Friday, March 8, 2019

Hall of fame name game; How are a Fife and a Feldman different? Taking time-off from the mystery; Drinks and links in the food chain; Six coefficients of fiction to solve

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 8!/21 SERVED

Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Taking time-off from the mystery

Rearrange the letters in the name of a country to form a three-word phrase for a condition that might cause a puzzle fanatic to take a few days off from solving word puzzles, or to perhaps even take an extended furlough from such recreational befuddlement. 
What is this country?
What is the three-word phrase?
Hint: The three words of the phrase appear in alphabetical order.
Note: The second word in the three-word phrase is a compound word sometimes written as two words.



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Try Beating These Conundrums Appetizer:
Six coefficients of fiction to solve

🥁1. Think of a fictional character from a fantasy book series in seven letters. Drop one letter and advance the first letter three places in the alphabet to name a fictional creature popular in the fantasy genre.
🥁2. Think of a fictional character in a series of novels and movies, first and last names, who is concerned with discovering his identity. 
Drop four letters and rearrange to name a type of plastic surgery.
🥁3. Think of a novel and movie title in three words where the last word is a measurement device. 
Replace this word with another type of measurement device and drop the last letter to name an ethics principle.
🥁4. Think of a fictional character from an old black and white television show, first and last names, four and seven letters. 
Drop the first letter of the last name, and each name can be rearranged to get two common actions in card games.
🥁5. Think of a radio personality, first and last names. Remove two letters and append a D to name an early 20th century novel.
🥁6. Think of the last name of a fictional pilot from a popular science fiction franchise. Change the vowels to different vowels to name another fictional pilot from a different science fiction franchise.



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Halftime Slice:
Hall of fame name game

What hall-of-fame athlete’s first and last names spell a word that describes the first half of  the sport he or she played?



Riffing Off Shortz And Dunwoody Slices:
Drinks and links in the food chain

Will Shortz’s March 3rd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Alan Hochbaum, of Dunwoody, Georgia, reads:
Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell some things to eat and some things to drink. Both are plural words. What things are these, and what’s the chain?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Dunwoody Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. 
Its letters can be rearranged to spell the creature pictured in the image here and what it is using for a “cot”. 
What are the creature and its “cot”?
ENTREE #2:
Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell two synonyms of “stories” – one in a literary sense, the other in a journalistic sense. What synonyms are these, and what’s the chain?
ENTREE #3:
Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. 
Its letters can be rearranged to spell a large cart with four wheels and four letters, and a six-letter word describing the creatures that haul it. 
What are this cart and the word describing its haulers?
ENTREE #4:
Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell certain vehicles, in four letters, and the name of a past model of one of these vehicles, in nine letters. What vehicles are these, and what’s the name of the model?
ENTREE #5:
Take the unabridged name of a popular restaurant chain in three words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell something a Boy Scout might wear, in three words of 4, 11 and 5 letters, pictured in the image here. 
What might the Boy Scout wear?
Hint: The first two words of what the Boy Scout might wear begin with the same sound but with different letters. The first word modifies the second word. The third word is a clasp (see the inset in the image) that slides over the apparel to keep it in place. 
ENTREE #6:
Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell a very large four-letter object that appears to be very small to the naked eye, and a nine-letter word that describes it. 
What object is this, and what word describes it?


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Kosher Mayberry Dessert:
How are a Fife and a Feldman different?

What’s the difference between Deputy  Barney Fife and deli clerk Barry Feldman?



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25 comments:

  1. Thought I'd get the comments started for this week. I've been working on the puzzles for a couple hours, and was becoming discouraged as I once again could not solve the Schpuzzle, the Slice, or the Dessert, and finally managed to come up with answers for only two entrees, #3 and #5.

    But then I went to the Conundrums, and those went a lot more easily. I've done them all. : o )

    And at this point, I need to get away from this page, and go do something else!

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  2. Happy Friday everybody! I never saw the latest edition late last night, and I'm kinda glad I didn't. Usually I can get a few on the first read, but after my failure to get this week's Sunday Puzzle, I'm not surprised everything seems to be tough as nails. Lego, any hints you can offer will be most appreciated. We're not eating out tonight, and in fact I'm sitting here waiting for my mother to come back from Subway(and Walmart). After I eat, I will do the Prize Crossword and the Private Eye Crossword. Ask Me Another is a rerun this week. Then I may tackle this week's P! I have a busy month right now, with four doctor's appointments, a school play, Daylight Savings Time, and Spring Break. Because of all of this, I have a bit of anxiety. Please bear with me if I don't solve everything right away.

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  3. Already I have Conundrums #3, #5, and #6 and Entrees #3 and #6! Still need the hints though.

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  4. The venerable Dessert can be solved without using an abacus.

    Day Late & Dollar Short Entree:
    Name a restaurant chain in two (sort of) words. Drop the first letter. Rearrange the remaining letters to get some things to eat (a plural noun) and a category of foodstuffs which may be either solid or liquid.

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    1. Thanks for your bonus puzzle, Paul. I shall attempt to solve it... and I encourage others to also do so.

      LegoWhoBelievesTheWord"Foodstuffs"ToBeGrosslyUnderrated

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  5. Saturday Hints:

    SCHPUZZLE:
    The second word in the three-word phrase is a synonym Will Shortz often uses for "puzzle." It has double-digit letters.

    CONUNDRUMS:
    1. Parseghian + board game + abbreviated name of a Hospital worker
    2. The fictional character is a nemesis of many bad guys. The character's portrayer is a nemesis of Jimmy Kimmel.
    3. 0.618...
    4. Perhaps the actor who played the fictional character would have been more comfortable playing a character named "Rev. Dale Craw."
    5. Take the first name of the actor who played the old black and white television show fictional character in Conundrum #4, and follow it with the first name of the character the actor portrayed. The result sounds like the radio personality's first name.
    6. One pilot: Tiberius, now that's a nifty middle name... Kato just reminds us of that guy who hung out with O.J.
    Other pilot: Played by a guy whose name boasts the surnames of three U.S. presidents

    HS:
    When I was a kid my Wilson A2000 was autographed by this guy.

    ROSADS:
    ENTREE #1:
    Add one letter to "cot" to get the creature.
    ENTREE #2:
    One of the two synonyms of “stories” are parts of speech, the other can be Grimm.
    ENTREE #3:
    Replace the first three letters of the restaurant chain with a French pronoun to get the pseudonymous name of crime fiction writers and/or one of their main characters.
    ENTREE #4:
    The "certain vehicles" are automobiles. The past model was "out of this world."
    ENTREE #5:
    A spelling variation of the 5-letter word was the subject of a novelty song sung by Bert's buddy. An abbreviated name of this subject cropped up as a handle in a country novelty hit five years later.
    ENTREE #6:
    The Galaxy was a car model, but it is also an astronomer's dream.

    KMD:
    The difference between a dog and a marine biologist is that one wags a tail and the other tags a whale!

    LegoSpooningOutTheHints

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    1. Just managed to solve the Schpuzzle, although it still took some grinding to come around to the answer. WOuld never have thought of it without the hint. HOW did you ever come up with this, Lego?

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  6. Crunch time, Lego! More hints, please!

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  7. Wednesday hints:

    SCHPUZZLE:
    The country contains more than one word. Each word begins with a vowel.

    CONUNDRUMS:
    2. This puzzle is supremely ultimate. The creator of the character is a real lulu, minus a short doctor.
    Jimmy Kimmel has only one nemesis of whom I am aware.

    HS:
    Word Woman has an advantage for solving this puzzle. She is into science, including chemistry. Thd HOFer plad his entire career with one team. The A2000 is a Wilson product.

    ROSADS:
    ENTREE #2:
    The two synonyms both end in S. One begins with A the other with T.
    The restaurant? Thing Edward G. Robinson.
    ENTREE #4:
    The past model that was "out of this world" was an orbiting man-made object, but not a planet or star. But, historically, it was also a Rock.
    The model also shares its name with a Duncan yoyo model.

    KMD:
    Look at the image to find the "Barney part." For the "Barry part" buy something that complements a bagel and cream cheese.

    LegoYoYoHinting

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  8. I got Entree #2 and the Dessert! Still a few toughies though.

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  9. WARD CLEAVER > DRAW & REVEAL
    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES > A BRAINTEASER TEDIUM
    LITTLE CAESARS > STAR, CELESTIAL
    KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN > KNIT NECKERCHIEF DUCKY
    LITTLE CAESARS > CARS, (Plymouth) SATELLITE
    LOCKS CELLS / SELLS LOX
    HOWARD STERN > HOWARD'S END

    ***********************************************

    Recalling the TWENTY-ONE / TEN THOUSAND puzzle of a couple weeks ago, I calculated the difference between DEPUTY BARNEY FIFE and DELI CLERK BARRY FELDMAN to be 16, which could be DEAF or FADE or CHAD or just P (to make it simple}, but I opted for BEDE, which accounts for my "venerable" and "abacus" hints.

    TGI FRIDAYS > FIGS & DAIRY (and I posted it on Saturday, i.e., a day late)

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    1. TACO BELL > COLT, BALE
      AL KALINE > BASE(ball)
      DAIRY QUEEN > DRAY, EQUINE

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    2. I like your BEDE (and P, CHAD, FADE and DEAF) solutions to my FIFE/FELDMAN Dessert, Paul.
      Your TGI FRIDAYS > FIGS & DAIRY riff-off puzzle was excellent. And, it totally stumped me.

      LegoWishingAllAPrematurePiDay

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  10. SCHPUZZLE: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES => A BRAINTEASER TEDIUM

    CONUNDRUMS [All pre hints]:

    1. Lord of the Rings: ARAGORN => DRAGON

    2. JASON BOURNE => JSON BOE => NOSEJOB

    3. THE GOLDEN COMPASS => THE GOLDEN RULER => THE GOLDEN RULE

    4. WARD CLEAVER => DRAW & REVEAL

    5. HOWARD STERN minus "T & R" => HOWARDS END [1910]

    6. SOLO [Star Wars] => SULU [Star Trek]


    HALFTIME SLICE: Baseball. Have gone thru all the Hall of Famers and simply can't come up with anything.


    ENTREES:

    1. COLT & BALE => TACO BELL

    2. LITTLE CAESARS => TALES & ARTICLES (thanks to the last minute EGR hint, altho I already HAD "Tales"]

    3. DAIRY QUEEN => DRAY EQUINE [I worked two summers after high school at one of these in NJ.] [PRE-HINT]

    4. LITTLE CAESARS (again?) => CARS & SATELLITE [A great name for a restaurant would be "AROMA ALFRESCO " which => CARS & ALFA ROMEO]

    5. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN => KNIT NECKERCHIEF & DUCKY [ PRE-HINT]

    6. xxxxxxxxx STAR ?????

    DESSERT: ONE DEALS WITH LOCKS (handcuffs and jail cells) AND THE OTHER DEALS WITH LOX. [PRE HINT, but not sure this IS your answer]

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  11. Schpuzzle
    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, "A BRAINTEASER TEDIUM"
    Appetizer/Conundrums
    1. ARAGORN, DRAGON
    2. JASON BOURNE, NOSE JOB
    3. THE GOLDEN COMPASS, THE GOLDEN RULE(R)
    4. WARD CLEAVER, DRAW and REVEAL
    5. HOWARD STERN, HOWARD'S END
    6. SULU(from Star Trek), (Han)SOLO(from Star Wars)
    Menu
    Halftime Slice
    AL KALINE(alkaline), BASE(ball)
    Entrees
    1. TACO BELL(COLT, BALE)
    2. LITTLE CAESARS(ARTICLES, TALES)
    3. DAIRY QUEEN(DRAY, EQUINE)
    4. LITTLE CAESARS(CARS, SATELLITE)
    5. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN(KNIT NECKERCHIEF DUCKY)
    6. LITTLE CAESARS(CELESTIAL, STAR)
    Dessert
    Barney Fife locks cells, Barry Feldman sells lox.
    Only one way to deal with puzzles...nip 'em in the bud.-pjb

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  12. This week's official answers for the record, part 1:

    Schpuzzle Of The Week:
    Taking time-off from the mystery
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP9LT5HuzrE

    Rearrange the letters in the name of a country to form a three-word phrase for what might cause a puzzle fanatic to take a few days off from solving word puzzles, or to perhaps even take an extended furlough from such recreational befuddlement.
    What is this country?
    What is the three-word phrase?
    Hint: The three words of the phrase appear in alphabetical order.
    Answer:
    United Arab Emirates; (A BRAINTEASER TEDIUM)

    Appetizer Menu:

    Try Beating These Conundrums Appetizer:
    Solve these six coefficients of fiction
    1. Think of a fictional character from a fantasy book series in seven letters. Drop one letter and advance the first letter three places in the alphabet to name a fictional creature popular in the fantasy genre.
    Answer:
    ARAGORN, DRAGON
    2. Think of a fictional character in a series of novels and movies, first and last names, who is concerned with discovering his identity. Drop four letters and rearrange to name a type of plastic surgery.
    Answer:
    JASON BOURNE, NOSE JOB
    3. Think of a novel and movie title in three words where the last word is a measurement device. Replace this word with another type of measurement device and drop the last letter to name an ethics principle.
    Answer:
    THE GOLDEN COMPASS, THE GOLDEN RULE(r)
    4. Think of a fictional character from an old black and white television show, first and last names, four and seven letters. Drop the first letter of the last name, and each name can be rearranged to get two common actions in card games.
    Answer:
    WARD CLEAVER, DRAW, REVEAL
    5. Think of a radio personality, first and last names. Remove two letters and append a D to name an early 20th century novel.
    Answer:
    HOWARD STERN, HOWARDS END
    6. Think of the last name of a fictional pilot from a popular science fiction franchise. Change the vowels to different vowels to name another fictional pilot from a different science fiction franchise.
    Answer:
    SOLO (Star Wars), SULU (Star Trek)

    Lego...

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  13. This week's official answers for the record, part 2:

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    Halftime Slice:
    Hall of fame name game
    What hall-of-fame athlete's first and last names spell a word that describes the first half of the sport he or she played?
    Answer:
    Al Kaline (Detroit Tigers) who is in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
    "Alkaline" (In chemistry, bases are defined as alkaline.)

    Riffing Off Shortz And Dunwoody Slices:
    Drinks and links in the food chain
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Dunwoody Slices read:
    ENTREE #1:
    Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell the creature pictured in the image here and what it is using for a “cot”. What are the creature and its “cot”?
    Answer:
    Colt, bale; (Taco Bell)
    ENTREE #2:
    Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell two synonyms of “stories” – one in a literary sense, the other in a journalistic sense. What synonyms are these, and what’s the chain?
    Answer:
    Articles, tales; Little Caesars
    ENTREE #3:
    Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell a large cart with four wheels and four letters, and a six-letter word describing the creatures that haul it. What are this cart and the word describing its haulers?
    Answer:
    Dray, equine; (Dairy Queen)
    ENTREE #4:
    Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell certain vehicles, in four letters, and the name of a past model of one of these vehicles, in nine letters. What vehicles are these, and what’s the name of the model?
    Answer:
    Cars, Satellite; (Little Caesars)
    ENTREE #5:
    Take the unabridged name of a popular restaurant chain in three words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell something a Boy Scout might wear, in three words of 4, 11 and 5 letters, pictured in the image here. Thr first word describes something about the the second word, which is what the Boy Scout wears. The third word is a clasp that slides over the apparel to keep it in place. What might the Boy Scout wear?
    Hint: The first two words begin with the same sound but with different letters.
    Answer:
    Knit neckerchief ducky; Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
    ENTREE #6:
    Name a popular restaurant chain in two words. Its letters can be rearranged to spell a very large four-letter object that appears very small, and a nine-letter word that describes it. What object is this, and what word describes it?
    Answer:
    Star, celestial; (Little Caesars)

    Dessert Menu

    Kosher Mayberry Dessert:
    What’s the diff ’tween a Fife and a Feldman?

    What’s the difference between Barney Fife and Barry Feldman, the deli clerk?
    Answer:
    One locks cells, the other sells lox.

    Lego!

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  14. Puzzleria! has just exceeded 200,000 page views. We celebrate our fifth anniversary this May.

    LegoNotesThat200,000PageViewsIsEquivalentToAFewFewerThan400,000EyballsIfLieutenantColumboHasBeenLurkingAbout

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  15. Congratulations Lego! Happy upcoming 5th! And may there be many more to come!

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    1. Thank you cranberry. I greatly appreciate your contributions to this blog, as well as those of the countless others who have posted comments, submitted puzzles, or merely lurked here over the years:
      To name just a handful: Paul, ViolinTeddy, Word Woman, skydiveboy, Mathew Huffman, ron, David, Dowager Empress, Enya_and_Weird_Al_fan ... the list is long.
      Incidentally, This week's "Halftime Slice: Hall of fame name game" is a riff-off of a puzzle I ran on the very first Puzzleria!. (Okay okay, perhaps it was a rehashed and recycled riff-off.)

      LegoLitmus

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    2. So saying, Lego [and yes, congrats on the upcoming 5th] ....having just gone to read your first P! ever slice, which made sense about the answer being a BATTERY (alkaline), I still do NOT understand how that was the answer to the 'first half of a baseball game"....I had been thinking "five innings" since that seems to often be the designation. HOW are 'bases' the 'first half' of a baseball game?

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