Thursday, November 28, 2019

Enjoy cranberry’s on Thanksgiving Friday; Vertigo for everyone! Choose strong “lasswords” for your female? Hooked on Frankie, Funicello and Phonetics; “My word, how brain-curdlingly absurd! A roller-skating bird in a buffalo herd!”

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 8!/21 SERVED

Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Hooked on Frankie, Funicello and Phonetics 

Name a quick thing one might take at the beach and a brief thing one might wear there. 
Connect these two words with a consonant to form a phonetic term for something that occurs four times in the text of this puzzle. 
What are this term and the two things?


Appetizer Menu

Cryptic Crossword Appetizer:
Enjoy cranberry’s on Thanksgiving Friday 

Yesterday’s Thanksgiving Day feast is now is in the past. You have probably had your fill of turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes, squash, green bean casserole, cranberries and pumpkin pie...
Today, however, is also a day to give thanks... thanks to “cranberry,” the screen name of Patrick J. Berry, longtime friend of and contributor to Puzzleria! 
Patrick today is serving up, not leftovers, but a fresh serving of his juicily delicious Cryptic Crossword Puzzle, the tenth such gem with which he has graced our blog.
Here are nine links to Patrick’s previous “feasts”...  there is not one “turkey” in the bunch!:
ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE
Here are a few basic cryptic crossword puzzle instructions:
Regarding the Across and Down clues and their format:
The number in parentheses at the end of each clue tells how many letters are in the answer. Multiple numbers in parentheses indicate how letters are distributed in multiple-word answers.
For example, (6) indicates a six-letter answer like “jalopy,” (5, 3) indicates a five-and-three-letter answer like “cargo van,” and (5-5) indicates a five-and-five-letter hyphenated answer like “Rolls-Royce.”
(For further insight about how to decipher these numbered cryptic clues, see Patrick’s “Cryptic Crossword Tutorial” in this link to his November 17, 2017 cryptic crossword. The Tutorial appears below the grid that contains the answers in that edition of Puzzleria!)  

ACROSS
1. Man, old sort, Clue suspect!(7,7)
9. Said “No cops”(5)
10. Herb stops in backstage(9)
11. Murder – decapitation? That’s sick!(3)
12. Profanity, a little no-no at home(4)
13. Property, excellent condition(6)
15. Viewers sure to follow latest episode(4)
16. Rip off celebrity, being diva?(5,5)
19. Our mental breakdown involving B movie?(7,3)
20. American journalist employed(4)
22. Language lawyers put back in counterintelligence?(6)
24. No time to kill? Go!(4)
25. Sometimes compassion is key(3)
27. Hurries off when it’s dark(6,3)
28. Speaker of 22 needing fresh air and energy?(5)
29. Rodeo beginner sure got bronco bucking in John Wayne film(7,7)

DOWN 
1. Certain associate takes one behind closed doors(14)
2. Picture Rachel having trouble in bathroom(5,4)
3. Boy brought up on Doctor Who? He’s not here(2-4)
4. Go after sunshine, looking for shade?(5,5)
5. Familiar with coupon-clipping?(2,2)
6. Part of England’s destiny out East?(8)
7. Bob Marley, perhaps embraced by opera stars?(5)
8. Reason for a person’s sudden disappearance could be due to cannibal(5,9)
14. Feeling it could make you sick? Way to come through!(10)
17. Vampire after us? No, surprisingly(9)
18. It’s above building blocks?(8)
21. Loved ones getting runaround – not being serious at all(6)
23. Bag groceries to hide pain?(5)
26. Acceptable in class project(4)


MENU

Head-Spinning Slice:
Vertigo for everyone!

Name something that might make an adult dizzy. 
Change the second-last letter to name something that might make a child dizzy. 
What are these two words?


Riffing Off Shortz And Siegel Slices:
“My word, how brain-curdlingly absurd! A roller-skating bird in a buffalo herd!”

Will Shortz’s November 24th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Jon Siegel of Chevy Chase, Maryland, reads: 
The words WON and SUN rhyme, even though their vowels are different. Can you name four common, uncapitalized 4-letter words, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Siegel Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Part 1:
A puzzle-maker is associated with the name of a well-known comedian on a TV comedy sketch show. 
A second well-known comedian once performed a sketch on that same show in which he suggested that the  Barbie doll ditch her boyfriend Ken in favor of another more macho doll on the market. 
Take: 
1. the letters in a shorthand name of that comedy show, 
2. the first letter of the first name of the second comedian (or the last letter of the last name of the first comedian), and
3. the letters in the name of the more macho doll. 
Rearrange these letters to form the name of the puzzle-maker. Who is it?
Part 2:
A singer/songwriter wrote and recorded a song about a multicolored upper-body garment that reached position #7 on the U.S. County Charts. Three years later, a one-word song she wrote (inspired by a red-headed bank clerk who flirted with her hubby) peaked at #6. 
The song this singer/songwriter chooses to sing when she performs live for the U.S. troops, however, is a song she did not write. 
In its title is a unicolored (not red, however) garment worn above the neck. This song was recorded by a U.S. Army staff sergeant about a decade earlier, and reached #1 on the U.S. charts.
Take the combined letters in the 6-letter title of the song that peaked at #6 and the 3-letter shorthand form of “the U.S. troops.” 
Rearrange these nine letters to form the name of a puzzle-maker. Who is it?
ENTREE #2:
The words WON and SUN rhyme, even though their vowels are different. Can you name four common, 4-letter words, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different? 
The words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
A lass depressed tried St. John’s ____,
She reasoned: “Herbal cures can’t ___,
they grow in earthy godly ___!”
So now she’s peppy, perky, ____.
ENTREE #3:
Can you name four common, uncapitalized 4-letter words, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different? 
The words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
My boss was quite a Scroogey ____
So one day at the end of  ____
Outside our office did I ____
And pierced his black heart with my ____.
ENTREE #4:
Can you name three common, uncapitalized 3-letter words and one somewhat common, uncapitalized 5-letter word, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different? 
The words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
’Tis Yuletide: gifts ’neath trees of ___.
Forgive me! I, a human ___
Am not Divine, I tend to ___
By bringing “bribes” of gold and _____.
ENTREE #5:
Can you name three common, uncapitalized 4-letter words and one capitalized non-English 5-letter word, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different? 
The words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
Eve on a whim, temptation’s ____,
Plucked Satan’s apple, round and ____...
Inside, a Serpent (not a ____)
Which led to widespread Drang und _____. 
ENTREE #6:
Find two common, uncapitalized 5-letter words and one uncapitalized 6-letter word, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all three vowels are different. 
A second uncapitalized 6-letter word rhymes with these three. It contains two vowels, one which is different from the three different vowels in the other three words.
The four words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
The faithful flock filed into ______.
All circled o’er the pews of ____...
Flocks welcome suff’ring, thus their ______
To light upon a hardwood _____. 
ENTREE #7:
Name two somewhat common, uncapitalized 4-letter words (one is a contraction), each of which has exactly one vowel, and both which rhyme, even though their vowels are different. 
A third very common 4-letter word rhymes with the first two words and contains two vowels that both differ from the two vowels in the other two words.
These three words fill the blanks in the tercet below:
O the night before Christmas day ’____.
Through the house, all the doorbells did ____...
(If there’s chimney smoke that’s what he ____.)


Dessert Menu

Toasty Dessert:
Choose strong “lass-words” for your female?

Name something one consumes that is associated with toasting. 
Remove a letter, change a letter and slice the result in two to form two different words that you might use to address a female. 
What is this consumable?
What are the two words for a female?

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52 comments:

  1. Happy Black Friday everyone!
    I decided to be the first to post a comment to say three things:
    1. I hope everyone enjoys my cryptic crossword, and I also hope those of you on this blog who are not particularly fans of my work in this field should at least give it a try. You never know, you might actually like this sort of puzzle.
    2. I have already actually solved all the other puzzles except one.
    3. Ironically, I can't get the one about dizziness. Imagine that, and I've already had to look up possible causes of my own dizziness(which, in case you're wondering, has recently improved thank God)! I think it was my sinuses after all, but I just wasn't sure. Anyway, whatever hint you can offer will of course be most helpful, Lego. And of course, thanks again for using my puzzle this week! I promise more to come in the new year, so watch for them! Cranberry out!

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    1. Thanks cranberry- cryptics aren't my forte, but I got the first clue and am looking forward to trying the rest over the weekend.

      I would submit that what I believe to be the intended "something that might make a child dizzy" could in fact make people of all ages dizzy, and might in fact make an adult more dizzy than a child, though a child might be more likely to partake in this something.

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    2. Point well taken, Megatart Stratagem. Indeed I think I recall Audrey and Cary involved with "something that might make a child dizzy" in a 1960s film. And they were not child actors.

      LegoRidin'AlongWithAllanAndGrahamAndTheGang

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    3. Have solved all the puzzles and 5 of the Cryptic clues.
      Only got the dizziness slide via Lego's hint - had thought of the child-dizzier but did not connect it with the adult word.
      My answer to the Dessert may be an alternate - it has a semi-military theme.

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    4. Hmmm... "semi-military theme" for the Dessert, eh? I sounds as if that is not my intended answer but, knowing geofan, it is likely a solid alternative answer.

      LegoWhoLikesSemiSweetCremeCandiesForDessert

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  2. For a change, the Schpuzzle was easy (and I imagine, will be for everyone else, too), and I've just gone through all the Entrees and solved them EXCEPT for the two middle words for #4. [Well, I can't decide what the first word for #5 must be, either.] I thought the three words for #7 were very clever indeed.

    BUt I went nowhere with the Spinning Slice [didn't spend all that long on it, however] , and thought the Dessert was going to fall right out, but then it didn't.

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  3. Cryptic progress:
    Got the top and bottom lines

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    1. I have another that I'm not quite ready to bank on yet.

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    2. Left side just fell into place

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    3. Got the who-boy, the profanity, and one more (just in time for Christmas)

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    4. Finished off the NW corner and moved on to get the celebrity diva

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    5. Used https://crossword-dictionary.com/ to get 14 Down. Excellent wordplay.

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    6. Not sure what kind of grade I'll get on the class project.

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    7. Found the key to the right side, and now I'm able to make sense of 10 Across

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    8. A completely unfamiliar word leads to the intelligent language; darkness is left behind, and the SW corner is no longer hidden.

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    9. Thanks for sharing your progress, Paul! I'm sure you enjoyed solving it as much as I did compiling it!

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    10. Bravo, Paul! Thou hast managed to cryptically cross swords with cranberry and emerge victorious.

      LegoWhoEncouagesAllPuzzlerians!ToFollowPaul'sExampleByNotSittingOnTheFenceButBySimilarlyEngagingInSomeFunFencing

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    11. A draw it is then. No real harm done. 'Tis but a few flesh wounds.

      LegoNotTheKingOfPrussiaComedyTheHillQueensDiamondsHeartsSpadesClubsOrTheBritons...JustTheKingOfNothing

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    12. "Man, old sort, Clue" anagrams to COLONEL MUSTARD
      R from rodeo + anagram of "sure got bronco" = ROOSTER COGBURN

      opeRA STArs
      "Destiny"anagram + E = TYNESIDE (never heard of it)

      coUP ON

      LIGHT GREEN reminded me of those green banker's lampshades

      LOCAL HERO (1983)

      Helter Skelter > S. Tate' E + STATE > ESTATE

      second hand > USED

      Ivan Dixon directed TROUBLE MAN and played "Kinch" on Hogan's Heroes

      CONFIDENT1ALLY

      SON backwards on top of anagram of WHO = NO SHOW
      no-nO AT Home
      "Cops" and NICKS are both slang for stealing; NICKS sounds like NIX

      KILL-K=ILL
      "Viewers" are EYES = the last E in "episode" + YES(sure)
      Anagram of "rip" + MADONNA = PRIMA DONNA

      EM(PATH)ETIC

      "After us no" anagrams to NOSFERATU (never heard of him)

      PE (PHYS ED) with OK inside = POKE?

      sometimES Compassion
      Anagram of ("due to cannibal" + I) = ALIEN ABDUCTION, but I'm not sure where the I comes from
      I think a "stage" is a LEG, and backwards that's GEL, but I'm not sure how "stops" equates to ROUNDS; it all made sense to me a couple days ago, though.... Oh, wait a minute, ROUNDS like "postman's rounds", maybe ... or perhaps like "rounding off"?? Anyway, I guess I vaguely knew GROUNDSEL was a plant, but wasn't sure the "herb" classification fit until I looked it up.

      bAG GROceries (never heard of it)
      CIA backwards with BAR backwards inside it = ARABIC
      "Blocks" = OBVIATES, anagram of "it's above"

      AIR anagram + QI = IRAQI (I think this is where this fits in; I think I forgot to post a comment when I solved it; I'm not sure if it was before or after ARABIC.

      SHOOT-E=SHOO
      JO(KIN)G

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    13. I also got 17D: NOSFERATU but forgot to list it. Had heard of him somewhere in my darker past.

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    14. For 23D had CACHE, but it would not fit with ROOSTER COGBURN (whom I had never heard of and could not have gotten). Also had never heard of Ivan Dixon or TROUBLE MAN so never could have gotten A19 either. Was on the track of CONFIDENTIALLY, but could not figure out how to enter "14 letter word with 1st C and 5th I" into my favorite Web site for such searches.

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    15. Paul, for 8D (ALIEN ABDUCTION): Maybe the missing I got abducted by an alien?

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  4. And now I've just got the dizziness puzzle! I'm done already! Sure were easy ones this week!

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  5. Well,Cranberry has pulled off another masterpiece. Congrats and
    Thanksgiving to him! Good for Paul who got the whole thing too.
    Happy holidays to everybody -- looks like the NFL turned
    topsy turvy this weekend.

    D.E.











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    1. I was hoping you would check in, Dowager Empress. We all know how you enjoy an excellent cryptic crossword, and cranberry is a master of the art. I do wager that you have completed Patrick's latest and were again "empressed" by his prowess.
      Do you have a favorite NFL squad, DE?

      LegoAddsThatTheGreenBayPackersOfTheNationalFootballLeagueAreTheCheesyCurdyCreamThatWillRiseToTheTop

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    2. Actually, I have three: Cowboys,Saints and Texans. It's a little discombobulating when every once in a while they play each other...Best thing to do is draw one of the names out of a hat, and have another Lone Star. D.E.

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    3. Everything is bigger in Texas, or so I hear. If you would try to draw one of the three names from a Texas-size ten-galloon (sic) hat, I would think you would spend hours fumbling around the bottom, like trying to retrieve a BB from a parachute silk.

      LegoWhoHasNeverBeenCalledDiscombobuLateForDinner

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    4. sdb could probably help me out. He knows all the ropes, so to speak. But we write on big pieces of paper, too. D.E.

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  6. This IS Wednesday, right? And 3.5 hours AFTER 12 noon PST? Where are everyone else's answers? I'm usually last or next to last to post them.....such as mine are this week, minus the Crossword, as per normal for me, and never having gotten the dizzy slice or even the Dessert....

    SCHPUZZLE: DIP & THONG => DIPHTHONG

    SPINNING SLICE: SOMERSAULTS? SPINS? MERRY-GO-ROUND?

    ENTREES:

    1. SNL; GI JOE; & "E" [EDDIE MURPHY?] => JON SIEGEL; Song: GREEN BERETS; GI'S & JOLENE => JON SIEGEL

    2. WORT; HURT; DIRT; PERT

    3. JERK; WORK; LURK; DIRK

    4. FIR; CUR; ERR?; MYRRH

    5. P?ERM; FIRM; WORM; STURM

    6. CHURCH; BIRCH; SEARCH; PERCH

    7. 'TWAS; BUZZ; DOES

    DESSERT: BUTTER => MUTTER (German for Mother) MISS?, MADAM?, LADY?

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  7. SOTW: DIP + H + THONG => DIPHTHONG

    Cryptic: believe I got
    1A: COLONEL MUSTARD
    11A: ILL
    20A: USED
    5D: UP ON
    26D: PASS

    Spinning Slice: CAROUSEL, CAROUSAL (as in "carousing")

    Entrées:
    #1 part 1: SNL + G.I. JOE + E => JON SIEGEL
    part 2: JOLEEN + GIs => JON SIEGEL
    #2: WORT (alternate pronunciation), HURT, DIRT, PERT (FWIW, I usually pronounce WORT [as in St. John's wort] to rhyme with FORT or COURT)
    #3: JERK, WORK, LURK, DIRK (Is DIRK a common word?)
    #4: FIR, CUR, ERR, MYRRH (Liked ERR, though I often pronounce it to rhyme with AIR, not FIR.)
    #5: GERM, FIRM, WORM, STURM
    #6: CHURCH, BIRCH, SEARCH, PERCH
    #7: 'TWAS, BUZZ, DOES

    Dessert: MARGARINE, drop R; change G to M, split => MA, MARINE (since women can now be [and are] Marines). Both are "strong" words.

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    1. Oh nuts...I HAD Margarine written down, but removed it before posting....that said, I never would have thought of 'marine'.

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  9. Further to the comment of ViolinTeddy, also there were no hints the entire week for any of the puzzles: I have not seen this ever on this blog.

    There is the impression that "for the blog 'insiders', only the Cryptic matters, and the other puzzles this week were mere fluff." That said, I DID have fun getting as far as I did on the Cryptic.

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  10. Schpuzzle
    DIPHTHONG(DIP, THONG)
    Appetizer
    See Lego's official answers for my crossword.
    Menu
    CAROUSAL, CAROUSEL
    Entrees
    1. Part 1.I SNL+E(Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase)+G.I.JOE=JON SIEGEL
    Part 2. JOLENE+GIS(The Ballad of the Green Berets)=JON SIEGEL
    2. WORT, HURT, DIRT, PERT
    3. JERK, WORK, LURK, DIRK
    4. FIR, CUR, ERR, MYRRH
    5. GERM, FIRM, WORM, STURM
    6. CHURCH, BIRCH, SEARCH, PERCH
    7. 'TWAS, BUZZ, DOES
    Dessert
    WINEGLASS, WIFE, LASS
    Personally, I've never heard WORT or ERR pronounced as they are here, but then that's just me.-pjb

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    1. Cranberry, I like your WINEGLASS answer to the Dessert. I was occupied with M-words (MOM, MOTHER, …) so missed WINEGLASS even though I considered a host of alcoholic spirits (but alas, not their containers) as worthy candidates.

      Also I had an trial alternate with ENGLISH MUFFIN => ENGLISH MUM, but FIN did not work.

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    2. WINEGLASS and MARGARINE are both excellent alternative answers for the Dessert. Nice work!

      LegoWhoIsAboutToPostIntendedAnswers

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    3. I had assiduously kept trying to turn 'champagne' (given its m and a's) for the Dessert, but that was all the alcohol I attempted, knowing by choice virtually nothing about it.

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    4. How would MARGARINE work? I can't quite parse that one out.

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    5. As geofan posted:
      "MARGARINE, drop R; change G to M, split => MA, MARINE."
      Personal footnote: When I was very young, the name of a neighbor girl who lived nearby was Maureen. I had not yet been exposed to the word "Marine." When I finally was exposed to "Marine" (probably at age 7 or 8) I associated the word with "Maureen." Ergo, "Marine" has ever since smacked a bit of femininity in my subconscious.

      LegoSigningOffBySaying"SemperFemini!"

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

    Schpuzzle Of The Week:
    Hooked on Frankie, Funicello and Phonetics
    Name a quick thing one might take at the beach and a brief thing one might wear there. Connect these two words with a consonant to form a phonetic term for something that occurs four times in the text of this puzzle. What are this term and the two things?
    Answer:
    Diphthong; Dip, Thong;
    (Four words in the text contain diphthongs: bEAch, brIEf, wEAr, fOUr.)

    Appetizer Menu
    Enjoy cranberry’s on Thanksgiving Friday
    (Note: See just above this weeks Comment for the completed grid.)
    ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
    ACROSS
    1. Man, old sort, Clue suspect!(7,7)
    Colonel Mustard
    MANOLDSORTCLUE anagram & lit.
    9. Said "No cops"(5)
    nicks
    sounds like NIX
    10. Herb stops in backstage(9)
    groundsel
    ROUNDS inside LEG reversed (doctors making their "rounds" are making "stops" into their patients' recovery rooms (see definition 6b "round," noun)
    11. Murder – decapitation? That's sick!(3)
    ill
    KILL-K
    12. Profanity, a little no-no at home(4)
    oath
    hidden inside no-nOATHome
    13. Property, excellent condition(6)
    estate
    E+STATE
    15. Viewers sure to follow latest episode(4)
    eyes
    E+YES
    16. Rip off celebrity, being diva?(5,5)
    prima donna
    RIP anagram+MADONNA
    19. Our mental breakdown involving B movie?(7,3)
    OURMENTAL anagram containing B
    "Trouble Man"
    20. American journalist employed(4)
    used
    US+ED(itor)
    22. Language lawyers put back in counterintelligence?(6)
    Arabic
    BAR reversed inside CIA reversed
    24. No time to kill? Go!(4)
    shoo!
    SHOOT minus T
    25. Sometimes compassion is key(3)
    esc (key on a keyboard)
    hidden inside timESCompassion
    27. Hurries off when it's dark(6,3)
    lights out
    double definition
    28. Speaker of 22 needing fresh air and energy?(5)
    Iraqi
    AIR anagram+QI
    29. Rodeo beginner sure got bronco bucking in John Wayne film(7,7)
    Rooster Cogburn
    R+SUREGOTBRONCO anagram

    DOWN
    1. Certain associate takes one behind closed doors(14)
    confidentially
    CONFIDENT ALLY holding I
    2. Picture Rachel having trouble in bathroom(5,4)
    local hero
    RACHEL anagram inside LOO
    3. Boy brought up on Doctor Who? He's not here(2-4)
    no-show
    SON reversed+WHO anagram
    4. Go after sunshine, looking for shade?(5,5)
    light green
    LIGHT+GREEN
    5. Familiar with coupon-clipping?(2,2)
    upon
    coUPON
    6. Part of England's destiny out East?(8)
    Tyneside
    DESTINY anagram+E
    7. Bob Marley, perhaps embraced by opera stars?(5)
    Rasta
    hidden inside opeRASTArs
    8. Reason for a person's sudden disappearance could be due to cannibal(5,9)
    alien abduction
    DUETOCANNIBAL anagram
    14. Feeling it could make you sick? Way to come through!(10)
    empathetic
    PATH inside EMETIC
    17. Vampire after us? No, surprisingly(9)
    Nosferatu
    AFTERUSNO anagram
    18. It's above building blocks?(8)
    obviates
    ITSABOVE anagram
    21. Loved ones getting runaround – not being serious at all(6)
    joking
    JOG containing KIN
    23. Bag groceries to hide pain?(5)
    aggro
    hidden inside bAGGROceries
    26. Acceptable in class project(4)
    poke
    OK inside PE(physical education)

    Lego...

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

    MENU

    Head-Spinning Slice:
    Vertigo for everyone!
    Name something that might make an adult dizzy.
    Change the second-last letter to name something that might make a child dizzy.
    What are these two words?
    Answer:
    Carousal; carousel

    Riffing Off Shortz And Siegel Slices:
    “My word, how brain-curdlingly absurd! A roller-skating bird in a buffalo herd!”
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Siegel Slices read:
    ENTREE #1
    Part 1:
    A puzzle-maker is associated with the name of a well-known comedian on a TV comedy sketch show. A second well-known comedian once performed a sketch on that same show in which he suggested that the Barbie doll ditch her boyfriend Ken in favor of another more macho doll on the market.
    Take the letters in a shorthand name of that comedy show, the first letter of the first name of the second comedian and the letters in the name of the more macho doll. Rearrange them to form the name of the puzzle-maker. Who is it?
    Answer:
    Jon Siegel of Chevy Chase, Maryland;
    Chevy Chase and Eddy Murphy were comedians on "Saturday Night Live." Murphy performed a segment on SNL's Weekend Update in which he suggested Barbie dump Ken in favor of G.I. Joe;
    SNL + E (for Eddie) + GI JOE = JON SIEGEL
    Part 2:
    A singer/songwriter wrote and recorded a song about a multicolored coat that reached position #7 on the U.S. County Charts. Three years later, a song she wrote (inspired by a red-headed bank clerk who flirted with her hubby) peaked at #6. The song this singer/songwriter chooses to sing when she performs live for the U.S. troops, however, is a song about a “unicolored” hat (not “multicolored,” but not red either). It was recorded by a U.S. Army staff sergeant about a decade earlier, and reached #1 on the U.S. charts.
    Take the combined letters in the 6-letter title of the song that peaked at #6 and the 3-letter shorthand form of “the U.S. troops.”
    Rearrange these nine letters to form the name of a puzzle-maker. Who is it?
    Answer:
    Jon Siegel
    ("JOLENE" + G.I.S = JON SIEGEL)
    ENTREE #2:
    The words WON and SUN rhyme, even though their vowels are different. Can you name four common, 4-letter words, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different?
    The words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
    A lass depressed tried St. John’s ____,
    She reasoned: “Herbal cures can’t ___,
    they grow in earthy godly ___!”
    So now she’s peppy, perky, ____.
    Answer:
    Wort, hurt, dirt, pert
    (Note the first of the two pronunciations of "Wort.")
    ENTREE #3:
    Can you name four common, uncapitalized 4-letter words, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different? The words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
    My boss was quite a Scroogey ____
    So one day at the end of ____
    Outside our office did I ____
    And pierced his black heart with my ____.
    Answer:
    jerk, work, lurk, dirk

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  13. This week's answers for the record, part 3:
    (Riffing Off Shortz And Siegel Slices (continued):

    ENTREE #4:
    Can you name three common, uncapitalized 3-letter words and one somewhat common, uncapitalized 5-letter word, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different? The words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
    ’Tis Yuletide: gifts ’neath trees of ___.
    Forgive me! I, a human ___
    Am not Divine, I tend to ___
    By bringing “bribes” of gold and _____.
    Answer:
    fir, cur, err, myrrh
    ENTREE #5:
    Can you name three common, uncapitalized 4-letter words and one capitalized non-English 5-letter word, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all four vowels are different? The words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
    Eve on a whim, temptation’s ____,
    Plucked Satan’s apple, round and ____...
    Inside, a Serpent (not a ____)
    Which led to widespread Drang und _____.
    Answer:
    germ, firm, worm, Sturm
    ENTREE #6:
    Find two common, uncapitalized 5-letter words and one uncapitalized 6-letter word, each of which has exactly one vowel, and all of which rhyme, even though all three vowels are different.
    A second uncapitalized 6-letter word rhymes with these three. It contains two vowels, one which is different from the three different vowels in the other three words.
    The four words fill the blanks in the quatrain below:
    The faithful flock filed into ______.
    All circled o’er the pews of ____...
    Flocks welcome suff’ring, thus their ______
    To light upon a hardwood _____.
    Answer:
    church, birch, search, perch,
    ENTREE #7:
    Name two not-all-that-common, uncapitalized 4-letter words (one of them is a contraction), each of which has exactly one vowel, and both which rhyme, even though their vowels are different. A third very common 4-letter word rhymes with the first two words and contains two vowels that each differ from the two vowels in the other two words.
    These three words fill the blanks in the tercet below:
    O the night before Christmas day ’____.
    Through the house, all the doorbells did ____...
    (If there’s chimney smoke that’s what he ____.)
    Answer:
    ’twas, buzz, does

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    Toasty Dessert:
    Choose strong “lass-words” for your female?
    Name something one consumes that is associated with toasting.
    Remove a letter, change a letter and slice the result in two to form two different words that you might use to address a female.
    What is this consumable?
    What are the two words for a female?
    Answer:
    Marmalade; (mama, lady)

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