Friday, February 21, 2020

The silence of the monograms; Front of the name’s the same; Fistfuls of silver and green; Mannequinslaughter at the Haberdashery! A brownstone mystery to brainstorm;

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Schpuzzle Of The Week:
A brownstone mystery to brainstorm

Name, in four syllables, what you might call a brownstone in a particular neighborhood of a United States metropolis. 
Alter the consonant sound at the beginning of the second syllable and add a consonant sound to its end. 
The result sounds like a medical professional’s asset. 
What is this asset?
Note: The first word in the second sentence of this Schpuzzle my look like “After” but it is “Alter.”


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Chart-Topping Hits Appetizer:
Front of the name’s the same

Note: Chuck has struck again!
Puzzleria! is proud to present another excellent conundrum created by Chuck. We extend him our gratitude.
Name a recording artist – first and last names, 11 letters total – whose name appears in the names of two different groups the artist fronted. 
One group had one Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit in the 1960’s and the other group had one Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit in the 1970’s. 
Who was the recording artist and what were the hit songs?
Hint: The first three letters of the artist’s first name are the same as the first three letters of the artist’s last name. 

Sartorial Appetizer:
Mannequinslaughter at the Haberdashery!

Place a plural word for specific body parts in front of a general term for one such body part. 
Replace the plural word with a synonym. 
The result is something you might see at a haberdashery. 
What might you see at a haberdashery?


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Riffing Off Shortz And Rohrer Slices:
The silence of the monograms

Will Shortz’s February 16th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Chris Rohrer of Saint Paul, Minnesota, reads:
What familiar 10-letter word contains a silent B, E, and O – not necessarily in that order. And those three letters don’t have to be consecutive in the word.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Heir to the Throne” Prince Charles, “Honest Abe” Lincoln, and “Goldfinger Bond Buddy” actress Honor Blackman all contain a silent “H” at the beginning of a word in their “titles” or “extended names.” 
Name a puzzle-maker whose first and last names each contain a silent “H” between the beginning and end of each name.
ENTREE #2
Take two letters that are sometimes pronounced the same, like the “G” in “Giraffe” and the “J” “Jackal.” 
What familiar 10-letter word contains not a  “G” or a  “J” but two other such silent letters? 
Hints: Both silent letters are in the second half of the alphabet, and in the second half of the 10-letter word. 
The word literally means “present yourselves” or “Show up!” (That is to say, it is similar to a subpoena.)
ENTREE #3
Levon loved reading the novels and dramas in his comparative literature class, but found the nuances of narrative style among them elusive. 
Take a seven-letter adjective (with a silent third letter) that describes such nuances. 
Insert a “t” within this adjective to form a noun that describes “What You Will,” for example, or “A Novel Without a Name” – two of the books on his reading list.
What are this adjective and noun? 
ENTREE #4
The answer to each of the following clues is a single word. Solve for each. 
There will be one letter that is not pronounced in each answer. 
These six letters, in order, spell a word. What is it?
1. No man, according to a poet (6)
2. Word following Risky or preceding casual (8)
3. Pinkish-orange food  (6)
4. Name associated with a “self-contained” bottle (5)
5. How people swear when they are taking a stand (8)
6. A “dance,” ending in “ing,” in which a rook and king do a “do-si-do” but stop halfway through it (8) 
ENTREE #5
Take a six-letter word in which all letters are pronounced except the last one. 
Removing this last, silent letter leaves a five-letter word in which all letters are pronounced except for the last two. 
(It is almost as if the silent letter had infected its two nearest neighbors with a “dumbness disease” before departing!)
What are these two words?
ENTREE #6
Take a seven-letter adjective that describes a dewlap or wattle. 
Say it aloud, pronouncing one of its letters as you would pronounce the final letter in a synonym for a portable spa. 
The result sounds like an eight-letter word for a certain source of oil.
What are these two words? 


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Fist, Lap & Dimple Dessert:
Fistfuls of silver and green 

Name a two-word green object that can be hidden within a fist. 
Remove one letter to form two objects, usually silver, that can be hidden within a fist. 
What are these three objects?

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34 comments:

  1. I have Chuck's puzzle. Will post Wednesday.

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    1. Nice to see you checking in here, ron. Your comments on Blaine's blog and on Puzzleria! have always been intelligent and insightful. And, it seems that you are one of the best solvers of Will Shortz's NPR puzzles. Also, you have a knack for coming up with more than one solution!

      LegoWhoObserves:"Gert,ISawRonAvoidARadioVan,OrWasItReg?"

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    2. I forgot to post last Wednesday:

      MANFRED MANN

      Do Wah Diddy Diddy (1964)

      Blinded by the Light (1977)

      Good one, Chuck...

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  2. Happy Washington's Birthday Eve, everybody!
    Sorry I'm checking in so late it's actually Saturday morning! We ate supper at Bryan and Renae's house, and we lost all track of time, and we still had to pick up something at Walmart! Just got through with my other puzzles, and I checked P! late last night and this is what I have so far:
    The Schpuzzle
    Chuck's puzzle
    Entree #1
    Entree #2
    Entree #4(all except the do-si-do dance, but I know what the letter is)
    I also must ask: Shouldn't the adjective in #3 be a six-letter word, not seven, in which you add IT, not just T? If it is, then I have solved that one. Otherwise, I hope I'm not giving anything away for anyone else. As always, I'll take any hints you can offer between now and Hump Day. BTW great palindrome, Lego! Wish I could come up with one that good! Here's a good cryptic clue for PALINDROME:
    Sort of random pile? It works either way!(10)
    BTW Attention fellow Puzzlerians: Be on the lookout for another cryptic crossword from yours truly coming soon! 'Til then, good luck to all on this week's puzzles!

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    1. Lego, are you sure about both do-si-do-ers?

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    2. Thanks, cranberry and Paul.
      As for Entree # 3. There is an alternative spelling I am using of the word. With the spelling I did not use, it is true that adding an "I" would be required.
      The "ron palindrome, alas is not original to me." I like your cryptic clue for PALINDROME, however.
      I'm not real sure about my do-si-do-ers, Paul. I used to squaredance in 4-H club as a kid. but that was a few years back. I had originaly written that the king and knight "leapfrog one another."

      LegoProminadingAwayNow

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    3. Lego - I wrote the below comment before seeing your comment above. BTW, the chess move alluded to involves a rook, not a knight. But it could take place at night. Check me on this.

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    4. Wow, geofan doesn't horse around!

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    5. Sorry about not responding to these excellent comments sooner. I've spent all day at a high school sectional wrestling tournament in Osceola, Wisconsin.
      I am extremely embarrassed about my do-si-do King/Knight faux-pas. I played really a lot of chess as a lad. I love chess. I might have even posted a chess puzzle I created on this blog in its early years, If I recall correctly. (I just checked my "archives" and do not see such a puzzle. So I might put it together for a future P!)
      In any event, somehow in my muddled brain this past week, I wanted the chessboard "squaredancers" (dancing, mind you, on 64 squares!) to begin with the same letter, K. And, of course, the Rook, King and Knight are the only pieces that can "leapfrog" in this manner, so I kind of "lumped" the three pieces together. But then I somehow forgot about the rook and became preoccupied with the knight. The knight, alas, may be a leapfrogger but not a do-si-do-er.

      LegoMessingUpChess

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    6. Whatever you meant, it certainly gave me Part 6 of Entree #4. I simply had to look up chess terminology and I found it. I hadn't even caught on to the chess part before you changed it to "rook". I'm not a player myself.

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    7. Lego - be consoled. The last letter of RooK is the first letter of King.
      OK ?

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    8. geofan (and Paul),
      I am over it. I am consoled. Thank to you both for calling my "knight-errorancy" to my attention!

      LegoWhoLongsJustToBeAKangaRooKingRoolingOverHisKangarooCourt

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  3. Have everything except the Sartorial Slice and the Dessert.
    Particularly liked Entrée #6 and the Schpuzzle - for which I had an alternate answer that almost fit, in an adjacent borough.

    cranberry - M-W gives the word with the I as a second form.

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  4. Sunday hints:

    Schpuzzle:
    A brownstone mansion is not usually a sty, but it might be located in a place that sounds in part like a sty.

    Chart-Topping Hits Appetizer:
    Do you recall the throwback doo-wop group Sha Na Na? Replace a few letters to form a song title by the artist in question.

    Sartorial Appetizer:
    We are seeking not a garment but a pattern on a garment.

    Riffing Off Shortz And Rohrer Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    Hint available upon request
    ENTREE #2
    An S and Z can both make a Z sound or, in the case of this puzzle, no sound at all.
    ENTREE #3
    The silent third letter of the seven-letter adjective is not the third letter in the alphabet, but it is close.
    ENTREE #4
    The answer to this puzzle is a form of something golden.
    1. The poet has done some nice work.
    2. The word following Risky, with Risky, forms a movie title featuring a memorable choreographed scene of a Seger song (not Pete).
    3. The pinkish-orange food is kinda fishy
    4. Mobius strip plus one dimension
    5. How people swear when they are taking the stand
    6. A “dance” in which a rook and king “leapfrog” one anothe... in one chess move!
    ENTREE #5
    During war, alas, one in the Marine (5-letter word) might become a (6-letter word).
    ENTREE #6
    The certain source of oil is organic. The first syllable of the adjective sounds like a kind of jacket.

    Fist, Lap & Dimple Dessert:
    The green object hidden within a fist would have been timely two months ago. One of the silver objects is associated with Will Shortz, the other with a clump seen on a farm.

    LegoPreparingAFortressOfPawnsForHisKing

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  5. Got Entree #5, but that's it for now.

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  6. With the Sunday hints, got the Sartorial Slice (which I particularly liked) and the Dessert.
    Also have an automotive alternate to the Sartorial Slice and a chemical alternative to the Dessert - will list on Wed. with the intended answers. Neither is perfect, but each is fairly close.

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  7. Entree #6:
    Synonyms for the seven-letter adjective that describes a dewlap or wattle (Snow-White version): Droopy, Floppy, Flabby, Mushy, Squashy, Squishy, Limp
    Dessert:
    2-word green object:
    You may find some of these in your "Hoover reservoir" during December housekeeping chores.
    1-word silver objects:
    A wrestling-mat triumph, a Seattle site

    LegoLoopy

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  8. Ah, the above finally allowed me to complete the Dessert (I had the first half, but the second half hadn't occurred to me yet, weirdly).....unlike seemingly everyone else, though, I am still stuck on the Schpuzzle (but I DID come up with a sort of alternate answer, but it may not be considered 'brownstones'..I just don't know) and Chuck's Slice.

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  9. All I have left now is the haberdashery puzzle. I need a GREAT hint for that one, Lego. I got nothin'.

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  10. Chuck's Slice:
    Judging from the common parts of the artist’s first name and last name, he was quite a masculine guy... like a particular Irish Jesuit priest-poet.
    Schpuzzle:
    Not a mayor named Pete... a governor named Pete!

    LegoWhoNotesThatWashingtonIrvingMentionedTheNameOfTheGovernorInHisShortStory"RipVanWinkle"

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    1. Thank you so much for that Schpuzzle hint above, Lego....up to now, I had been nowhere close, not having identified, even in all my earnest attempts, the correct locale.

      But I will still include my probably-NOT brownstones answer....just for the fun of it.

      Now just the Chuck Slice to go.....which I haven't attempted yet with the newest hint. I've had a terribly stressful event happening, and frankly, my brain has been mush. Hopefully, as of this afternoon, it is OVER.

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    2. Okay, finally found the guy. But I'm sure as geo will say, I never HEARD of this guy before! Or his songs.

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    3. But what about the haberdashery puzzle? I still don't have that one yet!

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    4. The body parts? They're all in your head.

      LegoSendingBoxTopsInTheMail

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  11. SCHPUZZLE: My just-for-fun answer: PAIN/TED LADIES => PAIN/LESS LADIES. The real answer: BED-STUY MANOR => BEDSIDE MANNER

    CHUCK'S SLICE: MANFRED MANN "DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY" & "BLINDED BY THE LIGHT"

    HABERDASHERY SLICE: CANINES TOOTH => HOUNDSTOOTH

    ENTREES:

    1. CHRIS ROHRER

    2. RENDEZVOUS

    3. SUBTLEY => SUBTLETY

    4. (1) ISLAND (2) BUSINESS (3) SALMON (4) KLEIN (5) SOLEMNLY (6) CASTLING => SILENT

    5. CORPSE => CORPS

    6. FLACCID => FLAXSEED OIL

    DESSERT: PINE NEEDLE => PIN & NEEDLE [Although Will Shortz's pins are GOLD color, not silver]

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  12. BED-STUY MANOR > BEDSIDE MANNER
    MANFRED MANN, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Blinded by the Light"
    CANINES TOOTH > DOGSTOOTH or HOUNDSTOOTH
    CHRIS ROHRER
    RENDEZVOUS
    SUBTILE > SUBTITLE
    ISLAND, BUSINESS, SALMON, KLEIN, SOLEMNLY, CASTLING
    CORPSE > CORPS
    FLACCID > FLAXSEED (TANK?)
    PINE NEEDLE, PIN, NEEDLE

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  13. Schpuzzle: BED-STUY MANOR – T + D => BEDSIDE MANNER (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY)

    Chart-Topping Hits Appetizer: MANFRED MANN (Do Wah Ditty Ditty 1964, Blinded by the Light 1973)

    Sartorial Appetizer: TOOTH, CANINES => HOUNDS+TOOTH => HOUNDSTOOTH
    Alternate: Body parts => boot, trunks => suit boot (A suit boot is a boot suited to wear with a suit.)

    Entrées
    #1: CHRIS ROHRER (2 silent H's)
    #2: RENDEZVOUS (silent Z, S)
    #3: SUBTILE + T => SUBTITLE
    #4A: ISLAND (S)
    #4B: BUSINESS (I)
    #4C: SALMON (L)
    #4D: KLEIN (E)
    #4E: SOLEMNLY (N)
    #4F: CASTLING (T); word: SILENT
    #5: CORPSE => CORPS
    #6: FLACCID (wattle, dewlap) => FLAXSEED (oil)

    Dessert: PINE NEEDLE (green) => PIN, NEEDLE (both silver or silver-colored) [post-Sun-hint]
    Alternate: silver + chlorine [yellow-green gas] => silver chloride. One molecule of chlorine (Cl2) yields two molecules of silver chloride (AgCl), which contains silver (as Ag+ ions).

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  14. Schpuzzle
    BED-STUY MANOR(Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY), BEDSIDE MANOR
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    Chuck's Puzzle
    MANFRED MANN(later MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND; Two biggest hits were "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"from 1964, and "Blinded by the Light", a Bruce Springsteen cover, from 1976.)
    Sartorial Appetizer
    TOOTH, CANINES, HOUNDSTOOTH
    Menu
    Entrees
    1. CHRIS ROHRER(Both Hs are silent)
    2. RENDEZVOUS
    3. SUBTILE(SUBTLE), SUBTITLE
    4. (1)ISLAND
    (2)BUSINESS
    (3)SALMON
    (4)KLEIN
    (5)SOLEMNLY
    (6)CASTLING
    The silent letters, in order, spell SILENT.(How convenient!)
    5. CORPSE, CORPS
    6. FLACCID, FLAXSEED
    Dessert
    PINE NEEDLE, PIN, NEEDLE
    Lego, be ready for my next cryptic crossword. I will be emailing you the details in just a few days. Gotta go---little Early-Pearly is here with his curly-wurly(what?)!-pjb

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  15. I am always ready for a cryptic crossword from you, cranberry.
    VT,
    Your PAIN/TED LADIES => PAIN/LESS LADIES Alternative Schpuzzle answer is cute.
    geofan,
    Your alternative silver + chlorine [yellow-green gas] => silver chloride answer is "cute chem."

    LegoColorMeWithTickledPinkPaint

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    1. I was hoping you would like it, Lego! : O )

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    2. That should read "BEDSIDE MANNER". I didn't even realize I had done that until just now! Sorry!

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

    Schpuzzle Of The Week:
    A brownstone mystery to brainstorm

    Name, in four syllables, what you might call a brownstone in a particular New York neighborhood. Alter the consonant sound at the beginning of the second syllable and add a consonant sound to its end. The result sounds like a medical professional’s asset. What is this asset?
    Answer:
    Bedside manner; (Bed-Stuy manor)

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    Chart-Topping Hits Appetizer
    Front of the name’s the same

    Name a recording artist – first and last names, 11 letters total – whose name appears in the names of two different groups the artist fronted. One group had one Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit in the 1960’s and the other had one Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit in the 1970’s.
    Who was the recording artist and what were the hit songs?
    Hint: The first three letters of the artist’s first name are the same as the first three letters of the artist’s last name.
    Answer: Manfred Mann; "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (by Manfred Mann (the name of the group), September 1964); "Blinded by the Light" (by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, December 1976)

    Sartorial Appetizer:
    Mannequinslaughter at the Haberdashery!

    Place a plural word for specific body parts in front of a general term for one such body part. Replace the plural word with a synonym. The result is something you might see at a haberdashery.
    What might you see at a haberdashery?
    Houndstooth; canines + tooth --> hounds + tooth

    Lego...

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

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    Riffing Off Shortz And Rohrer Slices:
    The silence of the monograms
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Rohrer Slices read:
    ENTREE #1
    “Heir to the Throne” Prince Charles, “Honest Abe” Lincoln, “Goldfinger Bond Buddy” Honor Blackman... All contain a silent “H” at the beginning of a word in their “titles” or “extended names.”
    Name a puzzle-maker whose first and last names each contain a silent “H”, not at the beginning but in the interior.
    Answer:
    Chris Rohrer of Saint Paul, Minnesota
    ENTREE #2
    Take two letters that are sometimes pronounced the same, like the “G” in “Giraffe” and the “J” “Jackal.” What familiar 10-letter word contains two such silent letters?
    Hints: Both silent letters are in the second half of the alphabet. The word literally means “Present yourselves.” That is to say, it is similar to a subpoena.
    Answer:
    Rendezvous; (pronounced "rende vou")
    ENTREE #3
    Levon loved reading the novels and dramas in his comparative literature class, but found the nuances of narrative style among them elusive. Take a seven-letter adjective (with a silent third letter) describing such nuances. Insert a “t” within this adjective to form a noun naming “What You Will,” for example, or “A Novel Without a Name” – two of the books on his reading list.
    What are this adjective and noun?
    Answer:
    Subtile, subtitle;
    “What You Will” is the subtitle of “Twelfth Night” and “A Novel Without a Name” is the subtitle of “Vanity Fair.”
    ENTREE #4
    The answer to each of the following clues is a single word. Solve for each. There should be at least one unpronounced letter in each answer. These six letters, in order, spell a word. What is it?
    1. No man, according to a poet (6)
    2. Word following Risky or preceding casual (8)
    3. Pinkish-orange food (6)
    4. A “self-contained” bottle (5)
    5. How people swear when they are taking a stand (8)
    6. A “dance” in which a knight and king “leapfrog” one another (8)
    Answer:
    SILENT
    1. iSland = S
    2. busIness = I
    3. saLmon = L
    4. klEin = E
    5. solemNly = N
    6. casTling = T
    ENTREE #5
    Take a six-letter word in which all letters are pronounced except for the last. Removing this last, silent letter leaves a five-letter word in which only the first three letters are pronounced.
    (It is as if the silent letter infected its two nearest neighbors with a “dumbness disease” before it was removed!)
    What are these two words?
    Answer:
    Corpse, corps
    ENTREE #6
    Take a seven-letter adjective that describes a dewlap or wattle. Say it aloud, pronouncing one of its letters as you would pronounce the final letter in a synonym for a portable spa. The result sounds like an eight-letter word for a certain source of oil.
    What are these two words?
    Answer:
    Flaccid; flaxseed

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    Fist, Lap & Dimple Dessert:
    Fistfuls of silver and green

    Name a two-word green object that can be hidden within a fist.
    Remove one letter to form two usually silver objects that can be hidden within a fist.
    What are these three objects?
    Answer:
    Pine needle, Pin, needle

    Lego!

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