“The Lunatic in My Head...” Affixing a prefix, nixing a word! “Landing in Blanding? Not so outstanding?” Domestic “pound-paring” vs. “pound-packing” “Kissin’ in the Kitchen?”

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“The Lunatic in My Head...”

Name an adjective-and-noun description (in six and three letters) of a kindly dude, benevolent beau or compassionate popinjay. 

Anagram these combined nine letters to spell two words related to a current event. What are these four words and this current event?

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Affixing a prefix, nixing a word!; “Landing in Blanding? Not so outstanding?”; Domestic “pound-paring” vs. “pound-packing”; “Kissin’ in the Kitchen?”

Affixing a prefix, nixing a word!

1. Name a two-word movie franchise. 

Replace three consecutive interior letters with a 3-letter geometrical prefix. 

The result is a one-word movie franchise. 

What are these franchises and prefix?

“Landing in Blanding? Not so outstanding?”

2. Think of a famous singer – first and last names. Switch the first letters in the names.

Take second and third syllables of this result to, perhaps, describe in two words the town of Blanding in Utah.

Who is this singer?

What is the description?

Domestic “pound-paring” vs. “pound-packing”

3. Take an architectural feature of some houses that, over time, might help you and other residents lose weight.

Move the second letter back eight places earlier in the “circular alphabet stream” (see accompanying graphic). 

Drop the first and third letters. Mix the result to get something that may add some pounds.

What is this “possibly slimming” architectural feature?

What may “pack-on” a few pounds?

“Kissin’ in the Kitchen?”

4.  Name a storage container often found in the kitchen in two words (of two and one syllables). Ignore the second word. Replace first letter of the first word with a copy

of its second syllable’s first letter. Place a hyphen between those syllables.

The result is a sometimes-sign of deep emotional bonding.

Hint: Capitalize the first word of the storage container, but don’t “decapitate” it. Instead, do the opposite – “depedicate” it! The result will be a one-letter-shorter brand name of the container.

What are this storage container and sign of deep emotional bonding?

Extra Credit: Fill in the six missing letters in the Saturday Evening Post magazine cover caption, and explain its significance.

Note from Joseph Young:

I plan to post more puzzles on Friday, during the day.