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Schpuzzle of the Week:
“Novelist, carry me far far away...”
D, J, T and M are first-name initials of four characters in a novel.
~ Where D lived (4,3 letters)...
~ What T and M had? (5 letters)...
~ What J’s body part did, “faster and faster” (5, 4 letters: the body part and the verb)...
The nine different letters in the five missing words are the same as the nine different letters in the novel’s title.
What are those five words and the title?
Appetizer Menu
Wicked Wonka Appetizer:
“A mystery movie character”
Replace the fourth letter of the first name with the letter in the alphabet that immediately precedes the third letter of the first name.
Rearrange the letters to get the title of the
movie that the character is in.
movie that the character is in.
Who is this movie character?
What is the movie title?
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Holy Hors d’Oeuvre!
“Hear no evil, see no evil... Cuss!”
Pluraliterary Slice:
Double digits, Triple creatures
Literature spawns litter of critters
Rearrange its letters to spell two five-letter creatures, one in its plural form, and a three-
letter creature.
letter creature.
What are these three creatures and adjective?
Ripping Off Shortz And Young Entrees:
Not one of the Thousand Islands!
Will Shortz’s March 15th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge, created by frequent NPR puzzle contributor Joseph Young, reads:
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Young Entrees read:
Austrian neurologist Sigismund Schlomo, the founder of psychoanalysis, was asked what he thought about the theories of Carl Gustav, founder of the school of analytical psychology.
Sigismund replied, “_ _ _ _’_ theories? _ _ _ _ _ _!”
Sigismund replied, “_ _ _ _’_ theories? _ _ _ _ _ _!”
Rearrange the eleven letters in the name of a puzzle-maker and place them in the blank spaces.
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What is Sigismund Schlomo’s reply to reply regarding Carl Gustav’ theories?
Entrees #2 through #7 are gems mined from the mind of our friend Nodd.
Name an island, in seven letters, that first came to light in the late 1970s.
The last syllable sounds like a place where this
island cannot be found.
island cannot be found.
What is this island, and where can’t it be found?
Name a well-known island in the western Pacific, six letters.
Remove one letter and rearrange the remaining letters to name the former owner of the island.
What are this island and its former owner?
Name a well-known island in the western Mediterranean, seven letters.
Remove three consecutive letters. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will name a large mammal sometimes found in the vicinity of this island.
What are this island and the mammal that can be found there?
Name a historically famous island in the western Pacific, six letters.
Remove three consecutive letters.
The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will name what many people seek when they visit this island.
What is this island, and what do many people seek there?
ENTREE #6
Remove two consecutive letters.
The letters that remain, in left-to-right order,
will spell the first name of a prominent but perhaps reluctant public figure in the U.S.
will spell the first name of a prominent but perhaps reluctant public figure in the U.S.
What is this region, and who is the public figure?
Name a well-known island in the western Pacific, eight letters.
Remove three letters and rearrange the remaining letters to spell the nickname of a fictional character who was located on a different island.
What are this island and the character’s nickname?
Entrees #8 and #9 are gems mined from the mind of our friend Plantsmith.
ENTREE #8
time.
What are these Islands, the bygone attire, and the second island where this attire was worn?
ENTREE #9
Remove a creature from the six-letter name a not-so-famous island in a West-Coast state to get the third, first and second initials of a current U.S. politico.
What are the West Coast island, the U.S. politico, the creature, and popular novel title?
Hint: The name of the isle is also a coffee brand.
ENTREE #10
Remove two consecutive letters that are the initials of a collection of ancient books that may also come packaged in such a container.
The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will spell the name of such a cubic cardboard container.
What are this cosmetic (preparation), collection of ancient books, and name of this container?
The 2nd,3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th and 10th letters of an autumnal federal holiday can be rearranged to spell a Moveable Feast.
Remove them, along with the spaces they
leave.
leave.
The result is the nickname of a private research university in a state on the Mississippi River.
What are this autumnal federal holiday, Moveable Feast and nickname of a private research university.
ENTREE #12
Remove from this misspelling – using letters in order but not consecutive – an article of
clothing that people wear during this month.
clothing that people wear during this month.
The remaining letters, in order, spell where one
might go to purchase this clothing article.
might go to purchase this clothing article.
What is this month and how some people mispronounce it?
What is the article of clothing and where it may be purchased?
The second syllable of a three-syllable restaurant chain, spelled backward, is a prefix
associated with the third syllable.
associated with the third syllable.
Remove this second syllable and the space between the other syllables.
The result is “a specific type of killing” (“poisoning” or “drowning,” for example).
What are this restaurant chain, prefix, and specific type of killing?
ENTREE #14
(Note: This blank is the blank in the opening sentence of the puzzle... It is unrelated to the three words that belong in the 14 letter-blanks in the illustration; rather).
What are the word in the blank and the island?
Hint: The missing letters, in reverse, spell a synonym of “cacophony.”
Dessert Menu
Delicious Dessert:
Packing patriotic picnic baskets
A picnic food is also packed within the name. Four consecutive letters in the surname can be rearranged to spell a form this picnic food often comes in.
Name this historical figure.
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QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteIn the Schpuzzle, I'm quite sure I have the right novel, but the title only has five different letters; the rest are repeats. (?)
DeleteI guess maybe the Schpuzzle means that if you eliminate the repeated letters, you end up with nine letters. I thought "different letters" meant the letters that are only used once, of which there are five.
DeleteSee my March 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM Comment, below.LegoMoppingUpTheCyberMess!
DeleteQuestions on the Dessert: (1) Is the condiment that is stuffed in the first and last names in consecutive letters? (2) Likewise, is the picnic food that is packed within the name in consecutive letters? (3) Is the picnic food packed in the first, last, or both names? Thanks!
DeleteIf my answer is right, then 1) yes, 2) yes, and 3) last.
DeleteYour answers are seldom wrong, so thanks!
DeleteTortie I think I may have the right historical figure, but I can't find a condiment "stuffed somewhere within the first name AND surname." My condiment is entirely in the first name. Is that true of yours too?
DeleteYes, it's entirely within the first name.
DeleteThanks!
DeleteHINTS!
ReplyDeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-7:
Delete2. The last six letters of the star’s last name, with an I inserted in the middle, are a terrorist group.
3. Sigh, I burned it again.
4. The last three letters of the island spell a major U.S. corporation.
5. The word for what people seek is also the last name of a well-known novelist.
6. The public figure was known as a model citizen. (Note, as per Tortie's comment, only two letters should be removed from the name of the region to get the public figure's name, rather than three as stated in the puzzle.)
7. Book 'em!
Late Sunday Into Early Monday Hints:
Delete(PART 1)
Schpuzzle of the Week:
“Novelist, carry me far away...”
The first and last names of the title character contain 3 syllables:
* A consonant, spelled out,
* A synonym of "roscoes," and
* What sounds like a spelled-out consonant but is spelled like a common preposition.
Wicked Wonka Appetizer:
“A mystery movie character”
Lego's Hint:
The three words in the answer contain the name of a U.S. State, spelled out, plus 8 state postal abbreviations!
(Bobby provided a hint at March 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM (near the bottom of Comments) and is free to provide more if he deems it necessary.)
Holy Hors d’Oeuvre!
“Hear no evil, see no evil... Cuss!”
Take four letters: the two that are moved 3 places ahead in the alphabet and the two new letters they become. The alphanumeric sum of the first and fourth letters and the alphanumeric sum of the second and third letters are both 30.
Pluraliterary Slice:
Double digits, Triple creatures
"a _____ in the grass,"
~ Splitting (a homophone of the plural-form creature)
anagram of a small green sphere
Lego...
Late Sunday Into Early Monday Hints:
Delete(PART 2)
Ripping Off Shortz And Young Entrees:
Not one of the Thousand Islands!
ENTREE #1
"May I get a ______ back on the deposit I paid for this wine ___?"
See Nodd's March 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM post, above, for his Entree #2-through-#7 hints.
ENTREE #2
Name an island, in seven letters, that first came to light in the late 1970s. The last syllable sounds like a place where this island cannot be found. What is this island, and where can't it be found?
ENTREE #3
Name a well-known island in the western Pacific, six letters. Remove one letter and rearrange the remaining letters to name the former owner of the island. What are this island and its former owner?
ENTREE #4
Name a well-known island in the western Mediterranean, seven letters. Remove three consecutive letters. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will name a large mammal sometimes found in the vicinity of this island. What are this island and the mammal that can be found there?
ENTREE #5
Name a historically famous island in the western Pacific, six letters. Remove three consecutive letters. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will name what many people seek when they visit this island. What is this island, and what do many people seek there?
ENTREE #6
Name a region in the southwestern Pacific in which many famous islands are found, in nine letters. Remove three consecutive letters. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will spell the first name of a prominent but perhaps reluctant public figure in the U.S. What is this region, and who is the public figure?
ENTREE #7
Name a well-known island in the western Pacific, eight letters. Remove three letters and rearrange the remaining letters to spell the nickname of a fictional character who was located on a different island. What are this island and the character’s nickname?
Entrees #8 and #9 are gems mined from the mind of our friend Plantsmith, who is welcome hints if need be, and at his discretion.
ENTREE #8
Remove three consecutive letters from some famous, historic eight-letter Islands to get, reading from left to right, what might be common attire on another Island, at another time.
What are these Islands, the bygone attire, and the second island where this attire was worn?
ENTREE #9
Remove a creature from the six-letter name a not-so-famous island in a West-Coast state to get the third, first and second initials of a current U.S. politico.
Change a vowel that appears twice in the island’s name to a different vowel. The result is the a word that precedes “Island” in the title of a popular novel.
What are the West Coast island, the U.S. politico, the creature, and popular novel title?
Hint: The name of the isle is also a coffee brand.
ENTREE #10
Ali, Foreman, Dempsey...
ENTREE #11
The nickname of a private research university rhymes with "candy."
ENTREE #12
"Does Feb-Roo-ary rue the day or two or three
Lopped from its backside, like and amputee?
ENTREE #13
Remove the first letter from the first word of the "restaurant" to get what be a more honest synonym of "influencer."
ENTREE #14
The word in the blank is a word like "Pair" or "Quintet."
Delicious Dessert:
Packing patriotic picnic baskets
Francis Scott Key was a past American patriot. This past American patriot we are seeking is not surnamed "Key" but he is associated with a key.
LegoFromTheHinterlands
HINTS FOR NODD RIFFS ON ENTREES 12 AND 14:
Delete12. Try to remember ....
14. Holy Moly, the answer's Down Under!
Thanks for the hints. I think I've finally solved everything except the Hors d'Oeuvre.
DeleteAnother hint:
DeleteThere is a movie whose name contains a word for the personality of the character and a company of clothing that the character might wear. Replace the last letter of the character's name with the word "rips" and rearrange the letters to get the name of the character described by the personality and clothing company in that movie. That character's first name has the same first and last letters, and the same number of letters, as the real first name of the character in the puzzle.
Got it!
DeleteTake the name of the newer character mentioned. Repeat the fourth letter of the last name twice so that you have three instances of that letter. Delete all but the first and third letters of the first name. Also delete the third letter of the last name. Anagram to produce the name of the person who portrayed that character in the movie.
Fantastic puzzle, Tortitude! Great one, Sweet Son Bobby! I love that you are on Puzzleria!
DeleteLady Tremaine is mean and likes to wear fancy clothes, which is like The Devil Wears Prada. Lady Tremainrips is an anagram of Miranda Priestly, the Lady Tremaine-like character in The Devil Wears Prada. Lady Tremaine's name is Madonna Tremaine. Miranda and Madonna are both 7-letter names starting with M and ending with A.
DeletePUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteRiff on Entree 14: Name a group of four small formations on the Great Barrier Reef, in two words. The last few letters of the first word, followed without a space by the first few letters of the second word, spell things you might get at a different group of islands. What are the islands, and what might you get?
DeleteRiff on Entree 12: Spell a month correctly and move the first letter to the end. Remove, in consecutive letters, something you may see in the air during this month if you live near a forested area. Rearrange the remaining letters to spell something of yours that may be threatened in such a case. What are the month, what you might see in the air, and what may be threatened?
DeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteI thinking that our not-being-able-to-open-comment-boxes may now be fixed.
DeleteLegoWithFingersCrossed
Tesing, testing....
DeleteI am on Puzzleria!
ReplyDeleteThis Puzzleria is about a movie. Speaking of movies, the new Snow White movie comes out today.
DeleteAnd we are proud that you are, Bobby.
ReplyDeleteLego...
I am having the same trouble with posting comments where they belong. I have a question on the Slice: Does the fact that one of the five-letter creatures is in its plural form mean that the letter count for that creature is increased to six, as would be the case if an S were added? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGood question, Nodd.
ReplyDeleteIt's a 5-letter singular creature, a four letter singular with an s at the end so that it becomes plural, and a three letter singular creature.
So: 5, 5 and 3 letters.
OK my friends... unless I can figure this Comment Glitch OUT (don't hold your breaths!) I think we may just have to post our comments at the bottom of this comments section, one below the other, in chronological order. (And I I am not even certain that such an approach will work.) I really am sorry. But I will try to remedy our plight ASAP!
LegoA"MisterChronological"WhoIsHimselsAn"Anachronism!"
It is not just you having problems posting, Lego. NONE of the "reply" icons work this week. I coudln't get a box to appear for any of them.
ReplyDeleteWas going to say re Schpuzzle: I got all excited when I found my first novel title that meant the criteria of having nine unique letters (with some of them repeated.) But no characters (at least non-trivial characters) that would work. So I found a second novel title that had the right number of unique letters. Same problem with no characters. Then I foudn a THIRD novel that had nine unique letters in its title. Two of the characters, or possibly even three, fit the initial letters required. But I still got nowhere as the fourth "initial letter' for a character wasn't there. At this point, I have given up.
I tried to post a comment on Blaine's and had the same result. SDB commented that he couldn't reply to a post, so everyone is having the same problem. It seems we will have to wait for Blogger to fix this.
ReplyDeleteFor VT et al... A really early Schpuzzle hint:
ReplyDelete"The Free Software Foundation was founded in 1985 as a non-profit corporation supporting free software development."
Ok, Now I am really confused. I just went to Blaine's Blog... and the only place I can post a comment there is at the very bottom of Blaine's Comments section.... which suggest to me that the problem is with me and my computer. But Nodd seems to have been experiencing a similar "can't-post,where-I-want-to-post" issue, similar at leas to what I am experiencing.
I'll keep trying to fix this! Very frustrating! For all of us!
LegoingNuts!
VT, don't give up! The novel title is three words of three, five, and six letters, respectively. The second and third words start with the same letter. The second word is the third word in a tiresome political slogan.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nodd. Please be careful today at the Tesla dealership. They have the cameras on.
DeleteAnagrams to a very appropriate verb.
DeleteAnd if someone shows up at your house with pizza you did not order. Don't answer.
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DeleteAs Anna Graham would say, at _____ the pizza won't be ______, like the bread they'll be giving me at the prison in El Salvador.
DeleteAn epic war movie also comes to mind- also 3, 5 and 6.
DeleteA pleasent film, if it's the one I am thinking.
DeleteBut not in the "Private Benjamin " sense. If war could be such a pleasant pastime.
DeletePleasent, but not pleasant.
DeleteLego, I was able to solve the Schpuzzle, but I have no idea what your hint to VT et al. means!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nodd. My abandoned novel titles had had four words, and then two words (for each of the second and third titles.) So clearly, I was on the wrong page, if you'll pardon the pun! But as yet, I have no inkling as to what the title you gave me the hint for is going to end up being.
ReplyDeleteOoh, this reply button just WORKED! I'm pleased to say, NOdd, that thanks to your number of letters hint above, my eyes finally fell on the right novel, and though the "what did T and M have" gave me some trouble, I finally figured that out, as well.
DeleteMy prior novel IDs had been: GONE WITH THE WIND, LITTLE WOMEN, and DON QUIXOTE. All met the nine individual letters qualification (I think, if I counted correctly!)
I had trouble with "what T and M had" too. When I googled it I got a six-letter word starting with A. Then I tried a five-letter word starting with F before finally figuring out the right five-letter word.
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DeleteI see what your two 'wrong' words were, tho I had to 'think' about the "F" one for a few moments.
DeleteE9--The three letter creature is a biped. The novel kind of breaks genre..
DeleteGood Friday to everyone here!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could say "Mom and I are fine" and mean it, but I've been suffering from a hiatal hernia for a while now, and Mom is currently coming down with a cold. Needless to say, we won't be eating out tonight. It'll be enough to go through a drive-through(surprisingly, I've managed to keep that kind of food down better than most of what I eat for lunch). My problem seems to get much better as the day progresses, but waking up I really feel lousy. Unfortunately, I can't see my doctor until the start of next month, so this next week's going to be really tough to get through. Sometimes as I'm eating lunch I'll either choke, or rarely, and worse yet, throw up. It's surprising how it usually improves come suppertime. Hope my doctor can prescribe something to help. Next month I've got three medical appointments in the first three weeks, plus my birthday(a day after the third one). Be glad you're not me right now.
For obvious reasons, I haven't made much progress with the puzzles so far. I've only solved Entree #1 and possibly #3. BTW Hello Bobby! I hope you can come up with a few good hints, because with puzzles like these, we're going to need them! That goes for everyone else involved, too.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and please pray for Mom and me. Cranberry out!
pjbLookingForwardToALongSpringSoFarThisYear
pjb, that sounds terrible! I hope you're able to get the hiatal hernia checked out and healed soon.
DeleteBest wishes to PJB and Mom for quick recovery.
DeleteHint:
ReplyDeleteThe movie character's real first name is also the name of a famous 1-named singer. The title of the movie is the name of another character in that movie. The title character's real name starts with the same first 2 letters as the real name of the original character.
Well I guess it is not Tron.
DeleteBobby, please clarify -- when the puzzle says "Change a vowel that appears twice in the island’s name to a different vowel," this means change only ONE instance of the vowel that appears twice, correct? (In my answer, just the second instance would be changed.)
DeleteNodd, I think you're talking about PS's puzzle (Entree #9). I solved that one last night, and yes, I only had to change one instance of the letter that appears twice.
DeleteTortieWhoIsStillStumpedByBobby'sAppAsWellAsPS'sEntree8,PlusSomeOthers
Yes, I had the App and E9 confused. Thanks for clarifying E9. I don't have the App or E8 either, but if you need help on E2-7, let me know.
DeleteThanks, Tortitude, for chiming in with an answer to Nodd's query about Plantsmith's Entree #9.
Delete~ A hint to Bobby's Appetizer:
Take the two-word name of the famous movie character and the title of the movie that the character is in. The first letters in that name and title spell a commonly used shorthand way of saying " kindness, love, and attention."
~ A hint to Plantsmith's Entree #8:
An anagram of the singular form of the "common attire on another Island, at another time" has been used to describe Tom Brady.
LegoHopingBobbyAndPlantsmithAreOkayWithHisHinting
Nodd, I'm missing Entree 7.
DeleteI just looked at Entree 6 again. Should we just delete 2 letters and not 3? If it needs to be 3, then I don't have the right answer.
Bobby and Lego, thanks for the hints. I have the App now. There seem to be multiple possibilities for the "real names," but I found the ones Bobby hinted at to verify my answer.
DeleteI was on the right track with Entree #8, which I guessed based on the picture. Finally found a possible word for the historic eight-letter islands, but I found multiple islands with that name and they're not in the same region. So it's possible that it's not right. The word I have: the three letters I took out anagram into something you don't really want to be stuck in, and the word as a whole is an animal translated into another language.
The clothing item is most famous for being worn in a place that's not an island. I found that these items were also worn on a relatively nearby island, so that's probably the intended answer. There's also an island that has the same name as the clothing; however, I can't find any proof that the item was ever worn there.
E8- As Roy Orbison would say- " Anything you want--you got it."
DeleteYes an animal's name In a non-English language- that you might find swimming off this Island -but I am not sure.
Tortie, yes you're right on E6 -- just remove two letters. Thanks for catching that. (This seems to happen every week! Argh!)
DeleteE7 -- The character was in a TV show that started in the 1960s, and he did a lot of booking, though he wasn't a college student.
I most definitely solved the Schpuzzle from Nodd's Mar. 20th post. Thanks, Nodd!
DeletepjbMustGoNow,AsHisMomWishesToDiscussSupperPlansWithHimRightThisMoment
Tortie, given the animals in Entree 8, it is most appropriate that you got the answer!
DeleteNodd, yes, that occurred to me!
DeleteDid you solve the Hors d'Oeuvre? That's the only puzzle where I'm still stumped.
Hors d'Oeuvre hint:
DeleteThe something heard in church and something seen in church each contain 9 letters.
Letters 2, 7 and 5 of either word spell word spell a container of water and wine that is used in church rituals.
Letters 2, 8, 7, 9, 6 and 1 of either word spell a word for smaller containers of water and wine that are used in church rituals.
LegoWhoWasOnceAMassServer/AltarBoyAtNotreDameParish
Got it now. Thanks!
DeleteThanks, Lego. There is no way I would have guessed the second word without your hint, as I don't particulary associate it with church since it is found in so many other places too. Also, it seems that the first word would be seen as well as heard in church.
DeleteLady Tremaine's real name is Madonna Tremaine. Madonna is a singer. Cinderella's real name is Mary Beth Ella Gertrude. Therefore, Cinderella's and Lady Tremaine's real names both start with MA.
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ReplyDeleteAnd there is another character from the movie whose first name is also the name of a famous one-named singer: Prince Charming.
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ReplyDeleteAnswer:
ReplyDeleteLady Tremaine, Cinderella
Lady Tremaine->Lldc Reaine->Cinderella
Schpuzzle: EAST EGG, TRYST, HEART BEAT, THE GREAT GATSY
ReplyDeleteApp: (Post hint: ) LADY TREMAINE, CINDERELLA (Bobby’s hints: some sources state that Lady Tremaine’s real name is Madonna, and that Cinderella’s real name is Mary Beth Ella Gertrude. Lego’s hint: TLC. The other movie and character mentioned are THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA and MIRANDA PRIESTLY. MRPREEESTLY anagrams into MERYL STREEP.)
Hors d’Oeuvre: (Post hint: ) SCRIPTURE, SCULPTURE
Slice: (Post hint: ) SHAKESPEAREAN, SNAKE, HARES, APE
Entrees:
1. JOSEPH YOUNG, JUNG'S, PHOOEY
2. FANTASY, SEA
3. SAIPAN, SPAIN
4. MAJORCA (or MENORCA / MINORCA), ORCA
5. TINIAN, TAN
6. MELANESIA, MELANIA TRUMP
7. (Post hint: ) MINDANAO, DANNO (tried to get LOVEY Howell to work without success)
8. (Post hint: ) TORTUGAS, TOGAS, SICILY (or maybe TIBER ISLAND)
9. CAMANO (WA), AOC, MAN, CAMINO ISLAND
10. BOTOX, OT (Old Testament), BOX
11. VETERANS DAY, EASTER, VANDY (Vanderbilt)
12. FEBRUARY, FEBUARY; FUR, EBAY
13. BURGER KING, REG, BURKING
14. TRIAD, TRINIDAD
Dessert: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (JAM, FRANK, LINK)
Nodd riff 1: MOLLE ISLANDS, LEIS
Riff 2: SEPTEMBER (->EPTEMBERS), EMBERS, PET
SCHPUZZLE – EAST EGG; TRYST; HEART BEAT; THE GREAT GATSBY
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZER ??
HORS D’OEUVRE – (only with Lego’s final hint) SCRIPTURE; SCULPTURE
SLICE – SHAKESPEAREAN; SNAKE, HARES, APE
ENTREES
1. JOSEPH YOUNG; “JUNG‘S THEORIES? PHOOEY!”
2. FANTASY ISLAND; SEA
3. SAIPAN; SPAIN
4. MAJORCA; ORCA
5. TINIAN; TAN
6. MELANESIA; MELANIA TRUMP
7. MINDANAO; DANNO (“HAWAII FIVE-O”)
8. TORTUGAS; TOGAS
9. CAMANO; ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ; CAMINO ISLAND
10. BOTOX; OT; BOX
11. VETERANS DAY; EASTER; VANDY
12. FEBRUARY; “FEBUARY”; FUR; EBAY
13. BURGER KING; REG; BURKING
14. TRIAD; TRINIDAD
DESSERT – BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (JAM; FRANK; LINK)
MY RIFFS:
12. SEPTEMBER; EMBERS; PET
14. MOLLE ISLANDS; LEIS
Sorry, Lego, I just never had the time or energy this week to tackle everything else.
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE: THE GREAT GATSBY => THE GRASBY => DAISY, JAY, TOM and MYRTLE => Daisy lived in EAST EGG; Tom and Myrtle had a TRYST; Jay’s “HEART BEAT”
Entree 1: JOSEPH YOUNG => JUNG’S PHOOEY
Schpuzzle
ReplyDelete"THE GREAT GATSBY", DAISY BUCHANAN, JAY GATSBY, THOMAS
"TOM" BUCHANAN, MYRTLE WILSON, EAST EGG, TRYST, HEART, BEAT
Appetizer Menu
LADY TREMAINE, CINDERELLA, "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA", MIRANDA PRIESTLY, MERYL STREEP
Menu
Holy Hors d'Oeuvre!
SCRIPTURE, SCULPTURE
Pluraliterary Slice
SHAKESPEAREAN, SNAKE, HARES, APE
Entrees
1. JUNG'S, PHOOEY, JOSEPH YOUNG
2. FANTASY ISLAND, SEA
3. SAIPAN, SPAIN(my original answer was TAHITI, HAITI)
4. MAJORCA, ORCA
5. TINIAN, TAN
6. MELANESIA, MELANIA TRUMP
7. MINDANAO, DANNO("Hawaii Five-O")
8. TORTUGAS, TOGAS
9. CAMANO(WA), ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ(AOC), MAN, CAMINO ISLAND
10. BOTOX, OT(Old Testament), BOX
11. VETERAN'S DAY, EASTER, VANDY(Vanderbilt)
12. FEBRUARY, "FEBUARY", FUR, EBAY
13. REG, BURKING(suffocation)
14. TRIAD, TRINIDAD
Delicious Dessert
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JAM, FRANK, LINK
Masked Singer Results:
Tonight was Carnival Night.
Five Group C competitors debuted: YORKIE, STUD MUFFIN, NESSY, MAD SCIENTIST MONSTER, and CHERRY BLOSSOM.
CHERRY BLOSSOM=CANDACE CAMERON BURE(from "Full House", "Fuller House", and a number of made-for-TV Christmas movies, which is how my Mom knew her)
Although there were no correct guesses, Robin Thicke(son of the late Alan Thicke on "Growing Pains")thought it might be Tracey Gold, who played Kirk Cameron's sister on the show. Kirk is Candace's brother.
BTW Next week's P! will feature another cryptic crossword by yours truly. Y'all have been warned.-pjb
Congratulations PJB.
DeletePuzzleria -3-26-25” 68 Degrees- thunderstorms expected.
DeleteSchpuzzle: The Great Gatsby, tryst, East Egg,heart beat,.
App: ??
Hor’s Douerves– scripture, sculpture
Entrees:
1. Joseph Young. Jung’s, phooey
8. Tortugas , togas, , Greece among others.
9. Camano (WA), AOC, man,” CAMINO ISLAND” John Grisham. A good read about the theft of some rare books.
Dessert:
This week's official answers for the record, Part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
“Novelist, carry me far away...”
D, J, T and M are first-name initials of four characters in a novel.
Solve:
Where D lived (4,3 letters)
What T and M had? (5 letters)
What J's body part did, "faster and faster" (5,4 letters) (... the body part has 5 letters; the 4-letter word is a verb)
The 9 different letters in the 5 missing words are the same as the 9 different letters in the novel's title.
What are those 5 words and the title?
Answer:
EAST EGG, TRYST, HEART BEAT; "THE GREAT GATSBY"
(Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, Jay Gatsby)
(Daisy lived in EAST EGG);
(Tom and Myrtle had a TRYST)
https://www.enotes.com/topics/great-gatsby/questions/nick-s-encounter-with-tom-s-mistress-in-the-great-3129910;
(Jay's "HEART BEAT faster and faster...")
The phrase "His heart beat faster and faster" is found in a moment where the novel's narrator Nick Carraway describes Jay Gatsby's intense emotions as he is about to see Daisy Buchanan again after a long time.
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 2:
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Wicked Wonka Appetizer:
“A mystery movie character”
Take the two-word name of a famous movie character.
Replace the second letter of the first name with a copy of the first letter of the first name.
Replace the fourth letter of the first name with the letter that comes before the third letter of the first name in the alphabet. Remove the first and fourth letters of the last name. Rearrange the letters to get the movie that the character is in. Who is it?
Answer:
Lady Tremaine; Cinderella
Lady Tremaine -> Lldc Reaine -> Cinderella
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Holy Hors d’Oeuvre!
“Hear no evil, see no evil... Cuss!”
Name something HEARD in church.
Move two consecutive letters three places later in the alphabet to spell something SEEN in church.
What are these things heard and seen?
Answer:
Scripture; Sculpture
(R ROT3 = U; I ROT3 = L)
SENT 2/10/25
Pluraliterary Slice:
Double digits, Triple creatures
Take a double-digit-letter adjective describing a certain type of literature. Rearrange its letters to spell two 5-letter creatures, one in its plural form, and a three-letter creature. What are these three creatures and adjective?
Answer:
Shakespearean; Snake, Hares, Ape
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 3:
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Not one of the Thousand Islands!
Will Shortz’s March 15th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge, created by frequent NPR puzzle contributor Joseph Young, reads:
Name a famous island in eight letters. Remove three consecutive letters. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will name where many islands can be found – but not this one. What is this island, and where can’t it be found?
Answer:
Atlantis; Atlas
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Young Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
When Austrian neurologist Sigismund Schlomo, the founder of psychoanalysis, was asked what he thought about the theories of Carl Gustav, founder of the school of analytical psychology, he replied, “_ _ _ _’_ theories? _ _ _ _ _ _!”
Rearrange the eleven letters in the name of a puzzle-maker and place them in the blank spaces.
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What is Sigismund Schlomo’s reply to reply regarding Carl Gustav’ theories?
Answer:
Joseph Young; “JUNG’S theories? PHOOEY!” (Carl Gustav Jung; Sigismund Schlomo (Sigmund) Freud)
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 4:
ReplyDeleteEntrees #2 through #7 are gems mined from the mind of our friend Nodd.
ENTREE #2
Name an island, in seven letters, that first came to light in the late 1970s. The last syllable sounds like a place where this island cannot be found. What is this island, and where can't it be found?
Answer:
FANTASY ISLAND; SEA
ENTREE #3
Name a well-known island in the western Pacific, six letters. Remove one letter and rearrange the remaining letters to name the former owner of the island. What are this island and its former owner?
Answer:
SAIPAN; SPAIN
ENTREE #4
Name a well-known island in the western Mediterranean, seven letters. Remove three consecutive letters. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will name a large mammal sometimes found in the vicinity of this island. What are this island and the mammal that can be found there?
Answer:
MAJORCA; ORCA
ENTREE #5
Name a historically famous island in the western Pacific, six letters. Remove three consecutive letters. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will name what many people seek when they visit this island. What is this island, and what do many people seek there?
Answer:
TINIAN; TAN
ENTREE #6
Name a region in the southwestern Pacific in which many famous islands are found, in nine letters. Remove two consecutive letters. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will spell the first name of a prominent but perhaps reluctant public figure in the U.S. What is this region, and who is the public figure?
Answer:
MELANESIA; MELANIA (TRUMP)
ENTREE #7
Name a well-known island in the western Pacific, eight letters. Remove three letters and rearrange the remaining letters to spell the nickname of a fictional character who was located on a different island. What are this island and the character’s nickname?
Answer:
MINDANAO; DANNO (“HAWAII FIVE-O”)
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 5:
ReplyDeleteEntrees #8 and #9 are gems mined from the mind of our friend Plantsmith.
ENTREE #8
Remove three consecutive letters from some famous, historic eight-letter Islands to get, reading from left to right, what might be common attire on another Island, at another time.
What are these Islands, the bygone attire, and the second island where this attire was worn?
Answer:
Tortugas; togas; Greece
TORTUGAS – RTU = TOGAS
ENTREE #9
Remove a creature from the six-letter name a not-so-famous island in a West-Coast state to get the third, first and second initials of a current U.S. politico.
Change a vowel that appears twice in the island’s name to a different vowel. The result is the a word that precedes “Island” in the title of a popular novel.
What are the West Coast island, the U.S. politico, the creature, and popular novel title?
Hint: The name of the isle is also a coffee brand.
Answer:
Camano Island;
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez;
Man;
"Cimino Island" (a genre-breaking novel about rare-book thieves authored by John Grisham)
Hint: a href= https://camanoislandcoffee.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqg6DSy6Ij9-vOmUALbBychqHSuDga4BUgaSLoKTnatqUrkeqrr>Camano Island Coffee
CAMANO – MAN = CAO (AOC)
CAMANO => CIMINO
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ENTREE #10
Name a cosmetic preparation that may come packaged in a cubic cardboard container, in five letters. Remove two consecutive letters that are the initials of a collection of ancient books that may also come packaged in such a container. The letters that remain, in left-to-right order, will spell the name of such a cubic cardboard container.
What are this cosmetic preparation, collection of ancient books, and name of this container?
Answer:
Botox; OT (Old Testament), Box
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 6:
ReplyDeleteENTREE #11
The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th and 10th letters of an autumnal federal holiday can be rearranged to spell a Moveable Feast. Remove them, along with the spaces they leave.
The result is the nickname of a private research university in a state on the Mississippi River.
What are this autumnal federal holiday, Moveable Feast and nickname of a private research university.
Answer:
Veteran's Day; Easter; Vandy (Tennessee's Vanderbilt University)
ENTREE #12
Misspell a month the way that some people mispronounce it. Remove from this misspelling – using letters in order but not consecutive – an article of clothing that people wear during this month. The remaining letters, in order, spell where one might go to purchase this article of clothing.
What is this month and how some people mispronounce it?
What is the article of clothing and where it may be purchased?
Answer:
February, "Febuary); Fur, eBay
ENTREE #13
The second syllable of a three-syllable restaurant chain, spelled backward, is a prefix associated with the third syllable. Remove this second syllable and the space between the other syllables. The result is “a specific type of killing” (“poisoning” or “drowning,” for example).
What are this restaurant chain, prefix, and specific type of killing?
Answer:
Burger King; "reg-" (as in "regicide"); "burking"
ENTREE #14
Remove a consecutive _____ of letters from the interior of the name of an island.
The result if you remove the space left by the removed letters, is the missing five-letter word that belongs in the blank. What are the word in the blank and the island?
Hint: The missing letters, in reverse, spell a synonym of “cacophony.”
Answer:
Triad, Trinidad
Hint: "Din" is a synonym of “cacophony.”
Delicious Dessert:
Packing patriotic picnic baskets
A condiment is stuffed somewhere within the first name and surname of a past American patriot.
A picnic food is also packed within the name.
Four consecutive letters in the surname can be rearranged to spell a form this picnic food often comes in.
Name this historical figure.
Answer:
Benjamin Franklin (JAM, FRANK, LINK)
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