PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe2 SERVEDSchpuzzle of the Week:
“Dogs have feet? Dogs are feet!”
“_____ HAVE FEET,” written in uppercase letters, is a true statement. Replace the word “HAVE” with the word “ARE.” Write in lowercase the first of the five UPPERCASE letters in the blank.
The result is what appears to be a second true statement.
What is the UPPERCASE word in the blank? What are the two true statements?
Appetizer Menu
Quintuple Befuddlers Appetizer:Poor Richard’s Almanac (A purely academic exercise); Take a swing at these golf puzzles; Coining a phrase; A tourist site with character; Poetry Corner with (Professor) Anna Graham
Poor Richard’s Almanac (A purely academic exercise)
1.🏫 Find six related words or phrases lurking in the text below to discover the theme of this puzzle. (Ignore spacing, capitalization, and any punctuation.)
Professor Anna Graham’s English student, Richard, had seemed to like the class, but based on his final exam, Anna had to give him a C. Be that as it may, she hoped he would understand, but feared he would not.
“Hello,” Richard said as he arrived at Anna’s office to find out his grade. Reluctantly, Anna told him, and explained, “You haven’t been taking learning the material seriously enough.” “Professor Graham, let me explain,” Richard said. “When I took your exam I had a 104-degree fever. I barely made it over here for the exam!”
At this, Anna was outraged. “You aren’t being honest with me, Richard. Five minutes after the exam was over, I saw you playing Ultimate Frisbee with your friends, running and jumping and screaming your head off!”
Crestfallen, Richard, who thankfully had turned 21 just a week earlier, walked disconsolately toward the bar down the street.
Take a swing at these fore! golf puzzles
2.🏌 (1) Which Hall of Fame golfer’s name suggests he was at a comparative size disadvantage?
(2) Players come and go, but one was indisputably the best of them. Who was it? (3) The first and last names of which 1960s-70s PGA golfer suggest he might have had two non-golf occupations?
(4) What golf legend’s surname suggests he was a “magician of the links,” strong-of-arm yet “sleight-of-hand?”
Coining a Phrase
3.📰 From the clues provided, guess the following phrases that are heard in the news a lot. Letter counts for each of the words in the phrases are also provided:
1. Alterations to street-cleaning schedule. (8, 7)
2. Airport display of arrivals and departures. (4, 2, 3, 5)
3. Surges or interruptions in electrical power. (7, 6)
4. Terminate an attempt to grow bacteria. (6, 7)
5. Control lever in a Lincoln sedan. (11, 5)
6. Report of street dancing. (8, 4)
7. Dow Jones, mutual fund, return on investment, etc. (5, 7)
8. Using a pickaxe. (14)
9. Sometime around sunset. (2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3)
10. Stem of a head of lettuce. (3, 2, 3, 7)
11. Trimming a liner to fit the drawer, e.g. (7, 4)
12. Descriptions of Willie Mays’ outfield feats. (5, 7)
13. Advocacy of phoning. (7, 11)
14. Narrative of film processing. (10, 5)
A tourist site with character
4.📺 The first and last names of a character from a 1960s TV series rhyme with a two-word European tourist site. Who is the character, and what is the tourist site?
(Hint: the character worked in the healthcare field.)
Poetry Corner with (Professor) Anna Graham
5.🖋 Fill in the blanks to complete the verse.The brethren ______ their ______ ______ anon.
Though sun like ______ glows, they journey on.
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Proof Of Adherency Hors d’Oeuvre:
Collection proves legitimacy
Take a word for an adherent or follower of a school of thought, pastime or pursuit. Replace a vowel with a different vowel.
Insert a greeting someplace within the result to name a person whose collection is proof of their legitimacy as such an adherent.
What are these words:
~ the general term for any adherent, and
~ the more specific term for the person with a collection?
Two Carnivores And One Herbivore Slice:
Literature worth consuming
Name three creatures – two carnivores and one herbivore. Rearrange their combined letters to get a name associated with literature worth consuming.
What are these carnivores, herbivore and name associated with literature?
Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Entrees:
“Pope Leo is in PeopLe? O!”
Will Shortz’s May 18th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Steve Baggish of Arlington, Massachusetts, reads:
Name a popular magazine. Rearrange its letters. Then add an O at the end and you’ll name a prominent subject in this magazine’s new issue. What magazine is it? Hint: You don't need to read this magazine in order to guess the answer.Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Take the surname of a prolific puzzle-maker and his hometown. Rearrange these combined letters to name three things that might make contact with your body:
~ an undergarment (5 letters),~ something (besides a cravat) an injured person might wear around the neck (5 letters),
~ something hidden in the dashboard of your automobile (3 & 3 letters).
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What are these three things?
(Note: Entrees #2 through #7 were created by our friend Nodd who, for some time now, has been contributing a half-dozen-or-so riffs on every edition of Puzzleria! He is truly a “Riffmeister par excellence...” as are others who contribute NPR Sunday Puzzle Challenge riffs in this space. My Thanks! Our thanks!)
ENTREE #2Name a popular magazine and add an N at the end. Follow this with a space and a word for something that is found in the magazine.
Capitalize this word and you'll name a former movie actress. The magazine has featured several articles about this actress.
What is the magazine and who is the actress?
ENTREE #3
Rearrange the letters of the last two words of its name to spell two words to complete this
sentence: “Readers of Runner’s World magazine often _____ about experiencing ____ problems when training for a race.”
What are the magazine and the two words?
Name two popular magazines that publish articles about popular magazines.
The names of the two magazines start with the same word.
ENTREE #5
Remove the fourth letter and rearrange the remaining letters to spell a two-word phrase to complete this sentence: “The magazine has published numerous pieces about publisher William Randolph Hearst and ___ _______.”
What are the magazine and the two-word phrase?
Name a popular magazine.
Remove a T. Arrange the remaining letters to spell a two-word phrase describing a Disney character whose name starts with an M. Life magazine featured this character in 1958. What are the magazine and the two-word phrase?
Name a popular magazine.
Spell the name backwards and add an H at the end.
You’ll spell something that the covers of and pictures in this magazine typically feature a lot of.
What magazine is it?
ENTREE #8
Name a popular magazine.
Replace its ninth letter with a letter that precedes it – both in the alphabet and in the magazine’s name.
Rearrange these letters to spell one of two 45-RPM recordings (each one an “______’ ______”) that might have been reviewed in the
magazine had either been recorded in 1967 instead of in 1962.
What is this magazine?
What are the two missing six-letter words?
What are the two song titles that qualify as an “______’ ______?”
Hint: One song involves a telephone, the other involves a dance.
ENTREE #9
Name a popular magazine.
Replace a “u” with a pair of “o’s.
Rearrange the result to get a two-word question similar to the one featured in a 1990s ad campaign designed to promote consumption of a beverage.
What magazine is it?
What is the question?
Name a popular magazine that promotes health.
Invert its middle letter. Move the last letter to the front, replacing the first letter.
Replace an “e” with a “p.” Insert a hyphen in the middle.
The result is an exercise featured in the magazine, with instructions on how to perform it properly.
What are this magazine and exercise?
Dessert Menu
Suzie Q Dessert:
Tossing a pasta salad?
Take just the first word of a two-word pasta. Replace its first two letters with the letter of the alphabet that they spell.
Move that letter to the end to spell what the pasta may be served in.
What is this pasta, and what may it be served in?
Hint: The second word in the pasta is an anagram of the last name of the guy who once vanquished an alliterative opponent with a “Suzie Q.”
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QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteWhere did my post go? I asked a question. here last night, altho now I have to remember what it was. How could it have simply vanished?
DeleteWhen I saw your post, it said it had been removed by the author.
DeleteOh, that is helpful, Nodd. Duh on me....I do now recall having asked about the number of letters in Entree #1, but then realizing that we were NOT supposed to include the puzzle-maker's FIRST name...and so I deleted it. But usually, the fact that one HAS deleted a post remains showing...which is what threw me off, that it is not showing this time. Hmmm...
DeleteI also posted a comment and then deleted it, and that later went away too. I assume Lego just did a little housekeeping and deleted the posts since we didn't want them published anyway.
DeleteHmm, this is strange indeed. I just now typed out a short post, only to have IT vanish into thin air. WIll now test to see if THIS post disappears, as well.
DeleteOkay, that post remained. What I'd said in the vanished post was that it had occurred to me to wonder if this blog has updated itself such that when WE delete a post of ours, the system then deletes the deltion, rather than Lego having to do it?
DeleteNodd is correct, ViolinTeddy, about posts that have "been removed by the author." Although I merit no "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" in regards my own domicile, I do occasionally try to unclutter this "Communal Commentary Space" from time-to-time by deleting posts that say that they have been "removed by the author."
DeleteLegoWhoMeritsTheSo-SoHousekeepingWalrusOfApproval!
HINTS!
ReplyDeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR APPETIZERS:
Delete1. THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF POOR RICHARD
Find six additional words or phrases relating to the puzzle theme in the text below. (These six should be easier to decipher than the original six.) The key to solving the entire puzzle is in the last sentence of the original puzzle.
"Richard, I imagine you’ve noticed my office window looks right down on the lawn in front of this building," Anna pointed out. That's how I know you were playing frisbee after the exam.”
“That couldn’t have been me,” Richard said unconvincingly. “It must have been somebody that just looked like me.” Not buying it, Anna replied, “Richard, I know perfectly well it was you. Like I told you, I can see the entire lawn from this office. I welcomed you to my class because I thought you had the commitment to master the subject, but I'm sorry to say I was mistaken.”
Devastated, Richard thought of asking John, his student advisor, to talk to Anna for him, but John was having an affair with Anna, so he figured that wouldn’t work.
Back at his dorm, Richard decided to phone his best friend Eric. When he called up Eric, less to get advice than sympathy, they agreed to meet at the bar just off campus so Richard could drown his sorrows. The owner, a young guy named Henry, visited Europe every few months and had a great selection of craft beers.
2. (1) His first name is a segment of a double helix.
(2) The Johnny Cash of golf.
(3) A “floury” haircutter?
(4) Iced tea with some citrus.
3. 1. Using a broom; what diapers need.
2. Petula Clark, 1966, minus first letter.
3. AC/DC; occurrences.
4. Rhymes with Gretel’s sibling; rhymes with a carrion eater.
5. Kind of breakfast; kind of dress.
6. Rending; none is said to be good.
7. Soup base; word groups.
8. Like the San Andreas fault.
9. Sometime around sunset.
10. Titanic problem.
11. A knife has one; scissors have two.
12. What Mays did with flies; word in the first sentence of this puzzle.
13. What bells are doing; found on the back of a check.
14. Happens in a darkroom; level or floor of a building.
4. Had a crush on Spock.
5. The fourth word, pronounced differently, can mean angles of a rock fault plane with the vertical.
SUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-7:
2. Still acting, not as an actress.
3. She's a corker.
4. Two Yanks: Lucas McCain; Fear and Loathing
5. Mag is in D.C; two-word phrase is in San Simeon.
6. Thackeray or Bunyan.
7. Answer’s on the shelf.
Late-Sunday-Into-Early-Monday Hints:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
“Dogs have feet? Dogs are feet!”
Recall, if you can, how Popeye introduced himself... even though he slipped a pair of Donald-hued tubers into his greeting.
Appetizer Menu:
(See Nodd's excellent hints to his equally excellent Appetizers in his May 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM post, above.)
Proof Of Adherency Hors d’Oeuvre
Collection proves legitimacy
The word for the "school of thought, pastime or pursuit" sounds like a switch, paddle or leather belt might be involved! The word for the adherent or follower is a guy like James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas or Bartholomew.
Two Carnivores And One Herbivore Slice:
Two creatures rhyme with Diesel and Bike. The third begins with an urchin and ends with three letters that precede "king" on a menu.
Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Entrees:
ENTREE #1
The undergarment is the opposite of long johns!
Something an injured person might wear around the neck was a biblical giant-killer.
Something hidden in the dashboard of your automobile is not that half-consumed roll of Life Savers candy that's been moldering there since 2021!
Note: Nodd's hints for his Entrees #2 through #7 appear at the end of his May 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM comment, again, just above.
ENTREE #8
Thank Minnesotan Mr. Zimmerman for the popular magazine title.
The word in the first blank in the name of the group who produced the 45-rpm recording. The second word, if you add an "h" someplace, may be a part of your roof.
ENTREE #9
A somewhat rounded rectangular shape, which displayed the magazine's name, appeared always in an upper corner of the magazine's cover.
ENTREE #10
The exercise is not jumping-jacks. It's not push-ups either... but you're getting warmer (and probably sweatier!)
Suzie Q Dessert:
The last 3 letters of the pasta's first word spell a 3-letter word.
The 4th, 5th and 5th-again letters of the pasta's second word, plus the last two letters of the pasta's first word spell a 5-letter word.
That 3-letter word and 5 letter word, divided by a conjunction, spell a weapon.
Lego"JustCallMeJerseyJoe..."
Thanks for all of the hints. I think I have everything now, although I'm unsure about the second word in App 5. That was by far the hardest puzzle, as it took some time to track down the angle related word.
DeleteI didn't realize that Entrees 2-7 were Nodd's. Busy week for Nodd (plus a lot of hints to write as well!). 2 & 4 were tricky and I was happy to solve them pre hint.
Solved the following just now:
DeleteApp #2(3 and 4), App #3(1, 3, and 8), App #4, and two of the three animals in the Slice(but not the anagram yet). Good work, though, Nodd!
pjbHavingAGreatTimeInFt.WaltonBeach,WishingY'allWereHere!
I apologize to Nodd and to you all for my carelessness and forgetfulness. Nodd has been regularly contributing six riffs (usually as Entrees #2-through-#7) for quite some time. And these "Riffle-icious Appetizers" are always very fresh and clever(as are those riffs submitted by Plantsmith and others).
DeleteLegoWhoIsGratefulToAllPuzzlerians!BeTheyPuzzleMakersPostersOfCommentsVolunteerEditors&ProofreadersAndLastButNotAtAllLeast...Lurkers!
Ah, lurking....lurk, lurk, lurk.....doesn't the word start to SOUND funny?
DeletePUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteI have four of the words/terms for App 1. I was able to come up with two extra words/terms for App 1, but they don't quite fit. The words/terms could fit into two categories. I couldn't find two more in one cateogry, but it's possible the category is more general.
DeleteI have four golfers (actually two possibilities for the first one), but some might be alts. I'm missing App 3 parts #3, 12, and 13. Don't have App 5 at all, although I did have an idea that didn't pan out.
Seems like I have everything else. The photos didn't help much for the Entrees this week, so lists were consulted.
Or perhaps, it occurs to me, the entire blog system has updated to the point that it now automatically deletes 'deletions', and Lego had nothing to do with it?
DeleteGuess I'm the first one commenting this week! Happy Memorial Day Weekend to you all!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine. We didn't eat out tonight, particularly because Mia Kate is attending Austin's birthday party right now. So Mom and I had one of our "Hello Fresh" meals for supper: Tilapia with shallots and rice, and some kind of sauce on the rice. It was good, although the shallots were a little strong. Mom and I both decided not to eat any more of them after trying a few. I've also packed my clothes for our FL trip Sunday, and I solved this week's Prize Crossword on the Guardian website. Set by Imogen, it included the names of some cities in the Ukraine: LVIV, KYIV, KHARKIV, DONETSK, ODESA, and DNIPRO. Took a while before I realized they were all cities in the same place. Had to consult a list of Ukraine cities to get a few of them. 1 Down was CITY, and the number 1 figured in a few other clues, but it never really said anything about all the cities coming from the same place.
As for the latest offerings here, the golfer puzzles turned out to be much tougher than the magazine puzzles. I only got the first golfer one, but I got Entrees #2, #9(it may be the best alternative answer I've ever come up with, if it's not intended!), and #10. I also found all the words hidden in Appetizer #1, and parts #4, #5, #6, #9, #10, #13, and #14 of App #3. But I was only able to get the second word in Entree #1. As usual, I look forward to seeing all the hints to come that might help me get the rest later on while we're in Ft. Walton.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and let's all have a great Memorial Day coming up this Monday. Cranberry out!
pjbWillAlsoBeHavingAFew"ReadyMade"MealsForLunchAtTheCondo(CourtesyOfOurLatest"HelloFresh"BoxThatCameToday)
Schpuzzle: LAMBS HAVE FEET, IAMBS ARE FEET
ReplyDeleteApp:
1. MACBETH (hiM A C BE THat), OTHELLO (nOT HELLO), KING LEAR (taKING LEARning), HAMLET (GraHAM LET), TRAGEDY (ouTRAGED You), PLAY (PLAYing), THE BARD (THE BAR Down) (alt: RICHARD - could refer to RICHARD II or RICHARD III)
2. 1. GENE LITTLER (apparently even smaller than LAWSON LITTLE); 2. GARY PLAYER; 3. MILLER BARBER; 4. ARNOLD PALMER
3. 1. SWEEPING CHANGES; 2. SIGN OF THE TIMES; 3. (Post hint: ) CURRENT EVENTS ; 4. CANCEL CULTURE; 5. CONTINENTAL SHIFT; 6. BREAKING NEWS; 7. STOCK PHRASES ; 8. GROUNDBREAKING; 9. AT THE END OF THE DAY; 10. TIP OF THE ICEBERG; 11. CUTTING EDGE; 12. (Post hint: ) CATCH PHRASES (originally had GIANT CATCHES); 13. (Post hint: ) RINGING ENDORSEMENT; 14. DEVELOPING STORY
4. CHRISTINE CHAPEL (Star Trek), SISTINE CHAPEL
5. (Post hint: ) SHADE, ASHED ???, HEADS, HADES
Hors d’Oeuvre: DISCIPLE, DISCOPHILE
Slice: WEASEL, SHRIKE, IMPALA, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Entrees:
1. STEVE BAGGISH (ARLINGTON); THONG, SLING, AIR BAG
2. ELLE, ELLEN PAGE (now ELLIOT PAGE)
3. THE NEW YORKER, WORRY, KNEE
4. AMERICAN HUNTER, AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
5. SMITHSONIAN, HIS MANSION
6. VANITY FAIR, VAIN FAIRY
7. SELF, FLESH
8. ROLLING STONE; ORLONS’ SINGLE; “DON’T HANG UP”, “THE WAH-WATUSI”
9. TV GUIDE; GOT VIDEO?
10. FITNESS, SIT-UPS
Dessert: ELBOW MACARONI, BOWL (Hint: ROCKY MARCIANO)
SCHPUZZLE – LAMBS HAVE FEET; IAMBS ARE FEET
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS
1. MACBETH; OTHELLO; KING LEAR; HAMLET; TRAGEDY; THE BARD. Further Adventures: RICHARD II; AS YOU LIKE IT; COMEDY; KING JOHN; PERICLES; HENRY V
2. (1) GENE LITTLER
(2) GARY PLAYER
(3) MILLER BARBER
(4) ARNOLD PALMER
3. 1. SWEEPING CHANGES
2. SIGN OF THE TIMES
3. CURRENT EVENTS
4. CANCEL CULTURE
5. CONTINENTAL SHIFT
6. BREAKING NEWS
7. STOCK PHRASES
8. GROUNDBREAKING
9. AT THE END OF THE DAY
10. TIP OF THE ICEBERG
11. CUTTING EDGE
12. CATCH PHRASES
13. RINGING ENDORSEMENT
14. DEVELOPING STORY
4. CHRISTINE CHAPEL; SISTINE CHAPEL
5. SHADE; ASHÉD (as in Ash Wednesday); HEADS; HADES
HORS D’OEUVRE – DISCIPLE; DISCOPHILE
SLICE – WEASEL, SHRIKE, IMPALA; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
ENTREES
1. BAGGISH, ARLINGTON; THONG, SLING, AIR BAG
2. ELLE; ELLEN PAGE
3. [THE] NEW YORKER; WORRY; KNEE
4. AMERICAN RIFLEMAN; AMERICAN HUNTER
5. SMITHSONIAN; “HIS MANSION”
6. VANITY FAIR; VAIN FAIRY
7. SELF
8. ROLLING STONE; ORLONS SINGLE; “DON’T HANG UP”, “THE WAH-WATUSI”
9. TV GUIDE; GOT VIDEO?
10. FITNESS; SIT-UPS
DESSERT – ELBOW MACARONI; BOWL
SCHPUZZLE: LAMBS HAVE FEET; lAMBS ARE FEET
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS:
1. MACBETH, OTHELLO, KING LEAR, HAMLET, RICHARD?, THE BARD
2. (1) BOB TOSKI (Called ‘MOUSE' by Sam Sneed); (2) TIGER WOODS?; (3) MILLER BARBER (never heard of him); (4) ARNOLD PALMER [Pre-hint]
3. (1) SWEEPING CHANGES; (2) SIGN OF THE TIMES; (3) VOLTAGE SPIKES; (4) CANCEL CULTURE; (5) CONTINENTAL SHIFT; (6) BREAKING NEWS; (7) STOCK RETURNS; (8) ????????????ING; (9) AT THE END OF THE DAY; (10) TIP OF THE ICEBERG; (11) CUTTING EDGE; (12) CATCH PHRASES; (13) RINGING ENDORSEMENT; (14) DEVELOPING STORY
4. CHRISTINE CHAPEL / SISTINE CHAPEL [Never heard of the character]
5. ????
HORS D’O: DISCIPLE or APOSTLE
SLICE: WEASEL, PIKE, IMPALA
ENTREES:
1. BAGGISH, ARLINGTON => THONG, SLING, AIRBAG
2. ELLE + N => ELLEN PAGE
3. COMPLAIN?
4. THE NEW YORK TIMES & THE NEW YORKER
5. HEARST CASTLE (or possibly, HIS CASTLE)
6. MALEFICENT. “PURE EVIL”?
8. ROLLING STONE => ROLLING SSONE => ORLON’S SINGLE => "DON’T HANG UP” & “THE WAH-WAHTUSI"
9. TV GUIDE => "GOT VIDEO?”
10. PULL-UPS?
DESSERT: ELBOW (macaroni) => BOWL
Puzzleria 5-27-25” 81 Degrees today.
ReplyDeleteApps.
2. 1. Gene Littler
2. Mateo Manasero
3. Miller Barber;
4. Arnold Palmer
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Entree 1.Steve Baggish , Arlington,); Thong, Sling, Air
Bag.
E2. Elle+n, Ellen Page
Schpuzzle
DeleteLAMBS HAVE FEET, IAMBS ARE FEET.
Appetizer Menu
1. MACBETH, OTHELLO, KING LEAR, HAMLET, TRAGEDY, THE BARD, RICHARD II, AS YOU LIKE IT, COMEDY, KING JOHN, PERICLES, HENRY V
2.
(1.)GENE LITTLER(smaller than LAWSON LITTLE)
(2.)GARY PLAYER
(3.)MILLER BARBER
(4.)ARNOLD PALMER(Mom's favorite drink right now, so the hint really helped)
3.
(1.)SWEEPING CHANGES
(2.)SIGN OF THE TIMES
(3.)CURRENT EVENTS
(4.)CANCEL CULTURE
(5.)CONTINENTAL SHIFT
(6.)BREAKING NEWS
(7.)STOCK PHRASES
(8.)GROUNDBREAKING
(9.)AT THE END OF THE DAY
(10.)TIP OF THE ICEBERG
(11.)CUTTING EDGE
(12.)CATCH PHRASES
(13.)RINGING ENDORSEMENT
(14.)DEVELOPING STORY
4. CHRISTINE CHAPEL("Star Trek"), SISTINE CHAPEL
5. SHADE, ASHED, HEADS, HADES
Menu
Proof Of Adherency Hors d'Oeuvre
DISCIPLE, DISCOPHILE
Two Carnivores And One Herbivore Slice
WEASEL+SHRIKE+IMPALA=WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Entrees
1. (Steve)BAGGISH, ARLINGTON(MA); THONG, SLING, AIR BAG
2. ELLE+N, ELLEN(now Elliot)PAGE
3. THE NEW YORKER, WORRY, KNEE
4. AMERICAN RIFLEMAN, AMERICAN HUNTER
5. SMITHSONIAN, HIS MANSION
6. VANITY FAIR, VAIN FAIRY(Maleficent)
7. SELF, FLESH
8. ROLLING STONE, ORLONS SINGLE, "DON'T HANG UP" and "THE WAH-WATUSI"
9. TV GUIDE, GOT VIDEO?
10. FITNESS, SIT-UPS
Suzie Q Dessert
ELBOW MACARONI, BOWL(Hint: ROCKY MARCIANO)
BTW We were quite late getting back home this evening, and I also had to take the garbage out, and bring in another food box and the mail, AND go to the bathroom AND recharge my Kindle before I could do my answers. Sorry about all that.-pjb
This week's official answers for the record, Part 2
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Menu
Quintuple Befuddlers Appetizer:
Poor Richard’s Almanac (A purely academic exercise); Take a swing at these golf puzzles; Coining a phrase; A tourist site with character; Poetry Corner with (Professor) Anna Graham
1. POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC (A PURELY ACADEMIC EXERCISE)
Find six related words or phrases lurking in the text below to discover the theme of this puzzle. (Ignore spacing, capitalization, and any punctuation.)
Professor Anna Graham’s English student, Richard, had seemed to like the class, but based on his final exam, Anna had to give him a C. Be that as it may, she hoped he would understand, but feared he would not.
“Hello,” Richard said as he arrived at Anna’s office to find out his grade. Reluctantly, Anna told him, and explained, “You haven’t been taking learning the material seriously enough.”
“Professor Graham, let me explain,” Richard said. “When I took your exam I had a 104-degree fever. I barely made it over here for the exam!”
At this, Anna was outraged. “You aren’t being honest with me, Richard. Five minutes after the exam was over, I saw you playing Ultimate Frisbee with your friends, running and jumping and screaming your head off!”
Crestfallen, Richard, who thankfully had turned 21 just a week earlier, walked disconsolately toward the bar down the street.
ANSWER:
MACBETH; OTHELLO; KING LEAR; HAMLET; TRAGEDY; THE BARD
Professor Anna Graham’s English student, Richard, had seemed to like the class, but based on his final exam, Anna had to give hiM A C. BE THat as it may, she hoped he would understand, but feared he would nOT.
“HELLO,” Richard said as he arrived at Anna’s office to find out his grade. Reluctantly, Anna told him, and explained, “You haven’t been taKING LEARning the material seriously enough.”
“Professor GraHAM, LET me explain,” Richard said. “When I took your exam I had a 104-degree fever. I barely made it over here for the exam!”
At this, Anna was ouTRAGED. “You aren’t being honest with me, Richard. Five minutes after the exam was over, I saw you playing Ultimate Frisbee with your friends, running and jumping and screaming your head off!”
Crestfallen, Richard, who thankfully had turned 21 just a week earlier, walked disconsolately toward THE BAR Down the street.
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 3
ReplyDelete2. TAKE A SWING AT THESE GOLF PUZZLES
(1) Which Hall of Fame golfer’s name suggests he was at a comparative size disadvantage?
(2) Players come and go, but one was indisputably the best of them. Who was it?
(3) The first and last names of which 1960s-70s PGA golfer suggest he might have had two non-golf occupations?
(4) What golf legend’s surname suggests he was a “magician of the links,” strong-of-arm yet sleight-of-hand?
ANSWER:
(1) Which Hall of Fame golfer’s name suggests he was at a comparative size disadvantage?
Answer:
GENE LITTLER
(2) Players come and go, but one was indisputably the best of them. Who was it?
Answer:
GARY PLAYER
(3) The first and last names of which 1960s-70s PGA golfer suggest he might have had two non-golf occupations?
Answer:
MILLER BARBER
(4) What golf legend’s surname suggests he was a “magician of the links,” strong-of-arm yet sleight-of-hand?
ARNOLD PALMER
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I don't know if you wil even SEE this question at this point, Lego, but when I saw the answer Gary Player after I'd posted my own (missing a lot this week) answers, I didn't get it! So his last name is Player....what does that have to do with his being the best of all time? [Oddly enough, I can 'brag' that once upon a time, when I was visiting for the first time ever in southern CA, someone took me to a pro-am golf event, and I actually got HIS autograph, as well as Arnold Palmer's. That's neither here nor there, I suppose....actually Gary Player was very kind to me at the time.]
Delete"Players come and go, but one was indisputably the best of them." He was the best of the PLAYERS because no one else named Player was as good as he.
DeleteOh, well, ok, Nodd. I had actually considered him as an answer, and then decided it must not be correct, because I was not thinking like you did!
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ReplyDelete3. COINING A PHRASE
Guess the following phrases that are heard in the news a lot from the clues provided. Letter counts for each of the words in the phrases are also provided:
1. Alterations to street-cleaning schedule.
2. Airport display of arrivals and departures.
3. Surges or interruptions in electrical power..
4. Terminate an attempt to grow bacteria.
5. Control lever in a Lincoln sedan.
6. Report of street dancing.
7. Dow Jones, mutual fund, return on investment, etc. (5, 7)
8. Using a pickaxe. (14)
9. Sometime around sunset. (2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3)
10. Stem of a head of lettuce. (3, 2, 3, 7)
11. Trimming a liner to fit the drawer, e.g. (7, 4)
12. Descriptions of Willie Mays’ outfield feats. (5, 7)
13. Advocacy of phoning. (7, 11)
14. Narrative of film processing. (10, 5)
ANSWERS:
1. Alterations to street-cleaning schedule.
SWEEPING CHANGES (8, 7)
2. Airport display of arrivals and departures.
SIGN OF THE TIMES (4, 2, 3, 5)
3. Surges or interruptions in electrical power..
CURRENT EVENTS (7, 6)
4. Terminate an attempt to grow bacteria.
CANCEL CULTURE (6, 7)
5. Control lever in a Lincoln sedan.
CONTINENTAL SHIFT (11, 5)
6. Report of street dancing.
BREAKING NEWS (8, 4)
7. Dow Jones, mutual fund, return on investment, etc. (5, 7)
STOCK PHRASES
8. Using a pickaxe. (14)
GROUNDBREAKING
9. Sometime around sunset. (2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3)
AT THE END OF THE DAY
10. Stem of a head of lettuce. (3, 2, 3, 7)
TIP OF THE ICEBERG
11. Trimming a liner to fit the drawer, e.g. (7, 4)
CUTTING EDGE
12. Descriptions of Willie Mays’ outfield feats. (5, 7)
CATCH PHRASES
13. Advocacy of phoning. (7, 11)
RINGING ENDORSEMENT
14. Narrative of film processing. (10, 5)
DEVELOPING STORY
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 5
ReplyDelete4. A TOURIST SITE WITH CHARACTER
The first and last names of a character from a 1960s TV series rhyme with a two-word European tourist site. Who is the character, and what is the tourist site?
(Hint: the character worked in the healthcare field.)
ANSWER:
CHRISTINE CHAPEL; SISTINE CHAPEL
5. POETRY CORNER, WITH (PROFESSOR) ANNA GRAHAM
Fill in the blanks to complete the verse.
The brethren ______ their ______ ______ anon.
Though sun like ______ glows, they journey on.
ANSWER:
SHADE; ASHED; HEADS; HADES
MENU
Proof Of Adherency Hors d’Oeuvre
Collection proves legitimacy
Take a word for an adherent or follower of a school of thought, pastime or pursuit.
Replace a vowel with a different vowel.
Insert a greeting someplace within the result to name a person whose collection is proof of their legitimacy as such an adherent.
What are these words: the general term for any adherent, and the more specific term for the person with a collection?
Answer
Disciple, Discophile
DISCIPLE => DISC+o+P+hi+LE
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 6
ReplyDeleteTwo Carnivores And One Herbivore Slice:
Literature worth consuming
Name three creatures – two carnivores and one herbivore. Rearrange their combined letters to get a name associated with literature worth consuming.
What are these carnivores, herbivore and name associated with literature?
Answer:
WEASEL, SHRIKE, IMPALA; William Shakespeare;
Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Entrees:
“Pope Leo In PeopLe? O!”
Will Shortz’s May 18th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Steve Baggish of Arlington, Massachusetts, reads:
Name a popular magazine. Rearrange its letters. Then add an O at the end and you’ll name a prominent subject in this magazine’s new issue. What magazine is it? Hint: You don't need to read this magazine in order to guess the answer.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Take the surname of a prolific puzzle-maker and his hometown. Rearrange these combined letters to name three things that might make contact with your body:
* an undergarment (5 letters),
* something (besides a cravat) an injured person might wear around the neck (5 letters),
* something hidden in the dashboard of your automobile (3 & 3 letters).
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What are these three things?
Answer:
Steve Baggish; Thong, Sling, Air Bag
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 7
ReplyDeleteEntrees #2 through #7 were composed by our friend Nodd.
ENTREE #2
Name a popular magazine and add an N at the end. Follow this with a space and a word for something that is found in the magazine. Capitalize this word and you’ll name a former movie actress. The magazine has featured several articles about the actress. What is the magazine and who is the actress?
Answer:
ELLE; ELLEN PAGE
ENTREE #3
Name a popular magazine. Rearrange the letters of the last two words of its name to spell two words to complete this sentence: “Readers of Runner’s World magazine often _____ about experiencing ____ problems when training for a race.” What are the magazine and the two words?
Answer:
[THE] NEW YORKER; WORRY; KNEE
ENTREE #4
Name two popular magazines with articles about popular magazines. The names of the two magazines start with the same word.
Answer:
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN; AMERICAN HUNTER
ENTREE #5
Name a popular magazine. Remove the fourth letter and rearrange the remaining letters to spell a two-word phrase to complete this sentence: “The magazine has published numerous pieces about publisher William Randolph Hearst and ___ _______.” What are the magazine and the two-word phrase?
Answer:
SMITHSONIAN; “HIS MANSION”
ENTREE #6
Name a popular magazine. Remove a T. Arrange the remaining letters to spell a two-word phrase describing a Disney character whose name starts with an M. Life magazine featured this character in 1958. What are the magazine and the two-word phrase?
Answer:
VANITY FAIR; VAIN FAIRY (Maleficent
ENTREE #7
Name a popular magazine. Spell the name backwards and add an H at the end. You'll spell something that the covers of and pictures in this magazine typically feature a lot of. What magazine is it?
Answer:
SELF; FLESH
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This week's official answers for the record, Part 8
ReplyDeleteENTREE #8
Name a popular magazine. Replace its ninth letter with a letter that precedes it – both in the alphabet and in the name of the magazine. Rearrange these letters to spell one of two 45-RPM recordings (each one an “______’ ______”) that might have been reviewed in the magazine had either been recorded in 1967 instead of in 1962. What is this magazine? What are the two missing six-letter words? What are the two song titles that qualify as an “______’ ______?”
Hint: One song involves a telephone, the other involves a dance.
Answer:
Rolling Stone; the two 1962 Orlons' singles: "The Wah Watusi" and "Don't Hang Up
ENTREE #9
Name a popular magazine. Replace a “u” with a pair of “o’s. Rearrange the result to get a two-word question similar to the one featured in a 1990s ad campaign designed to promote consumption of a beverage. What magazine is it? What is the question?
Answer:
TV Guide; "Got Video?" (which, if it were real, might have been patterned after the wildly successful ad campaign created in 1993 by the California Milk Processor Board designed to promote milk consumption)
(TV GUIDE – U + OO =TVGOOIDE = "GOT VIDEO?")
ENTREE #10
Name a popular magazine that promotes health. Invert its middle letter. Move the last letter to the front, replacing the first letter. Replace an “e” with a “p.” Insert a hyphen in the middle.
The result is an exercise featured in the magazine, with instructions on how to perform it properly.
What are this magazine and exercise?
Answer:
"Fitness" (magazine); Sit-ups
(Fitness => Fituess =>situes=>situps=>sit-ups
Dessert Menu
Suzie Q Dessert:
Tossed a pasta salad?
Take just the first word of a two-word pasta.
Replace its first two letters with the letter of the alphabet that they spell.
Move that letter to the end to spell what the pasta may be served in.
What is this pasta and what may it be served in?
Hint: The second word in the pasta is an anagram of the last name of the guy who once vanquished an alliterative opponent with a “Suzie Q.”
Answer:
Elbow Macaroni; Bowl
(Elbow Macaroni: LBOW => BOW+L => BOWL)
Optional Hint: Boxer (Rocky) Marciano once knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott with his signature “Suzie Q” punch.
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I loved the Marciano/macaroni anagram. Since it wasn't his real name, I wonder if he thought about that before he took that name. "Rocky, we gonna name you after macaroni, hokay?"
DeleteNoddWhoIs1/2ItalianAndHasADaughterInRomeButOnlyEatsWholeGrainPastaWhichMostItaliansDespise
Thanks, Nodd.
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