Friday, January 17, 2020

Twains meet over flyover country; Every old crime is new again; Solve for X... and a, b, b & r; Changing X’s and O’s at the line of scrimmage; High-noon Hopalong vs Hare-trigger Bugs Moran

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Schpuzzle Of The Week:
High-noon Hopalong vs Hare-trigger Bugs Moran

Name two gunmen linked together in American history – first, middle and last names. 
Four of those six names are related to rabbits, and the other two form common nouns when spelled backward. 
Who are these gunmen?
Rabbit’s footnote: A word associated with rabbits is the last name of a notable politician/jurist who is associated with the gunmen.


Appetizer Menu

(Note: Our Appetizer this week is an excellent piece of wordplay cooked up by Chuck, a very creative puzzle maker whose puzzles have appeared on Puzzleria! before, including these two links from 2016: May 13 and June 10.
We are calling the vehicle for his creativity "Conundrumbstruck by Chuck."
And, we thank him for sharing with us his puzzle, which is a wonderful melding of geography, sports and classical music. It is titled: Twains meet over flyover country.)

Welcome To Conundrumbstruck! Appetizer:
Twains meet over flyover country


Take an item commonly found at a classical music concert, in two five-letter words. 
Subtract the two-letter abbreviation for a prominent East Coast city. 
Take what’s left and add the two-letter abbreviation for a prominent West Coast city. 
Rearrange the combined letters in this result to spell the first and last names, in four and six letters, of a famous athlete who achieved fame in the Midwest. 
What is the item? 
Who is the athlete?


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Bad-Penny Political Slice:
Every old crime is new again  

Take the combined letters in a movie title from the past that, in light of recent political events, is again being mentioned. 
Rearrange these letters to form the names of two fictional crime fighters – one an inspector, the other a doctor. 
What is this movie title?
Who are the fictional crime fighters?

Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices:
Solve for X... and a, b, b & r

Each week, on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday program, puzzlemaster Will Shortz presents us with a puzzle challenge. The January 12th challenge, created by Neville Fogarty of Newport News, Virginia, reads: 
Think of a familiar three-word phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then the last X letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Write a two-word caption for Image A, pictured here. 
Rearrange the combined letters of the words in your caption to form the first and last names of a puzzle maker. 
What is the caption?
Who is the puzzle maker?
Hint: The combined letters in the first and last names of the puzzle maker can be rearranged to form a two-word caption for Image B
What is the caption for Image B? 
ENTREE #2
Think of a three-word phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. 
Then  X  of the last X+1 letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word.
The phrase describes “Nessun dorma,” “O Sole Mio” and other selections sung by a trio composed of a pair of Spaniards and an Italian.
What is this phrase?
ENTREE #3
Think of an unfamiliar three-word, six-syllable phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then the last X letters of the third word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the second word (a word that contains two hyphens).
The unfamiliar phrase describes a Spitfire mired in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
What is this phrase?
ENTREE #4
Think of a three-word phrase (with the first two words connected to one another by a hyphen) that has the following property: The first word is a number. 
Let X be that number. Then X of the last X+1 letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word.
The phrase describes a loudness level on a stereo system that might well blow the roof off your house!
What is this phrase?
Hint: The second word begins with an M.
ENTREE #5
Think of an unfamiliar four-word phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. 
Let X be that number. Then the middle X letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word. The fourth word is plural.
The phrase describes two cagers associated with Toronto named Kyle Lowrey and Jose Calderon.
What is this phrase? 
ENTREE #6
Think of a three-word phrase (with the first two words connected to one another by a hyphen) that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then the first X letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word.
The phrase describes a physician – one who specializes in treating high-cholesterol patients – who prescribes only Lipitor and Simvastatin.
What is this phrase?
ENTREE #7
Think of a three-word phrase (with the first two words connected to one another by a hyphen) that has the following property: The first word is a number. 
Let X be that number. Then X interior letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the final five letters of the third word. The phrase describes a co-ed prison subdivided into separate residential spaces. What is this phrase?
Hint: The second word is a compound word... but not as “compound” as the third word.
ENTREE #8
Think of a three-word phrase whose second and third words are each hyphenated compound words. The phrase has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then X interior letters in the first part of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the first five letters in the second part of third word.
The phrase describes a pair of frat boys at a bar guzzling beer after beer as a part of a debauched hazing prank.
What is this phrase?
Hint: The first part of the second hyphenated word is a body part. The second part of the second hyphenated word rhymes with “mending.” The first part of the third hyphenated word rhymes with “mink.”
ENTREE #9
Take the three-word title of a biographical comedy-drama film tells the story of an Irishman born with cerebral palsy. 
The last two letters of the second word in the film’s title form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word in the title.
Pluralize the third word in the title to form a possible title of a film that might tell the story of Steve Wozniak, Evander Holyfield or Geraldo Rivera, according to the judges on the “Dancing with the Stars” television show.
What is this possible film title?


Dessert Menu

Gridiron Dessert:
Changing X’s and O’s at the line of scrimmage  

Replace a letter in a football player’s last name with a different double letter. Divide the result in two to name what participants in a second sport must sometimes do, followed by the name of that sport. 
Who is this football player?
Hint: Move the letters of the football player’s first name six places forward in the alphabet to spell an informal name that he might use to refer to his teammates. 

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29 comments:

  1. Only just now pulled up P! and solved/loved Chuck's Con....right up my alley (even though I did it backwards!)

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  2. And wonder of wonders (to me, anyway), I believe I just solved the Schpuzzle.

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  3. Happy Weekend Eve, everybody!
    Tonight we all ate out at The Local, which used to be Quincy's, among other places over the years. Then I listened to Ask Me Another and solved the Prize Crossword, this week by Brendan. Late last night I did my best on this week's offerings. Chuck, you'll be happy to know I was able to solve your debut puzzle! Good one, BTW! Here's all I have so far:
    The Schpuzzle
    Chuck's puzzle
    Entrees #1, #6, #8, and #9
    As usual, I'll take any hints you offer, Lego. And may we all have everything solved by Wednesday! Good luck to all!

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    1. ViolinTeddy and cranberry,
      I must say that I am very impressed that you have solved Chuck's Appetizer. Congratulations.

      LegoWhoWouldRateChuck'sPuzzleAsA"1500"(LikeDiamond)OnTheMohsHardnessScale

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    2. Entrees for me so far are similar, although in place of #8, I have #2 (but I'm not absolutely SURE about my answer for it); otherwise, have #'s 1, 6 and 9. I guess the others must be 'more difficult,' huh?

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  4. So far, have the Schpuzzle, Chuck's Appetizer, Entrées #1,2,6,7,9.
    Chuck's was easy - guessed the correct player right off. Initially guessed the wrong city; but got the answer after guessing the correct one soon after.
    Kinda liked the Schpuzzle and Entrée #7 (except the Hint was blatant).

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    1. geofan,
      As implied in my previous comment, I am dumbstruck regarding the apparent relative ease with which you Puzzlerian!s are solving Chuck's puzzle. I found it pretty challenging.

      LegoWhoRealizesOfCourseThatPuzzlerian!sDoStatisticallySkewOnTheBrainyEndOfTheCerebralSpectrum

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    2. I got it through a google search. Details Wednesday.

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    3. Also think I have Entrées #3 and #4. However, my answer to #4 disgusts me, as it is analogous to the exchange "How far is it to Philadelphia?" "Three hours."

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  5. Nice puzzle Chuck. I have it also after working through an "ivory baton."

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    1. MUSIC STAND, remove DC (Washington DC) and add LA (Los Angeles) to yield STAN, the Man, MUSIAL, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals.

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  6. Early Monday Hints:

    Schpuzzle:
    Lone Star gunmen

    Conundrumstruck! Appetizer:
    If you switch the two words of the item commonly found at a classical music concert and say the result aloud, you'll come very close to saying the name of the Man who is the athlete,

    Bad-Penny Political Slice:
    The recent political events include the deaths of two men perpetrated, according to the perpetrator, "to stop a war." Critics, however, surmised the action was a deflection/distraction from an ongoing judicial process in Washington.
    The unnamed but "understood" word in the movie title is "tail."

    ROSAFS:
    ENTREE #1
    Image A: Otis
    Image B: "The Old Man's" obsession
    ENTREE #2
    The strange objects pictured are companion pieces to mortises. Change a letter in the word for the objects from an N to an R.
    ENTREE #3
    Remove a backward greeting from Spitfire sports car to get the surname of a source (of controversy) that apparantly was not unimpeachable.
    ENTREE #4
    You might see the prefix of the second word (that begins with an M) on this comments page, followed by "tartStrategem"... or on a red cap at a rally, albeit with a different second letter.
    ENTREE #5
    A cager shoots hoops and slams dunks.
    This puzzle requires rapt (or undivided) concentration.
    ENTREE #6
    Not as bad as a one-trick pony, perhaps, but not as good as a three-ring circus... except that this medical professional is dealing with peoples lives!
    ENTREE #7
    geofan is correct about my "compound" hint... 'tis too much of a give-away.
    The second word, in an very underpopulated prison, could have been "jailbird."
    ENTREE #8
    This puzzle is a kind of sequel to ENTREE #7 in that it uses the same abbreviation.
    ENTREE #9
    This puzzle is truly a riff-off, and a blatant rip-off, of the Shortz/Fogarty NPR puzzle.

    Gridiron Dessert:
    The player, and his gold-digging teammates, broke by cheese-lovin' heart last evening.

    LegoSuperBawling

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  7. OK, with the Sun hints got the Bad Penny Slice, Entrée #3, and the Dessert, so have finished them all.

    BTW, for my answer to Entrée #8, the abbreviation refers to the second part of the third hyphenated (last) word, not the first part of that third word (which, as stated, rhymes with "mink"). This apparent error misled me for quite some time. If it is not an error, I have an alternate answer.

    I still dislike the answer to Entrée #4 for reasons noted above. Otherwise, a good week of puzzles.

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    1. Thanks, geofan,
      I am very sorry about my error on ENTREE #8. Thanks to you, I just now changed it... albeit at this late date.
      I believe I understand your issue with the answer to ENTREE #3...
      "The phrase describes a loudness level on a stereo system that might well blow the roof off your house!"
      The M-word would more appropriately describe the stereo equipment, rather than the loudness.

      LegoGraspingAtStrawsInStereo

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    2. Lego, thanks for confirming/correcting the error in Entrée #8.

      For Entrée #4, my beef was the use of an inappropriate unit (volts) for the power of a stereo (amplifier). The output power (in watts) of such systems is often used as an informal proxy for loudness. Similarly, the answer a "How far is it to X?" is often incorrectly answered in the USA using a time unit (hours) rather than a distance unit (miles or km). The use of a car is assumed: yet a further insult.

      As you intimated, however, the best unit for the loudness would be an answer relating to decibels.

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    3. Correction: Should read "the answer to…" (not "the answer a...")

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    4. If you ask me, the whole X+1 thing is complicating the puzzles a bit too much. Is the 1 added supposed to be part of the abbreviation or not? According to my answer for #2, I seem to have an extra letter on the abbreviation. Shouldn't that one require only the two middle letters to spell it, or do I really have it wrong? Also, about the word "tail" in the movie title: Is it still in the title if it's only "understood"? Finally, overall, the Entrees are far too tough this week. I still can't believe I managed to get #1, #6, #8, and #9(so nothing's changed there)! As for the Dessert, I think I have the team, but I couldn't find the right player. Is he on the team currently, or is it a past player? The closest I came was somebody with the last name of Griffin, which would make grip pin(my attempt), but there's no sport simply named "pin", so that rules that out. And none of the names I found end in anything that even looks like the name of a sport! Lego, we need more hints, and better! I really didn't get anything out of the last ones!

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    5. Tuesday Hints:


      Bad-Penny Political Slice:
      the names of two fictional crime fighters – one a doctor, the other an inspector – are, respectively, a rock band that "Sold Out" and a synonym of "doodad" or "gizmo."
      The movie featured actors who portrayed Tootsie and Travis, Ratso and Vito.

      ROSAFS:
      ENTREE #2
      The "saints that went marching in..." wanted to be in that third word in the phrase. The first two words in the phrase are the name of a "supergroup" of sorts. The first word, of course, is the number of singers in the group. The second word is an anagram of "stoner." The third word in the phrase is also a "number" (shades of ENTREE #7).
      ENTREE #3
      The third word is a 1970s Canadian hard-rock group that "(Laid) it on the Line." The second (double-hyphenated) word has the same number of syllables as the number specified by the first word.
      ENTREE #4
      The third word is a synonym of "loudness." The first half of the second word is a prefix meaning "million." The first word is an anagram of "there."
      ENTREE #5
      "Tow, parrot! Pinto, drag us!"
      The first, second and third words, and the fourth and fifth words together, in that nonsense phrase are anagrams, respectively, of the four words in the answer.
      ENTREE #7
      The second word (which anagrams to "clock bell") and the word "jailbird" both contain the abbreviation of the word spelled by the final five letters of the third word.

      Gridiron Dessert:
      The player on the team (which will be competing in Super Bowl LIV) is on the team currently (indeed, he is a main cog). His first name is a kind of crowbar. He backed up a surefire future Canton inductee out East. (Thus, the player likely already possesses a Super Bowl ring.)
      The participants in the second, non-football, sport are not human. An anagram of that sport is a game played with more than just one ball.

      LegoWhoNotesThatTheMysteryCoachFeaturedOnTheReverseSideOfThisJohnDavidCrowbarFootballCardIsTheOnlyNFLCoachEverToLeadHisTeamInAchievingAnUndefeatedSeason!

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  8. I think I finally have everything...whew!

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  9. I don't think NOR is the abbreviation you think it is, Lego.

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  10. I got everything but Entree #3(I think!).

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  11. LEE HARVEY OSWALD, JACK LEON RUBY / EEL, NOEL / WARREN
    MUSIC STAND - DC + LA > STAN MUSIAL
    WAG THE DOG > GADCET, WHO
    FLYING ELEVATOR / NEVILLE FOGARTY / FRAGILE NOVELTY
    THREE TENORS NUMBERS (NOS.)
    THREE MILES-PER-HOUR TRIUMPH
    TWO RAPTOR POINT GUARDS
    TWO-DRUG DOCTOR
    MY LEFT FOOT / MY LEFT FEET
    GAROPPOLO > GALLOP, POLO / JIMMY > POSSE

    MEGAVOLT/VOL??

    When I googled "famous midwestern athletes" this site came up:
    http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/2014/08/15/top-15-midwest-sports-heroes-of-all-time/

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  12. Schpuzzle: LEE HARVEY OSWALD, JACK LEON RUBY (bold relate to rabbits).
    Hint: WARREN commission (Earl WARREN) investigated JFK assassination.

    Conundumstruck: MUSIC STAND –DC +LA => STAN MUSIAL (Cardinals)

    Bad Penny Slice: (Inspector) GADGET, (Dr) WHO (post-Sun-hint)

    Entrées
    #1: FLYING ELEVATOR – FRAGILE NOVELTY
    #2: THREE TENORS' NUMBERS
    #3: THREE MILE-PER-HOUR TRIUMPH (post-Sun-hint)
    #4: THREE-MEGAVOLT VOLUME
    #5: TWO RAPTOR POINT LEADERS (or SCORERS). Post-Tues hint: GUARDS.
    #6: TWO-DRUG DOCTOR
    #7: TWO-CELLBLOCK COMPOUND
    #8: TWO ELBOW-BENDING DRINK-POUNDERS
    #9: MY LEFT FEET (film: My Left Foot)

    Dessert: JIMMY GAROPPOLO => (POSSE) GALLOP, POLO (post-Sun-hint)

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  13. Schpuzzle
    LEE HARVEY OSWALD, JACK LEON RUBY, EARL WARREN(EEL, NOEL)
    Appetizer Menu
    Chuck's Puzzle
    MUSIC STAND, STAN MUSIAL
    Bad Penny Slice
    INSPECTOR GADGET, DOCTOR WHO, WAG THE DOG
    Entrees
    1. A. FLYING ELEVATOR, B. FRAGILE NOVELTY(NEVILLE FOGARTY)
    2. THREE TENORS NUMBERS(NOS.)
    3. THREE MILE-PER-HOUR TRIUMPH(MPH)
    4. THREE MEGAVOLT VOLUME(VOL.)
    5. TWO RAPTOR POINT GUARDS(PT.)
    6. TWO-DRUG DOCTOR(DR.)
    7. TWO-CELLBLOCK COMPOUND(LB.)
    8. TWO ELBOW-BENDING DRINK-POUNDERS(LB. again)
    9. MY LEFT FEET(instead of FOOT)
    Dessert
    JIMMY GAROPPOLO, GALLOP, POLO
    Let X stop being that number for a while. It's had enough for one week.-pjb



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  14. SCHPUZZLE: LEE HARVEY OSWALD & JACK LEON RUBY; Lee = EEL; Leon = NOEL; [Jurist: Earl WARREN]

    CONUNDRUM BY CHUCK: MUSIC STAND minus "DC" => Add "LA" => STAN MUSIAL

    POLITICAL SLICE: WAG THE DOG => GADGET & WHO

    ENTREES:

    1. ELEVATOR FLYING => NEVILLE FOGARTY [Hint: ?]

    2. THREE TENORS' NUMBERS [NOS.]

    3. THREE MILES-PER-HOUR TRIUMPH [Hint: TRUMP]

    4. THREE -MEGAVOLT VOLUME [Comment: 'MEGA' again?]

    5. TWO RAPTOR POINT GUARDS

    6. TWO-DRUG DOCTOR

    7. TWO- CELLBLOCK COMPOUND

    8. TWO ELBOW-BENDING DRINK-POUNDERS

    9. MY LEFT FOOT => MY LEFT FEET

    DESSERT: [Jimmy] GAROPPOLO => GALLOP & POLO

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

    Schpuzzle Of The Week:
    Bugs Moran vs Hopalong high-noon hare-trigger
    Name two gunmen linked together in American history – first, middle and last names.
    Four of those six names are related to rabbits, and the other two form common nouns when spelled backward.
    Who are these gunmen?
    Rabbit’s footnote: The last name of a notable polititian/jurist who is associated with one of the gunmen is a collective name for rabbits.
    Answer:
    Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Leon Ruby;
    "Harvey," the imaginary rabbit and title character in the 1944 play by the American playwright Mary Chase;
    Disney's "Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit"
    Jackrabbit
    Ruby is a rabbit in a series of children's books by Rosemary Wells
    Lee = eel; Leon = noel
    Rabbit's footnote: The (Chief Justice Earl) Warren Commission concluded that Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy

    Appetizer Menu

    Welcome To Conundrumstruck! Appetizer:
    Twains meet over Flyover country
    Take an item commonly found at a classical music concert, in two 5-letter words.
    Subtract the 2-letter abbreviation for a prominent East Coast city. Take what’s left and add the 2-letter abbreviation for a prominent West Coast city.
    Rearrange the combined letters in this result to spell the the first and last names, in 4 and 6 letters, of a famous athlete who achieved fame in the Midwest.
    What is the item and who is the athlete?
    Answer:
    Music stand; Stan Musial (Washington D.C., District of Columbia; Los Angeles, L.A.)
    MUSIC STAND – DC = MUSISTAN + LA = STAN MUSIAL

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    Bad-Penny Political Slice:
    Every old crime is new again
    Take the combined letters in a past movie title that, in light of present political events, is again being mentioned. Rearrange these letters to form the names of two fictional crime fighters – one an inspector, the other a doctor.
    What is this movie title?
    Who are the fictional crime fighters?
    Answer:
    "Wag the Dog"; (Doctor) Who, (Inspector) Gadget

    Lego...

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

    Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices:
    Solve for X... and a, b, b & r
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices read:
    ENTREE #1
    Write a two-word caption for Image A, pictured here.
    Rearrange the combined letters of the words in your caption to form the first and last names of a puzzle maker.
    What is the caption?
    Who is the puzzle maker?
    Hint: The combined letters in the first and last names of the puzzle maker can be rearranged to form a two-word caption for the leg lamp pictured in Image B.
    Answer:
    Flying elevator; Neville Fogarty
    Hint: Fragile novelty
    ENTREE #2
    Think of a three-word phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then X of the last X+1 letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word.
    The phrase describes “Nessun dorma,” “O Sole Mio” and other selections sung by a pair of Spaniards and an Italian.
    Answer:
    Three Tenors numbers; (Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, also known as "The Three Tenors," performed “Nessun dorma,” “O Sole Mio” and other numbers to great acclaim.)
    ENTREE #3
    Think of an unfamiliar three-word, six-syllable phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then the last X letters of the third word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the second word (a word that contains two hyphens).
    The unfamiliar phrase describes a Spitfire sports car mired in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
    What is this phrase?
    Answer:
    Three mile-per-hour Triumph
    ENTREE #4
    Think of a three-word phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then X of the last X+1 letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word.
    The phrase describes the loudness level on a stereo system that might well blow the roof off your house.
    Hint: The second word begins with an M.
    Answer:
    Three megavolt volume
    ENTREE #5
    Think of an unfamiliar four-word phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then the middle X letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word. The fourth word is plural.
    The phrase describes two cagers who are associated with Toronto.
    Answer:
    Two Raptor point guards; (Kyle Lowrey 2013-20, and Jose Calderon 2006-13 perform(ed) as point guards on the Toronto Raptors NBA franchise.)

    Lego...

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

    ENTREE #6
    Think of a three-word phrase (with the first two words connected by a hyphen) that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then the first X letters of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word.
    The phrase describes a physician – one who specializes in treating high-cholesterol patients – who prescribes only Lipitor and Simvastatin.
    Answer:
    Two-drug doctor
    ENTREE #7
    Think of a familiar three-word phrase that has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then X interior letters of the second, compound word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the final five letters of the third word.
    The phrase describes the separate residential subdivisions of a co-ed prison. What is it?
    Answer:
    Two-cellblock compound
    ENTREE #8
    Think of a three-word phrase whose second and third word are hyphenated compound words. The phrase has the following property: The first word is a number. Let X be that number. Then X interior letters in the first part of the second word form, in order, a common abbreviation for the first five letters in the first part of third word.
    The phrase describes a pair of frat boys at a bar guzzling beer after beer as a part of a hazing prank.
    Hint: The second hyphenated part of the second word is “bending,” and the first hypenated part of the third word is “drink.”
    The first hypenated part of the second word is a body part.
    Answer:
    Two elbow-bending drink-pounders
    ENTREE #9
    A three-word biographical comedy-drama film tells the story of an Irishman born with cerebral palsy. The last two letters of the second word in the film’s title form, in order, a common abbreviation for the third word in the title.
    Pluralize the third word in the title to form a possible name of a film that tells the story of Steve Wozniak, Evander Holyfield or Geraldo Rivera, according to the judges on the “Dancing with the Stars” television show.
    Answer:
    "My Left Feet"; ("My Left Foot" is the title of the film about the Irishman.)

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    Gridiron Dessert:
    Changing X’s and O’s at the line of scrimmage
    Replace a letter in a football player’s last name with a different double letter. Divide the result in two to name what participants in a second sport must sometimes do, followed by the name of that sport. Who is this football player?
    Hint: Move the letters of the football player’s first name six places forward in the alphabet to spell an informal name that he might use to refer to his teammates.
    Answer:
    Jimmy Garoppolo (who is quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers who on Sunday, February 2, will play the KansasCity Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV; Polo horses must sometimes gallop.)
    Hint: Jimmy (Garoppolo) might call his teammates his "posse."

    Lego!

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