Schpuzzle of the Week:
A pair of capes and a character
Each word follows the word “Cape.”
Rearrange the combined letters of these two “Cape-following” words to spell the name
of a fictional character, also from a Southeastern U.S. state.
What are these two Capes?
Who is the fictional character?
APPETIZER MENU
Slow, Sure, Sticky & Tricky Appetizer:
Long-running Radio, American Literature, Twice-Played, “Wand” a Washer? Divine Diva? Pop & Doo-wop, Meet Hannah Graham!
Long-running Radio
The first number is twice the second one.
What is the radio show?
What is the abbreviation?
What are the two numbers?
American Literature
2. 🎸Name a popular contemporary musical artist in two words.
Twice-Played
3. ♝♜♘♕Name something that can be played.
Take those five letters, and reverse them to get something else that can be played.
What can be played? What else can be played?
“Wand” a Washer?
What’s the brand name? What might you use to fix a washing machine?
Spell her first name backwards, and then replace the last letter of her middle name with a copy of her middle name’s second letter.
You’ll have a religious song. Her last name also has a religious connection.
Who is she?
What is the song?
Pop & Doo-wop
6. 🎜🎝Name a classic rock group from the UK. Add the letter that comes after the second letter of the name in the alphabet.
Rearrange the letters to produce the name of an earlier American doo-wop group. (Ignore the “The” used in the group’s name.)
Both groups had big hits with songs that have a two-word title. The first words belong to the same category.
The second words each contain the same amount of letters, and all of the letters except one are the same for both words, although in a different order. These common letters in a certain order spell a sound that can be associated with the UK group’s name.
What are the groups? What are the songs? What sound is associated with the UK group?
Meet Hannah Graham!
7. 🎩👒🪈Professor Anna Graham’s daughter, Hannah, enjoys her mom’s puzzles.
Fill in the blanks to complete the verse.
While Marie ____ cute
____’s horn does toot
A ____ of cool ____,
Some wearing hats,
But nobody plays the flute!
What are the four words?
What’s the movie?
MENU
“No, It Is O Perp!” Hors d’Oeuvre
Aquatics and Visual Artistry
Remove a preposition spelled backwards from the name a two-word aquatic creature.
The result is the name of a 20th-century visual
artist.
What is this creature?
Who is the visual artist?
Hint: The two-word aquatic creature is an anagram of a two-word term for ancient Western Hemisphere paintings and architecture.
Roamin’ Numeral Slice:
Snack on some salads and wraps
Name a two-word natural food used in salads or wraps.
replace it with a different Roman numeral.
The result is two nouns that are associated with each other.
What is the two-word natural food?
What are the two associated nouns?
Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Entrees:
Pedro can’t open six Palm Doors!
Will Shortz’s June 22nd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Bob Weisz, reads:
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Take the eight-letter name of a puzzle maker. Remove the space.
Finally, replace the 7th letter with the letter that follows it in the alphabet.
The result is a bird.
Who is the puzzle maker and what is the bird?
Note: Entrees #2 and #3 were composed by our friend Tortitude, whose “Tortie’s Slow but Sure Puzzles” this week’s featured Appetizer.
ENTREE #2
Name a director who has won a sweet number of Academy Awards.
Remove six letters (five of them consecutive) that can be anagrammed to spell a synonym of two consecutive words in the previous sentence.
The remaining letters in the director’s can be anagrammed to spell a part of a shamrock and a word related to shamrocks.
Who is this director?
What are the synonym, shamrock part and shamrock-related word?
ENTREE #3
One of their first names is a nickname for the other’s first name. Their last names sound the same, except that one contains an additional consonant sound.
Who are they?
Note: Entrees #4 through #9 were composed by our friend Nodd, whose “Nodd ready for prime time” is featured regularly on Puzzleria!
Take the name of a major film director. Rearrange the letters of his name to spell a two-word phrase describing his job, and an additional word that is the nickname of another major film director.
Who are the two directors and what is the job description?
ENTREE #5
Take the name of a major film director.
rearrange what remains to spell a two-word phrase that describes what the Oscars and Emmys are in the entertainment industry.
Who is the director and what is the phrase?
Take the name of a major film director.
Drop three letters of his name that spell a
number, and rearrange what remains.
You’ll get the name of a major film award won by this director, and a word describing acts often depicted in his films, including the one for which he won the award.
Who is the director and what are the award and the acts depicted in his films?
ENTREE #7
Take the name of a major film director.
acronymic name of a film awards organization.
This director was nominated for an award by the organization, but did not win.
Who is the director and what is the organization?
Take the name of an Oscar-winning film director.
His first name is the name of an award for best director given annually by a European film organization.
His last name, minus the first three letters, is part of the names of two other Oscar-winning directors.
Who are these three directors?
ENTREE #9
Drop the first director’s first name and the first
and last letters of his last name.
Move the new first letter of his last name to the end. What remains, followed by the initials of the second director, spell the name of a major film award.
Who are the two directors and what is the award?
Note: Entree #10 was composed by our friend Ecoarchitect, whose “Econfusions” is regularly featured on P!
Take the first and last names of a major film director.
Drop the last six letters of the name, and rearrange what remains.
You’ll get something no director wants.
Dessert Menu
Just One Solver’s Just Dessert:
Backspace! Delete! Transpose!
Spell a puzzle backwards.
(No, it’s not “El Z-zuppa!”)
Interchange the two vowels to form what one who solves the puzzle deserves.
What is this puzzle.
What does its solver deserve?
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ReplyDeleteTo place a comment under this QUESTIONS? subheading (immediately below), or under any of the three subheadings below it (HINTS! PUZZLE RIFFS! and MY PROGRESS SO FAR...), simply left-click on the orange "Reply" to open a dialogue box where you can make a comment. Thank you.
Lego...
QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteAlthough I saw the bird for Entree #1, Lego, I could NOT follow the letter switching. And the best I could guess was that it was supposed to be a two-letter 'pronoun' rather than a 'preposition.' Am I confused or not?
DeleteI also used a pronoun and not a preposition.
DeleteThanks for your editing, ViolinTeddy and Tortitude. I have changed my "Preposition" to "Pronoun" in the text.
DeleteLegoWhoOftenGetsHisPartsOfSpeechThatBeginWithTheSameLetterAllMixedUp!
I wonder what might be a cat lovers favorite movie besides Catwoman? And their least favorite?
DeleteAlice Cooper has a radio show? Who knew.
DeleteHINTS!
ReplyDeleteI made an error in Entree 6. You must change an S to a C before arranging the letters to get the answers. Apologies for the mistake!
DeleteI'd be remiss if I didn't thank you for the correction. I had two directors who were kind of working for #4 and #6, but not quite. Got one of them to work for #6 now, so I suspect the other is good for #4. Can't quite get there, though. I did have other possibilities that also don't quite work.
DeleteI hope you don't mind that Anna has a daughter now!
Quite the contrary. Anna appreciates your bringing her daughter's literary prowess to light.
DeleteApp hints:
Delete1. The show debuted during an upcoming holiday weekend in 1970. The final song played in the premiere episode was “Mama Told Me (Not to Come).”
2. For the musical artist’s second word, think of the fourth blank in App 6. The author who created the character also wrote a book whose title mentioned certain animals, ones that might be prey for the musical artist’s second word.
3. Replace the last letter in the first five-letter term with a duplicate of the second letter. You’ll get a shortened term for another item that can be played. Now reverse those letters. You’ll get some tasty treats, including if you put “Pop” in front. Additional hint: Both the first item in the original puzzle and the first item in this hint are proper names, and both are stringed instruments. They often precede the specific type of instrument when mentioned (e.g., you might say either “Farfisa” or “Farfisa organ”).
4. “Ah, the ______ of doing laundry! If you’re not careful, your favorite sweater may shrink or your colors may blend together.“ Replace the blank with a word that’s an anagram of either of the two six-letter words in the puzzle. Each word starts with the same letter.
5. The actress has a few other religious connections: 1) She played a character whose last name denotes an important title in the Catholic religion; 2) She played a character whose first name was a biblical one (note: 2/3rds of this name match the actress’ first name); and 3) She acted in a movie whose title is also the name of a book in the Bible. The actress’ birthday is on an upcoming (secular!) holiday (see App 1).
6. In keeping with the upcoming holiday theme, a fictional song called “Red Mood” might make an appropriate third song. Take the first letter of the name of the UK group, the second letter of the second word of each song title, and the first letter of the first word of the UK song title. You’ll have the animal that produces a product that contains the name of the UK group, as well as the sound in the puzzle.
7. “Ev’rybody wants to be” one of the critters in the fourth blank.
Entree hints:
2. While, technically, the director has won only one of these awards, at least 20 people have won them for work on his films. His most recent nomination was for a film whose title ends in the same word as the last word of the doo-wop song title in App 6.
3. One of the directors shares a surname with someone who played a chocolate factory owner and someone who wrote about life on the prairie.
SUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 4-9:
Delete4. The first director’s first name, minus the first letter, is an anagram of a traffic sign. The second director has had a rocky career.
5. The director’s three initials are the popular name of an airline. The second and third letters of his first name, backwards, are the popular name of one of his most famous movies.
6. (NOTE: As per my previous comment in this section, you must change an S to a C before arranging the letters to get the answers.) The director’s first name is a purple bird or a B-26. The award anagrams to sea mammals.
7. The director’s most famous film was about a feral cluster of guys.
8. Ring my friend, the doctor.
9. The first director’s first name anagrams to an organ. The second director’s initials anagram to something you fish with.
LATE SUNDAY EARLY MONDY HINTS:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
A pair of capes and a character
One of the Capes begins with something worn on the noggin. The other Cape begins with the first name of a character in the play "Mornings at Seven."
Appetizer Menu
See Tortitude's Appetizer hints, above, in her June 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM comment.
“No, It Is O Perp!” Hors d’Oeuvre
Aquatics and Visual Artistry
The first puzzle of mine that Will Shortz used on NPR was based on the rhyming of this aquatic creature with a Southwestern U.S. city.
Roamin’ Numeral Slice:
Snack on some salads and wraps
A moraine is an earth form.
Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Entrees:
Pedro couldn’t open 6 Palm Doors!
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
The bird has the same name as a former American test pilot and astronaut.
Note: Entrees #2 and #3 were composed by our friend Tortitude, whose “Tortie’s Slow but Sure Puzzles” this week’s featured Appetizer. Tortitude's two riff hints appear just below her Appetizer hints in her June 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM post.
Note: Entrees #4 through #9 were composed by our friend Nodd, whose “Nodd ready for prime time” is featured regularly on Puzzleria!. His six riff hints appear in his June 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM post.
Note: Entree #10 was composed by our friend Ecoarchitect, whose “Econfusions” is a regularly featured Appetizer on P! (I, Lego, shall presume to provide a hint...):
Comfy living room furniture + a dome-like structure atop a building.
Just One Solver’s Just Dessert
Backspace! Delete! Transpose!
Take legal action against your adversary...
to procure monetary compensation...
thereby completing a brilliant, highly successful legal tour de France... oops, we mean "tour de force!
LegoVelocipedingOuttaControl!
Thanks for the hints. I think I've finished everything now. I had the right answer for the Slice all along, but now I have why the words are connected. For Entree #4, I wasn't on the right track at all (more on Wednesday), but now I even understand the pictures.
DeleteI don't understand all of the hints, but that's par for the course. It's possible some of my other answers are alts.
My thanks for the hints as well. I wouldn't have gotten Apps 1, 2, 4 or 6 but for the hints, and probably not the Slice either.
DeleteJust so you know, especially in the case of the director in #5, if you drop "all but three letters" in his last name, there is no way in Heaven or on Earth you can get a "two-word phrase". I did, however, find one word you can get from his last name which would perfectly describe the Emmy or the Oscar(or any important award as such, really...especially when one is nominated to receive it).
DeletepjbHas"AllBut"Solved#5(Basically,He'sSolvedTheHint!)
Got one director in #9, but cannot find ANYTHING about the other with the initials. Have figured out what we're trying to spell using both(see also the answer to last week's Sunday Puzzle), but just can't get the other director's name. Read this carefully, Nodd: I need SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY to go on about said director besides the fact this guy's initials can be rearranged to spell what a fisherman uses. I have "all but" the other director's name. Think of something else I can use here!
DeletepjbJustYelledAtHisMomALittleTooLoudlyAnsweringHerCallToSupper,AndHeIsNoneTooPleasedHavingDoneSo
PJB: The first sentence of Entree 5 -- "Take the name of a major film director" -- means first and last names. Sounds like you have the right letters for the other director in 9. I suggest you search online for a director with those initials.
Deletepjb, one of the films that the second director in #9 directed shares its name with one of the emotions from Inside Out.
DeleteToriteWhoKindOfWishesItWasHerGirlAnxiety,ButSheDIdn'tShowUpUntilInsideOut2
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DeleteTortie, thank you. Nodd, no thank you.
DeletepjbHopesY'AllCan'tReadFasterThanHeCanDelete!
PUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteOne of the Schpuzzle's “Cape-following” words is also part of the name of a religious institution in the same state. The surname of the founder of that institution was, for a time, the name of another Cape in the same state. What is that Cape called now?
DeleteGreat riff, Paul.
DeleteThanks for posting it.
LegoTugboatingOnClarkKent'sCape!
Cape Canaveral was known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973.
DeleteDr. D. James Kennedy (no relation to JFK) founded Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale in 1959.
The city of Cape Coral is on the other side of the peninsula.
Cape Hatteras is in North Carolina.
Scarlett O'Hara was from Clayton County, a little south of Atlanta
MY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteThings aren't much better this week than last week. The only things I could solve were Entrees 1, 2 and 3, plus (instantaneously..which I assume it will be for others, as well), The Dessert. I'm actually unable to face the endless lists of movie Directors for all the rest of the entrees, so I haven't even read them. Sorry, guys.
DeleteVT, please give App 5 a try. I think App 7 is very easy as well. Not to say too much, but I think one of the other Apps is right up your alley (and it's not App 1, which is right up pjb's alley)!
DeleteStill need the Slice and Entrees #4 and #6. I thought I was getting somewhere with the Slice, but my altered first word doesn't relate to the second word of the food item, at least I can see.
DeleteTortie, I have had no chance to even look at P! in the last 3 days, but just now, did see your hint for App #3 (which I had suspected was the one you felt was up my alley. HOW RIGHT YOU WERE! My drooling alley is more like it...dream on, dream on....anyway, I love it!
DeleteBy contrast, I had never even heard of the radio show in App #1, so that was unsolvalbe completely until I read your hint.
Glad you liked it, VT! Yes, not many people have this item or have even played it, but the ones who have, love it.
DeleteTortieWhoNotesThatTheBackwardsItemIsMuch,MuchCheaperForThoseOnABudget
Well, Tortie, one can dream...and dream I have! Of course, the supply is so small, that even if a person had all the money in the world, it would still be hard to come by one. So I have to reduce my dream to the hope of some day, at least HEARING one live!
DeleteIF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT DO NOT PERTAIN TO ANY OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES ABOVE, YOU MAY WRITE THEM BELOW THIS POST. THANK YOU.
ReplyDeletePlease ignore the part in App 1 about how the show used to be known by an abbreviated version. Apparently, the abbreviated form is still being used. When I initially constructed the puzzle, I found a source that said the abbreviation was no longer being used. So either that source was wrong, or it was right, but the abbreviated form made a comeback later.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has recently come back to listening to reruns of this particular show online(and will most likely be listening in a few minutes while taking a shower), I must say I don't recall the abbreviated version of its name ever not being used. BTW Tortie, you should know I totally solved this one a few seconds into reading it. Your first App and #5 were just that easy. All else, however, will require some research later this evening, or most likely tomorrow night after returning from eating out. A further BTW: The answer to App #1 is most certainly not "WWDTM", so we can take that one out of the running.
DeletepjbAlsoBelievesLongDistanceIsTheNextBestThingToBeingThere
I'm not surprised you got App 1. In addition to App 5, I think App 7 is the easiest.
DeleteIt's so strange about the abbreviation. I think I found that trivia on the Wikipedia page. I even wrote out the date when the switch supposedly occurred. And when I went to check it yesterday, I didn't see it there. I tried wading through the history of that page, but it made my eyes glaze over.
BTW, App 1 and App 5 have a rather interesting connection. I didn't even remember the App 1 connection until after I submitted this week's puzzles to Lego! (There's also a very subtle 2/3rds connection to App 6.)
Tort- I am reading Michael McDonald bio, "What a fool believes". Very good and I think you and others would enjoy.
DeleteI didn't know Mr. McDonald has had his biography(autobiography?)out lately. I do like his work. A great, unmistakable voice that adds that certain something to the songs of the Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Toto, Christopher Cross, and Kenny Loggins, and has helped make "yacht rock" the popular genre it is today. And of course, he's chosen to use the title of one of his best hits with the Doobies as its title. I'm sure it's a great read.
DeleteNow on to my official opening post:
Good Week-Before-July 4th to all upon this great blog!
Mom and I are fine. She says her occasional dizziness must be because she might be taking too much blood pressure medication, and she has talked with her doctors about it, but for the most part she is fine. Mia Kate said they didn't want to eat out tonight, so we decided to get Arby's. Mom got the cheese steak sandwich and potato cakes(I think she drank something here), and I had the half-pound roast beef, curly fries, a Diet Dr. Pepper, and a cherry turnover. I finished mine, but she's saving the rest of hers for later. We also watched "Celebrity Jeopardy" two hours ago. She never said anything about not recognizing the three celebrities who were playing, but I personally only recognized one myself. I also put away some laundry an hour ago.
In addition to Apps #1 and #5, I also solved the Dessert, even though I got a real case of deja by with that one. I'm pretty sure this same puzzle(especially the same wordplay)has been seen here before, albeit with an almost totally different wording of the puzzle. As always, I will look forward to seeing subsequent hints here within the next four days. Think of some good ones, guys!
Good luck in solving, and please stay safe, and I hope everyone else is having good weather, because we just had a storm pass through Jasper, and Birmingham(Jefferson County)has been under a severe thunderstorm warning this evening. Cranberry Out(but not out in the rain, of course)!
pjbNowHasThisAndOtherPuzzleWorkToContendWithThisEvening(ISureDon'tEnvyHim!)
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DeleteYes- imagine being faced with fatherhood in the 8th grade. "What a fool believes." Did you see the meteor that fell in North GA?
DeleteAlmost forgot I solved Entree #1! Didn't remember until I saw it again. BTW Tortie, the two directors I found for Entree #3, while they perfectly fit the wordplay as described in the puzzle, one of them did NOT win back-to-back Oscars at all, and the other did win back-to-back Oscars on TWO separate occurrences. You said you had trouble with the sources in App #1? Sounds like you had source trouble here, too.
ReplyDeleteNodd and Eco: Y'all better have great hints for your puzzles. I got nothin' so far.
pjbIsGladHeFinallyDecidedToPressDeleteOnHisLastComment(YouDon'tWannaKnow!)
pjb, they won back-to-back Oscars compared to each other. Each one won multiple Oscars overall. If you look through the Wikipedia article, you'll see one highlighted denoting a win, following by the other in the next year. I just scrolled through the list again, and - what do you know? - the two directors did it twice! The other time around it was in the opposite order, so luckily, the way I worded the puzzle is valid for either time!
DeleteSorry for the confusion! BTW, I think you can solve Eco's puzzle without a hint. All you have to do is look at the other blog.
TortieWhoThinksHerWordingSkillsNeedMoreHelpThanHerSourcingSkills!
One thing I do know: Your Appetizers and your Entrees were the easiest in the whole bunch. Solved 'em all, even App #6, and the "Anna or Hannah Graham" puzzles usually seem too tough to even bother with. BTW Of Nodd's, I may have correctly solved #7, but I had my doubts at first. Once I looked up the acronym, a certain director's name(with the first name and two consecutive letters in the last)did come to mind. Won't say anything more than this director's work has been considered by many to be graphic. "And that's all I have to say about that."
DeletepjbAlsoKnowsTheDirectorDidNotDirectTheFilmFromWhenceMyAboveQuoteCame
I have searched maps of the Southeastern United States thoroughly. Alas, there is no Cape Lego Pryme.
ReplyDeleteWell, go-o-o-llee!
DeleteThe South will rise again.
DeleteSCHPUZZLE–CORAL, HATTERAS; SCARLETT O’HARA
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS--1. AMERICAN TOP 40; AT40; 80, 40
2. DOJA CAT; TOM JOAD
3. STRAD; DARTS
4. PERSIL; PLIERS
5. EVA MARIE SAINT; AVE MARIA
6. CREAM; THE MARCELS; WHITE ROOM; BLUE MOON; “MOO”
7. ACTS, SCAT, CAST, CATS; “THE ARISTOCATS”
HORS D’OEUVRE–MANTA RAY; MAN RAY
SLICE–ROMAINE HEART; ROMANCE, HEART
ENTREES--1. BOB WEISZ; BOBWHITE
2. MARTIN SCORSESE; OSCARS, STEM, ERIN
3. BILLY WILDER; WILLIAM WYLER
4. RIDLEY SCOTT; SYLVESTER “SLY” STALLONE; “TO DIRECT”
5. STEVEN SPIELBERG; BIG EVENTS
6. MARTIN SCORSESE; OSCAR; CRIMES
7. SAM PECKINPAH; AMPAS (ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES)
8. ROBERT REDFORD, JOHN FORD, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
9. BRIAN DEPALMA; DAVID O. RUSSELL; PALME D’OR
10. SOFIA COPPOLA; FIASCO
DESSERT–SUDOKU; KUDOS
PAUL’S RIFF–CAPE CANAVERAL
Schpuzzle: HATTERAS, CORAL, SCARLETT O’HARA
ReplyDeleteApp:
1. Happy Anniversary, AMERICAN TOP 40! (AT40; 80, 40)
2. DOJA CAT, TOM JOAD
3. STRAD (STRADIVARIUS); DARTS
4. PERSIL; PLIERS
5. Happy 101st Birthday, EVA MARIE SAINT! (AVE MARIA)
6. CREAM, MARCELS; WHITE ROOM, BLUE MOON, MOO 🐮
7. ACTS, SCAT, CAST, CATS; THE ARISTOCATS
Hors d’Oeuvre: MANTA RAY, MAN RAY
Slice: ROMAINE LETTUCE; ROMAINE, ROMANCE (Post hint: both ROMANCE and LETTUCE are related to hearts)
Entrees:
1. BOB WEISZ, BOBWHITE
2. MARTIN SCORSESE; OSCARS, STEM, ERIN
3. WILLIAM WYLER, BILLY WILDER
4. (Post hint: ) RIDLEY SCOTT, SLY STALLONE, TO DIRECT (Pre hint, I was trying to get Christopher Nolan or another Christopher to work with “Hitch” or “actors”, a bunch of directors also contain “cinema” but that also got me nowhere)
5. STEVEN SPIELBERG, BIG EVENTS
6. MARTIN SCORSESE (-TEN), OSCAR, CRiMES
7. SAM PECKINPAH, AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
8. ROBERT REDFORD, JOHN FORD, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
9. BRIAN DE PALMA, DAVID O. RUSSELL, PALME D’OR
10. SOFIA COPPOLA, FIASCO
Dessert: SUDOKU (-> UKODUS -> KODUS ->); KUDOS
Riff: CAPE CANAVERAL (formerly known as Cape Kennedy, D. James Kennedy founded the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church)
TortieWhoseInsideOut2CalendarShowsDisgustForJuly,PerhapsInHonorOfJoeyChestnutAndTheHotDogChampionshipOnJuly4!
Puzzleria
ReplyDelete7-2-25” 86 degrees. “It’s too hot baby”
SCHPUZZLE–
APPETIZERS--1. American TOP 40, AT40, 80, 40
7. Acts, scat, , cast, cats, “The aristocats;
E10. Sophia Coppola- Fiasco ( also coined by PJ- i believe).
What few answers I got, or even HALF got, amidst the hellish last four days:
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE: CAPE HATTERAS, NC; CAPE CORAL
APPETIZERS:
1. AMERICAN TOP 40 => AT40. => EIGHTY FORTY [I never heard of this show, so would have been impossible to solve without the hint, which allowed me to Google to get its name.]
3. STRADIVARIUS => STRAD; DARTS. [ I have a special teddy bear named in honor of these delicious violins!]
HORS D’O:
SLICE: I V X L C D M ROMAINE HEART => ROMA?INE
ENTREES:
1. BOBWEISZ => BOBWEISE => BOBWHITE
2. MARTIN SCORSESE => OSCARS; M R T I N E S E => STEM, ERIN
3. WILLIAM WYLER and BILLY WILDER
DESSERT: SUDOKU => KUDOS
Yes --what a week. Including Kohberger trial in Idaho. Miracle he was ever caught.
DeleteYou never heard of Casey Kasem?
DeleteSchpuzzle
ReplyDeleteCORAL+HATTERAS=SCARLETT O'HARA
Appetizer Menu
1. AMERICAN TOP 40, "AT 40"(sounds like 80 40, and 80=40+40)
2. DOJA CAT, TOM JOAD("The Grapes of Wrath", by John Steinbeck)
3. STRAD(Stradivarius violin), DARTS
4. PERSIL(laundry detergent), PLIERS
5. EVA MARIE SAINT(such as Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates), "AVE MARIA"
6. CREAM, "WHITE ROOM", (The)MARCELS, "BLUE MOON"; Both song titles begin with a color, and both titles end with words containing the letters M and two Os. Cream is a dairy item which comes from a cow, which makes the sound "MOO".
7. ACTS, SCAT, CAST, CATS, "THE ARISTOCATS"
Menu
"No, It Is O Perp!" Hors d'Oeuvre
MANTA RAY-AT reversed=MAN RAY
Roamin' Numeral Slice
ROMAINE HEART(lettuce), ROMANCE, HEART; The I in ROMAINE is the number one in Roman numerals, and it must be changed to a C, which is the Roman numeral for 100.
Entrees
1. BOB WEISZ, BOB WHITE[Fun fact: While I didn't know about the two men Lego suggested in the hint being named BOB WHITE, I do remember in my youth, as the Sunday Birmingham News used to run cryptograms every week(four each week by four different cryptographers), they did in fact once feature one contributed by a BOB WHITE, who was further credited as being from San Francisco(CA).]
2. MARTIN SCORSESE, OSCARS, STEM, ERIN(Ireland, of course)
3. WILLIAM WYLER, BILLY WILDER
4. RIDLEY SCOTT, "TO DIRECT", SLY(Sylvester Stallone)
5. STEVEN(Allan)SPIELBERG(his initials, SAS, spell the abbreviation for Scandinavian Airlines), BIG EVENTS(BTW Let me reread the first part of the instructions, following "Take the...director", for this one, if I may:
"Drop all but three letters of his last name"
At no point, in any of this puzzle, was there any mention whatsoever of what to do with the FIRST name. Simply "rearrange what remains". This should have been followed by "including the first name". Or perhaps even a separate sentence: "This includes the first name as well." One cannot just assume "first and last names" are both included in the anagram, if there is no mention at all of the first name to begin with in the instructions. Such happened here, so I initially only had BIG as an answer. When I saw that Nodd had told me to look for "first and last names", I felt my intelligence had been insulted. This explains why a few of my responding comments were quickly deleted "by the author". And I certainly won't bother to repeat, or even try to remember verbatim anything I wrote. Let's just say I was displeased, and move on.)
6. MARTIN SCORSESE(again),-TEN=OSCAR, CRIMES
7. SAM PECKINPAH, AMPAS(Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
8. ROBERT REDFORD, JOHN FORD, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA(Ring my friend the doctor?)
9.BRIAN DE PALMA, DAVID O. RUSSELL, PALME D'OR(remember last week's Sunday Puzzle?)
10. SOFIA COPPOLA, FIASCO(Eco, I think I should've shared the credit on this one. See also last week's Sunday Puzzle.)
Just One Solver's Just Dessert
SUDOKU, KUDOS
"Ring my friend the doctor"? Why do I get the feeling even when Nodd finally explains that one I still won't get it?-pjb
PJB, sorry if I offended you in my previous post. "Ring my friend the doctor" was a reference to "Dr. Robert" by the Fab Four.
DeleteI was confused by that as well. I've heard the song before but couldn't remember any lyrics other than "Dr. Robert." But the answer I had seemed like it must be right, so I didn't care too much about the hint. Same thing with the Dessert - is the hint "Sue ???".
Deletepjb, normally I also wouldn't know if both names would be used if not specified, But if you're told to drop all but three letters from the last name, I think you could pretty safely assume that the first name also needs to be involved.
In any case, if something doesn't seem right or is unclear to you, put it in the Questions section like VT did.
This week's official answers for the record, part 1
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A pair of capes and a character
Take two words on the map of the Southeastern United States.
Each word follows the word “Cape.”
Rearrange the combined letters of these two words to spell the name of a fictional character, also from a Southeastern U.S. state.
What are these two capes?
Who is the fictional character?
Answer:
Cape Hatteras, (North Carolina), Cape Coral (Florida); Scarlett O'Hara
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2
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Slow, Sure, Sticky & Tricky Appetizer:
Radio, American Lit, Twice-Played, “Wand” a Washer? Divine Diva? Pop & Doo-wop, Meet Hannah Graham!
1. Think of a long-running radio show. The show used to be known by an abbreviated nickname as well. If you say the abbreviation out loud, it will sound like two numbers. The first number is twice the second one.
What is the radio show? What is the abbreviation? What are the two numbers?
Answer:
AMERICAN TOP 40; AT40; 80, 40
2. Name a popular contemporary musical artist in two words. Rearrange the letters of the first word. Change the second word, which is the name of an animal, to the male version of the animal. Swap the order of the words. You’ll have a well-known character from American literature. Who is the musical artist? Who is the character?
DOJA CAT; TOM JOAD
3. Name something that can be played. This item is sometimes called by its first five letters. Take those five letters, and reverse them to get something else that can be played.
What can be played? What else can be played?
Answer:
STRADIVARIUS; DARTS
4. Rearrange the brand name of something you’d put into a washing machine to produce something you might use to fix a washing machine.
What’s the brand name? What might you use to fix a washing machine?
Answer:
PERSIL; PLIERS
5. Think of a famous actress. Spell her first name backwards, and then replace the last letter of her middle name with a copy of her middle name’s second letter. You’ll have a religious song. Her last name also has a religious connection.
Who is she? What is the song?
Answer:
EVA MARIE SAINT; AVE MARIA
6. Name a classic rock group from the UK. Add the letter that comes after the second letter of the name in the alphabet. Also add the letter that comes before the last letter of the name in the alphabet. Rearrange the letters to produce the name of an earlier American doo-wop group. (Ignore the “The” used in the group’s name.)
Both groups had big hits with songs that have a two-word title. The first words belong to the same category. The second words each contain the same amount of letters, and all of the letters except one are the same for both words, although in a different order. These common letters in a certain order spell a sound that can be associated with the UK group’s name. What are the groups? What are the songs? What sound is associated with the UK group?
Answer:
CREAM, MARCELS; WHITE ROOM, BLUE MOON; MOO
7. Professor Anna Graham’s daughter, Hannah, enjoys her mom’s puzzles. She’s decided to write her own about one of her favorite Disney+ classic movies.
Fill in the blanks to complete the verse.
While Marie ____ cute
____’s horn does toot
A ____ of cool ____,
Some wearing hats,
But nobody plays the flute!
What are the four words? What’s the movie?
Answer:
ACTS, SCAT, CAST, CATS; THE ARISTOCATS
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This week's official answers for the record, part 3
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“No, It Is O Perp!” Hors d’Oeuvre
Aquatics and Visual Artistry
Remove a preposition spelled backwards from the name a two-word aquatic creature.
The result is the name of a 20th-century visual artist.
What is this creature?
Who is the visual artist?
Optional Hint: The two-word aquatic creature is an anagram of a two-word term for ancient Western Hemisphere paintings and architecture.
Answer:
Manta Ray; Man Ray
Hint: Mayan Art
Roamin’ Numeral Slice:
Snack on some salads and wraps
Name a two-word natural food used in salads or wraps.
The fifth letter of the first word is a Roman numeral. Move it into the sixth position and replace it with a different Roman numeral. The result is two compatible nouns THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE ANOTHER.
What is the two-word natural food?
What are the TWO ASSOCIATED NOUNS?
Answer:
Romaine Heart; Romance, Heart
ROMAINE=> ROMANIE=> ROMANCE
Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Entrees:
Pedro couldn’t open 6 Palm Doors!
Will Shortz’s June 22nd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Bob Weisz, reads:
Take the name of a major film director. Drop the last six letters of his name, and rearrange what remains. You’ll get the name of a major film award for which this director has been nominated six times. Who is he and what is the award?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Take the eight-letter name of a puzzle maker. Remove the space.
Replace the 8th letter with the 5th letter and place in the fifth position a consonant that precedes that original 5th letter in the spelling of a common two-letter pronoun. Finally, replace the 7th letter with the letter that follows it in the alphabet.
The result is a bird.
Who is the puzzle maker and what is the bird?
Answer:
Bob Weisz; Bobwhite
BOB WEISZ => BOBWEISZ => BOBWHISE => BOBWHITE
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
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ENTREE #2
Name a director who has won a sweet number of Academy Awards. Remove six letters (five of them consecutive) that can be anagrammed to spell a synonym of two consecutive words in the previous sentence. The remaining letters in the director’s can be anagrammed to spell a part of a shamrock and a word related to shamrocks.
Who is this director?
What are the synonym, shamrock part and shamrock-related word?
Answer:
MARTIN SCORSESE (winner of 16 Academy Awards); OSCARS (synonym of Academy Awards); STEM, ERIN
ENTREE #3
Name two directors who won back-to-back Oscars for Best Director.
One of their first names is a nickname for the other’s first name. Their last names sound the same, except that one contains an additional consonant sound.
Who are they?
Answer:
WILLIAM WYLER, BILLY WILDER
Lego...
Technically, Scorsese only has one Oscar, but he was nominated a bunch of times.
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ENTREE #4
Take the name of a major film director. Rearrange the letters of his name to spell a two-word phrase describing his job, and an additional word that is the nickname of another major film director. Who are the two directors and what is the job description?
Answer:
RIDLEY SCOTT, SYLVESTER (SLY) STALLONE; “TO DIRECT”
ENTREE #5
Take the name of a major film director. Drop all but three letters of his last name, and rearrange what remains to spell a two-word phrase that describes what the Oscars and Emmys are in the entertainment industry. Who is the director and what is the phrase?
Answer:
STEVEN SPIELBERG; BIG EVENTS
ENTREE #6
Take the name of a major film director. Drop three letters of his name that spell a number, and rearrange what remains. You'll get the name of a major film award won by this director, and a word describing acts often depicted in his films, including the one for which he won the award. Who is the director and what are the award and the acts depicted in his films?
Answer:
MARTIN SCORCESE; OSCAR, CRIMES
ENTREE #7
Take the name of a major film director. His first name, and two consecutive letters of his last name, can be arranged to spell the acronymic name of a film awards organization. This director was nominated for an award by the organization, but did not win. Who is the director and what is the organization?
Answer:
SAM PECKINPAH; AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
ENTREE #8
Take the name of an Oscar-winning film director. His first name is the name of an award for best director given annually by a European film organization. His last name, minus the first three letters, is part of the names of two other Oscar-winning directors. Who are these three directors?
Answer:
ROBERT REDFORD, JOHN FORD, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
ENTREE #9
Take the names of two major film directors in alphabetical order. Drop the first director’s first name and the first and last letters of his last name. Move the new first letter of his last name to the end. What remains, followed by the initials of the second director, spell the name of a major film award. Who are the two directors and what is the award?
Answer:
BRIAN DEPALMA; DAVID O. RUSSELL; PALME D’OR
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 6:
ReplyDeleteNote: Entree #10 was composed by our friend Ecoarchitect, whose “Econfusions” is a regular featured Appetizer on P!
ENTREE #10
Take the first and last names of a major film director. Drop the last six letters of the name, and rearrange what remains.
You’ll get something no director wants.
ANSWER:
Sofia Coppola → fiasco
Dessert Menu
Just One Solver’s Just Dessert
Backspace! Delete! Transpose!
Spell a puzzle backwards.
Delete the first letter of the result.
Interchange the two vowels to form what one who solves the puzzle deserves.
What is this puzzle.
What does its solver deserve?
ANSWER:
Sudoku; Kudos
LegoWhoSays"Kudos"ToAllSolvers!