Schpuzzle of the Week:
Two chains, two missing links
Place in alphabetical order a pair of two-word service-industry chains.
Appetizer Menu
“The Turtle and the Bunny race through the Country”
1. ⭐🐎 An animal appears in the name of a world capital. Replace the animal with a different animal. Change a letter outside of the animal’s name to the next letter in the alphabet. You will get another world capital.
What are these two world capitals?
What are these world capitals?
MENU
Folk-Heroic Hors d’Oeuvre:
“Copy-Cattle?”
Remove one letter from one and three consecutive letters from the other, leaving two words associated with a folk hero.
What are these four words?
Who is the folk hero?
Unique & Extraordinary Slice:
???? – (one r) = (π + e + s) = pies!
What is the word?
What is the result when you remove one r?
A Red-Herring Hint: The author of “O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _!” is an anagram of “Lilac Wreath.”
Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees:
“We’ve got Ed Pegged as a Puzzle Wiz!”
The onetime country duo “Montgomery Gentry” and the classic song “Go on With the Wedding” have a very unusual wordplay property in common. What is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Print in lowercase letters the past tense of a Northern-England-dialect verb that means “to sprinkle or moisten.”
Rearrange the result to spell (in lowercase letters, like the poet “e.e. cummings”) the name of a talented puzzle-maker.
What is this verb that means “sprinkled or moistened”? Who is this this puzzle-maker?
(Note: Entrees #2 through #7 were composed by our friend Nodd. Our thanks!)
Think of the names of two musical duos.
One was formed in 1997 and the other in 2001.
Take the second word of each name and insert “and” between them to get the title of a 1972 hit song by a well-known rock band formed in 1967.
Who are the duos and what is the song?
Think of the titles of a famous eighteenth century opera and a hit song from 1968.
They each have three words, one of which is in
both titles.
What are the opera and the song and what do they have in common besides the word their titles share?
Think of the first and last names of two well-known female vocalists.
The first came to prominence in the 1960s. The second released her debut album in 1971.
Their last names begin with the same letter and their first and last names have something in common.
Who are the vocalists and what do their names have in common?
Think of the names of a male and a female vocalist.
The male vocalist died young in 1971. The
female vocalist is still performing.
The first two syllables of their three-syllable last names sound the same but are spelled differently.
The nine letters of their first names can be arranged to spell the first names of two singers who died young in 1970 and 2024.
Who are these four singers?
Think of the first and last names of two male singers.
One has been active since 1963 and the other was active from 1967 until his death in 2017.
Both singers went by the same first name.
Their first and last names have something in common. Who are these two singers, and what do their names have in common?
Think of three singers, two females and one male.
The last name of one of the females is the first name of the male. Add to the end of that name the last two letters of the same female’s first name to get the first name of the other female.
Who are these three singers?
ENTREE #8
Name a puzzle-maker who may or may not be an audiophile. But, for the purposes of this puzzle, let us assume that he is.
We might identify this puzzle-maker using the following four-word phrase, in 4, 6, 6 and 4 letters: ____ ______, ______ ____.
This phrase contains a very unusual wordplay property.
Who is the puzzle-maker?
What is the four-word phrase?
What is the wordplay property?
An author’s best-known novel employs gothic elements such as abandoned castles, secret tunnels, and dark, misty moors where many a certain tract of soft, wet land can be found.
The 16 letters that appear in the name of this author (in 4 and 7 letters) and the tract of soft, wet land (in 5 letters) can boast a very unusual wordplay property.
Who is this author?
What is the tract of soft, wet land?
What is the wordplay property?
ENTREE #10
In the less physical sport of ____, however (a pasttime in which he occasionally partook as president), this former gridiron great once hit a spectator in the head with his driver-driven ball!
Michael, Jack, Steven and Susan, who were present in the gallery, whispered among themselves, “Did ___ ___?”
This president’s name contains 6 and 4 letters. The words in the three blanks each contain, respectively, 4, 3 and 3 letters.
Who is this president?
What is the less physical sport?
What are the missing words in “Did ___ ___?”
Dessert Menu
An Oasis in a Dessert (sic)?
“Doth ‘heavenly’ do thy body justice?”
Who is this poet?
What are the adjective and body of water?
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QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteThis has nothing to do with the puzzles this week. I decided to multiply out the 5π(e)squared, and it comes out to just over 116. Don't you think that by now (more than 10 years) you have probably served way MORE than that number of folks, Lego?
DeleteUnless I am completely picturing this wrong in my lil ole head, for Entree #1, it seems to me that one must not only rotate one letter 180 degrees around the Y-axis, but then do the same thing around the X-axis.
DeleteThank you, VT.
DeleteYou are correct. I will update the "PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe(squared) SERVED" lowball figure.
As for the x, y, z axes, I just changed the "y" to a "z" (hoping that would make a "d" become a "p". Thank you.
LegoWhoGetsDizzyAndFlummoxedWhenRotatingLettersAlongTheExAndWyeAndZeeAxes!
HINTS!
ReplyDeleteI've tried DOZENS of poets for the Dessert, and gotten nowhere. Until there are some hints to narrow down the innumerable choices, I am finished with making any more attempts.
DeleteThis was a poet who married a person whose surname was almost the same as the author of "Hamlet."
DeleteLegoShakespearean
Well, so far all attempts at Googling who that "almost the same" surname might be have come up with nothing BUT Shakespeare himself. So without Google's definitive help, I'm right back where I started...i.e. nowhere.
DeleteI found someone who was in a relationship with someone with "almost the same" surname, but apparently they didn't marry. I'm unconvinced by my answer.
DeleteThe poet's surname would imply they wrote on a grand scale, addressing weighty subjects.
DeleteAnd the poet's first name is an anagram of a verb meaning to cause complete destruction.
DeleteOoh, thank you, Nodd. After trying about 20 different verbs, I finally hit on the right one. Now to go actually solve the puzzle!
DeleteNodd, thanks for that. I now have the intended answer. Can you believe that there was more than one poet who had a romantic relationship with someone with that last name?
DeleteTortieWhoIsAlmostAsAmazedByThatAsSheIsByRiff#2InTheRiffSection!
I just got the Dessert, too! Easier than you'd think, considering our smoke detector is currently going off as supper is being prepared this evening.
DeletepjbNowHasToTryToEatWithThisNoise(PrayForHim)
Was supper even edible, after it was apparently burning?
DeleteSometimes the smoke detectors in our house are a bit too overly sensitive, and they'll go off even with normal cooking. Grilled cheese seems to be a common offender. In any case, usually it's easy enough to wave a newspaper at the alarm, press a button, or take a battery out (if desperate) to get it to shut up.
DeleteIn other news, I solved Entree #7 last night (not nearly as hard as I was making it, same as this week's NPR puzzle) and solved the Schpuzzle this morning. So now I just need to figure out the wordplay in Entrees #3, 4, and 6. It's possible I have the wrong entries for those as I really don't see any special connections.
The food was edible, and the smoke detector eventually stopped. Thank you for asking.
DeletepjbWillHaveNoSimilarProblemsFixingLunchInAFewMinutes
SUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-7:
Delete2. Sharp singers, sometimes flat.
3. The artists’ names contain the same four-letter word, but Los Lobos is not one of the answers.
4. D, N, R, S and B, N, R, T.
5. (1) Performed indoors; (2) Alda is; (3) City in Missouri; (4) First name backwards is deliverable; last name hurts.
6. T, M, J, N, S and T, M, P, T, T.
7. Last four letter of a weird musician’s accompaniment.
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DeleteLEGO PLEASE PROVIDE a hint for the Schpuzzle! [I don't personally need one for anything else, altho I know you always do a long list of them.]
DeleteOops, I should have said that I could still use one for the Hors D'O, too.
DeleteNodd, thanks for the hints. I finally figured out what #3 have in common. I may have #4 as well (is it the same property my first Riff answer has?). Still no clue on #6, though, unless it's something like they each have four unique consonants in their names or the same number of letters.
Deletepjb, Andrew Chalkin's puzzle is fine. Like usual, Blaine's hint will only make sense once you solve the puzzle. Sometimes his hints don't make sense to me even when I've solved the puzzle!
VT, for the Schpuzzle, both chains are in the hotel/motel industry. For the Hors d'Oeuvre, the first copying word sounds like the blank in "just the ___, ma'am."
Tortie, for Entrees 4 and 6, you may want to consult Pamela.
DeleteThe Sunday Puzzle answer finally came to me late last night. Disregard my earlier post about Mr. Chaikin. Sorry.
DeletepjbAlsoKnowsExactlyWhichCommercialSomebodyOnBlaine'sSaidTheySawTheActorAndCharacterOn(SoObvious!)
Tortie, thank you so much for the Hors D'O clarification. It turns out, as so often occurs, I had completely MISunderstood the directions. Somehow I'd been erroneously trying to find two copy-associated words that made the first and last NAMES of the folk hero! Now with your hint, I suddenly saw my mistake and solved it easily. Oddly enough, one of the former 'possibilities' I had written down (and mentioned somewhere above) is ASSOCIATED with the actual folk hero we were meant to come up with!
DeleteThe Schpuzzle I've still yet to tackle and won't have time to do so right now.
More hints:
Delete1. One of the animals is like the prime numbers in the 1300's.
2. One of the countries is inside the name of a country in #1.
1. Out of the centuries in the 1000's the century with the least primes is the 1300's with 11 primes. The century with the most primes is the 1400's with 17 primes. However, the 1300's starts with a lot of primes, like 1301, 1303, and 1307 are all prime. Then, there are big gaps like the prime gap from 1327 and 1361. The 1400's takes a long time to get to the first 2 primes, 1409 and 1423. Then, there are a lot of primes, including the prime quadruplet 1481, 1483, 1487, 1489. It is like the Tortoise and the Hare.
Delete2. Oman is in Romania.
Bobby, I'm glad you explained #1 to us. I couldn't understand that hint.
DeleteTortieWhoCouldn'tFigureItOutButFiguresThatBobbyIsAMathematicianWhoKnowsFigures!
PUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteSome riffs: I wrote #1 a while back, but I wrote #2-#4 yesterday. I think #2, was quite a find, although the note makes things a bit messy.
Delete1. Name a singer-songwriter whose biggest hit was with a 1980s group. Each letter in her name appears twice, except the second letter which appears only once. Now remove each duplicate and rearrange the letters to produce the name of a U.S. state.
Who is she? What is the state?
2. Take the song title “Go On with the Wedding.” Add two vowels and rearrange. You’ll have another popular 1950s song.
(Note: this puzzle matches the song title as originally presented on the record label. The title was later changed to match the lyrics better. In the new title, the first word is slightly different, and there’s a parenthetical part added to the beginning.)
3. Take the song title “Go On with the Wedding” again. Now remove the letters of the three-letter animal that was mentioned in the second song in the above puzzle. Rearrange the letters to get a famous book and movie.
4. Now think of a famous “Wedding” song by Billy Idol. Replace the fourth letter of the first word with a “D”. Now subtract the letters of that modified word from “Go On with the Wedding.” Add the original fourth letter of the first word, and rearrange. You’ll get the name of a popular 1970s song.
Thanks greatly for sharing those wonderful riffs, Tortie. You have great "puzzle-making chops!"
DeleteLegoAFanOfTortitude's"SlowButSurety"
"Though Jim was my true love I soon would Mary Fred. " Seriously? Talk about a two timer.
DeleteI love these story songs from the 50's. When I was a little one my favorite was "Battle hymn of New Orleans." Johnny Horton
DeleteNormally, the 1950s countdown on SiriusXM is only the Top 10 songs for a particular week; however, this week's countdown was the Top 5 on Memorial Day for each year, so 50 songs in total. (My app also glitched more than once, so I had to replay it a few times. :/)
DeleteThe final song played - #1 on Memorial Day in 1959 - was "The Battle Of New Orleans"!
TortieWhoHadPreviouslyNeverHeardOf"GoOnWithTheWedding"SinceItOnlyMade#11OnTheCharts!
Riff hints (do these belong here or the hints section?):
Delete1. While the answers are due on Wednesday, I think you’ll only need ‘Til Tuesday to solve this one.
2.🐶,🚫🐰🐱🦜⭐️🐟
3. “As ___ is my witness… I’ll never be hungry again.” is part of a famous scene in the move. Subtract the letters of the blank from "Go On with the Wedding' and rearrange to get the title of the movie.
4. "It's a nice day to start again" and to "do a little dance, make a little love."
Monday Monday Hints:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
The pair of two-word service-industry chains provide lodging.
Critters & Capitals Appetizer:
“The Turtle and the Bunny race through the Country”
See Bobby's hints, below, in his June 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM post.
Folk-Heroic Hors d’Oeuvre
“Copy-Cattle?”
The two words associated with a folk hero contain a total of four letters.
Unique & Extraordinary Slice:
? – one r = (π+e+s) = pies!
The word that means “something unique or extraordinary” is British, according to Merriam-Webster. It is an anagram of an ancient infamous fiddler.
Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees:
“We got Ed Pegged as a Puzzle Wiz!”
A word in the theme song for "Frasier" is the surname of the puzzle-maker followed, without a space, by his first name.
See Nodd's hints for his ENTREES 2-7, above, in his June 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM post.
(ENTREE #8
The four words in the four-word phrase, in 4, 6, 6 and 4 letters, begin with: W___ S_____, s_____ w___.
ENTREE #9
The author was Percy’s mate.
ENTREE #10
The president often joked that he was a ____, not a Lincoln!
The words in the two blank (“Did ___ ___?”) rhyme with "Bad" and with an "ancient city-state in Mesopotamia."
An Oasis in a Dessert?
“Doth ‘heavenly’ do thy body justice?”
The poet's first name is an anagram of a 4-letter synonym of "demolish."
LegoLateHinting
Now I've got Tortie's #4 Riff!
DeletepjbWouldLikeToThankTortieForSpreadingALittle"Sunshine"UponOurMerry"Band"
I seem to have misunderstood the Slice, though. Will explain Wednesday.
DeletepjbCouldPutAn[L]OrA[B]OrA[G]AtTheBeginningAndMakeThreeOtherWords(AndTheThirdWon'tRhymeWithTheFirstTwo!)
MY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteStill missing the Schpuzzle and Entree #7. Also, I'm unhappy with my Dessert answer - seems too generic. I'm also missing the "what do these things have in common" component of Entrees #3, 4, and 6. It's possible that some of my singers/songs are wrong. I hope when hints are given that there are also hints for "what do these things have in common."
DeleteLike you, Tortie, I am also still missing the Schpuzzle and Entree 7 (they must be the hardest this week.). BUt I also haven't managed to get the Hors D'O...i got two different possiblities, but in each case, can't make ONE word I'd need work out.
DeleteBut also like you, I am totally UNsure of the 'what do these things have in common' re some of the other entrees.
I forgot to mention that I thought Lego's Entree 8 was really clever!
DeleteVT, I'm unsure if you saw my message from above, but I did manage to solve the Schpuzzle and Entree #7.
DeleteEntree #7 isn't nearly as difficult as it seems. The first female singer has appeared in several NPR puzzles, as well as some puzzles on Puzzleria.
The Schpuzzle is a bit trickier. A space will need to removed for the puzzle to work.
For the Hors d'Oeuvre, the words associated with the folk hero differ in only their first letters.
Still stuck on "what this stuff has in common".
Yes, Tortie, I did see your comment above, just now. I've also seen Nodd's hint for #7, and came up with four letters (based on a hunch as to the musician he referred to...I could be wrong), but have yet to try to do anything with those letters.
DeleteHis #3 hint has me totally confused, tho, because he referred to 'artists' in it, but the puzzle wasn't about artists...it was about an opera and a hit song. Of course, perhaps 'artists" IS the mystery "thing in common?"
As to the Hors D'O, from what you state, neither of the two possibilities I came up with must be correct. And unless a nifty Schpuzzle hint is forthcoming from Lego, well, defeat will be in my near future, because nothing I've tried has worked.
The term 'artists' in the hint for Entree 3 means musical artists -- such as VT!
DeleteActually, Nodd, I do think that I managed to figure out the 'similarity' for your Entree 3, given the hint that you gave!
DeleteI forgot to thank you, Nodd, for your kind comment above (re musical artists!)
DeleteYou're welcome, VT. Are there any YouTube videos of you performing that we could listen to?
DeleteOh, the mere idea of that makes me chuckle, Nodd. The only 'recording' I ever participated in (other than high school Concert Choir, which was on old LPs) was TAPING the Mendelssohn Piano/Violin/Cello trio #1...and that was literally on cassette tapes (the pianist's husband had a big machine and did the techie part.). I know of no way to turn the cassette tape into a You Tube (not to mention, there is only audio, no video.) Sorry!
DeleteI am on Puzzleria!
ReplyDelete🐇💗 Yay, Bobby! Puzzleria is fun.
ReplyDelete'Tis always a pleasure to publish Bobby Jacobs' Puzzle Fun.
ReplyDeleteLegoAFanOfBobby'sPuzzles
💗 We think the 🌏 world of you, Joe! You bring joy to all those around you and very appreciated.
ReplyDeleteGood Friday to all upon the blog this week!
ReplyDeleteFt. Walton Beach was great. Went to the beach and the hot tub, missed the Lazy River. Had lunch one day in Dewey Destin, had supper one night at McGuire's Pub, forgot how big the portions are even with servings of boxtys(boxties?), bread and butter, and bean soup. The cable at the condo was updated, found a few good channels we'll probably never get here, found out you have to subscribe to get the Music Choice channels. Two radio stations in the listening area played mostly jazzy-sounding instrumentals, while a classic rock station actually played Boz Scaggs' 1977(late 1976)hit "Lido Shuffle". They probably play a lot more yacht rock like that, for all I know. Only rained once overnight, the night before we came home. Then we got caught in a terrible storm coming through Andalusia on the way home. I also bought two albums to play on my yet-to-be-opened new record player: "Donovan's Greatest Hits", and "I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus", by the comedy troupe the Firesign Theatre. Unfortunately, I finally opened the box with the record player, and there were no wires, electrical or otherwise, whatsoever. Nothing to actually provide power to play the aforementioned albums! May need Bryan to help me with this, I don't know. Anyway, great food on our trip, but it was not easy to share a bed with Mom. Her feet cramped up in bed, and I had to hear her complain about that for a few hours. She says she also had trouble getting out of the hot tub, and Bryan had to help her there. All in all, a great trip.
Solved the Slice, and Entrees #2, #3, #5, and #10. I would like to add that there appeared to be multiple possibilities for answers to #4, so if there's any way Lego and co. can help narrow that one down for me, I'd be happy to hear it. I also solved Tortie's Riffs except #4. Bobby, I'll have to check the world capitals list as soon as I get through here. I'm sure I'll find your answers in there somewhere, I just haven't got to them yet. Will be looking forward as always to any and all hints provided from all involved.
RIP Loretta Swit. The "Hot Lips" have been silenced.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and if there is anyone here on the blog who might want to stay for a few days in the Ft. Walton area, our condo would certainly appreciate your business. Let me know here on the blog if you're interested, and I'll be sure to tell Mom. Also, phone numbers will have to be exchanged. Cranberry out!
pjbCan'tRecommendMcGuire'sPubEnough,ItIsJustThatGood(Wouldn'tOrderThePeanutButterBurger,Though!)
Just got 'em both, Bobby! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeletepjbWorkedFastOnThose,ConsideringHe'sStillExhaustedFromTheTrip
A correction:
ReplyDeleteIn Bobby's Appetize #2, I made a mistake.
I have corrected it.
The third sentence should read:
Change a vowel outside of the animal's name to the next vowel in the alphabet.
and not:
Change a vowel that is not a part of the animal’s name to the next vowel in the alphabet.
So, the corrected version reads:
An animal appears in the name of a world capital. Replace the animal with a different animal. Change a vowel outside of the animal's name to the next vowel in the alphabet. You will get another world capital.
What are these world capitals?
My apologies to Bobby and to all puzzle solvers.
LegoMaleditor
I had had no problem solving Appetizer 2...in fact, unusually, the Appetizers this week were the easiest (to me) to solve. Hurrah.
DeleteHints:
ReplyDelete1. The countries that the capitals are in border each other.
2. The countries may or may not be in the same continent.
1. Bucharest is in Romania. Budapest is in Hungary. Romania borders Hungary.
Delete2. Moscow is in Russia. Muscat is in Oman. Russia is in Europe and Asia. Oman is in Asia.
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ReplyDeleteAnswers:
ReplyDelete1. Bucharest-hare+ape-c+d=Budapest
2. Moscow-cow+cat-o+u=Muscat
Schpuzzle: HOLIDAY INN, RAMADA INN, HOLIDAY, RAMADAN
ReplyDeleteApp:
1. BUCHAREST, BUDAPEST
2. MOSCOW, MUSCAT
Hors d’Oeuvre: FAX, XEROX, AX, OX, PAUL BUNYAN
Slice: (Post hint: ) ONER (-“ONE R”), nothing (alt: (-‘R’, ONE); (Pre hint I had PIONEER, PIE, which didn’t seem right because of the RED HERRING and was too easy/obvious! I had never heard of the word “ONER” before)
Entrees:
1. degged, ed pegg
2. THE WHITE STRIPES, THE BLACK KEYS, BLACK AND WHITE
3. THE MAGIC FLUTE, MAGIC CARPET RIDE, (Post hint: both artists have “WOLF” in them- WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, STEPPENWOLF)
4. DIANA ROSS, BONNIE RAITT, (Post hint: ) all consonants are in alphabetical order (alt:both last names end in a double letter) (Alt: BARBRA STREISAND, CARLY SIMON)
5. JIM MORISSON, ALANIS MORISSETTE, JANIS JOPLIN, LIAM PAYNE
6. TOM JONES, TOM PETTY, consonants in last name are in alphabetical order????
7. CELINE DION, DION DIMUCCI, DIONNE WARWICK
8. WILL SHORTZ; WILL SHORTZ, STEREO WHIZ; each letter appears twice
9. MARY SHELLEY; MARSH; each letter appears twice
10. GERALD FORD; GOLF; DAD ERR
Dessert: EZRA POUND, AZURE POND (alt: WB YEATS (who had a relationship with someone named Olivia Shakespear, but never married her); WEST BAY)
Riffs:
1. AIMEE MANN, MAINE
2. THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW (+IE, better known as “(How Much is) That Doggie in the Window?”. Who knew that two big Patti Page hits were near-anagrams of each other?)
3. GONE WITH THE WIND (-DOG)
4. GET DOWN TONIGHT (-WHIDE + T)
SCHPUZZLE – DAYS INN, HOLIDAY INN; DAYS, HOLIDAY (couldn’t think of one with part of the second word still there)
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS
1. BUCHAREST, BUDAPEST
2. MOSCOW, MUSCAT
HORS D’OEUVRE – FAX, XEROX; AX, OX; PAUL BUNYAN
SLICE – ONER; either BLANK or ONE depending whether you remove “one R” or one “R”
ENTREES
1. DEG; ED PEGG
2. THE WHITE STRIPES; THE BLACK KEYS; “BLACK AND WHITE”
3. “THE MAGIC FLUTE”; “MAGIC CARPET RIDE”; THEY WERE WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART AND STEPPENWOLF.
4. DIANA ROSS; BONNIE RAITT; THE CONSONANTS (D, N, R, S and B, N, R, T) ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
5. JIM MORRISON; ALANIS MORISSETTE; JANIS JOPLIN; LIAM PAYNE
6. TOM JONES, TOM PETTY; THE CONSONANTS IN THE LAST NAMES ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER; THE CONSONANTS IN THE FIRST NAMES ARE IN REVERSE ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
7. CELINE DION; DION DIMUCCI; DIONNE WARWICK
8. WILL SHORTZ; “WILL SHORTZ, STEREO WHIZ”; each letter is used twice.
9. MARY SHELLEY; MARSH; each letter is used twice.
10. GERALD FORD; GOLF; “DAD ERR”
DESSERT – EZRA POUND; AZURE POND
TORTITUDE RIFFS
1. AIMEE MANN; MAINE (Had not heard of her so needed the hint)
2. “THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW”
3. GONE WITH THE WIND
4. “GET DOWN TONIGHT”
SCHPUZZLE: HOLIDAY INN, RAMADA WY{N}DHAM => HOLIDAY, RAMADAN [This is the best I could tortureously come up with; technically Ramada has a third word, i.e.“Ramada BY Wyndham.]
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS:
1. BUC(HARE)ST => BUD(APE)ST
2. MOSCOW => MUSCAT
HORS D’O: FAX & XEROX => AX and OX => PAUL BUNYAN [Having completely misunderstood the directions, as so often seems to happen to me, I’d been trying to make: CLONE RAN???GER => LONE RANGER or BLU?E XEROX => BLUE OX work!]
SLICE: ONER => if you remove ‘one r’ you end up with no word at all. [Red herring hint: WILLA CATHER, O PIONEERS!]
ENTREES:
1. degged => ed pegg
2. THE WHITE STRIPES, THE BLACK KEYS => "WHITE AND BLACK," by Three Dog Night
3. THE MAGIC FLUTE & MAGIC CARPET RIDE; Composer WOLFgang A. Mozart & SteppenWOLF
4. DIANA ROSS & BONNIE RAITT in 1971. Four unique consonants in each name. [I’d also come up with DUSTY SPRINGFIELD & CARLY SIMON]
5. JIM MORRISON & ALANIS MORISSETTE => JANIS (Joplin) & LIAM (Payne)
6. TOM JONES & TOM PETTY; Each name has five consonants and three vowels (if one considers Y to be a vowel in this case.)
7. DION DIMUCCI [never heard of him]; CELINE DION; DIONNE WARWICK
8. WILL SHORTZ, STEREO WHIZ => another PAIR-ISOGRAM, like the NPR puzzle was: Double W's, I’s, L’s, S’s, H’s, O’s, R’s, T’s, E’s and Z’s.
9. MARY SHELLEY, MARSH => PAIR-ISOGRAM, two M’s, two A’s, two R’s, two Y’s, two S’s, two H’s, two E’s, two L’s.
10. GERALD FORD; GOLF; DAD ERR => Yet another PAIR ISOGRAM (not that Lego asked.)
DESSERT: EZRA POUND => AZURE POND
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TORTIE RIFF #1: AIMEE MANN => AIMEN => MAINE [I never heard of her OR her song.]
TORTIE RIFF #3: GONE WITH THE WIND
TORTIE RIFF #4: WHITE WEDDING => WHIDE WEDDING => GO ON T THE WDING +T => D E G G H I N N O O T T T W => ???? [There was a mind-numbing amount of possibilities in the various anagram programs.]
Ha...the irony re Tortie's Riffs for me is that "The Doggie in the Window" is the ONLY song I knew (from childhood, of course) whereas any other song/singer in her Riffs I had never heard of.
DeleteSchpuzzle
ReplyDeleteHOLIDAY INN, RAMADA INN, HOLIDAY, RAMADAN
Appetizer Menu
1. BUCHAREST, BUDAPEST
2. MOSCOW, MUSCAT
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Folk-Heroic Hors d'Oeuvre
FAX, XEROX, AX, OX, PAUL BUNYAN
Unique & Extraordinary Slice
ONER-"ONE R"=ZERO
(I did think it was supposed to be PIONEERS-"ONE R"=PIES, but I just now noticed the subtitle stated that.)
BTW "O PIONEERS!" was written by WILLA CATHER(Lilac Wreath).
Entrees
1. degged, ed pegg(Jr.)
2. THE BLACK KEYS, THE WHITE STRIPES, "BLACK AND WHITE", by Three Dog Night
3. "THE MAGIC FLUTE", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; "MAGIC CARPET RIDE", by Steppenwolf(both titles contain the word "magic", but both names contain the word "wolf")
4. DIANA ROSS and BONNIE RAITT(both names have all the consonants in alphabetical order)
5. JIM MORRISON and ALANIS MORRISSETTE, JANIS(Joplin)and LIAM(Payne)
6. TOM JONES and TOM PETTY(all consonants in both last names are in alphabetical order, but those in the first names are in reverse alphabetical order)
7. CELINE DION, DION DiMUCCI, DIONNE WARWICK
8. WILL SHORTZ, STEREO WHIZ(all letters are repeated once)
9. MARY SHELLEY, MARSH(again, all letters are repeated once)
10. GERALD FORD, GOLF, DAD, ERR(one more time: all letters are repeated once)
An Oasis in a Dessert(sic)?
EZRA POUND, AZURE(shade of blue), POND
BTW Last night I found out Lego had contacted me earlier to remind me that I was supposed to submit another cryptic crossword this next week, but being as busy as we've been lately, I didn't know for sure my next slot on the site was coming up...especially so soon! I was wondering when I would be finding time to submit another puzzle, but obviously, Lego has a much better schedule concerning this, so I'm sure glad he did remember to remind me, but then it meant I'd have to quickly email him the puzzle, of course. The problem is, being well into the week of said puzzle, there may not be enough time to get the puzzle ready for tomorrow's edition(packaging, images, introduction, etc.). So, my next cryptic may be tomorrow, or it may be next week. Just know y'all have been warned, and as soon as I get off here, I will be checking my Gmail for further information from Lego. Also, a week from this Saturday, we will be attending a family wedding. My cousin Tommy's son Austin(not to be confused with the boy Mia Kate is currently dating)will be getting married, and we haven't really even seen him or his sister Brooke in so long, last time they were both little kids. So this promises to be interesting, and after the condo trip Mom and I have now been concentrating on getting some new clothes for us to wear so that---as Mom says---"we won't look tacky". So just know that this is coming up next week, but all you have to be worried about is my next cryptic crossword. Got it? Good! Until tomorrow, then!-pjb
Oh, darn I almost forgot:
ReplyDeleteTortie's Riffs:
1. AIMEE MANN(formerly with Til Tuesday), MAINE
2. "THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW"("How much is that...?"), by Patti Page(1953)
3. "GONE WITH THE WIND", by Margaret Mitchell(book, 1936; movie, 1939)
4. "GET DOWN TONIGHT", by KC and the Sunshine Band(1975)
Please make a note of it. There may be a test later.-pjb
This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Two chains: two missing links
Missing links
Place in alphabetical order a pair of two-word service-industry chains. Delete the second word from the first chain and most of the second word from the second chain. The result is a category and a member of that category. What are these chains, category and member of that category?
Answer:
Holiday Inn, Ramada Inn; Holiday, Ramadan
HOLIDAY INN RAMADA INN => HOLIDAY RAMADA N = HOLIDAY RAMADAN
ANSWER:
Appetizer Menu
Critters & Capitals Appetizer:
“The Turtle and the Bunny race through the Country”
1. An animal appears in the name of a world capital. Replace the animal with a different animal. Change a letter outside of the animal’s name to the next letter in the alphabet. You will get another world capital.
What are these two world capitals?
Answer:
Bucharest (Romania)
Budapest (Hungary)
BUC+HARE+ST => BUC+APE+ST =>BUD+APE+ST => BUDAPEST
2. An animal appears in the name of a world capital. Replace the animal with a different animal.
Change a vowel outside of the animal's name to the next vowel in the alphabet.
You will get another world capital.
What are these world capitals?
Answer:
Moscow (Russia)
Muscat (Oman)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
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Folk-Heroic Hors d’Oeuvre
“Copy-Cattle?”
Take two words associated with making copies. Remove one letter from one and three consecutive letters from the other, leaving two words associated with a folk hero.
What are these four words?
Who is the folk hero?
Take two words associated with making copies. Remove the first letter from one and the first three letters from the other, leaving two words associated with a folk hero.
What are these four words?
Who is the folk hero?
Answer:
Fax, Xerox; Ax, Ox; Paul Bunyan (who wielded an Ax and whose companion was Babe the Blue Ox)
Answer:
Unique & Extraordinary Slice:
? – one r = (π+e+s) = pies!
Remove one r from a word that means “something unique or extraordinary.”
What is the word?
What is the result when you remove one r?
Answer:
Oner; Nothing at all
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oner
Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees:
“We got Ed Pegged as a Puzzle Wiz!”
Will Shortz’s May 25th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Challenge Puzzle, created by Ed Pegg Jr., reads:
The onetime country duo “Montgomery Gentry” and the classic song “Go on With the Wedding” have a very unusual wordplay property in common. What is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Pegg Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Print in lowercase letters the past tense of a Northern-England-dialect verb that means “to sprinkle or moisten.” Invert either the first or last letter of the result by rotating it 180 degrees along the z-axis. Rearrange the result to spell (in lowercase letters, like “e.e. cummings”) the name of a talented puzzle-maker.
What is this verb that means “sprinkled or moistened”?
Who is this this puzzle-maker?
Answer:
degged; ed pegg
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
ReplyDelete(Note: Entrees #2 through #7 were composed by our friend Nodd. Our thanks!)
ENTREE #2
Think of the names of two musical duos. One was formed in 1997 and the other in 2001. Take the second word of each name and insert “and” between them to get the title of a 1972 hit song by a well-known rock band formed in 1967. Who are the duos and what is the song?
Answer:
THE WHITE STRIPES; THE BLACK KEYS; “BLACK AND WHITE” (by the Three Dog Night)
ENTREE #3
Think of the titles of a famous eighteenth century opera and a hit song from 1968. They each have three words, one of which is in both titles. What are the opera and the song and what do they have in common besides the word their titles share?
Answer:
“THE MAGIC FLUTE”; “MAGIC CARPET RIDE”; THEY WERE WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART AND STEPPENWOLF.
ENTREE #4
Think of the first and last names of two well-known female vocalists. The first came to prominence in the 1960s. The second released her debut album in 1971. Their last names begin with the same letter and their first and last names have something in common. Who are the vocalists and what do their names have in common?
Answer:
DIANA ROSS; BONNIE RAITT; THE CONSONANTS (D, N, R, S and B, N, R, T) ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
ENTREE #5
Think of the names of a male and a female vocalist. The male vocalist died young in 1971. The female vocalist is still performing. The first two syllables of their three-syllable last names sound the same but are spelled differently. The nine letters of their first names can be arranged to spell the first names of two singers who died young in 1970 and 2024. Who are these four singers?
Answer:
JIM MORRISON; ALANIS MORISSETTE; JANIS JOPLIN; LIAM PAYNE
ENTREE #6
Think of the first and last names of two male singers. One has been active since 1963 and the other was active from 1967 until his death in 2017. Both singers went by the same first name. Their first and last names have something in common. Who are these two singers, and what do their names have in common?
Answer:
TOM JONES, TOM PETTY; THE CONSONANTS IN THE LAST NAMES ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER; THE CONSONANTS IN THE FIRST NAMES ARE IN REVERSE ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
ENTREE #7
Think of three singers, two females and one male. The last name of one of the females is the first name of the male. Add to the end of that name the last two letters of the same female’s first name to get the first name of the other female. Who are these three singers?
Answer:
CELINE DION; DION DIMUCCI; DIONNE WARWICK
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
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Name a puzzle-maker who may or may not be an audiophile. But, for the purposes of this puzzle, let us assume that he is.
Indeed, let us assume further that this puzzle-maker is particularly particular in regards to his speakers: their amperage, tone, quality, spatial placement, timbre and tweeter-and-wooferability, for example.
We might identify this puzzle-maker using the following four-word phrase, in 4, 6, 6 and 4 letters: ____ ______, ______ ____.
This phrase contains a very unusual wordplay property.
Who is the puzzle-maker?
What is the four-word phrase?
What is the wordplay property?
Answer:
Will Shortz; "Will Shortz, stereo whiz"; The 20 letters that appear in the answer consist of 10 different letters, each that appears exactly twice: "WIL(lower case l) SHORTZ, stEreo whiz" and "wi(lower case l)L shortz, STeREO WHIZ"
ENTREE #9
An author’s best-known novel employs gothic elements such as abandoned castles, secret tunnels, and dark, misty moors where many a certain tract of soft, wet land can be found.
The 16 letters that appear in the name of this author (in 4 and 7 letters) and the tract of soft, wet land (in 5 letters) can boast a very unusual wordplay property.
Who is this author?
What is the tract of soft, wet land?
What is the wordplay property?
Answer:
Mary Shelley; Marsh; The 16 letters that appear in the answer consist of 8 different letters, each that appears exactly twice: "MARY SHELley, marsh" and "mary shelLEY, MARSH")
ENTREE #10
Name a U.S. president who played Division I College Football, in six and four letters. In the less physical sport of ____, however, one that he occasionally partook of as president, this former gridster once hit a spectator in the head with his ball! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0vmpfbdIc34 Michael, Jack, Steven and Susan, who were present in the gallery, whispered among themselves, “Did ___ ___?”
This president’s name contains 6 and 4 letters. The words in the three blanks each contain, respectively, 4, 3 and 3 letters.
Who is this president?
What are the less physical sport?
What are the missing words in “Did ___ ___?”
Answer:
Gerald Ford; Golf; ''...Dad err?"
GERALD FORD, GOLF, "Did ___ ___ ?"
Dessert Menu
An Oasis in a Dessert?
“Doth ‘heavenly’ do thy body justice?”
Rearrange the letters in a poet’s name to spell an adjective and a body of water it might describe.
Who is this poet?
What are the adjective and body of water?
Answer:
Ezra Pound; Azure Pond
Lego!