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Schpuzzle of the Week:
Proactivity and the proper noun
Name a two-word strategy that promotes health proactively.
Replace the first syllable of the first word with a common preposition, forming a new word.
Replace the second word with a proper noun that rhymes with it; this proper noun is the surname of a famous American that the new word describes.
What are this strategy, new word and famous American?
Appetizer Menu
Heavenly 37th “Crypt-Cross” Appetizer:
Creative Cryptic Chrysopoeia
Welcome to Patrick J. Berry’s cryptic crossword puzzle, the 37th one that we have presented on Puzzleria!
Two clues in this, his latest masterpiece sum up the artistry of Patrick’s cryptic oeuvre on our blog, and our appreciation of it:
Well, Patrick (also known by his screen name “cranberry”) experiences no difficulties whatsoever in “mining” cryptic crossword gold from his creative cranium, and delivering it to us by the “Cyber-Brinks Truckload!”
24 ACROSS: Kept going—and I mean it!(10)
Yes, Patrick... we all want you to “keep going!” Keep on creating your “classic crypticological gold” – alchemist-like! – and delivering it to us... and we mean it!
You can access Patrick’s previous 36 cryptic crosswords by opening the links below:
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 36
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.”
November 2017 cryptic crossword.
That Tutorial appears below the grid that contains the answers in that edition of Puzzleria!
Taking that tutorial will help train you to tackle Patrick’s playfully-wordy-thirty-seventh-heavenly-elliptic-cryptic-crossword!
Enjoy!
1. See 7 Down
8. Leading man’s trouble coming back after catcall(4)
9. Where one may cross line, getting rejected—ultimate kick in the teeth, perhaps(10)
10. Kitty takes second job(4)
11. Was bragging about day being full(7)
15. Some minor dictator from Scandinavia?(6)
16. Comic strip was bad back then, came off a little exuberant(6,3,6)
19. Tools a new surgeon shouldn’t use
working?(6)
20. Sorted out with first freeze’s thaw(7)
21. Last mention of old routine?(4)
25. Dizzy Dean’s girl?(4)
26. Bloody hard playing in imperfect group using song by 13 Down(4,4,2)
DOWN
2. Pickpocket has lost grip(4)
3. Difficulties of transporting gold in big trucks(6)
4. Right-wing website fellow possessing bit of whimsy, rather clever—getting his start, managed to keep name unknown(4,4,7)
6. Mediocre actor needs repackaging(6-4)
7. 13 Down’s top act I’d see—works at it, surprisingly!(3,7,2,8)
11. Demanded decimal should be moved(7)
13. Singer, one indeed changed by wealth(5,5)
14. Handy, or that is necessary primarily, in place of worship(10)
18. Recalled article about boy brought up near California(6)
22. Close with some Indians in Oklahoma(4)
23. The first place and the last place in one’s house?(4)
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Rank-And-File Hors d’Oeuvre:
Alphabetical ordinality ranking
The result sounds like the spelled-out letter’s ordinal rank in the alphabet. What are this letter and its rank in the alphabet?
Piano Playtime Slice:
Composition and misconception
Remove the first and fifth letters from the title of a well-known piano composition, leaving a verb and small creatures.
Although these creatures don’t move by means of this verb, some people nevertheless harbor the false notion that they do.
What is composition title?
What are the small creatures and the verb?
Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Slices:
“The same heart beats in every human breast”
Think of a classic American author whose first and last names are each one syllable.
The last name, when said aloud, sounds like part of the body.
Insert the letters “A” and “S” into the first name and you have the location of this body part. Who is the author?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Think of a classic British author whose first and last names are each one syllable. The last name is also a four-footed creature that, when the initial letter is lowercased, looks like a word for one metrical foot – a word that has all lowercase letters except for its first letter.
Now take the first and last names of an American puzzle-maker.
The third, fourth, fifth, thirteenth, seventh, sixth and eighth letters spell the first name of the British author.
The seventh, fifth and first letters spell a word that is a homophone of the four-footed creature. The sixth, seventh, second and fifth letters spell a nickname of this British author.
Who is this British author, nickname, and American puzzle-maker?
What is the homophone of the four-footed creature?
What is the word for one metrical foot?
Note: Entrees #2 through #7 are the handiworkmanlike wordplay of our friend Nodd, Riffmeister.
ENTREE #2
Take the first and last names of a famous American author. Add an “I.” Rearrange the result to spell two body parts and an unpleasant bodily sensation that might result if either part makes forceful contact with a hard surface.
ENTREE #3
Take the last name of a famous American author. Remove the fifth and sixth letters. Rearrange the result to spell a body part and an affliction that may cause the body part to become sore and inflamed. Who is the author, and what are the body part and the affliction?
EXTRA CREDIT: Add two “E”s to the two letters you removed to spell a second body part. What is it?
ENTREE #4
Take the first and last names of a famous American author. Add an “S.”
ENTREE #5
Take the first and last names of an American
poet. Double the last letter of the last name. Rearrange the result to spell two body parts that are located near one another, and an abbreviated term for someone who attends to people’s body parts. Who is the poet, and what are the two body parts and the abbreviated term?
The last name of a British author of the past sounds like a bodily affliction.
Who is the author and what is the affliction?
ENTREE #7
Add a four-letter word for a deep black color.
Rearrange all of the letters to spell a body part.
Who is the author, and what are the color and the body part?
Using a pencil, write down in six uppercase letters the name of a fist-sized interior organ of the human body.
Erase the third letter and rewrite it in lowercase.
Erase the fourth and sixth letters. Rewrite the sixth letter in the space vacated by the fourth letter.
The result looks like a word for a second body part that abuts the first body part via a vertebra.
What are these two body parts?
Think of an American actor who portrayed Teddy Roosevelt in film. This actor also starred in a 1960s sitcom that had the same title as a 1970s hit song by Sly and the Family Stone.
Rearrange the letters of this actor’s first name to name a body part.
Replace the second letter of his surname with an “n” and rearrange the result to name what people do with this body part.
Who is this actor?
What is the body part and what do people do with it?
Dessert Menu
Stephen Kingly Dessert:
Sweetly docile vs. creepily hostile
The result is a kind of sweetly docile mammal and a kind of creepy hostile bird.
What are this title, mammal and bird?
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QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteI think in Entree 1, fifth sentence, in place of “ninth,” it should say either “fifth” or “twelfth” to spell the homophone.
DeleteThanks, Nodd. Great editing! I corrected it.
DeleteLegoWhoConsolesHimselfByTellingHimself"WellAtLeastIGotThe'TH'atTheEndRight!"
HINTS:
ReplyDeleteOn Entree 5: I should clarify that you will need to use some of the letters in the two names more than once to spell the two body parts and the abbreviated term. The body parts and the abbreviated term require a total of fourteen letters.
DeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-7:
Delete2. The author’s last name can be a kind of snake or fish.
3. The affliction sounds like the second word in a book title from the 1960s and a film title from the 1970s.
4. The last three letters of the first name, plus the first letter of the last name, spell the final word in a book title from the 1970s and a film title from the 1980s.
5. The poet’s first name is a homophone of one of the two body parts. The poet’s last name can be a bird or something people do to their necks.
6. The author and an American folk hero have the same last name.
7. The medical term for the body part sounds like a keyboard instrument, until you get to the third syllable.
Kinda Late-ish Sunday Hints:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
"Lava" flows, forms something legible in the middle?
Look for Wonderful Cryptic Crossword hints, courtesy of cranberry, coming soon to a blog near you!
Rank-And-File Hors d’Oeuvre:
Three-cubed equals 27... that doesn't work! But...
Piano Playtime Slice:
My sister and I used to play this well-known piano composition" on the piano endlessly... An hour later, we finished, were felt "peckish" to "play it again, Sam... urai!"
Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Slices:
ENTREE #1
Divine? Not really...
Ovine? Shear surety!
See Nodd's helpful hints, above, for hos Riff's #2 through #7.
ENTREE #8
One organ might be ruptured, the other is rigid.
ENTREE #9
Buffy and Jodie, an uncle's urchins
Stephen Kingly Dessert:
Sweetly docile vs. creepy hostile
'Tis the sole word in the Stephen King title.
The first syllable rhymes with "bleep!"
LegoHinton
Well, Nodd, I just now managed to finally solved your #2, altho the hint wasn't actually a help until afterwards. On to see if an more progress is possible....
DeleteNodd, I made it through #3, and think #4 (altho I am by no means convinced of the 'condition' being correct, it's just that the author I found meets the conditions of the hint).. Howver, #5 is giving me fits. I MUST have the correct poet, per the hints which pretty much pin him down, but then after the obvious first body part, the remaining letters yield a person who takes care of body parts but NOT a second body part at all. Instead it yields only a type of playing card! I am completely stuck.
DeleteI might add that IF one were to add an 'S' at the end of the poet's surname in #5, instead of doubling the last letter,T HEN I could get a rather odd body part that IS near the first body part.
DeleteAt the risk of 'over sharing', I managed to get #s 6 and 7....but #7 was quite a challenge. That leaves me still stuck on #5, and unsure of the actual affliction for #4.
DeleteNOT that I have been able to solve the Schpuzzle, Lego.
VT, I have only started to look at the hints. Pre-hint, I was only missing the Schpuzzle, Entree 4, and Entree 5. I will say, though, that I finally solved Entree 5. Don't forget that you need to use some letters more than once, and as Nodd stated, the two body parts plus abbreviation add up to 14 letters.
DeleteOK, so now I've looked at Entree 4 and the Schpuzzle. I agree with VT; I'm unsure of the affliction in E4. I'm also stuck on the Schpuzzle.
Deletey'all got some moxie. Lots of moxie.
DeleteVT and Tortie, in Entree 4, the condition that may cause a loosening of the skin might be remedied by taking a grape dose. Can’t hurt.
DeleteVT, in Entree 5, the full name of the poet is a ranch rate.
Nodd, thanks for the additional hints, but I'm pretty sure VT and I had the right writers already. I think I finally stumbled upon the correct answer for E4. It's a little confusing because the underlying cause is neither the skin loosening nor the answer, but a third process hinted about by the answer. I was looking for an answer like "weight loss" that directly leads to the loose skin.
DeleteVT, if you take the first body part and add the first and third letters of the last name, you can rearrange the letters to produce the other body part.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD HINTS
DeleteACROSS
1. See 7 Down.
8. Part of the Mix cats ask for by name.
9. Card game+labor.
10. A brand name for cereal.
11. Mr. Berra described a restaurant where no one goes to any more with this word.
13. Former cartoon screenshots?
15. This word can describe "track", for you exercisers out there.
16. Jay North played him on TV.
17. An odd number containing just the opposite(not quite boxcars!).
19. Fans of the periodic table would say, by looking at this word, these tools should be made of gold.
20. Three consecutive letters going into a famous poet's surname.
21. My mom likes checking this part of the newspaper first(to see if she's made it there yet!).
24. Two syllables, and they rhyme+a past tense verb ending.
25. Ms. Ferber or Ms. St. Vincent Millay.
26. Que sera sera.
DOWN
1. One of the members of the Roots on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show play this instrument...and they have a bass player as well.
2. A thief whose name can be rearranged from GRIP.
3. Dr. Frankenstein's assistant is in the middle.
4. Looking back in my archives, I was actually surprised to find this website's name in this puzzle. Its name sounds like it could be seen on a picket sign.
5. It could be silver(not a periodic table reference here!).
6. Anagram of DOESN'T CARE.
7. (1 Across)"We've waited so long..."
11. Anagram of MEDICAL.
12. Pineapple brand released?
13. This singer started out as a cop, and once played himself in an episode of "The King of Queens".
14. Another favorite adjective of the Church Lady(not "special").
18. Where Las Vegas and Reno are.
19. If you're looking up types of cheese for this one, it's one of the very first.
22. Ms. Blyton.
23. In the first place, it's a garden.
pjbFindsTheHintsTougherThanTheOriginalCluesInTermsOfCreatingThem!
TORTIE...I wish this reply could be CLOSER to the post you made,so that it would be easier to see both at the same time. WHERE in Nodd's entree #5, does it say that the full answer contains 14 letters? I have gone back and re-read the entree, re-read the hint ,and I can't find that ANYWhere. The poet I came up with is only NINE letters long, add the doubled ending letter, that's TEN letters total. I see nowhere that we are told to double OTHER letters.....am I being completely blind?
DeleteNODD: I'm afraid I have no idea what a 'ranch rate' means.
Tortie again: I just saw your directions to take the first body part and add the first and third letters of the last name, That does indeed give me a nice body part, not too far away from the first body part. But again I ask: WHERE DOES IT TELL US TO DO THIS anywhere in the entree or Nodd's hint?
DeleteDUH, I have only just now spotted Nodd's very FIRST post in thie section, which somehow I had NEVER seen before. So now I know where the 14 letters thing is coming from. Shouldn't those directions have been included IN the Entree itself? They seem pretty important to me!
DeletePlantie, now a question for you: To what does your comment about "moxie" above refer?
DeleteThanks for posting those Cryptic Crossword hints, cranberry. I predict that someone will complete and "ace" your offering this week! (But time is tick-trickling past!)
DeleteLegoCrypTicTockTicTockTicTock...
Shockingly, I had solved PJB's puzzle pre-hints, although I was unsure of a few answers. Looks like I was correct, however. I actually remember the episode of "The King of Queens" where the singer appeared.
DeleteHas anybody solved the Schpuzzle yet?
VT: YES, the information in my Friday 11/22 post SHOULD have appeared in the original Entree 5. It didn't occur to me until later that it might be unclear whether letters could be repeated, so I clarified it as soon as it did, i.e, FRIDAY MORNING. Sorry you didn't read it in time to help you, but I don't know what I can do about that.
DeleteRANCH RATE is an anagram of the poet's name.
My Sunday PM hint to the Schpuzzle:
Delete"Lava" flows, forms something legible in the middle? is my feeble attempt at a "cryptic clue" that was likely influenced by my formatting of Patrick J. Berry's excellent puzzle this week (with all its very clever cryptic clues). Alas, while Patrick's clues are elegant... my attempt at a cryptic clue is clumsy!
My cockeyed cryptic reasoning: When "lava" flows, it gets all mixed together and, in this instance, forms a new word – a proper-noun.
LegoWhoWouldBeWellAdvisedToLeaveAnyCrypticClueingToCrypticCrosswordSettersLikePatrickWhoKnowWhatTheyAreDoing!
Thanks, Lego. I figured out the Schpuzzle. Your cryptic clue made sense once I solved it.
DeleteNot to worry, Nodd, re your Entree 5, as I had solved it from Tortie's hint to take two letters from the surname and add to the first body part to get the second one. I think I never saw your very first post, because when I 'sign in' here, the screen automatically goes to the very BOTTOM and I scroll UP from there, and obviously, I had never scrolled FAR ENOUGH 'up'.
DeleteLego, I am endlessly frustrated because I am NO GOOD (as I hae so often stated) at cryptic clues, and even your explanation abovve leaves me mystified. I have Googled and Googled (as per usual) to try to find some 'proper noun' that lava flow turns into, and can find NOTHING but ordinary nouns. How Tortie solves these things is beyond me.
DeleteVT, use the anagram solver at https://anagram-solver.net to get proper nouns. There's one solution that will jump out at you once you type in "lava." There's really only one famous person associated with the proper noun. That's where the "legible in the middle" part of Lego's clue comes into play.
DeleteAh, I thikn I see what you mean, Nodd. Thank you. (I have studiously AVOIDED looking at anyone else's solutions, but navigated up to this setion to see IF there were any further clues. I will now try to solve the rest of the Schpuzzle, before posting my own answers or looking at anyone else's.
DeletePUZZLE RIFFS:
ReplyDeleteTake the name of a famous American author. Mix it up to get two body parts-and a chemical compound abbreviation.
DeleteTake the last name of a famous American author. Add in a two-letter postal code state abbreviation. Rearrange the results to produce a body part. (Note: The state of the postal code you added borders both the birth state of the author and another state associated with the author.)
DeleteTake the names of two recent horror films both directed by the same person, a celebrity not known primarily for this sort of thing. Both are one-word titles, and both are very short. Add punctuation to the first title, and move the first letter of the second to its end. You'll get the name of a sporting event in two different sports. What are these? What are the sports? Who is the director?
DeletepjbThinksThisOneCouldAlsoBe[NPR]Worthy
PJB, I may not be able to cope with your cryptic crosswords, but I did manage to get your riff here.
DeletePJB. Pretty brilliant. Is the director going against type or the actor as there is something out there about an actor who is aging into some other kinds of roles?
DeleteI don't know. He just sorta started making horror films.
DeletepjbComingSoonWithHintsForTheCrypticCrossword
MY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteIt feels a bit weird to post Progress when nobody else has said much yet. But I guess I am relieved to even BE working on the puzzles, given last week!
ReplyDeleteOther than the Schpuzzle (for which I have not been even close to figuring out the two word phrase), I managed to solved all of Lego's puzzles [that is 6 of them.]. As per usual, Nodd's puzzles never have enough information in them (sans hints) to avoid long hours of lists, so I must wait and hope.
And sorry, pjb, as per always for me, there's no hope of my tackling your complicated crossword.
I forgot to mention that for the Slice, I had been trying way too many 'overly esoteric' piano piece titles, until the truth finally hit me!
ReplyDeleteVT, I did the same!
DeleteGreat minds...and all that sort of thing@!
DeleteMy little mind went practically directly to the answer and then moved on to a Julius Wechter composition I used to play.
DeleteI actually had sheet music for "Spanish Flea".
DeleteSo the bomb cyclone bypassed Oregon and headed down to Cali?
ReplyDeleteWe had lots and LOTS of rain, if that is what you mean by a bomb cyclone (I haven't looked the term up)...
DeleteIt is closely related to the term bombogenesis -which I am sure we all understand. LOL. But apparently these storms look like giant commas in the sky.
Deletestill have 75,000 without power in N.W.Wash.
DeleteThe OSU Beavers are now Pac 12 champions after beating WSU.
DeleteGo Beeves.
If I understood correctly from quickly scanning an article, OSU and WSU are the ONLY two universities left in the PAC-12, so a 'victory' over only the one other rival hardly seems like a big deal to me.
DeleteWell in the Olympics there is a difference between gold and silver.
DeleteSo true, but then in the Olympics there are also Bronze medals, and all the poor competitors who missed out below that.
DeleteI am till at a loss to understand how everyone else deserted the PAC 12 (I know it's a 'money' thing), but how it is even still in EXISTENCE, with only two members.
I don't understand it either. May have something to do with money perhaps?
DeleteGood Week Before Turkey Day y'all!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine. We made a grocery run at Winn Dixie this afternoon, and then joined Bryan and Mia Kate at Cracker Barrel this evening. Mia Kate had French toast, eggs, and bacon with a chocolate sundae and water, while the rest of us chose the homestyle turkey. Bryan and Mom had carrots and some kind of casserole(they were out of mashed potatoes), and I had country green beans and mac 'n' cheese. Bryan had water, Mom had Sprite, and I had Coke Zero. We all agreed the turkey was tough to cut with a knife, and I had trouble keeping my napkin on my lap the whole time. We also found out Maddy has a new office job with somebody named Bob Ryan, and Mia Kate has a date with a boy named Austin Davis after she gets off work tomorrow.
Sorry you can never even try to attempt my cryptic crosswords, VT. I'm sure you'd like them. Good luck to all other comers this week! I'll try to get some hints listed for the clues later in the week as we go.
As for my own progress, I solved the Slice and Entrees #1 and #9. Am looking forward to figuring out the hints as we go.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and may we all have a great Thanksgiving Day next Thursday. Don't eat too much! Cranberry(sauce)out!
pjbHadGoodTurkeyTonight(Here'sHopingForGoodTurkeyLater!)
Occasionally, I HAVE looked at a clue or two, but I can never make hide nor hair sense out of any of them. I am too stressed out, as I have repeatedly been saying, to have the patience to try to figure out how ANYONE does these things.
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ReplyDeleteSolved Entrees #5 and #6 and the Dessert.
ReplyDeletepjbFoundOutMr.KingDid,InFact,ActInTheFilmThatIsTheAnswer
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ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: (Post hint: ) PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, INVENTIVE, EDISON
ReplyDeleteApp:
Across: 1. TOPARADISE; 8. MEOW; 9. BRIDGEWORK; 10. POST; 11. CROWDED; 13. EXCELS; 15. NORDIC; 16. DENNISTHEMENACE; 17. ELEVEN; 19. AUGERS; 20. DEFROST; 21. OBIT; 24. MAINTAINED; 25. EDNA; 26. BABYHOLDON
Down: 1. TUBA; 2. PRIG; 3. RIGORS; 4. DOWNWITHTYRANNY; 5. SCREEN; 6. SECONDRATE; 7. TWOTICKETS; 11. CLAIMED; 12. DOLEOUT; 13. EDDIEMONEY; 14. CONVENIENT; 18. NEVADA; 19. ASIAGO; 22. ENID; 23. EDEN
Hors d’Oeuvre: H (AITCH -> AITH), EIGHTH
Slice: CHOPSTICKS; TICKS, HOP
Entrees:
1. CHARLES LAMB, ELIA, MICHAEL SCHWARTZ; LAM, IAMB
2. STEPHEN KING, KNEE, HIP, STING
3. WILLIAM FAULKNER, EAR, FLU (extra credit: KNEE)
4. (Post hint:) EDGAR (ALLEN) POE; AGED PORES
5. (Post hint:) HART CRANE, HEART, TRACHEA, RN
6. JOHN BUNYAN, BUNION
7. LEWIS CARROLL, EBON, COLLARBONE
8. SPLEEN, SPINE
9. EDITH HEAD; EIGHT
10. BRIAN KEITH, BRAIN, THINK
Dessert: CREEPSHOW, SHEEP, CROW
PS riff: ???
My riff: (JOHN) GRISHAM + TN = HAMSTRING (Note: Tennessee borders both Arkansas and Mississippi. Grisham was born in Arkansas. He attended college and law school in Mississippi, and also was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Also, some of his novels are set there.)
PJB riff: NOPE, US, U.S. OPEN, GOLF & TENNIS, JORDAN PEELE
I initially thought 10 Down might be COAT (CAT + O (second letter in JOB)) even though it made no sense. I also thought it might be LOOT (LOT + O) before discovering POST (POT + S), which made more sense as an answer.
DeleteSCHPUZZLE – PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; INVENTIVE; THOMAS EDISON (Post-hint from Tortitude)
DeleteHORS D’OEUVRE – AITCH; EIGHTH (“AITH”)
SLICE – CHOPSTICKS; TICKS; HOP
ENTREES
1. CHARLES LAMB; ELIA; MICHAEL SCHWARTZ; LAM
2. STEPHEN KING; KNEE, HIP; STING
3. WILLIAM FAULKNER; EAR, FLU; EXTRA CREDIT: KNEE
4. EDGAR POE; AGED PORES
5. HART CRANE; TRACHEA, HEART; RN
6. JOHN BUNYAN; BUNION
7. LEWIS CARROLL, EBON, COLLARBONE
8. SPLEEN; SPINE
9. BRIAN KEITH; BRAIN, THINK
DESSERT – CREEPSHOW; SHEEP, CROW
Tortie, where did Entree 9 (Edith Head) appear on the menu? I only found nine Entrees, with Brian Keith being #9, which your answers show as #10. I am confused.
DeleteNodd, it was there the first day. That wouldn't be the first time Lego removed a puzzle or added a puzzle after the first day!
DeleteI wondered if that were the case. Thanks for explaining.
DeleteWhy did everyone above put their answers in the "My Progress So far" section? We've never done that before, as far as I can recall.
DeleteLego, now I am curious. WHY did you remove this puzzle re Edith Head?
I had 20A: DEFROST
ReplyDelete"The Masked Singer" and "The Floor" are both reruns tonight. New episodes return Thanksgiving evening. Schpuzzle
ReplyDeletePREVENTIVE MEDICINE, INVENTIVE, (Thomas)EDISON
Check Lego's official recap for all cryptic answers.
Menu
Rank-And-File Hors d'Oeuvre
AITCH-C=AITH(eighth)
Piano Playtime Slice
CHOPSTICKS, HOP, TICKS
Entrees
1. LAMB, IAMB, MICHAEL SCHWARTZ, CHARLES, LAM
2. STEPHEN KING, KNEE, HIP, STING
3. WILLIAM FAULKNER, EAR, FLU, KNEE
4. EDGAR(Allan)POE, AGED PORES
5. HART CRANE, TRACHEA, HEART, RN(Registered Nurse)
6. JOHN BUNYAN, BUNION
7. LEWIS CARROLL, EBON, COLLARBONE
8. SPLEEN, SPINE
9. BRIAN KEITH("Family Affair"), BRAIN, THINK
Stephen Kingly Dessert
CREEPSHOW, SHEEP, CROW
"Masked Singer" results will hopefully be revealed tomorrow or Black Friday. See y'all then!-pjb
SCHPUZZLE: ????? MEDICINE => IN/VENTOR EDISON
ReplyDeleteHORS D’O: H = AITCH = AITH = EIGHTH
SLICE: CHOPSTICKS => HOP & TICKS
ENTREES:
1. CHARLES LAMB; MICHAEL SCHWARTZ; 3th, 4th, 13th, 7th, 6th, 8th => CHARLES; 7th, 5th, 1st => LAM; 6th, 7th, 2nd, 5th => ELIA; One metrical foot = IAMB
2. STEPHEN KING => HIPS, KNEE, TING
3. FAULKNER => EAR & FLU; Extra: KNEE
4. EDGAR POE => AGED PORES? [Hint: GARP]
5. (Harold) HART CRANE + E => HEART, TRACHEA, RN
6. JOHN BUNYAN => BUNION. [Hint: Paul BUNYAN]
7. CARROLL => CAROLL + EBON => COLLARBONE [Hint: Clavichord/CLAVICLE].
8. SPLEEN => SPlEEN => SPiNE
9. BRIAN KEITH => BRAIN; KNITH => THINK
DESSERT: CREEPSHOW => SHEEP & CROW
PJB’s RIFF: US & NOPE (Peele). => U.S. OPEN. [In tennis & golf]
11/27/24”
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Piano Playtime Slice:
Chop sticks, hop as a verb and ticks.
Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Slices:
E1- Charles Lamb, Elia- Michael Schwartz of Florence, Oregon
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E#2- Stephen King, knee, hip-??
E#5 -Hart Crane, heart, trachea, Rn
ENTREE #8
Spleen, Spine
ENTREE #9
Stephen Kingly Dessert:
Creep Show, Sheep, Crow
My riff- Stephen King. Shin, Knee, TPG-tripropylene glycol- (solvent)
Tortie riff??
PJB- Heretic and what’s his name going against type-Hugh Grant- Supposed to be terrifying.
This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Proactivity and the proper noun
Name a two-word strategy that promotes health proactively.
Replace the first syllable of the first word with a common preposition, forming a new word.
Replace the second word with a proper noun that rhymes with it; this proper noun is the surname of a famous American that the new word describes.
What are this strategy, new word and famous American?
Answer:
Preventive medicine; Inventive, Edison
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
DeleteNOTE: The filled-in puzzle grid for Patrick's cryptic crossword appears just above this week's Comments Section.
Appetizer Menu
Heavenly 37th Appetizer:
Creative Cryptic Chrysopoeia
ANSWERS:
ACROSS
1. See 7 Down
(TWO TICKETS) TO PARADISE (2, 8)
8. Leading man’s trouble coming back after catcall(4)
MEOW
M+WOE reversed
9. Where one may cross line, getting rejected—ultimate kick in the teeth, perhaps(10)
BRIDGEWORK
BRIDGE+ROW reversed+K
10. Kitty takes second job(4)
POST
POT containing S
11. Was bragging about day being full(7)
CROWDED
CROWED containing D
13. Tops—those of a bigger size, we hear(6)
EXCELS
sounds like XLs(extra large)
15. Some minor dictator from Scandinavia?(6)
NORDIC
hidden inside miNORDICtator
16. Comic strip was bad back then, came off a little exuberant(6,3,6)
DENNIS THE MENACE
SINNED reversed+THENCAME anagram+E
17. Train, then get uniform for team(6)
ELEVEN
EL+EVEN
19. Tools a new surgeon shouldn’t use working?(6)
AUGERS
A+SURGEON anagram-ON
20. Sorted out with first freeze’s thaw(7)
DEFROST
SORTED anagram containing F
21. Last mention of old routine?(4)
OBIT
O+BIT
24. Kept going—and I mean it!(10)
MAINTAINED
ANDIMEANIT anagram
25. Dizzy Dean’s girl?(4)
EDNA
DEAN anagram
26. Bloody hard playing in imperfect group using song by 13 Down(4,4,2)
BABY HOLD ON
BLOODY anagram containing H inside BAND-D
DOWN
1. Save up to get a musical instrument(4)
TUBA
BUT reversed+A
2. Pickpocket has lost grip(4)
PRIG
GRIP anagram
3. Difficulties of transporting gold in big trucks(6)
RIGORS
OR inside RIGS
4. Right-wing website fellow possessing bit of whimsy, rather clever—getting his start, managed to keep name unknown(4,4,7)
DOWN WITH TYRANNY
DON containing W+WITTY(containing H)+RAN+N+Y
5. To show or not to show?(6)
SCREEN
double definition
6. Mediocre actor needs repackaging(6-4)
SECOND-RATE
ACTORNEEDS anagram
7. 13 Down’s top act I’d see—works at it, surprisingly!(3,7,2,8)
TWO TICKETS (TO PARADISE)
TOPACTIDSEEWORKSATIT anagram
11. Demanded decimal should be moved(7)
CLAIMED
DECIMAL anagram
12. Give a little to old university having trouble with enrollment, initially(4,3)
DOLE OUT
TOOLDU anagram containing E
13. Singer, one indeed changed by wealth(5,5)
EDDIE MONEY
I inside DEED anagram+MONEY
14. Handy, or that is necessary primarily, in place of worship(10)
CONVENIENT
I. E.+N inside CONVENT
18. Recalled article about boy brought up near California(6)
NEADA
AN containing DAVE(boy’s name)reversed
19. While I pass around a certain type of cheese(6)
ASIAGO
AS I GO containing A
22. Close with some Indians in Oklahoma(4)
ENID
END containing I
23. The first place and the last place in one’s house?(4)
EDEN
E+DEN
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
ReplyDeleteMENU
Rank-And-File Hors d’Oeuvre:
Alphabetical ordinality ranking
Spell out a letter of the alphabet. Remove one of its letters.
The result sounds like the spelled-out letter’s ordinal rank in the alphabet.
What are this letter and its rank in the alphabet?
Answer:
H (spelled "aitch"); remove the "c"; "aith" sounds like "eighth" (the rank of "h" in the alphabet)
Piano Playtime Slice:
Composition and misconception
Remove the first and fifth letters from the title of a well-known piano composition, leaving an verb and small creatures.
Although these creatures don't move by means of this verb, some people nevertheless harbor the misconception that they do.
What is composition title?
What are the small creatures and the verb?
Answer:
"Chopsticks"; Ticks, hop
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Slices:
“The same heart beats in every human breast”
Will Shortz’s November 17th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Michael Schwartz of Florence, Oregon, reads:
Think of a classic American author whose first and last names are each one syllable. The last name, when said aloud, sounds like part of the body. Insert the letters "A-S" into the first name and you have the location of this body part. Who is the author?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Schwartz Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Think of a classic British author whose first and last names are each one syllable. The last name is also a four-footed creature that, when the initial letter is lowercased, looks like a word for one metrical foot – one that has all lowercase letters except for its first letter.
Now take the first and last names of an American puzzle-maker. The third, fourth, fifth, thirteenth, seventh, sixth and eighth letters spell the first name of the British author. The seventh, fifth and first letters spell a word that is a homophone of the four-footed creature. The sixth, seventh, second and fifth letters spell a nickname of this author.
Who is this British author, nickname, and American puzzle-maker?
What is the homophone of the four-footed creature?
What is the word for one metrical foot?
Answer:
Charles Lamb, Elia, Michael Schwartz; iamb (or, "Iamb" if the "i" is capitalized); iamb
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 5:
ReplyDeleteNote: Entrees #2 through #7 are the handiworkmanlike wordplay of our friend Nodd, Riffmeister.
ENTREE #2
Take the first and last names of a famous American author. Add an “I.” Rearrange the result to spell two body parts and an unpleasant bodily sensation that might result if either part makes forceful contact with a hard surface. Who is the author, what are the two body parts, and what is the unpleasant sensation?
Answer:
STEPHEN KING; KNEE, HIP; STING
ENTREE #3
Take the last name of a famous American author. Remove the fifth and sixth letters. Rearrange the result to spell a body part and an affliction that may cause the body part to become sore and inflamed. Who is the author, and what are the body part and the affliction?
EXTRA CREDIT: Add two “E”s to the two letters you removed to spell a second body part. What is it?
Answer:
WILLIAM FAULKNER; EAR, FLU
EXTRA CREDIT ANSWER:
KNEE
ENTREE #4
Take the first and last names of a famous American author. Add an “S.” Rearrange the result to spell a two-word phrase describing a condition that may cause a loosening of the skin. Who is the author and what is the two-word phrase?
Answer:
EDGAR (ALLAN) POE; AGED PORES
ENTREE #5
Take the first and last names of an American poet. Double the last letter of the last name. Rearrange the result to spell two body parts that are located near one another, and an abbreviated term for someone who attends to people’s body parts. Who is the poet, and what are the two body parts and the abbreviated term?
Answer:
HART CRANE; HEART, TRACHEA; RN
ENTREE #6
The last name of a British author of the past sounds like a bodily affliction. Who is the author and what is the affliction?
Answer:
JOHN BUNYAN; BUNION
ENTREE #7
Take the last name of the pen name of a famous author. Remove the fourth letter. Add a four-letter word for a deep black color. Rearrange all of the letters to spell a body part. Who is the author, and what are the color and the body part?
Answer:
LEWIS CARROLL; EBON; COLLARBONE
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 6:
ReplyDeleteENTREE #8
Using a pencil, write down in six uppercase letters the name of a fist-sized interior organ of the human body. Erase the third letter and rewrite it in lowercase. Erase the fourth and sixth letters. Rewrite the sixth letter in the space vacated by the fourth letter. The result looks like a word for a second body part that abuts the first body part via a vertebra.
What are these two body parts?
Answer:
SPLEEN, SPINE
SPLEEN=>SPlEEN=>SPl E =>SPINE
ENTREE #9
Think of an American actor who portrayed Teddy Roosevelt in a 1970s film, and who starred in a 1960s sitcom with the same title as a 1970s hit by Sly and the Family Stone.
Rearrange the letters of this actor’s first name to name a body part.
Replace the second letter of his surname with an “n” and rearrange the result to name what people do with this body part.
Who is this actor?
What is the body part and what do people do with it?
Answer:
Brian Keith; brain, think
Dessert Menu
Stephen Kingly Dessert:
Sweetly docile vs. creepy hostile
Spoonerize the two syllables of a word in a Stephen King title.
The result is a kind of sweetly docile mammal and a kind of creepy hostile bird.
What are this title, mammal and bird?
Answer:
"Creepshow"; Sheep, Crow
Lego!
Tortitude, Nodd, ViolinTeddy and other Puzzlerian!s:
ReplyDeleteTortie is correct about my adding puzzles to P! after my initial Thursday/Friday upload of our puzzle blog. She may also be correct about my "pulling" puzzles from the blog after uploading... I cannot recall doing so before this past week... but my memory may be a bit fuzzy about that.
Anyway, yes, a couple hours after I uploaded P! last Thursday afternood I did indeed "pull" the puzzle in which the person with the initial E.H. is the answer. I did so because I wanted to hone it some more, and perhaps sent it to NPR.
LegoNotA"LegPuller"ButRatherA"PuzzlePuller"(AtLeastLastWeek)
Lego, thanks for the explanation. I don't know if this counts as pulling a puzzle, but I remember fairly recently you had the Harper Lee puzzle within another one, the Harper Lee part was edited out, and then came back to life a week or two later.
DeleteShouldn't the answer to 20 Across for the cryptic puzzle be DEFROST, and not FROSTED?