letter word like “cranberry,” (7,9) indicates a seven-letter and nine-letter answer like “cryptic crossword,” and (4-9) indicates a four-letter and nine-letter hyphenated answer like “head-scratcher.”

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, to recap:

1. Patrick’s latest cryptic creation always
seems the greatest, and

2. To paraphrase Liverpudlians: “And in the end, the joy he makes is equal to the joy you take.”

Enjoy! 

ACROSS

1. Cryptic, I gather—latest puzzle, right?(8)

5. Fool with first aid(6)

9. Held down job in real estate, first to be let go(8)

10. Bound to take a risk, we hear(6)

12. Confused almost everyone in cast following actor’s lead?(2,1,4)

13. Good-natured question of self-doubt?(7)

14. One holding crocodile in confusion?(6-6)

17. I’m undone—it’s a slippery slope!(12)

22. Pop offering has the guy on the radio taking notice: “All right! Excellent!”(3,4)

23. Old currency of Greece or Switzerland coming into play(7)

24. City with class catching some off guard(6)

25. Tear, sort of tear in fabric(8)

26. Swimwear fit, went in(6)

27. Tom has problem making small talk(8)

DOWN

1. Pain for those beginning at dude ranch, defying the odds wearing chaps(8)

2. In the end, children almost manage to relax(8)

3. Item about Miss Piggy in book(7)

4. Mechanic has to help brother in dark(6,6)

6. Having no time to lay by beach(7)

7. Drink writer’s book left out(6)


8. Broadcast on the radio rang a bell(6)

11. Can dash out after dance to see
movie(5,3,4)

15. Variety show from the 70s features his dancing, a little manic(8)

16. Lady stripped? Inappropriate and immoral!(8)

18. Pompous old kook turned up in bar(7)

19. Put away in shelter, most organized(7)

20. Present changing past changes?(6)

21. Think that’s about the end—hard to avoid!(6)

One Thing Leads To Another Hors d’Oeuvre:

Body part & body of water 

Double the middle letter of a body part. Move the second letter to the immediate right of that newly doubled letter-pair. 

Divide the result into two adjectives associated with a certain body of water, the first that leads to the second. What are this body part and adjectives? 

Applied Math Slice:

“An arithmetic operation”

An arithmetic (accent on the third syllable) operation applied to the final four letters of an adjective results in the name of that arithmetic operation. 

What are this adjective and arithmetic operation?

Hint: The final four letters can be rearranged to form a clue to this puzzle.

Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Entrees:

"...Glides his gondola o’er a lagoon"

Will Shortz’s September 8th NPR) Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge, created by Michael Schwartz of Florence, Oregon, reads:

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Entrees read:

ENTREE #1

Five consecutive letters in a puzzle-maker’s name spell a word associated with stresslessness. 

The remaining letters in the name can be rearranged to spell a hotel that is apparently as big as a diamond and the surname of a guy who apparently owns a navy.

Who is this puzzle-maker?

What are:

~ the word associated with stresslessness,

~ the hotel that is apparently as big as a diamond, and 

~  the surname of a guy who apparently owns a navy?

Finally, identify the word in the blank in the quatrain below:

In the Oregon city of Florence

Our friend “Clark,” under light of the ____,

On the Siuslaw (not the Saint Lawrence!)

Glides his gondola o’er a lagoon.

Note: “Clark” is also known as Michael Schwartz, author of this week’s NPR puzzle challenge.

Note: Entrees #2 and #3 were composed by Plantsmith, author of “Garden of Puzzley Delights” on Puzzleria!

ENTREE #2

Take a watercraft with an odd number of letters. Change the middle letter by moving it back three places earlier in the circular “alphabet stream.” 

Mix up the result to name part of a building. 

What are this watercraft and building part? 

ENTREE #3

Take a watercraft with an uneven number of letters. 

Rot14 the middle letter; that is, change it to the letter 14 places later in the circular “alphabet stream.” Replace a vowel with a different vowel. Slightly mix the result to get something edible. What are this watercraft and edible?

Note: Entrees #4-through-#9 were composed by Nodd, author of “Nodd ready for prime time” on Puzzleria!

ENTREE #4

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. 

Remove one of the letters. 

The result will be a word for a quantity of water. 

What words are these?

ENTREE #5

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an even number of letters. 

Remove two non-contiguous letters that form a state postal abbreviation. Rearrange the result to get a word for animals found near bodies of water. What words are these?

ENTREE #6


Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. 

Spell the name backward to get a word for
certain bodies of water. 

What words are these?

ENTREE #7

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an even number of letters. 

Remove the next-to-last letter. Rearrange the remaining letters to get a word that describes a possible outcome of not having this watercraft available when needed. 

What words are these?

ENTREE #8

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an even number of letters. 

Remove the second, fourth, and fifth letters. 

Rearrange the remaining letters to get a word that describes the primary purpose of this watercraft. 

What words are these?

ENTREE #9

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. 

Remove the middle letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. The letters can be rearranged to spell (a) a word for a body ofwater, and (b) an  adjective that describes how the operator of this watercraft would strive to keep the apparatus the watercraft uses to perform its intended purpose. What words are these?

Note: Entrees #10-through-#15 were composed by Ecoarchitect, author of “Econfusions” on Puzzleria!

ENTREE #10

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. 

Remove the third letter and rearrange the
remaining ones to name a body of water. 

What words are these? 

ENTREE #11

Take the body of water that is the answer to ENTREE #10, above. 

Change the third letter to a different letter and rearrange to name another body of water. What words are these? 

ENTREE #12

Take the name of a watercraft that contains an
odd number of letters. 

Remove the last letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. 

What words are these?  

ENTREE #13

Take the name of an ethnic food, popular around Christmas, that contains an odd number of letters. 

Remove the middle letter and don't bother rearranging the remaining ones to name a body of water. 

What words are these?  

ENTREE #14

Take the brand name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter, change the last letter to an "A" and rearrange to name a body of water. 

What words are these? 

ENTREE #15

Whom would you call (and what would you call each of these puzzles, Entrees #10-through-#14) had Violin Teddy or Tortitude (instead of Ecoarchitect) composed them and sent them to LegoLambda to be published? 

And, why might LegoLambda feel safer if Tortie or VT, and not Ecoarchitect, sent you these puzzles? 

Dessert Menu

Down On The Farm Dessert:

“E Eye E Eye... Oh?”

Anagram the combined letters of two structures on a farm to spell something that is
the fifth in a series. 

What are these farm structures and the fifth in a series?

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30 comments:

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    1. SUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 4-9:
      4. Or other liquids, too.
      5. U.S. Senator Chuck.
      6. What’s P stand for, again?
      7. Ruth Wallis’ preferred launch.
      8. Or rearrange to get airborne.
      9. McGraw, but not Quick Draw.

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    2. Monday Hints:
      Schpuzzle of the Week:
      Jonathan, Anwar & Thomas
      The puzzle falls apart if it had read "Jonathan Swift dealt in satire; satirist. Anwar Sadat was from the Mideast." But "Thomas E. Dewey dealt in prosecution" would still be okay.
      What do a satirist, Mideasterner and prosecutor have in common?
      Hint: The answer involves 13 letters.

      Appetizer Menu
      Brain-Cryptickling Cluemasterful Appetizer:
      Thirty-six Cryptics, and counting...
      I will allow Patrick to have first crack at posting hints, as he usually does.

      One Thing Leads To Another Hors d’Oeuvre:
      Body part & body of water
      "What Yankee Doodle called it" follows the body part.

      Applied Math Slice:
      “An arithmetic operation”
      Enhanced Hint: The final four letters can be rearranged to form a clue, literally to this puzzle.

      Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Entrees:
      "...Glides his gondola o’er a lagoon"
      ENTREE #1
      The hotel that is apparently as big as a diamond rhymes with "glitz."
      The surname of a guy who apparently owns a navy is also the surname of a Gopher-turned-Celtic.
      Note: I will allow Plantsmith first crack at providing hints for his Entrees #2 and #3.
      Note: See Nodd's hints to his Entrees #4-through-#9, above.
      Note: I will give Ecoarchitect first crack at giving hints to his Entrees #10-through-#15.

      Dessert Menu

      Down On The Farm Dessert:
      “E Eye E Eye... Oh?”
      One farm structure sometimes follows "missile," the other may follow "poison."

      LegoLateHinting

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    3. CRYPTIC HINTS:
      ACROSS
      1. This word begins with two pronouns, and is also a word found in my home address when I was a kid.
      5. Help!(no Beatles reference).
      9. What Cronkite, Brokaw, and Rather all did in terms of newscasts.
      10. Remove the two middle letters to get a word meaning "jail" used in the UK.
      12. The last word is something that would make a person grieve.
      13. The "question" part reads the same as the numbers in 12 Across.
      14. A thief that takes your wallet by embracing you, perhaps?
      17. "From glen to glen, and down the..."
      22. Example: "After my pet fish died, I went shopping for buttons and zippers. I didn't need them, but I was looking for some kind of closure."(My calendar has 365 of them.)
      23. It was replaced in 2002 by the euro.
      24. Czechoslovakia.
      25. Cut in half, it would be a phrase synonymous with "fabric tax".
      26. It's rather tight, and removing its last letter would give you the name of a Keanu Reeves/Sandra Bullocks movie.
      27. In the manner of Kit Kat and Fiddle Faddle(but not a type of snack).
      DOWN
      1. Where's the aspirin?
      2. I do it a lot to my phone and my Kindle.
      3. Could be Miss Piggy and Kermit, come to think of it.
      4. Musical+chimpanzee?
      6. Musical clue: Spandau Ballet.
      7. It contains an article of clothing for a baby.
      8. Literary clue: Ernest Hemingway.
      11. Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone.
      15. See 27 Across.
      16. The answer begins with a word meaning "10 years".
      18. Would mean "fat" if you removed the first letter.
      19. Describes Felix, but not Oscar.
      20. Changing its second vowel might make a word meaning "assumes ownership of(a child)".
      21. Drop the last letter, and the remaining ones spell two words meaning "yours truly would have dinner".
      pjbFindsMakingUpHintsALotHarderThanMakingUpThePuzzleItself!



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    4. E2- The watercraft sounds like an ethereal creature that is kind of flighty.

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    1. Think of a synonym of "quiver". Remove one letter and rearrange to get a body part.

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    2. Take a watercraft with an odd number of letters. Change the middle letter by moving it back six places earlier in the circular “alphabet stream.”
      Mix up the result to name part of a building.

      What are this watercraft and building part?

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    3. Thesaurus.com lists "quiver" as a synonym of WOBBLE, but not the other way around. I probably could have chosen a nearer word, but I really didn't want to, for the sake of obfuscation. I was even hoping to lead someone astray into the realm of archery. Anyway WOBBLE-B >> ELBOW, and, in retrospect, I could have written "read backward” in place of "rearrange".

      I did not solve Plantsmith's ENTREE #2, but BARGE-R+L>>GABLE.
      Congratulations, Tortitude!

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    4. I tried to do something with barge- but failed.

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    5. I looked at a few synonym lists for "quiver" but nothing jumped out at me. Don't remember if "wobble" was on the list.

      Could have also had a riff-off of Entree 3 with BARGE -> BAGEL.

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    6. I tried to do something with barge- but got a sinking feeling during the process.

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    7. "Fools barge- in where angels fear to tread." How does that go?

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    1. Haven't spent as much time with this week's puzzles as I normally do. Have the Hors d'Oeuvre, Slice, 2/3 of Entrees, and Dessert. I haven't even really tried the cryptic crossword yet, but am unlikely to make decent progress on that pre-hint.

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  4. Happy Friday the 13th to all, whether he be superstitious or not!
    We're getting rained on this evening. For this reason we did not eat out tonight. Bryan said he didn't want to go out in this weather, so Mom and I finished off the whole chicken she cooked last night. Nice and juicy! We also had leftover veggies to eat. It's been raining off and on all day today, thanks in no small part to Francine, of course. Just a few minutes ago we had the power go off, then back on, then back off, then(luckily)back on again. Gonna be a difficult night's sleep for both of us, and Mom has to do dialysis later. Hope it doesn't do that again for the rest of the night!
    Not much "progress so far" for me. Outside of my crossword, I've only solved Entrees #1, #6, and #13. Looking forward to hints from all over, and I will be offering some of my own later, but with the weather being what it is right now, I've obviously got more to worry about than just compiling hints.
    Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and if it's storming where you are right at this moment, don't go outside unless it is absolutely necessary. Cranberry out!
    pjb'sFavoriteSongForTheMomentWouldBe"Rain,Rain,GoAway"

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  5. As Georgia squeaked by Kentucky- (13-12)- the upcoming game against Alabama will be a contest. Roll tide. I am surprised the weather here is not worse-but lots of wind.

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  6. Schpuzzle: ????
    App: (virtually all post hint)
    Across: 1. HERITAGE; 5. ASSIST; 9. ANCHORED; 10. GAMBOL; 12. ATALOSS; 13. AMIABLE; 14. HUGGERMUGGER; 17. MOUNTAINSIDE; 22. DADJOKE; 23. DRACHMA; 24: PRAGUE; 25. LACERATE; 26. SPEEDO; 27. CHITCHAT
    Down: 1. HEADACHE; 2. RECHARGE; 3. TWOSOME; 4. GREASEMONKEY; 6. SEASIDE; 7. IMBIBE; 8. TOLLED; 11. TANGOANDCASH; 15. MISHMASH; 16. DECADENT; 18. OROTUND; 19. NEATEST; 20. ADAPTS; 21. IDEATE
    Hors d’Oeuvre: ELBOW, EBB, LOW
    Slice: MINUSCULE, MINUS (SUBTRACTION)
    Entrees:
    1.MICHAEL SCHWARTZ; SCHWA, RITZ, MCHALE; MOON
    2. FERRY, FOYER
    3. TUGBOAT, POTTAGE
    4. GALLEON, GALLON
    5. (Post hint: ) SCHOONER, HERONS (Pre hint: SAILBOAT, BiOTAS)
    6. SLOOP, POOLS
    7. DINGHY, DYING
    8. LIFEBOAT, FLOAT
    9. TUGBOAT, BOG, TAUT
    10. STEAMER, STREAM
    11. STREAM, THAMES
    12. LINER, NILE
    13. LATKE, LAKE
    14. ZAMBONI, AMAZON
    15. SHERIFF (SHE RIFF), ????
    Dessert: PEN, SILO; EPSILON

    Paul riffs: ???; BARGE, GABLE

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    1. See my last comment under "puzzle riffs", above.
      In addition to ELBOW / EBB / LOW, I also got the Dessert, and one of the cryptic entries (MOUNTAINSIDE).

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    2. MOUNTAINSIDE and NEATEST were the only two entries i solved before the hints.

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  7. What few answers I managed to come up with last Thursday , and had no time or oomph to even read any hints since then...sorry, Lego.

    CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: (21 DOWN) FINALE?

    ENTREES:

    1. SCHWA; MICHAEL RTZ => MCHALE & RITZ; MOON

    2. FERRY => FEORY => FOYER

    4. GALLEON => GALLON

    6. SLOOP => POOLS

    13. LATKE => LAKE

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  8. SCHPUZZLE – ??
    HORS D’OEUVRE – ELBOW; EBB, LOW
    SLICE – MINISCULE; MINIS (MINUS?)
    ENTREES
    1. MICHAEL SCHWARTZ; SCHWA; RITZ; MCHALE; MOON
    2. ??
    3. ??
    4. GALLEON; GALLON
    5. SCHOONER; HERONS
    6. SLOOP; POOLS LOOPS POLOS SPOOL
    7. DINGHY; DYING
    8. LIFEBOAT; FLOAT
    9. TUGBOAT; BOG; TAUT
    10.??
    11. ??
    12. ??
    13. LATKE; LAKE
    14. ??
    15. ??
    DESSERT – PEN; SILO; EPSILON

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  9. Puzzleria- 9-18-24”
    Schpuzzle ??

    Cryptic- Down 1- Headache ( post hint)

    1.Michael Schwartz, Schwa- unstressed vowel,ritz, Mchale, moon
    2.Ferry, foyer
    3. Galleon, _Should have been Rot 6!! middle letter, l-r, E to a, mix =Granola. Sorry. Mea Culpa-but pottage is great…
    4. Galleon, gallon
    5. Schooner, herons

    6. Sloop, pools
    7. Dinghy, dying
    8.
    9.
    10. Steamer, Stream

    Dessert: pen, silo, Epsilon as fifth letter in Greek apphabet

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  10. So far none of us seems to know the Schpuzzle answer.
    For cryptic answers, see Lego's later recap.
    One Thing Leads To Another Hors d'Oeuvre
    ELBOW, EBB, LOW
    Applied Math Slice
    MINUSCULE, MINUS(subtraction)
    Entrees
    1. MICHAEL SCHWARTZ, SCHWA, RITZ, MCHALE, MOON
    2. FERRY, FOYER
    3. TUGBOAT, POTTAGE
    4. GALLEON, GALLON
    5. SCHOONER-CO=HERONS
    6. SLOOP, POOLS
    7. DINGHY, DYING
    8. LIFEBOAT, FLOAT
    9. TUGBOAT(again),BOG, TAUT
    10. STEAMER, STREAM
    11. STREAM, THAMES
    12. LINER, NILE
    13. LATKE, LAKE
    14. ZAMBONI, AMAZON
    15. SHERIFF, SHE RIFF
    Down On The Farm Dessert
    PEN, SILO, EPSILON
    Feeling a little under the weather this week. Something must be going around down here, because Mom and I have both had it.-pjb

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    1. Last-minute hint for the Schpuzzle:
      "Paint your house the color of some thumbs!"

      LegoWhoIsNowPostingTheFilledInGridToPatrick'sCrosswordJustAboveOurCommentsSection

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  11. This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    Swift, Sadat and Dewey
    Jonathan, Anwar & Thomas
    Jonathan Swift was a satirist. Anwar Sadat was a Mideasterner. Thomas E. Dewey was a prosecutor.
    What do a satirist, Mideasterner and prosecutor have in common?
    (Optional Hint: The answer involves 13 letters.)
    Answer:
    A flower is embedded in each word: iris, aster, rose (satIRISt, MideASTERner, pROSEecutor)

    Appetizer Menu
    Brain-Cryptickling Cluemasterful Appetizer:
    Note: Patrick's filled-in cryptic crossword will appear above our Comments Section
    ANSWERS:
    ACROSS
    1. Cryptic, I gather—latest puzzle, right?(8)
    HERITAGE
    (IGATHER anagram plus E)
    5. Fool with first aid(6)
    ASSIST
    ASS+IST(or "1st")
    9. Held down job in real estate, first to be let go(8)
    ANCHORED
    CHORE inside LAND-L
    10. Bound to take a risk, we hear(6)
    GAMBOL
    sounds like GAMBLE
    12. Confused almost everyone in cast following actor’s lead?(2,1,4)
    AT A LOSS
    A+ALL-L inside TOSS
    13. Good-natured question of self-doubt?(7)
    AMIABLE
    "AM I ABLE?"
    14. One holding crocodile in confusion?(6-6)
    HUGGER-MUGGER
    HUGGER+MUGGER
    17. I’m undone—it’s a slippery slope!(12)
    MOUNTAINSIDE
    IMUNDONEITSA anagram
    22. Pop offering has the guy on the radio taking notice: “All right! Excellent!”(3,4)
    DAD JOKE
    DJ(disc jockey)containing AD, plus OK+E
    23. Old currency of Greece or Switzerland coming into play(7)
    DRACHMA
    CH (initials of Latin name for Switzerland: Confoederatio Helvetica) inside DRAMA
    24. City with class catching some off guard(6)
    PRAGUE
    P.E. containing GUARD-D anagram
    25. Tear, sort of tear in fabric(8)
    LACERATE
    TEAR anagram inside LACE
    26. Swimwear fit, went in(6)
    SPEEDO
    PEED inside SO
    27. Tom has problem making small talk(8)
    CHITCHAT
    CAT containing HITCH

    DOWN
    1. Pain for those beginning at dude ranch, defying the odds wearing chaps(8)
    HEADACHE
    At Dude+rAnCh, HE("chap" means "man")on either side
    2. In the end, children almost manage to relax(8)
    RECHARGE
    CH inside REAR+GET-T
    3. Item about Miss Piggy in book(7)
    TWOSOME
    SOW reversed inside TOME
    4. Mechanic has to help brother in dark(6,6)
    GREASE MONKEY
    EASE+MONK inside GREY
    6. Having no time to lay by beach(7)
    SEASIDE
    SET ASIDE-T
    7. Drink writer’s book left out(6)
    IMBIBE
    I'M+BIBLE-L
    8. Broadcast on the radio rang a bell(6)
    TOLLED
    sounds like TOLD("broadcast" in the past tense)
    11. Can dash out after dance to see movie(5,3,4)
    TANGO AND CASH
    TANGO+CANDASH anagram
    15. Variety show from the 70s features his dancing, a little manic(8)
    MISHMASH
    M*A*S*H containing HIS anagram plus M
    16. Lady stripped? Inappropriate and immoral!(8)
    DECADENT
    LADY-LY inside DECENT
    18. Pompous old kook turned up in bar(7)
    OROTUND
    O+NUT reversed inside ROD
    19. Put away in shelter, most organized(7)
    NEATEST
    EAT inside NEST
    20. Present changing past changes?(6)
    ADAPTS
    A.D. plus PAST anagram
    21. Think that’s about the end—hard to avoid!(6)
    IDEATE
    I.E.(id est, or "that is" in Latin) containing DEATH-H

    Lego...

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

    One Thing Leads To Another Hors d’Oeuvre:
    Body part & body of water
    Double the middle letter of a body part. Move the second letter to the immediate right of that newly doubled letter-pair. Divide the result into two adjectives associated with a certain body of water, the first that leads to the second. What are this body part and adjectives?
    (Reel out this hint as needed!) Hint: Each of the adjectives commonly modify the same four-letter noun that is associated with bodies of water. It is a noun that, when spelled backward, is a verb for fixing a verbal mistake.
    Answer:
    Elbow; Ebb, Low (An oceanic EBB tide leads to a LOW tide)
    ELBOW=>ELBBOW=>EBBLOW=>EBB LOW
    Hint: low tide, ebb tide

    Applied Math Slice:
    “An arithmetic operation”
    An arithmetic (accent on the third syllable) operation applied to the final four letters of an adjective results in the name of that arithmetic operation.
    What are this adjective and arithmetic operation?
    Hint: The final four letters can be rearranged to form a clue to this puzzle.
    Answer:
    Minuscule; Minus
    Hint: "-cule" is an anagram of "clue"

    Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Entrees:
    "...Glides his gondola o’er a lagoon"
    Will Shortz’s September 8th NPR) Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge, created by Michael Schwartz of Florence, Oregon, reads:
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Entrees read:

    ENTREE #1
    Five consecutive letters in a puzzle-maker’s name spell a word associated with stresslessness. The remaining letters in the name can be rearranged to spell a hotel that is apparently as big as a diamond and the surname of a guy who apparently owns a navy.
    Who is this puzzle-maker?
    What are:
    ~ the word associated with stresslessness,
    ~ the hotel that is apparently as big as a diamond, and
    ~ the surname of a guy who apparently owns a navy?
    Finally, identify the word in the blank in the quatrain below:
    In the Oregon city of Florence
    Our friend “Clark,” under light of the ____,
    On the Siuslaw (not the Saint Lawrence!)
    Glides his gondola o’er a lagoon.

    “Clark” is also known as Michael Schwartz, author of this week’s NPR puzzle challenge.
    Answer:
    Michael Schwartz; schwa; "Diamond"; McHale; Moon
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  13. This week's official answers for the record, part 3:


    Note: Entrees #2 and #3 were composed by Plantsmith, author of “Garden of Puzzley Delights” on Puzzleria!
    ENTREE #2
    Take a watercraft with an odd number of letters. Change the middle letter by moving it back three places earlier in the circular “alphabet stream.” Mix up the result to name part of a building. What are this watercraft and building part?
    Answer:
    Ferry; Foyer
    ENTREE #3
    Take a watercraft with an uneven number of letters. Rot14 the middle letter; that is, change it to the letter 14 places later in the circular “alphabet stream.” Replace a vowel with a different vowel. Slightly mix the result to get something edible. What are this watercraft and edible?
    Answer:
    Gondola; granola.
    Note: Entrees #4-through-#9 were composed by Nodd, author of “Nodd ready for prime time” on Puzzleria!
    ENTREE #4
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove one of the letters. The result will be a word for a quantity of water. What words are these?
    Answer:
    GALLEON; GALLON
    ENTREE #5
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an even number of letters. Remove two non-contiguous letters that form a state postal abbreviation. Rearrange the result to get a word for animals found near bodies of water. What words are these?
    Answer:
    SCHOONER; HERONS
    ENTREE #6
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Spell the name backward to get a word for certain bodies of water. What words are these?
    Answer:
    SLOOP; POOLS
    ENTREE #7
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an even number of letters. Remove the next-to-last letter. Rearrange the remaining letters to get a word that describes a possible outcome of not having this watercraft available when needed. What words are these?
    Answer:
    DINGHY; DYING
    ENTREE #8
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an even number of letters. Remove the second, fourth, and fifth letters. Rearrange the remaining letters to get a word that describes the primary purpose of this watercraft. What words are these?
    Answer:
    LIFEBOAT; FLOAT
    ENTREE #9
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. The letters can be rearranged to spell (a) a word for a body of water, and (b) an adjective that describes how the operator of this watercraft would strive to keep the apparatus the watercraft uses to perform its intended purpose. What words are these?
    Answer:
    TUGBOAT; BOG, TAUT
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  14. This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
    Note: Entrees #10-through-#15 were composed by Ecoarchitect, author of “Econfusions” on Puzzleria!
    ENTREE #10
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the third letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?
    Answer:
    st(e)amer, stream
    ENTREE #11
    Take the body of water answered above. Change the third letter to a different letter and rearrange to name another body of water. What words are these?
    Answer:
    st(r)eam + h, Thames
    ENTREE #12
    Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the last letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?
    Answer:
    line(r), Nile
    ENTREE #13
    Take the name of an ethnic food, popular around Christmas, that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter and don't bother rearranging the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?
    Answer:
    la(t)ke, lake
    ENTREE #14
    Take the brand name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter, change the last letter to an "A" and rearrange to name a body of water. What words are these?
    Answer:
    Zam(b)on(i) + a, Amazon (Who said the water couldn't be frozen?)
    ENTREE #15
    Whom would you call (and what would you call each of these puzzles, Entrees #10-through-#15) had Violin Teddy or Tortitude (instead of Ecoarchitect) composed them and sent them to LegoLambda to be published?
    And, why might LegoLambda feel safer if Tortie or VT, and not Ecoarchitect, sent you these puzzles?
    Answer:
    The sheriff (The "she riff"); Lego would have the "she riff" on his side.

    Dessert Menu
    Down On The Farm Dessert:
    “E Eye E Eye... Oh?”
    Anagram the combined letters of two structures on a farm to spell something that is the fifth in a series.
    What are these farm structures and the fifth in a series?
    Answer:
    Silo, pen; Epsilon (the fifth letter in the Greek alphabet)

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