Schpuzzle of the Week:
Leeches & suckers & shrimp, Oh my!
Take a third word you might see near them on a menu and spell it backwards. Replace two adjacent vowels with a new vowel to spell a third insulting word.
What is this third word?
Appetizer Menu
TV Guise Appetizer:
“Off by just one Letter, Man!”
Due to imperfect artificial intelligence, the guide automatically generated descriptions of the shows that are just not quite right.
Can you name the mistaken and the original titles of these shows? All shows are well known, either having run for at least five years or having a lasting impact on popular culture.
new words.
Here is an example in which all that changes is just one letter:
Madcap misadventures of one’s sister working in a greasy spoon.
“You’ll flip!”
Answer: “The Frying Nun”
Here is this week’s TV GUISE line-up... Enjoy!:
Misadventures of two New York City cops as they search out over four dozen watering holes. 
Using his extraordinary abilities, a government agent in Austin makes an outrageous number of arrests.
Four aging fish live together in Miami, sharing their lunging for life.“This show made us blanch!”
Reality show hosted by Cheech and Chong presenting token stories of people not yet taken from across the nation
Humorous nightly commentary about the support for the Tea Party and the interlacing of politics. 
Reality show look at the lives of east coast sex workers at the beach, including Madison, Elizabeth, Leonia, Beverly, Florence, and “Cherry Hill.”
A courtroom reality show featuring an irascible former New York politician who never seems to get anything right. 
Ex-FBI agent files mystery tales of herMENU
Artsy-Craftsy Hors d’Oeuvre:
If only works of art had words...
If your guess is a three-word statement consisting of a contraction, article and noun, then you may have a shot at solving this puzzle.
Replace the antepenultimate letter in the statement with the only letter in the alphabet that it rhymes with.
The letters in the result – in reverse order, with the apostrophe and spaces removed – spell the artsy craft that was employed to create the items.
What might the two items say?
What is the artsy craft?
Hint: The noun in the three-word statement is an abbreviated form of a three-syllable word. The third syllable in that word is and anagram of a city on a panhandle.
Summer’s Day Slice:
Swearing in the swelter?
summer’s day to get where, in two words, you would likely not hear it.
What are this complaint?
Where would you be likely not to hear it?
Riffing Off Shortz And Selinker Slices:
Driving screws and river crews
Think of something to drink whose name is a compound word. Delete the first letter of the first part and you’ll get some athletes. Delete the first letter of the second part and you’ll get where these athletes compete. What words are these?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Selinker Slices read:
ENTREE #1
certain tool that helps users save and edit material from the web to create content like email newsletters, website content, and social media bios.
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What are the nickname and user of this tool?
(Note: Entree #2 was penned by a good friend of and faithful contributor to Puzzleria!)
ENTREE #2
Take a venue where some Olympic athletes compete. Add a letter at the front to get a color.
to get a slang term for “influence.”
The two new words, when placed in this order (“color” followed by “slang term”) name something to drink. But when they are placed in reverse order, they name the source from which the drink is produced.
What are the these four words?
(Note: Entrees #3 through #8 were composed by Nodd, of “Nodd ready for prime time” fame.)
ENTREE #3
Think of a nine-letter drink name that consists of three three-letter words strung together.
Six of the letters can be arranged to spell the last name of a famous NFL athlete.
The athlete once lived in a location that has the same name as the drink. His nickname came from a particular part of the location.
ENTREE #4
Think of the name of a drink consisting of two
words. Five of the letters can be arranged to spell the name of an NFL team. All of the letters, plus an “I” and an “S,” can be arranged to spell a two-word phrase that undoubtedly applies to the place where the team plays. What are the drink, the team, and the two-word phrase?
ENTREE #5
Think of the brand name of a non-alcoholic beverage you might buy at the supermarket. The first four letters of the name, read backward, spell a kind of alcoholic beverage.
All of the letters of the name can be arranged to spell two words, one of which describes what occurs on an athletic playing field, and the other of which is a term for something that is important to PGA athletes. Five of the letters of the name, plus an “E,” can be rearranged to name a member of a certain MLB team. What are the brand name, the alcoholic beverage, the two words that can be formed from the brand name’s letters, and the MLB team member?
ENTREE #6
Think of the brand name of a non-alcoholic
beverage you might buy at the supermarket.
The brand name’s letters can be rearranged to spell a word for some athletes.
A French word for something you might add to the beverage, plus an “O,” can be arranged to spell the place where the athletes compete. What are the beverage, the athletes, and the place they compete?
Think of a two-word term for a place where certain athletes compete. Remove four letters that can be arranged to spell a a singular pronoun and a west-of-the-Mississippi U.S. state abbreviation.
Arrange the remaining letters to form a common misspelling of the last name of a person who enjoyed great success in the sport that is played at the place where the athletes compete.
What are the two-word place, the singular pronoun, the state abbreviation, and the correct and the incorrect spellings of the competitor’s last name?
Think of the first word in the two-word name of an alcoholic beverage. This word’s letters can be arranged to spell a monetary unit and an animal name that is also a word for a member of a certain NFL team.
What are the beverage, the monetary unit, and the NFL team member?
ENTREE #9
Think of things to drink, a compound plural word.
What is this compound plural word?
What are the names of the athlete and surname of the football coach?
ENTREE #10
words, respectively, in a hyphenated phrase associated with buffet restaurants.
What is this compound word?
What is the hyphenated phrase associated with buffet restaurants?
Think of any beverage, in two words, that may contain cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, anise, nutmeg or black pepper. Delete the first letter of both parts and you’ll get a place where athletes practice and compete.
What is this beverage?
Where do athletes practice and compete?
ENTREE #12
Think of a four-syllable compound noun for Aesop, Homer, Jane Austen, Dr. Seuss, Madeleine L’Engle, Stephen King or Garrison
Keillor.
Delete the first letter of the first part and you’ll get what sounds like the first name of a five-time All-Star Minnesota Twin.
Delete the first letter of the second part and you’ll get the surname of five-time All-Pro Minnesota Viking.
What four-syllable noun is this? Who are the Twin and Viking?
ENTREE #13
Think of a compound word for a chap who is sometimes “____-donned.”
Delete the first letter of the first part and you’ll
Delete the first letter of the second part and you’ll get Yiddish expression of exasperation or dismay.
Who is this sometimes ____-donned chap?
What is the word in the blank?
What are the interjection of pain and expression of dismay?
Think of a two-syllable compound word for a portable container, like “suitcase,” for example.
Replace the fourth letter with a hyphen. Delete the first letter.
The result is an antiaircraft gun.
What are this portable container and antiaircraft gun?
Think of a two-syllable compound word for queues of famished people during the Great Depression. Remove the initial letter of each compound part of the word. The result is what actors and voice-over announcers do.
What are these queues of famished people?
What do actors and voice-over announcers do?
Dessert Menu
A “Piece” Of Dessert:
Small-yet-tall-caliber literature
The slang term is the first syllable of the surname of a novel’s title character.
The gun manufacturer is the first name of the title character’s love interest.
What are this gun manufacturer, slang term and novel’s title?
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QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteMy answer to Entree #14 only works if the fifth letter, rather than the fourth letter, is replaced with a hyphen. Perhaps I have the wrong two-syllable compound word.
DeleteNow I have an entree question, re #11. According to the nice hint, the two word answer I came up with would require that the first TWO letters be removed from the first word in order to come up with the first word of the athletic place. Am I confused somehow?
DeleteRe Entree 14, why wasn't the correction made in the text (that Nodd had pointed out)? I just fell into the trap of replacing the wrong letter, and thought I didn't have the right portable container.
DeleteI also have a problem with Entree 15. Seems to me only the very first letter of the compound word needs to be removed, to get the desired phrase....i..e the first letter of the second portion of the compound word needs to stay put. ???
DeleteI believe VT's comments on 11 and 15 are correct.
DeleteAgree with 11 and 15. I had an alt with 11 which seems to work better with the instructions.
DeleteHINTS:
ReplyDeleteI'm posting quickly, just in case something goes wrong with my computer.
DeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 3-8:
Delete3. Jet setter.
4. Add an “N” to the second word in the drink name and rearrange to get “presidential” cars.
5. The brand name was a resort hotel.
6. Remove the third letter of the second word and the result will sound like some rodents.
7. Chris and Patti.
8. Remove one letter from the beverage and it will sound like a “chummy” club or restaurant.
Sunday Night Hints
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
The third word you might see on a menu near “shrimp,” “crab” or other “plat de poisson” is an anagram of a two-word term that applies to Coke vis-à-vis Pepsi, or Pepsi vis-à-vis Coke.
TV Guise Appetizer:
I will give Ecoarchitect the first crack at providing hints to his 13 TV GUISE titles.
Artsy-Craftsy Hors d’Oeuvre:
The "antepenultimate letter in the statement" and "the only letter in the alphabet that it rhymes with are not Q and U.
Summer’s Day Slice:
The final word in the "three-word exclamation you might hear on a sweltering summer’s day" approximately rhymes with a place where apples are plentiful (minus that place's final letter).
Riffing Off Shortz And Selinker Slices:
ENTREE #1
1) the nickname of a U.S. president is also Tina's hubby's name.
2) the certain tool that helps users begins with an "e" and ends with a "k".
ENTREE #2
Stove, Refrigerator
Note: See Nodd's fine hints for Entrees #3 through #8, immediately above. Thank you.
ENTREE #9
The things to drink, a compound plural word, is the name of teams that represent an American college. French speakers, hearing the name of this college, might infer their athletes are perennial losers!
ENTREE #10
The compound word for something to eat is "spicy," at least according to the guy in the illustration that accompanies the puzzle text.
ENTREE #11
"_____ Girls"; Soft _____"
ENTREE #12
The first name of a five-time All-Star Minnesota Twin ended with a double-i..
The surname of the five-time All-Pro Minnesota Viking begins with a French pronoun.
ENTREE #13
Think of a compound word for a chap who is sometimes “____-donned.”
(THE WORD IN THE BLANK APPEARS EARLIER IN THAT SENTENCE.)
The interjection that sometimes expresses sudden pain is a two-letter word.
ENTREE #14
The two syllables of the compound word for the portable container rhyme.
ENTREE #15
Were the queued-up famished people during the Great Depression thinking they were going to receive cold cash?
A “Piece” Of Dessert:
The author of the novel is a "Gopher," but not one from "Gopher Prairie."
LegoInHinterland
For the TV Guise Appetizers:
Delete1. Identifying what makes you LIVID is the second step.
2. Is the agent in Austin or the other way around?
3. The fish image Lego used is perfectly appropriate.
4. This is it. So while you're here enjoy the view.
5. This show played all across this country, from north to south.
6. The elite may see this at dinner, as if that mat-ters.
7. What do Madison, Elizabeth, Leonia, Beverly, Florence, and Cherry Hill have in common?
8. The show has been deemed to cost $148 million, and no free man likes the star.
9. "I did not have socks with that woman!"
10. Another show using AI interpretation?
11. Too bad they had to split this core group apart, but with 171 episodes and 7 movies it was time to put them in their graves.
12. You'll want to book either version of this show.
13. What did she write?
Thanks, Ecoarchitect. Fine hints.
DeleteLegoWhoNotesThatCreativeGuysLikeEcoAreGreatAtComingUpWithConceptsLike"TVGUISE!"
PUZZLE RIFFS:
ReplyDeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteSlow going this week. Missing quite a few of the Apps and Entrees, although I do have the Schpuzzle, Hors d'Oeuvre, and Dessert.
DeleteHaving failed to solve last week's Schpuzzle (and having forgotten to even post yesterday whatever answers to other puzzles that I did have), I wish to say that I just now got lucky and solved this Schpuzzle. Of course, that probably means everyone else will get it rapidly, too.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, ViolinTeddy. You are definitely no sucker, leech, shrimp, crab, or (your Schpuzzle answer)!
DeleteLeGoFish!
This might be the wrong place to plunk this comment, but having spent now HOURS on the Entrees, I had hoped to report that I had finally solved ALL of them. However, Nodd's #7 has defeated me; I applied all sorts of logic, went through various possibilities, none of which would come up with a surname of any athlete (or anyone else.) The hint did not help at all. I tried every athletic venue I could think of, including a very famous and important event.
DeleteI am also still missing the Slice. No luck on it whatsoever.
ANd I just now see that Eco has added hints for his Appetizers. I believe I have already solved his #1, #3, #6 (tho I could be wrong), #7, and #10. I have guesses for the actual shows (not the punny versions) for #s2, 11 and 13, though they might well be totally wrong, as well. So I'm looking forward to tackling the hints.
In the Slice, the second word you remove from the "place" begins with a C and S. The first word consists of a geometrical term and a persistent twitching of a facial muscle.
DeleteIn Nodd's App#7, the four letters you remove from "a certain place where athletes compete" can also be arranged to spell an "egotistical" singular pronoun and the name of a king about whom Steve Martin sang.
LegoBornInArizonaMovedToBabylonia
Thanks, Lego. I had actually tried that particular sports venue, but failed to somehow see the answer. And the sports person in question I am VERY familiar with!! (Unlike usually....)
DeleteBUt your latest Slice hint has me utterly confused. "the second word you remove from the place?" The Slice directions themselves make NO mention of removing ANYthing...just rearranging. I saw in the original Slice hint that you take a last letter off a "place" to make it rhyme (nearly) with the third word in the phrase. But REMOVING a word? Please explain.
DeleteWell, after many attempts, I finally came up with a three-word phrase that I was able (with help from my favorite anagram program) to turn into something that matches at least PART of your latest Slice hint. I haven't figured out how the rest of the hints work out, but Im calling this good.
DeleteVT, that's interesting about Entree 7. I thought Patti would do it, but maybe more for guys given her illustrious past.
DeleteI had actually thought of the correct "Chris", Nodd, but I still don't really know who Patti is (I could look it up, but I don't particularly care!)
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DeleteOK, finally figured out how "Chris and Patti" fit into the puzzle. Before I solved the puzzle, I had a different Patti in mind, which in a roundabout way, leads me to the same sport in E7!
DeleteIn any case, I have answers for all of the puzzles now, except Apps 5 & 6 (have Alts for each) and App 12 (have the right show, but don't understand what letter needs to change).
I'm missing the three Apps you mention, Tortie, plus I'm not sure about Apps 2, 9, and 13. With respect to 12, I'm in the same boat as you. I have the show, but to get to what I think "should" be the answer, I would have to change two letters instead of just one.
DeleteIn Eco's App#12, the fifth letter, a consonant, becomes a vowel.
DeleteThe first six letters, one word, now become three words of 3, 2 and 1 letters.
LegoDanno
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DeleteThanks, Lego, but isn't it the other way around -- the fifth letter changes from a vowel to a consonant?
DeleteShould the second letter in App 12 also be changed?
DeleteTortie, I think from Lego's comment that the second letter doesn't change, but if you follow the third letter with some punctuation, the sentence makes sense. It's just not as natural-sounding as it would be if the second letter were changed too.
DeleteOh nuts, Lego. Given your comment above re Appt #12 (I haven't read everyone else's comments below that, yet), I have the wrong 'real show'. I thought sure I had the correct one, but had yet to figure out the letter to change it into the 'joke answer.' Now I must start from scratch, but have no idea how to do that.
DeleteI take back my most recent post, because I SHOULD have also read Nodd's comments after Lego's....i.e. re the fifth letter going from a VOWEL to a consonant, not the other way around. Of course, I STILL don't really 'get' the resultant 'joke' TV show...perhaps I didn't change to the proper consonant?
DeleteAnd I am still completely STUCK on Apps 5 and 8, and my #6 could well be erroneous.
DeleteVT, don't feel bad; I'm stuck on 2 (think I have the right show, at least), 5 and 6, but I can offer a hint on 12 -- the consonant you change the fifth letter to is an upside-down version of the third letter.
DeleteOn 8, for the first word focus on the "courtroom" part of the puzzle. The second word rhymes with "moody." (At least, that's my answer.)
Thanks, Nodd. I actually had already managed to figure out App 12. I will have to revisit #8 paying attention to your hint.
DeleteIf I might try to return the favor and help you with App #2: the only reason I know the word that gets changed (changed from the REAL show, that is) is because I have heard it a number of times now on shows where police arrest people.
As for App#6, I came up with A TV show, but I'm not at all sure it is correct. And a pun on it (with a one-letter change) that I think is kinda funny, but it doesn't apply to PAPER, rather to material. So it is likely wrong.
I really wish we could change 2 letters for App 12, it would make a much better read. But the rules are the rules, so I had to use the casual interjection rather than the better adverb. And the 5th letter is a vowel that changes to a consonant, as Nodd notes. And VT is right that the new letter #5 is the upside down of letter #3.
DeleteApp 2: The show has 5 words, and the 1st letter of the first letter of the 4th word is changed.
App 5: The north to south clue is sometimes used in cryptic crosswords to indicate a letter change.
App 6: VT, paper can be used, linen is preferable.
App 8: Nodd is on the right track, the 2nd word rhymes with moody.
App 9: The [original word] would often [original word] the person about the [new word].
for App 2 I meant to write "the 1st letter of the 4th word is changed."
DeleteThanks for the hints, VT and eco. I did get 2, but am still missing 5, 6, 9, and 13. Maybe I haven't watched enough TV.
DeleteOK, have #6 now, I believe. I think my original alts were funnier, though!
DeleteStill have to figure out #5, although my alts are funny.
BTW, I really hope that my answer for #7 is correct because it's related to where I live and it uses a politically incorrect term we're not really supposed to use for women these days!
For #6, the word I changed has a related word in the description. For #13, you're changing the third letter of the first word. The word you change it to is one of the names implied by the description.
DeleteOoh, finally figured out #5! I thought of the country name, then went to IMDB to find TV shows that contained that name, and the right answer popped out.
DeleteGood Friday evening to all here at the blog!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine, but we didn't eat out. The kids were at a home-schooling party, and Bryan and Renae went out to Green Top BBQ in Dora. So Mom had crab cakes, and I'll be having Bacon Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper. I just got through watching an hour of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" on the CW(Channel 21 again), which I've been missing out on lately almost every Friday night by eating out. So my supper isn't ready yet. Shopped at Aldi yesterday afternoon, and the day before I had to check in with the Sleep Study people who said I must now use a C-PAP. Been sleeping well with it, BTW.
My progress so far:
Got a few Appetizer answers, the Hors d'Oeuvre, the Dessert, and Entrees #1-3 and #10(I really just skimmed through those last ones). As usual, am looking forward to seeing all the subsequent hints from all of this week's contributors.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and if you have eaten out this evening, or will, I hope you have/had a great meal. Bon appetit!
Cranberry out!
pjbWillBeTryingOutTheChickenBigMacTomorrowNight(McDonald'sIsLocatedNearWalgreen's,AndMomHasToPickUpOurPrescriptions)
Well I hope you stay away from the quarter pounders. (In the news recently)
DeleteWell, it's Wednesday afternoon, and my computer hasn't given up the ghost yet, so I suppose I should be explaining my hint (above), but, frankly:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgXSomPE_FY
Too many Post hints: to even label here…
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: DOOFUS (SEAFOOD) (Alt: TROUT, TART)
App:
1. BAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU?; CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU?
2. THE SIX MILLION COLLAR MAN; THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
3. THE GOLDEN GILLS; THE GOLDEN GIRLS
4. ONE BAY AT A TIME; ONE DAY AT A TIME (originally thought it might be BAYS OF OUR LIVES)
5. AMERICA’S MOST WASTED; AMERICA’S MOST WANTED (Alt: POT IN CLEVELAND, HOT IN CLEVELAND; THE BIG BONG THEORY, THE BIG BANG THEORY)
6. THE DOILY SHOW; THE DAILY SHOW (Alt: TP’S BLOOPERS & PRACTICAL JOKES, MAD TP (TV changed))
7. JERSEY WHORE; JERSEY SHORE
8. JUDGE RUDY; JUDGE JUDY
9. MEET THE DRESS; MEET THE PRESS
10. CHAPS; CHIPS
11. FISSION: IMPOSSIBLE; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
12. HAW, AM I FIVE-O; HAWAII FIVE-O
13. MULDER, SHE WROTE; MURDER, SHE WROTE
Hors d’Oeuvre: “I’M A GYRO”, ORIGAMI
Slice: IT’S A SCORCHER, ARCTIC SHORES
Entrees:
1. MIKE SELINKER; IKE, ELINKER
2. RANGE, ICE, ORANGE JUICE
3. MANHATTAN, JOE NAMATH (BROADWAY JOE)
4. TOM COLLINS; LIONS or COLTS; COST MILLIONS
5. TROPICANA, PORT, ACTION, PAR, PIRATE
6. FOLGERS, GOLFERS, COURSE (SUCRE + O)
7. TENNIS COURT, IT, UT, JIMMY CONNORS, CONNERS (I initially though that ‘Patti’ was referring to Patti Smith, who has a similar name to Patty Smyth, who is married to former tennis player John McEnroe)
8. CABERNET SAUVIGNON, CENT, BEAR
9. BOILERMAKERS; OILER, (FRED) AKERS
10. MEATBALL; ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT
11. RICE DRINK; ICE RINK (confused by hint; guessing RICE is supposed to be SPICE, but PICE doesn’t make sense to me)
12. STORYTELLER; TORII HUNTER, CARL ELLER
13. COWBOY; CHAP; OW, OY
14. BACKPACK, ACK-ACK
15. BREADLINES; READ LINES
Dessert: DAISY, GATS, THE GREAT GATSBY
Tortie, I LOVE the "Big Bong Theory". The actual show was my favorite.
DeleteI see that App #9 was supposed to be "Meet the Dress." But I still think my own Washington Weak (i.e. Clinton having no self control) is pretty relevant and funny, too.
DeleteSCHPUZZLE – SEAFOOD; DOOFUS; ALT: TROUT; TART
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS
1. “BAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU?”
2. “THE SIX MILLION COLLAR MAN”
3. “GOLDEN GILLS”
4. “ONE BAY AT A TIME”
5. ??
6. “THE DOILY SHOW”
7. “JERSEY WHORE”
8. “JUDGE RUDY”
9. ??
10. “CHAPS”
11. “FISSION: IMPOSSIBLE”
12. “HAW! AM I FIVE-O?”
13. ??
HORS D’OEUVRE – “I’M A GYRO”; ORIGAMI
SLICE – “IT’S A SCORCHER!”; ARCTIC SHORES
ENTREES
1. MIKE SELINKER; IKE, ELINKER
2. RANGE, ORANGE; ICE, JUICE
3. MANHATTAN; JOE NAMATH
4. TOM COLLINS; COLTS; COST MILLIONS
5. TROPICANA; PORT; ACTION; PAR; PIRATE
6. FOLGERS; GOLFERS; COURSE (SUCRE + O)
7. TENNIS COURT; IT; UT; CONNORS, CONNERS
8. CABERNET; CENT; BEAR
9. BOILERMAKERS; OILER; AKERS
10. MEATBALL; ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT
11. SPICE DRINK; ICE RINK
12. STORYTELLER; TORII HUNTER, CARL ELLER
13. COWBOY; CHAP; OW; OY
14. BACKPACK; ACK-ACK
15. BREADLINES; READ LINES
DESSERT – DAISY; GATS; THE GREAT GATSBY
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteSEAFOOD, DOOFUS
Appetizer Menu
1. BAR 54 WHERE ARE YOU?(CAR)
2. THE SIX MILLION COLLAR MAN(DOLLAR)
3. THE GOLDEN GILLS(GIRLS)
4. ONE BAY AT A TIME(DAY)
5. AMERICA'S MOST WASTED(WANTED)
6. THE DOILY SHOW(DAILY)
7. JERSEY WHORE(SHORE)
8. JUDGE RUDY(JUDY)
9. MEET THE DRESS(PRESS)
10. CHAPS(CHIPS)
11. FISSION: IMPOSSIBLE(MISSION)
12. HAW! AM I FIVE-O?(HAWAII)
I thought having it be HOW AM I...instead would make more sense, but it would change two letters, and it's supposed to just be the one, isn't it?
13. MULDER, SHE WROTE(MURDER)
Menu
Artsy-Crafty Hors d'Oeuvre
ORIGAMI, "I'M A GYRO."
Summer's Day Slice
"IT'S A SCORCHER!", ARCTIC SHORES
Entrees
1. MIKE SELINKER, IKE(Eisenhower), E-LINKER
2. RANGE, ICE, ORANGE JUICE, JUICE ORANGE
3. MANHATTAN(MAN, HAT, TAN), (Broadway Joe)NAMATH
4. TOM COLLINS, COLTS or LIONS, COST MILLIONS
5. TROPICANA, PORT, ACTION, PAR, PIRATE
6. FOLGER'S, GOLFERS, SUCRE(sugar), COURSE
7. TENNIS COURT, IT, UT(Utah), (Jimmy)CONNORS, CONNERS
8. CABERNET(Sauvignon), CENT, BEAR
9. BOILERMAKERS, OILER, (Fred)AKERS
10. MEATBALL, EAT, ALL, ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT
11. RICE DRINK, ICE RINK
12. STORYTELLER, TORII HUNTER, CARL ELLER
13. COWBOY, CHAP, OW, OY
14. BACKPACK, ACK-ACK
15. BREADLINES, READ LINES
Someone should have said something about removing "the initial letter of each compound part of the word". Doing that, you would actually get READ INES, unless I'm missing something here.
A "Piece" Of Dessert
DAISY(BB guns), GATS, JAY GATSBY("The Great Gatsby"), DAISY BUCHANAN
Masked Singer results:
CHESSPIECE=LAVERNE COX("Orange Is The New Black"); I've heard of her, I think Mom has as well.
Tonight it was "Barbie Night", next week will be "60s Night". We'll have the results, and it'll be double elimination(two competitors unmasked).-pjb
I can't believe it: I FORGOT AGAIN. In my defense, I had a board meeting to get to, the third one this month, so I was rushing around.
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE: SEAFOOD => DOOFUS
APPETIZERS:
1. CAR 54 => BAR 54 [Altho I don’t understand how the hint works with this]
2. THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN => THE SIX MILLION COLLAR MAN
3. GOLDEN GIRLS => GOLDEN GILLS
4. ONE DAY AT A TIME => ONE BAY AT A TIME [Post hint]
5.
6. THE DAILY SHOW => THE DOILY SHOW?
7. THE JERSEY SHORE => THE JERSEY WHORE
8. JUDGE JUDY => JUDGE RUDY?
9. WASHINGTON WEEK => WASHINGTON WEAK [ie Clinton]
10. CHIPS => CHAPS
11. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE => FISSION IMPOSSIBLE [Post hint]
12. HAWAII 50 => HAW, AM I 50!
13. MURDER SHE WROTE => MULDER SHE WROTE [Post hint]
HORS D’O: I’M A GYRO => ORIGAMI
SLICE: IT’S A SCORCHER => ARCTIC SHORES
ENTREES:
1. MIKE SELINKER => IKE, ELINKER
2. RANGE => ORANGE; ICE => JUICE; ORANGE JUICE; JUICE ORANGE
3. MANHATTAN => NAMATH; BROADWAY JOE
4. TOM COLLINS => COLTS; COST MILLIONS [Hint: Lincolns]
5. TROPICANA => PORT, ACTION, PAR, PIRATE
6. FOLGERS => GOLFERS; SUCREO => COURSE
7. TENNIS COURT minus "IT/UT” => ENNSCOR => CONNORS, Jimmy
8. CABERNET SAUVIGNON => CENT & BEAR
9. BOILERMAKERS => OILERS, [Fred] AKERS [Hint: Perdue University]
10. MEATBALL => EAT ALL => ALL YOU CAN EAT [Hint: “That’s-a spicy-a meatball-a.]
11. SPICE DRINK => ICE RINK
12. STORYTELLER => TORII [Hunter]; [Carl] ELLER
13. COWBOY => OW; OY
14. BACKPACK => ACK-ACK
15. BREADLINES => READ LINES
DESSERT: GAT, DAISY => THE GREAT GATSBY
VT, I like your WASHINGTON WEAK alt. Also, I think that the LIVID hint referred to LIV being 54 in Roman numerals.
DeleteThanks for both the above comments, Tortie. I was kinda hoping Eco would comment on all alternative answers (yours, as well.) the LIV = 54 thing had never occurred to me. I had decided to conclude that Car 54 might be some sort of alternate answer, as well.
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ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Leeches & suckers & shrimp, Oh my!
“Shrimp” and “crab” are insulting when applied to people but are delicious when ordered off a menu.
Take a third word you might see on a menu near “shrimp,” “crab” or other “plat de poisson.”Spell that word third backwards.
Replace two adjacent vowels with a new vowel to spell a third insulting word.
What is this third word?
Answer:
Doofus; SEAFOOD=>DOOFAES=>DOOFUS
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TV Guise Appetizer:
“Off by just one Letter, Man!”
Through an unfortunate miscommunication in outsourcing, the titles of a series of television programs accidentally had one (and only one) letter changed.
Due to imperfect artificial intelligence, the guide automatically generated descriptions of the shows that are just not quite right.
Can you name the mistaken and the original titles of these shows? All shows are well known, either having run for at least five years or having a lasting impact on popular culture.
Note that while only one letter is changed, occasionally punctuation, capitalization and spacing between letters are changed to create new words.
Here is an example in which all that changes is just one letter:
Madcap misadventures of one’s sister working in a greasy spoon. “You’ll flip!”
Answer: “The Frying Nun”
1. Misadventures of two New York City cops as they search out over four dozen watering holes.
“This vehicle will make you L-I-V-I-D!”
ANSWER: Bar (CAR) 54 Where Are You? – note that LIV = 54 in Roman Numerals
2. Using his extraordinary abilities, a government agent in Austin makes an outrageous number of arrests.
ANSWER: The Six Million Collar (DOLLAR) Man – of course Austin refers to Steve Austin.
3. Four aging fish live together in Miami, sharing their lunging for life.
“This show made us blanche!”
ANSWER: The Golden Gills (GIRLS) - "Blanche" is one of the characters.
4. Travel shows with each episode focusing on such spots as San Francisco, Manila, Bengal, Tampa, Fundy, Guantanamo, and Chesapeake.
“Soak in the entertainment!”
ANSWER: One Bay (DAY) at a Time
5. Reality show hosted by Cheech and Chong presenting token stories of people not yet taken from across the nation.
ANSWER: America’s Most Wasted
6. Humorous nightly commentary about the support for the Tea Party and the interlacing of politics.
“It’s paper thin!”
“You’ll laugh all the way to the John!”
ANSWER: The Doily (DAILY) Show – John of course refers to John Stewart.
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ReplyDelete7. Reality show look at the lives of east coast sex workers at the beach, including Madison, Elizabeth, Leonia, Beverly, Florence, and “Cherry Hill.”
ANSWER: Jersey Whore (SHORE) – the names are all towns in New Jersey.
8. A courtroom reality show featuring an irascible former New York magistrate who never seems to get anything right.
“Hundreds of millions went into this production!”
ANSWER: Judge Rudy (JUDY)
9. Weekly news program where a former “head” of the country faces off with his internal impulses, with potentially explosive results to the fabric of the nation.
“Feeling the blues!”
ANSWER: Meet The Dress (PRESS)
10. Two hunky California motorcycle patrolmen showcase the best in leggings.
“These bears are smokin’!”
ANSWER: CHAPS (not CHIPS)
11. A cold war team has no success creating nuclear reaction.
“They should have used a Cruise Missile!”
ANSWER: Fission (MISSION)Impossible – “Cruise”, of course, is Tom Cruise.
12. Hesitant islander questions entering his sixth decade.
“Oh Lord, it’s not funny, more like a low HA!”
ANSWER: Haw? Am I Five-O? (variant of HAWAII FIVE-O), Lord refers to original series start Jack Lord.
13. Ex-FBI agent files mystery tales of her former partner, who was obsessed with the occult.
“Skullduggery on Fox!”
ANSWER: Mulder (MURDER), She Wrote – (“Skullduggery” refers to agent Dana Scully)
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Artsy-Craftsy Hors d’Oeuvre:
If only works of art had words...
Imagine what either of the items pictured here might say if they could talk. If your guess is a three-word statement consisting of a contraction, article and noun, then you may have a shot at solving this puzzle.
Replace the antepenultimate letter in the statement with the only letter in the alphabet that it rhymes with.
The letters in the result – in reverse order, with the apostrophe and spaces removed – spell the artsy craft that was employed to create the items.
What might the two items say?
What is the artsy craft?
Answer:
"I'm a gyro!" Origami ("y" rhymes with "i")
I'M A GYRO=>I'M A GIRO=>ORIGAMI
Summer’s Day Slice:
Swearing in the swelter?
Rearrange the letters of a three-word exclamation you might hear on a sweltering summer’s day to get where, in two words, you would likely not hear it.
What are this complaint?
Where would you be likely not to hear it?
Answer:
"It's a scorcher!"; Arctic Shores
Riffing Off Shortz And Selinker Slices:
Driving screws & river crews
ENTREE #1
Remove the two initial letters from the name of a puzzler-maker. The result is 1) the nickname of a U.S. president and 2) one who uses a certain tool that helps users save and edit material from the web to create content like email newsletters, website content, and social media bios.
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What are the nickname and user of this tool?
Answer:
Mike Selinker; "Ike" (Dwight Eisenhower); Elinker
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ENTREE #2
Take a venue where some Olympic athletes compete. Add a letter at the front to get a color.
Take another venue where some Olympic athletes compete, Add two letters to the front to get a slang term for “influence”.
The two new words, when placed in one order, name something to drink. But when they are placed in reverse order, they name the source from which the drink is produced.
What are the these four words?
SOLUTION: Range; Ice; Orange Juice
Note: Pineapple oranges, Valencia oranges, and Washington Navel oranges – produced in Florida and California – are called "juice oranges" because their juice is the best source for producing orange juice.
Note: Entrees #3 through #8 were composed by Nodd, of “Nodd ready for prime time” fame.
DONN:
ENTREE #3
Think of a nine-letter drink name that consists of three three-letter words strung together. Six of the letters can be arranged to spell the last name of a famous NFL athlete. The athlete once lived in a location that has the same name as the drink. His nickname came from a particular part of the location. What is the drink and who is the athlete?
Answer:
MANHATTAN; “BROADWAY” JOE NAMATH
ENTREE #4
Think of the name of a drink consisting of two words. Five of the letters can be arranged to spell the name of an NFL team. All of the letters, plus an “I” and an “S,” can be arranged to spell a two-word phrase that undoubtedly applies to the place where the team plays. What are the drink, the team, and the two-word phrase?
Answer:
TOM COLLINS; COLTS; COST MILLIONS
ENTREE #5
Think of the brand name of a non-alcoholic beverage you might buy at the supermarket. The first four letters of the name, read backward, spell a kind of alcoholic beverage. All of the letters of the name can be arranged to spell two words, one of which describes what occurs on an athletic playing field, and the other of which is a term for something that is important to PGA athletes. Five of the letters of the name, plus an “E,” can be rearranged to name a member of a certain MLB team. What are the brand name, the alcoholic beverage, the two words that can be formed from the brand name’s letters, and the MLB team member?
Answer:
TROPICANA; PORT; ACTION, PAR; PIRATE
ENTREE #6
Think of the brand name of a non-alcoholic beverage you might buy at the supermarket. The brand name’s letters can be rearranged to spell a word for some athletes. A French word for something you might add to the beverage, plus an “O,” can be arranged to spell the place where the athletes compete. What are the beverage, the athletes, and the place they compete?
Answer:
FOLGERS; GOLFERS, COURSE (SUCRE)
ENTREE #7
Think of a two-word term for a place where certain athletes compete. Remove four letters that can be arranged to spell a singular pronoun and a west-of-the-Mississippi U.S. state abbreviation.
Arrange the remaining letters to form a common misspelling of the last name of a person who enjoyed great success in the sport that is played at the place where the athletes compete.
What are the two-word place, the singular pronoun, the state abbreviation, and the correct and the incorrect spellings of the competitor’s last name?
Answer:
TENNIS COURT; IT, UT; (Jimmy) CONNORS (incorrectly spelled CONNERS)
ENTREE #8
Think of the first word in the two-word name of an alcoholic beverage. This word’s letters can be arranged to spell a monetary unit and an animal name that is also a word for a member of a certain NFL team. What are the beverage, the monetary unit, and the NFL team member?
Answer:
CABERNET (SAUVIGNON); CENT, BEAR
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Think of things to drink, a compound plural word.
Delete the first letter of the first part and you’ll get any athlete on a professional Football League Team that once played in Texas.
Delete the first letter of the second part and you’ll get the surname of a football coach who once led the University of Texas.
What is this compound plural word?
What are the names of the athlete and surname of the football coach?
Answer:
Boilermakers; (Houston) Oiler; (Fred) Akers (former coach of the University of Texas in Austin)
ENTREE #10
Think of something to eat whose name is a compound word. Delete the first letter of the first part and the first letter of the second part to form two new words – the fourth and first words, respectively, in a hyphenated phrase associated with buffet restaurants.
What is this compound word?
What is the hyphenated phrase associated with buffet restaurants?
Answer:
Meatball; ALL-you-can-EAT (BUFFET);
ENTREE #11
Think of any beverage, in two words, that may contain cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, anise, nutmeg or black pepper. Delete the first two letters of the first part and the first letter of the second part and you’ll get a place where athletes practice and compete.
What is this beverage?
Where do athletes practice and compete?
Answer:
Spice Drink; ice rink
ENTREE #12
Think of a four-syllable compound noun for Aesop, Homer, Jane Austen, Dr. Seuss, Madeleine L’Engle, Stephen King or Garrison Keillor.
Delete the first letter of the first part and you’ll get what sounds like the first name of a five-time All-Star Minnesota Twin.
Delete the first letter of the second part and you’ll get the surname of five-time All-Pro Minnesota Viking.
What four-syllable noun is this? Who are the Twin and Viking?
Answer:
Storyteller; Torii (Hunter), (Carl) Eller
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ReplyDeleteENTREE #13
Think of a compound word for a chap who is sometimes “____-donned.”
Delete the first letter of the first part and you’ll get an interjection used especially to express sudden pain.
Delete the first letter of the second part and you’ll get Yiddish expression of exasperation or dismay.
Who is this sometimes ____-donned chap?
What is the word in the blank?
What are the interjection of pain and expression of dismay?
Answer:
Cowboy; Chap; Ow!, Oy!
ENTREE #14
Think of a two-syllable compound word for a portable container, like “suitcase,” for example.
Replace the fifth letter with a hyphen. Delete the first letter.
The result is an antiaircraft gun.
What are this portable container and antiaircraft gun?
Answer:
Backpack; ack-ack
ENTREE #15
Think of a two-syllable compound word for queues of famished people during the Great Depression. Remove the initial letter of one of the compound parts of the word.
The result is what actors and voice-over announcers do.
What are these queues of famished people?
What do actors and voice-over announcers do?
Answer:
Breadlines; read lines
Dessert Menu
A “Piece” Of Dessert:
Small-yet-tall-caliber literature
Name a small-caliber gun manufacturing company and a slang term for “handguns.”
The slang term is the first syllable of the surname of a novel’s title character.
The gun manufacturer is the first name of the title character’s love interest.
What are this gun manufacturer, slang term and novel’s title?
ANSWER:
Daisy (BB rifle); Gatsby; "The Great Gatsby"
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