Friday, December 27, 2019

Non-nouns, Indians, Hogs, but no Plowmen; Wringing out the old... Conun-drumming in the new; Silver Shadow, silver spoonerism; Name-callers take back words, harmony and pluralism ensue; Bland-tasting becomes “brand-tasty”

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Schpuzzle Of The Week:
Name-callers take back words, 
harmony and pluralism ensue

Spell a common first name backward. 
Consecutive letters removed from the interior of this result, in order, spell a plural noun. 
The remaining letters, in order, spell a singular synonym of that noun. 
What is this first name?


Appetizer Menu

Time Is Slip-Dripping Away Appetizer:
Wringing out the old...



The answer to each of the seven clues below is four letters long. 
Solve for each clue, then shift each of the four letters of your answer a certain number of places later in the circular alphabet; that number of places is indicated in parentheses following each clue. 
Finally, rearrange each result to name one common four-letter answer that is timely. 
For example, the answer to the clue “First word in a Burns poem (11)” would be “AULD.”  
Shifting each of those letters 11 places later in the alphabet results in “LFWO” which, when rearranged, forms “FLOW.”
CLUES:
1. Where someone drops the ball (25)
2. An Ernest nickname (23)
3. Suffix with cigar, pal or Gill (19)
4. Follows the name of a president’s dog in a carol (12)
5. Ex-endangered but now extinct bird (9)
6. Easter candy brand (8)
7. Eyeball modifier, according to Lennon (3)
What is this timely answer?
What are the answers to the seven clues?

Shifting Into Gear & New Year Appetizer:
Conun-drumming in the new

🥁1. Think of a type of health insurance in five letters. 
Shift each letter three places later in the alphabet. The result will be a prominent name in psychiatry.
🥁2. Think of a snack food brand in five letters. ROT13 to name a common business practice that the brand name alludes to.
🥁3. Think of a common human activity in five letters. 
Shift each letter nine places later in the alphabet. The result will be a type of footwear related to the activity.
🥁4. Think of a code word in the NATO phonetic alphabet. 
Shift each letter seven places later. The result will be a class of geometric shapes.
🥁5. Think of a measurement device in five letters. 
Shift each letter seven places later in the alphabet to get an adverb meaning “well placed”.
🥁6. Think of a word for eating quickly in five letters. 
Shift each letter six places later in the alphabet to name a hairstyle.


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Blackpool Milk Rolls & Big Ben...tley Slice:
Silver Shadow, silver spoonerism


Name a non-mechanical part of a Rolls-Royce (or Bentley) and its location on the vehicle. 

Spoonerize these two words (that is, switch their first letters) to name what sounds like a beverage. 
What is this beverage?


Riffing Off Shortz And Chaikin Slices:
Non-nouns, Indians, Hogs, but no Plowmen

This week’s challenge, created by Eric Chaikin of Thousand Oaks, California, reads: 
Name a noted TV journalist – five letters in the first name, six letters in the last. Change an I in this name to a W and rearrange the result. You’ll get a two-word phrase for where you might see this journalist. Who is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Chaikin Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Name a noted puzzle-maker – four letters in the first name, seven letters in the last. Change an “i” in this name to a “w” and rearrange the result. 
You’ll get two words: one that precedes the word “baskets” in Figure A of the image shown here, the other that precedes the word “baskets” in Figure B of the image.
Who is this puzzle-maker and what are the two words?    
ENTREE #2
Name a noted past TV journalist who was born on 9/11 and was associated with Meet the Press – five letters in the first name, six letters in the last. Change an “i” in the name to a “w” and rearrange the result. You’ll get two four-letter nouns and one three-letter non-noun. One noun is a general category; the second noun is a more specific subcategory of the first category; the 3-letter non-noun belongs in both 4-letter categories. 
Who is the journalist?
What are the two nouns and one non-noun?
Hint: Within the text of this puzzle there are 13 examples that belong in the second noun’s subcategory, including this hint. 
ENTREE #3
Name a noted past TV journalist – five letters in the first name, six letters in the last name. Change a W in this name to an O and rearrange the result. You’ll get the name of a flower and a word in a nickname for the flower, a nickname based on the etymology of the flower.
Who is this journalist? What are the flower and its nickname?
Hint: It is fitting that this puzzle involves etymology because this journalist has authored two books on the English language.  
ENTREE #4
Name a noted TV journalist – five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last. Change a W in this name to an O and rearrange the result. 
You’ll get a possible two-word crossword puzzle clue for “LEIS”. Who is this journalist? 
What is this two-word clue for “LEIS”?
ENTREE #5
Name a past American essayist, novelist, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, critic and political activist – five letters in the first name, six letters in the last. Rearrange these letters to get an oxymoronic two-word phrase consisting of a 7-letter plural noun and 4-letter verb. 
Who is this person? What is the oxymoronic phrase?
Hint: The phrase would not be oxymoronic if its first word were “cantatas.”
ENTREE #6 
Name a noted past TV journalist – five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last. 
Rearrange these letters to spell a 5-letter noun for an Indian or “Hog” owner and a 7-letter noun for the “wheels” this owner might well have owned as a youngster.
Who is this journalist? 
What are the two nouns?


Dessert Menu

Produce Section Dessert:
Bland-tasting becomes “brand-tasty”

Name an eight-letter plural variety of relatively bland-tasting produce. 
Change the third letter to the letter preceding it in the alphabet. 
Rearrange the result to spell a brand name of a tasty food product.
What are this produce and brand name?

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36 comments:

  1. Lest Lego feel forgotten (!), I thought I'd put on a post before shutting off for the night. In the wee hours of Fri morning, I worked on (half asleep) and was able to solve the Wringing Appetizer, all the Cons except #2 [that ALWAYS seems to be the one that is most difficult; I liked #3!], the Big Ben Slice, and Entrees #1 and 2. At that point, i was too tired to achieve anything more, and gave up.

    So as usual, the Schpuzzle confounds, along with Entrees 3 thru 6, and the Dessert (and Con #2.)

    Perhaps everyone is out celebrating pre-New Year?

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  2. So far, solved all except the Schpuzzle, Entrée #4, and the Dessert. Liked Entrée #3 and Conundrum #6 best so far.

    For the Conundrums, I developed a little Excel spreadsheet that automatically parses the input word into letters and shifts them the desired amount backwards or forwards. Saves a lot of trouble scratching on paper.

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    1. geofan,
      Here is another nifty little letter-shifter.

      Hack(Rot22)Oddpeg(Rot3Rearranged)

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    2. Got the last Entrée (#4). Only the Schpuzzle and Dessert left.

      IMO, the ROT program in your link has the foible that it gives results in only one direction (though all 26 rotations). Mine gives the single answer for the entered ROT but accepts both directions, saving the mental MOD 26 calculation.

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    3. geofan,
      I agree with you that the ROT program I linked to has that FOIBLE... It is admittedly full of holes. That is to say, it is HOLIER (ROT3, Rearranged) than the Excel spreadsheet method employed by thou.

      HackOddpegRedux

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  3. Happy New Year Week's Eve everybody!
    Sorry I was late commenting this week! I even forgot to check Puzzleria! late Thursday night/Friday morning! Then when I finally did check it, I had just got through with the latest Prize Crossword on the Guardian website, this week compiled by Paul. It started out easy enough, got a few answers right away, figured out a few by looking up stuff, the usual. But then I had trouble getting the last two answers: CHALET and ATISHOO. That's right, ATISHOO. The Brits have their own word for the sound of a sneeze. And in all my years of doing cryptic crosswords, this "word" has only recently come up twice, and both times I needed help getting it. This time took about an hour, I'd say. I initially thought it was AGITATO, but couldn't parse out the wordplay. That clue began with the word "quick", and I had an A, I, and O from other intersecting answers. My first thought was it must be some sort of term in music for a certain tempo. Then I actually had to go through the entire alphabet trying to get CHALET, because due to my mistake it looked like the answer must be _A_LET. I finally just typed in both clues word for word, and found the answers thanks to the DANWORD website. So by the time I got here, I was hoping it would be easy to find some of the Puzzleria! answers. No such luck. I only have Conundrums #1 and #4, and Entrees #1 and #3. Will take any hints you can throw at me between now and Wednesday. BTW this week's Private Eye Crossword is a jumbo, and I also glanced at it last night. A few clues have some extra wordplay(anagrams, possibly other tricks of the cryptic trade), which I was unable to figure out. Something about famous last names, I think. Pretty tough. Anyway, as for Puzzleria!, I ended up being too angry to leave a proper comment. I certainly didn't want to let my anger show in my writing! Here's hoping we all have a happy new year in the next few days, and don't forget to watch them drop the ball at midnight(or in some time zones, including mine, 11:00PM)! And finally, Lego, stay tuned for another cryptic of mine sometime in January. At present, I have about four different puzzles in my head, and I just need to find time to lay out the Scrabble board, put down the tiles, look up synonyms, get the clues just right, etc. One of the four will be in your email soon! Be on the lookout within the next few days!
    And now, since SNL is a rerun tonight for obvious reasons, I must now go check in with Magic 98 out of Madison, WI. Right now, an old Casey Kasem countdown from the 70s should be on the air, and I've missed a bit of it already. See y'all tomorrow(possibly on Blaine's Blog discussing the latest Sunday Puzzle)!

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  4. Early Sunday Hints:

    Schpuzzle:
    The common first name is that of a male. It repeats a few letters.

    TIDSAA:
    1. Where someone drops the ball... a very big, timely ball
    2. An Ernest nickname (note the capital E; I think the person with the nickname once penned a book about the Venus de Milo, but I am not sure.)
    3. Suffix with cigar, pal or Gill... to form a Camel, painter's tool, and stubble-reaper
    4. Follows the name of a president’s dog in a carol... a Scottie a.k.a. "Murray the Outlaw..."
    5. Ex-endangered extinct bird... a dear, a female dear, a dear, a female dear
    6. Easter candy... "and don't let me hear one out of you if you can't solve this!"
    7. Eyeball modifier, according to Lennon... one Old Flat Top Holy Roller...

    Conundrums:
    1. Cleo's snake was close to being an "Adler"... but no cigar.
    2. The common business practice is a place where one can hole out.
    3. The common human activity is not so tough, but the type of footwear related to the activity is easy as a lay-up!
    4. All I know is that H is for Hexagons.
    5. DING! Sorry. Go on to Conundrum #6.
    6. Channel your maerts of consciousness to find the "eating quickly" word. Channel your "Joe DeRita" to name the hairstyle.

    BMR&BBS:
    Remember, when in York, speak as the Yorkies do. "Push shut your Aston 'bonnet,' with 'mascot' perched upon it..."

    Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    This NYT journalist also appeared on TV.
    ENTREE #2
    This noted past TV journalist, after a brief stint at the NYT, worked at the Washingtom Post for four decades, rubbing shoulders and typewriter ribbons with "Woodstein."
    ENTREE #3
    The past TV journalist was not named Randy, Paul or Alfred E. ...
    ENTREE #4
    A FOXy TV journalist who followed in his father's footsteps.
    ENTREE #5
    Her initials ar S. S.
    Knowing the "opposite" of “cantatas” would be quite helpful in solving.
    ENTREE #6
    The past TV journalist's father used to sit in Nancy Pelosi's chair, and her mother also served in the "People's House."

    Dessert:
    The name of the plural variety of a relatively bland-tasting produce is nonPC.
    The tasty food product is a candy bar brand.

    LegoGoldenEagleCardinalRedhawkWarhawkRedStorm

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    1. Got the Dessert quickly from the hint, but also have a good alternate answer. In the alternate, the "brand name" is actually a grade.

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  5. With a great deal of struggle, I finally found the answer for Con #2, but never would have without the hint. Likewise the Dessert, although I'm still not sure IF my supposedly bland-tasting produce IS correct....they never tasted bland to me!

    Also solved the remaining entrees and would never have gotten #'s 3, 4 and 6 without the hints, but I HAD tried the proper person for #4 previously, but had just missed the correct resultant answer.

    So like geo (I think), only the Schpuzzle remains....I've been through endless lists (nice to know it is male, to cut the work in half), applying the requisite logic, and STILL can not find anything that works out.

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    1. Rediscovered. Termite. Antiperspirant.

      LegoHopingAllCanDecodeMyHint

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    2. GOT IT!! What a clever puzzle :)

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    3. Thanks, geofan. I liked it too.

      LegoChannelingTheLateJohnJohnAsAJournalist

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    4. I was going to sign in to post that I had officially given up on the Schpuzzle, but your helpful sign-off above just gave it to me. THANK YOU!

      I had gone through a list of 1000 boys' names, and even couldn't fall asleep last night, for running through names in my head. And I was trying unusual plural forms, too, not just those with 's'. [Ie. media, men, etc] What a relief!

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  6. I now have Conundrum #5, the Bentley puzzle, and all of the Entrees. But the time puzzle(which may or may not have to do with the new year)is really confusing. The answers can't really be rearranged to spell anything after changing them to other letters. Are they supposed to be Roman numerals?

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  7. Oatmeal. Old-fashioned, quick-cooking, or instant; no matter how you steel-cut or roll it ... pretty bland stuff ...
    But add a bit of MOLASSES to those OATMEALS ... and you still haven't solved the Dessert!

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    1. Good points, Paul. And, no matter how much molasses you add to any "Bland X" product, it will never become 'ex-bland."

      LegoWhoseCastleIsFortifiedAndSafeguardedByMoatEelsAndStreamsOfWheat

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  8. Puzzlerians!
    Unless I hear objections, I think we ought to reveal our answers to this week's puzzles at our normal Wednesday time.

    LegoHousecleaning

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  10. Five more minutes to 2020 here in AL. Anybody else here in the same timezone?

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  11. Schpuzzle: GEORGE => EGROEG => ROE + EGG (post-”termite” hint)
    Weak alternate: Oswald => dlawso => laws + do (as in “dos and don'ts”)

    Time Is Dripping Away
    #1: NYNY
    #2: PAPA
    #3: ETTE
    #4: LALA
    #5: DODO
    #6: PEEP
    #7: JUJU
    all transform/rearrange to MMXX

    Conundrums
    #1: COBRA => FREUD
    #2: TERRA => GREEN
    #3: SLEEP => BUNNY
    #4: HOTEL => OVALS
    #5: TIMER => APTLY
    #6: WOLFS => CURLY

    Big Ben Slice: BOOT, REAR / ROOT BEER

    Entrées
    #1: ERIC CHAIKIN, -I+W => ERIC CHAWKIN => WICKER, CHAIN
    #2: DAVID BRODER -O+W => ADD VERB WORD
    #3: EDWIN NEWMAN / WIND ANEMONE
    #4: CHRIS WALLACE / ALOHA CIRCLES
    #5: SUSAN SONTAG / SUNG SONATAS
    #6: COKIE ROBERTS / BIKER, SCOOTER

    Dessert: REDSKINS => RECSKINS => SNICKERS (post-1st-hint)
    Alternate (pre-hint): LETTUCES => LESTUCES => U.S. SELECT (grade of beef)


    I adopted ViolinTeddy's excellent idea to gather solutions to the week's puzzles in a text document, then cut-and-paste to the blog site. Thanks, ViolinTeddy!

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    1. I kinda like your LAWS/DO alternative answer for the Schpuzzle, geofan.

      LegoObverseThatThoseWhoObeyThe"DosDoNotBreakTheLaw

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  12. GEORGE > EG[ROE]G
    NY, NY
    PAPA
    ETTE
    FalaLALAla
    DODO
    PEEP
    JUJU
    MMXX
    COBRA > FREUD
    HOTEL > OVALS
    BOOT REAR > ROOT BEER
    ERIC CHAIKIN > WICKER CHAIN
    EDWIN NEWMAN > ANEMONE WIND
    COKIE ROBERTS > BIKER SCOOTER

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  13. Schpuzzle
    GEORGE(EGG, ROE)
    Appetizer Menu
    Time Puzzle
    1. NYNY
    2. PAPA
    3. ETTE
    4. FALA
    5. DODO
    6. PEEP
    7. JUJU
    They all can be rearranged to spell MMXX(2020).
    Conundrums
    1. COBRA, FREUD
    2. TERRA, GREEN
    3. SLEEP, BUNNY
    4. HOTEL, OVALS
    5. TIMER, APTLY
    6. WOLFS, CURLY
    Menu
    Bentley Puzzle
    BOOT, REAR, ROOT BEER
    Entrees
    1. ERIC CHAIKIN(WICKER, CHAIN)
    2. DAVID BRODER(ADD, VERB, WORD)
    3. EDWIN NEWMAN(WIND, ANEMONE)
    4. CHRIS WALLACE(ALOHA CIRCLES)
    5. SUSAN SONTAG(SONATAS SUNG)
    6. COKIE ROBERTS(BIKER, SCOOTER)
    Dessert
    REDSKINS, SNICKERS
    Next week: The first cryptic crossword of the year!-pjb

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  14. SCHPUZZLE: GEORGE => ROE & EGG

    WRINGING APPETIZER:

    1. NY, NY => MXMX => MMXX [2020]
    2. PAPA => MXMX => MMXX
    3. ETTE => XMMX => MMXX
    4. LALA => XMXM => MMXX
    5. DODO => MXMX => MMXX
    6. PEEP => XMMX => MMXX
    7. JUJU => MXMX => MMXX

    CONUNDRUMS:

    1. COBRA => FREUD
    2. TERRA => GREEN
    3. SLEEP => BUNNY (slippers)
    4. HOTEL => OVALS
    5. TIMER => APTLY
    6. WOLFS => CURLY

    BIG BEN SLICE: BOOT REAR => ROOT BEER [ Was trying SPOKE, to try for COKE]

    ENTREES:

    1. ERIC CHAIKIN => ERICCHAWKIN => WICKER & CHAIN

    2. DAVID BRODER => DAVWDBRODER => WORD, VERB, ADD

    3. EDWIN NEWMAN => EDWINNEOMAN => ANEMONE & WIND

    4. CHRIS WALLACE => CHRISOALLACE => ALOHA CIRCLES

    5. SUSAN SONTAG => SUNG SONATAS

    6. COKIE ROBERTS => BIKER & SCOOTER [ I didn't understand that clue meant an "INDIAN OWNER"...I thought you meant an actual Indian! Never heard of an Indian motorcyle.]

    DESSERT: REDSKINS => RECSKINS => SNICKERS [I have never thought that red potatoes tasted bland. I guess if you add enough butter.... ;O )]

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    1. Spoiled Coke/Coiled Spoke?

      LegoSaysThatVietnameseAutomotiveEngineersAtVinFastRealizeThatACarEquippedWithSpokes(EachThatFunctionsAsACoiledSpring)RollsmoreSmoothlyDownTheHighway

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    2. Never would have come up with THAT, Lego....and besides, how could a Coke ever be spoiled? (Unhealthy, yes, but spoiled...well, flat, I suppose)

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    3. Some might say a Coke is spoiled when you pour rum into it...

      LegoConcedesHoweverThatTheseSistersMightDisagree

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  15. Oh before I forget, please explain the "Rediscovered" and "Antiperspirant" hints re George....I'm mystified completely.

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    1. REDdiscoveRED, TErmiTE, ANTiperspirANT hint at GEorGE

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    2. Thanks, geo, but BOY, do I find that obscure. I never would have made the connection. [Instead, I was playing with brands of Antipersperant (Dial, Ban, Dove) and synonyms for Rediscovered.] Congrats to you for having done so!

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

    Schpuzzle Of The Week:
    Name-callers take back words, harmony & plurality ensue
    Spell a common first name backward.
    Consecutive letters removed from the interior of this result, in order, spell a plural noun.
    The remaining letters, in order, spell a singular synonym of that noun.
    What is this first name?
    Answer:
    George (EGROEG-->EG+ROE+G-->ROE+EGG)

    Appetizer Menu

    Time Is Drip-Slipping Away Appetizer:
    Wringing out the old...
    The answer to each of the seven clues below is four letters long.
    Solve for each clue, then shift each of the four letters of your answer a certain number of places later (further on) in the alphabet; that number is indicated in parentheses following each clue.
    Finally, rearrange each result to name one common four-letter answer that is timely.
    For example, the answer to the clue “First word in a Burns poem (11)” is “AULD.”
    Shifting each of those letters 11 places later in the alphabet results in “LFWO” which, when rearranged, forms “FLOW.”
    CLUES:
    1. Where someone drops the ball (25)
    2. An Ernest nickname (23)
    3. Suffix with cigar, pal or Gill (19)
    4. Follows the name of a president’s dog in a carol (12)
    5. Ex-endangered extinct bird (9)
    6. Easter candy (8)
    7. Eyeballs modifier, according to Lennon (3)
    What is this timely answer?
    What are the answers to the seven clues?
    Answer:
    MMXX (Roman numeral for the year 2020)
    CLUES:
    1. Where someone always drops the ball (25)
    N.Y., NY (New York, New York)--> MXMX--> MMXX
    2. An Ernest nickname (23)
    PAPA (Hemingway)--> MXMX--> MMXX
    3. Suffix with Gill, cigar or pal (19)
    ETTE--> XMMX--> MMXX
    4. Follows the name of a president’s dog, in a carol (12)
    LA LA--> XMXM--> MMXX
    5. ex-endangered extinct bird (9)
    DODO--> MXMX--> MMXX
    6. Easter candy (8)
    PEEP--> XMMX--> MMXX
    7. Eyeballs modifier, according to Lennon (3)
    JUJU--> MXMX--> MMXX

    Lego...

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

    Shifting Into Gear & New Year Appetizer:
    Conun-drumming in the new
    1. Think of a type of health insurance in five letters. Shift each letter three places later in the alphabet. The result will be a prominent name in psychiatry.
    Answer:
    COBRA, FREUD
    2. Think of a snack food brand in five letters. ROT13 to name a common business practice that the brand name alludes to.
    Answer:
    TERRA, GREEN
    3. Think of a common human activity in five letters. Shift each letter nine places later in the alphabet. The result will be a type of footwear related to the activity.
    Answer:
    SLEEP, BUNNY
    4. Think of a code word in the NATO phonetic alphabet. Shift each letter seven places later. The result will be a class of geometric shapes.
    Answer:
    HOTEL, OVALS
    5. Think of a measurement device in five letters. Shift each letter seven places later in the alphabet to get an adverb meaning “well placed”.
    Answer:
    TIMER, APTLY
    6. Think of a word for eating quickly in five letters. Shift each letter six places later in the alphabet to name a hairstyle.
    Answer:
    WOLFS, CURLY

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    Blackpool Milk Rolls & Big Ben...tley Slice
    Silver Shadow, silver spoonerism
    Name a non-mechanical part of a Rolls-Royce (or Bentley) and its location on the vehicle.
    Spoonerize these two words (that is, switch their first letters) to name what sounds like a beverage.
    What is this beverage?
    Answer:
    Root beer (boot, rear)

    Riffing Off Shortz And Chaikin Slices:
    Indians, non-nouns, Hogs & cantatas
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Chaikin Slices read:
    ENTREE #1
    Name a noted puzzle-maker – four letters in the first name, seven letters in the last. Change an I in this name to a W and rearrange the result. You’ll get two words: one that precedes the word “baskets” in Figure A of the image shown here, the other that precedes the word “baskets” in Figure B of the image.
    Who is this puzzle-maker and what are the two words?
    Answer:
    Eric Chaikin; Wicker, chain

    Lego...

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  18. This week's official answers for the record, part 3:

    ENTREE #2
    Name a noted past TV journalist who was born on 9/11 and was associated with Meet the Press – five letters in the first name, six letters in the last. Change an I in the name to a W and rearrange the result. You’ll get two four-letter nouns and one three-letter non-noun. One noun is a general category; the second noun is a more specific subcategory of the first; the non-noun belongs in both categories.
    Who is the journalist?
    What are the two nouns and one non-noun?
    Hint: Within the text of this puzzle, there are 13 examples that belong in the second noun's category, including this hint.
    Answer:
    David Broder; Word--> Verb--> Add
    Hint: The twelve verbs in the text of the puzzle are: Name, was, was, Change, rearrange, get, is, is, belongs, is, are, are, belong. ("Including," as it is used in the hint, is a preposition.)
    ENTREE #3
    Name a noted past TV journalist – five letters in the first name, six letters in the last. Change a W in this name to an O and rearrange the result. You’ll get the name of a flower and a word in a nickname for the flower, a nickname based on its etymology.
    Hint: It is fitting that this puzzle involves etymology because this journalist has authored two books on the English language.
    Who is this journalist? What are the flower and its nickname?
    Answer:
    Edwin Newman; Anemone; Wind (flower)
    ENTREE #4
    Name a noted TV journalist – five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last. Change a W in this name to an O and rearrange the result. You’ll get a possible two-word crossword puzzle clue for “LEIS”. Who is this journalist? What is this two-word clue for “LEIS”?
    Answer:
    Chris Wallace; "Aloha circles"
    ENTREE #5
    Name a past American essayist, novelist, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, critic and political activist – five letters in the first name, six letters in the last. Rearrange these letters to get an oxymoronic two-word phrase consisting of a 7-letter plural noun and 4-letter verb.
    Who is this person? What is the oxymoronic phrase?
    Hint: The phrase would not be oxymoronic if its first word were “cantatas.”
    Answer:
    Susan Sontag; Sonatas sung
    ENTREE #6
    Name a noted past TV journalist – five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last. Rearrange these letters to spell a 5-letter noun for an Indian or “Hog” owner and a 7-letter noun for the “wheels” this owner might well have owned as a youngster.
    Who is this journalist? What are the two nouns?
    Answer:
    Cokie Roberts; Biker; scooter

    Dessert Menu

    Produce Section Dessert:
    Bland-tasting becomes “brand-tasty”
    Name an eight-letter plural variety of a relatively bland-tasting produce.
    Change the third letter to the letter preceding it in the alphabet.
    Rearrange the result to spell a brand name of a tasty food product.
    What are this produce and brand name?
    Answer:
    Redskins (potatoes); Snickers
    REDSKINS >> RECSKINS >> SNICKERS

    Lego!

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