“My Mother is my Friend, my Mommy is my Buddy”; Political tactics vs creature comforts; Breakfast with the Bard; Time on your fingers but not on your hands?; “...It’s good to reach the green green ryegrass of Augusta”; “Voiding a ‘Chase’, Avoiding a chase... Voiding banks of all portraits of Salmon P. Chase?”

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Schpuzzle of the Week (“...Back to the Few shooters?”):

“Voiding the ‘Chase’, Avoiding a chase... Voiding banks of all portraits of Salmon P. Chase?”

The DeLorean pulled into the parking lot  of a Chase Manhattan Bank in Manhattan, Kansas.

It did not display Kansas plates.

Two men exited the vehicle, entered the bank, committed a robbery with fingers on triggers, triggered an alarm (that did not disarm them), and exited the bank posthaste!

But before they could flee scot-free, a fleet-responding fleet of police squads greeted them with a symphony of sirens!

The  two hooligans grabbed their gats and hunkered down in prone positions in the DeLorean they had “borrowed” – one across the bucket seats, the other across the floor below him.

Serendipitously for them, “their” DeLorean’s gull wings allowed gunslingers seeking refuge in parked getaway cars to take pot shots at keepers of the peace from prone positions through the cracks between the doors and the floor!

Identify a series of consecutive “wordplayful words” in the previous sentence.

Mother’s Day Appetizer:

“My Mother is my Friend, my Mommy is my Buddy”

(Join us this Mother’s Day in celebrating those wonderful women who gave us the gift of life... and then nurtured it.

And what better way to do so than to enjoy a “Merry-Month Of-‘Mayternal’ Appetizer” from Bobby Jacobs. It is a loving tribute from a loving son, dedicated to his “dedicated mom!”)

1. Parallel Parental Pairings 

🍐What do the following pairs of synonyms have in common?

~ Mother, Mommy;

~ friend, buddy;

~ count, number; 

~ burro, donkey;

~ emulate, imitate;

2. A Duo of Trios

☘ 🎶Find a trio of synonyms with the same alphanumeric property as in #1, “Parallel Parental Pairings,” above.

Extra Credit: Find a second trio of synonyms with this same property.

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Up-On-The-Hill Versus Down-On-The-Farm Hors D’oeuvre:

Political tactics vs creature comforts

A delaying tactic lawmakers sometimes use sounds a bit like a two-word role assumed by a farmhand charged with taming a specific creature. 

A verb that is key to the success of that political tactic doubles as a noun that is key to the creature’s comfort. 

What are this tarrying tactic and the role the farmhand assumes? 

What is the verb that doubles as a noun?

Shakespearean Slice:

Breakfast with the Bard

Transpose consecutive letters in a word associated with William Shakespeare. 

Voicing the result sounds a bit like a three-syllable food. 

What are this Shakespearean word and food?

Riffing Off Shortz And Graham Slices:

“...It’s good to reach the green green ryegrass of Augusta” 

Will Shortz’s May 3rd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge, created by Chad Graham of Philadelphia, Pennsylvavia, reads:

Name a well-known comic actor (4,5) whose name is an anagram of two terms in golf (4 and 5 letters, respectively). Who is it?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Graham Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Fill in the ten blanks

of the image pictured here with:

~ a slang term of the a synonym of the slang term “pin” (3 letters), 

~ a synonym of “possessed” (3 letters), and

~ the catenary structure (4 letters).

Rearrange those combined ten letters to spell the name of a puzzle-maker.

What are these words, and who is the puzzle-maker?

Note: Entress #2 through #7 are contributions from our friend Nodd, author of Nodd ready for prime time on Puzzleria!

ENTREE #2

The last name of the lead actor in a one-season 1970s TV sitcom, followed by the last name of the lead character in a nine-season 1970s TV sitcom, is a two-word golf term. Name the actor, the character, and the golf term.

ENTREE #3

Take the last name of an actress who began her career with comedic roles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. 

Follow this with the last name of an actor whose best-known movie role was in a 1969 satirical comedy. 

Remove the third letter of the actor’s last name. The two last names together will now name a periodic golf event. 

Who are the actress and actor, and what’s the event?

ENTREE #4

The last word in the title of a 1960s musical comedy film, the last name of a mid-20th century TV personality with the third letter removed, and an alternative spelling of a famous film actor’s nickname are three related golf terms. 

What is the film, who are the TV personality and actor, and what are the golf terms?

ENTREE #5

The last names of a British-born actress, a British actor, and an American actor are three related golf terms. 

Who are the performers?

ENTREE #6

Name an American actress best known for her performance in a 1995 camp cult classic film (first and last names, four and seven letters). 

Rearrange to spell the last names of (1) a famous 20th century American golfer and (2) a main character in a 1970s comedy film that won multiple Oscars. 

Who are the actress, the golfer, and the character?

ENTREE #7

Name a well-known comic actress, first and last names, and change the second letter to a copy of the eighth letter. 

Rearrange to get two golf terms (four and six letters). The second term is also the last name of a famous 20th century golfer. 

Who is the actress and what are the terms?

Note: Entrees #8 through #10 are contributions from our friend Greg VanMechelen, author of Econfusions on Puzzleria!

ENTREE #8

Name a well-known comic actor (4,5) whose
name is an anagram of something you might
receive on your computer that might be NSFW (5 and 4 letters, respectively). 

Who is it and what is the term?

ENTREE #9

Name a well-known comic actor (4,3) whose name is an anagram of someone hooked on a legendary creature (3 and 4 letters, respectively). Who is it and what is the term?

ENTREE #10

Name a well-known radio host (4,6) whose name is an anagram of something that person might take for health (4nd 6 letters, respectively). 

Who is it and what is the term?

Note: Entree #11 is contributed by our great friend Plantsmith, author of Garden of Puzzley Delights on Puzzleria!

ENTREE #11

Name a well known actor whose name in part contains a golf-related term. 

Remove first letter of first name and last letter of surname. 

Now reverse the order of the remaining letters

of first name and switch first name with last to get a two-word arcade game.

Who is this actor?

Hint: The first word in the arcade game may describe a duffer who just nine-ironed his approach shot into “the drink” ...(no, not into his cup of Budweiser, but rather into the rearing pond adjacent to the putting surface!)

Dessert Menu

Bold & Brassy Dessert:

Time on your fingers but not on your hands?

Rearrange the letters in a two-word-fifteen-letter expression that means “brazen boldness.” 

The result spells two words that describe portable timepieces, made of red brass, that
are “handless,” but not “fingerless”). 

What are this “brazen bold” expression and pair of descriptive words?

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