“Vive la différence”; “Sleeping-bag no-no”; “Now, Presenting on stage...”; A pump implies the past; “Impeding a pet and a punt”; “Transparency At Last!”; “I love slander!” said the Love Islander; “Way Down Upon The Swami River?”

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Schpuzzle of the Week:

“Transparency At Last!”

Take a two-word 20th-century novel title by an author whose seven-letter name is an anagram of two words: a “mild expletive” and an old-fashioned way of saying “no.” 

Anagram the title to spell two longer words:

~ a surname prominent in a second author’s 20th-Century fiction, and 

~ the relationship of Beatrice or Frances to Bessie and Les (in a second work of 20th-Century fiction).

What are this novel title, “mild expletive” and an old-fashioned way of saying “no”?

What is the fictional surname?

What is the relationship of Beatrice or Frances to Bessie and Les?

Appetizer Menu:

Skydiversionary Appetizer:

“Vive la différence”; “Sleeping-bag no-no”; “Now, Presenting on stage...”; A pump implies the past;

1. ♚What is the difference between a consortium of male European royalty who were into philosophy and the failed attempt to help a relative in a time of difficulty?

2. 🏔Think of a two-word phrase describing something an adventurer would never want to be. 

Now make a homophone of that phrase
(altering the spelling of the first word) to describe something a serious mountaineer would never do to his sleeping bag. What are they?

3.🎙Think of a famous singer of the past. Move the first letter of his last name to the beginning of the first name. 

Now replace the last letter of the last name
with an A and an E and rearrange to make a new word. These two words will now visually describe his stage presence. Who is the singer, and what are the two new words?

4. ⛽Why is it every time I look at my small 12-volt air pump I am reminded of the 1700s?

Anyone know?

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A “Wiggy-Wammy” Hors d’Oeuvre:

“ ‘Toilet Paper’ is a Wipe, not a Weapon, Right?”

Bows and arrows, tomahawks, spears and war clubs are weapons that are sometimes, and
even often, found in tepees.

What weapon is always found in tepees?

Same-Old-Same-Old Slice:

“Way Down Upon The Swami River?”

Name a predictable daily occurrence.

Replace its third letter with the letters four and two places after it in the alphabet to spell something unpredictable. What are these two words?

Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Entrees:

“I love slander!” said the Love Islander

Will Shortz’s June 12th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, from Steve Baggish of Arlington, Massachusetts, reads:

Take the 10-letter name of a popular TV series for which most of its seasons have been filmed in a foreign country. Remove the first and last letters, and the remaining letters can be rearranged to spell the name of a country. What are the two names?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish  Entrees read:

ENTREE #1

Take the 12-letter name of a very popular, prolific and clever NPR puzzle-maker. Remove the first and last letters. 

The remaining letters can be rearranged to fill in the ten blanks in a phrase for what a Valentine’s Day sweetheart who is showered with towers of flowers from her beau must do:

“_ _ _  a  _ _ _   _ _ _ _!”

Who is this puzzle-maker?

What is the phrase?

Note: Entrees #2 through #7 are conundrums drummed-up/dreamt-up by our friend and riffmeister extraordinaire, Nodd.

ENTREE #2 

Take the three-word, 10-letter name of a popular TV show dealing with unexplained phenomena. 

Replace the last two letters with a B. Rearrange to spell the name of a country and
a name for a native of a second country. 

What are the show, the country, and the name for a native of the second country?

ENTREE #3

Take the three-word, 13-letter name of a popular fantasy-drama TV show. 

Replace the second letter of the second word with an L. Rearrange to spell the name of a country and a name for a native of a second country. What are the show, the country, and the name for a native of the second country?

ENTREE #4

Take the one-word, 8-letter name of a popular TV show dealing with espionage. 

Replace the third letter with the letter that immediately precedes it in the alphabet.
Remove the fourth letter. You’ll name a country. 

What are the show and the country?

ENTREE #5

Take the two-word, 11-letter name of a popular TV crime drama show. 

Replace the first and second letters with the two-letter abbreviation for an American film
and TV production company. 

Change the ninth letter to the next letter in the alphabet. Rearrange to spell a country. What are the show and the country?

ENTREE #6

Take the one-word, five-letter name of a
popular TV historical drama. 

Rearrange to spell a country. 

What are the show and the country?

ENTREE #7

Take the seven-letter name of a TV political drama series. 

Remove the first letter and replace the last letter with a copy of the next-to-last letter. Rearrange to spell a country. 

What are the show and the country?

ENTREE #8

Note: Entree  #8 is the creation of our friend and prolific riffmeister extraordinaire, a true “MVP” (Most Valuable Puzzle-maker) who goes by the screen name “Plantsmith”... and who has truly been a stalwart creative presence on Puzzleria! since “the Postcard Days” (well, maybe not QUITE that long!)... He is truly a  MuchValuedPlantsmith! Enjoy!

Take a two word title of a TV series mainly filmed outside the U.S. 

Take out four letters and mix to get a country. 

The remaining letters in order are an acronym for a  kind of  medical equipment.

What are this series, country, and medical equipment?

Dessert Menu

‘Sposing and Spoonerizing Dessert:

“Impeding a pet and a punt”

Name what may restrict a pet's freedom, in two words. 

Spoonerize and transpose these words to name what sounds like what may impede a
punt’s progress. What are these four words?

Hint: The accompanying image is misleading.

Every Thursday at Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! we publish a new menu of fresh word puzzles, number puzzles, logic puzzles, puzzles of all varieties and flavors. We cater to cravers of scrumptious puzzles!

Our master chef, Grecian gourmet puzzle-creator Lego Lambda, blends and bakes up mysterious (and sometimes questionable) toppings and spices (such as alphabet soup,Mobius bacon strips, diced snake eyes, cubed radishes, “hominym” grits, anagraham crackers, rhyme thyme and sage sprinklings.)

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