P! SLICES: OVER (5 + 4) x 3 x 21 SERVED
(Thanks, PC)
Welcome to our
November 11th edition of Puzzleria.
I am still
working on trying to figure out the biggest puzzle of all lately… In the wake
Tuesday’s election I am experiencing flashbacks from 18 years ago, in
Minnesota, and 18 years before that, nationally: 1980, 1998, 2016… I guess
every generation elevates its Bonzos, bone breakers or Bozos via the electoral
process. But that’s not a very satisfying solution.
We feature this
week an appetizing conundrum composed by a legend of puzzletry, Sam Loyd,
author of the “Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles.”
PlannedChaos,
unearthed this timely gem and brought it to our attention. It involves tallying
votes, albeit on a smaller scale that our recent national vote count. It is
titled “Counting On Popular Vote Appetizer: No rigging
aLoyd!” PlannedChaos also contributes a four-pack of puzzles in his Ripping Off Shortz Slice titled “Captions, Clues, Currency and Kryptonite.”
Thanks, PC.
What you need
today is comfort food for the brain.
Tuesday’s Dead.
Think Good, It’s Friday!
Thank a veteran for his or her service.
And, enjoy our
puzzles, please.
Hors d’Oeuvre
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What’s Up Document Hors d’Oeuvre:
Evil A-Rod?
A-Edd? E.T.? Naw!
Spell a musical
instrument backward. The result, given the addition of appropriate spacing and
punctuation, is a musician’s surname and first name’s initial, followed by an
indication of whether he/she is dead or alive, as it might appear on a
document.
(Even though the musician
is not dead yet, the document may be incorrect... Remember Abe Vigoda.)
Spell a synonym
of “marauder” backward. The result, given the addition of appropriate spacing
and punctuation, is the acronym by which an armed European nationalist/separatist
organization is known, followed by an indication of the “death” of the
organization, as it might appear on a tombstone.
(The
nationalist/separatist organization in 2011 announced its cessation of armed
activity, effectively “putting an end to” its marauding status.)
Spell an
obsolete Spanish letter backward. The result, given the addition of appropriate
spacing and punctuation, is a brand-name weight loss drug, followed by an
indication of whether the drug still exists, as it might appear on a document.
(The Food and
Drug Administration has not, as yet, deep-sixed this drug... but again, the document may be wrong.)
Name this
musical instrument and musician, this synonym and organization, and this
obsolete letter and brand-name drug.
Morsel
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Voting
History Morsel:
Alma, Ed,
Gabe and Abel
Alma DeBlog,
while reviewing her personal voting history, notices something curious about
the first letters of the surnames of the last four presidential candidates for
whom she has voted, beginning with the most recent and ending with her choice in the 2004
campaign. Her four letters spell out a word that is a profession.
Alma urges her
neighbor, Ed LaGambol, to do the same. Ed comes up with a word containing five
letters, not four, because in the 2012 election he voted for the Democratic
candidate in Wisconsin, then voted for the Republican candidate in Minnesota. (He
owns residences in both states.) The word Ed spells out is a pejorative term that
one 2016 candidate used to tar another candidate.
Ed challenges
his hunting buddy, Gabe Omdall, to do the same. Gabe alters the rules somewhat,
reviewing the past six presidential elections in which he voted, and using the
first letters of his candidates’ first, not last, names in the 2004 and
2000 elections. Also, Gabe did not vote in the 1976-through-1996 elections
because his residence during those years was in Leavenworth, Kansas. So the
election years from which Gabe’s words are formed, are in order: 2016, 2012,
2008, 2004, 2000 and 1972. The word Gabe spells is a brand name of a product
that a 2016 candidate might keep on his person, along with his tic tacs.
Gabe encourages
his bookie, Abel Magold, to try the challenge. Able also modifies the rules,
using the past six elections, from 2016 to 1996, using four surnames and
two first names. What’s more, for some reason, Abel inserts the initial letter of the first name of his 1992 candidate selection between
his 2004 and 2008 candidate selections. The result spells the name of an implement
associated with a person who was a Civil War veteran, New England insurance and sports executive enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, and Republican mayor, U.S. senator and governor of his home state.
(Interestingly, Abel alternated between Democratic and Republican candidates in his seven presidential votes, beginning in 1992.)
(Interestingly, Abel alternated between Democratic and Republican candidates in his seven presidential votes, beginning in 1992.)
What are the
profession, the pejorative term, the brand-name product, and implement
associated with the New England politician? And, who is the politician?
Appetizer
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Counting On
Popular Vote Appetizer:
No rigging
aLoyd!
The one-L Loyd,
he builds conundrums,
The two-L
Lloyd, he builds condominiums,
And if there is
a three-L Llloyd
We ought
declare him null and void!
At a recent
election, 5,219 votes were cast for four candidates. The victor exceeded his
opponents’ totals by 22, 30 and 73 votes.
Can you give a
simple rule for determining the exact number of votes received by each?
At another
recent election, 125,543,759 votes were cast for four candidates. The victor
exceeded her opponents’ totals by 337,636 votes, 56,172,389 votes and
59,457,124 votes.
Alas, this
victor lost the election... perhaps because they just renamed the Electoral
College. It’s now called Trump University.
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Planned
Chaos Ripping Off Shortz And Stern Slice:
Captions,
Clues, Currency and Kryptonite
This week’s NPR
Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle, created by Ken Stern and presented by
puzzlemaster Will Shortz reads:
Think of a sign
that’s frequently seen around this time of year – two words of four letters
each. Among these eight letters are all five vowels: A, E, I, O and U – appear
once each, along with three consonants. What sign is it?
PlannedChaos’s
Ripping/riffing Off Shortz And Stern Slice reads:
Supply a
caption for each of the two images shown here (one of which might have appeared
on election maps this past week, but did not). Then supply a phrase for the
first clue below, and fill in the blanks in the second clue:
1. Superman,
To Ms. Lane.
2. The ____
currency of the EU is the ____.
Each caption
and each answer to the clues consists of two words of four letters each. Among
these eight letters are all five vowels: A, E, I, O and U (each appearing
once), along with three consonants.
LegoLambda’s
Ripping/riffing Off Shortz And Stern Slice:
A, E, I, O, U (but why not Y?)
Two of the
three segments of this puzzle slice involve the letter “y” in some way.
Supply a
caption for the image shown here. Then supply a phrase for each of the two
clues below:
1. Name a
sitcom character and the first word of what one of his/her caretakers was
called. (The first names of his/her other caretaker and that caretaker’s
coworker end in “y”.
2. Name what
most Americans do in early November, including this past weekend.
The caption and
the answer to the first clue each consists of two words of four letters each.
Among these
eight letters in the answer to the first clue are all five vowels: A, E, I, O,
and U (each appearing once), along with three consonants.
Among these
eight letters in the caption are all six vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and this
time Y (each appearing once), along with two consonants.
The answer to
the second clue each consists of two words: a six-letter verb and four-letter
noun. Among the ten letters in the caption are all five vowels: A, E, I, O, and
U (each appearing once), along with five consonants.
Dessert
Menu:
November
victors
Name a two-word
phrase that is synonymous with a “quick temper.” Say the phrase aloud after
removing the consonant sound that begins the second word. The result describes
phonetic features of the names of two November-of-2016 victors.
Who are the
victors? What is the two-word synonym?
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