Friday, July 10, 2020

A paddler’s prayer for freedom; Loman, London, Nobel Laureate; Unpin the tail from the donkey? University City stumper; Three cons in a fountain (with “nickel”names); Nick-Al-Odie-Ann

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 3(7!) SERVED

Schpuzzle Of TheWeek:
Loman, London, Nobel Laureate

Take the first name of one of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” characters named Loman, the one-word name of a character in Jack London’s “Call of the the Wild,” and the two-word name of a character in “The Bear” by Nobel laureate William Faulkner. 
What do these four words have in common?


Appetizer Menu

Jeff Zarkin Puzzle Riffs Appetizer:
Three cons in a fountain (with “nickel”names) 

Think of a ten-letter word, describing certain crimes. 
This ten-letter word, phonetically, consists of three nicknames. 
What is the word? 
What are the nicknames?


Heavenward Ho Slice:
A paddler’s prayer for freedom

The poem below (in anapestic dimeter) is missing its final two words.
Using the sound and sense of the poem as your guide, find them.
Hints: 
1. The words you seek are a pair of nouns; the first one is possessive.
2. The second noun rhymes with the second syllable of “farewell.” 
3. The title of the poem (not provided) consists of the two words you seek.
4. The two words, if an apostrophe is removed as well as the space between them, form a word with a double-digit number of letters.
The poem: 
I am paddling toward heaven,
Earth behind me, farewell.
Lord have mercy, release me
From this _________ ____.



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Chaucer’s Monk(ey)’s Tale Slice:
Unpin the tail from the donkey?

Name an creature. Remove its tail. (That is, remove from the name of the creature the four letters that appear in the word “tail.” 
Add a vowel to the end of this result to name a well-known American citizen. 
Who is it?
Note: The “t” and “i” in “tail” each appear only once in the name of the creature. 
The “a” and “l”, however, each appear twice in the creature; remove from the creature only the second instances of their appearance.

Riffing Off Shortz and Hillson Slices:
Nick-Al-Odie-Ann

Will Shortz’s July 5th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Harry Hillson of Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, reads:
Think of an eight-letter word for something we all crave now. It consists of three consecutive men’s nicknames. What are they?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz and Hillson Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
Think of a puzzle-maker, first and last names. Replace the sixth letter in the name with a duplicate of the twelfth letter, and replace the ninth letter in the name with a duplicate of the tenth letter. 
The result is the first and last name of a singer-songwriter who John Lennon and Paul McCartney, in a 1967 Beatles interview, said was their “favorite group.”
The singer-songwriter’s middle name consists a shorter version of the nickname that Wally Cleaver called one of  pals followed by the first name of Wally’s father.
Who are this singer-songwriter and puzzle-maker?
ENTREE #2:
Think of an seven-letter English word that is a synonym of a ten-letter English word that begins with a common two-letter French pronoun, followed by the name of a month (in English), followed by Capone’s nemesis.
The seven-letter word begins with the nickname of a man who married into “American royalty,” followed by the nickname of a woman who married into British royalty, followed by the nickname of a man who was American baseball royalty.
What are these seven-letter and ten-letter words?
ENTREE #3:
In the wake of the Wars of the Roses, in which rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet (the House of Lancaster and the House of York) fought for control of the throne of England, many Noble Houses emerged. These included the Houses of Lovat, Sheffield, Dorset, Harborough, Baring, Manners, Sidmouth, Thurlow... 
’Tis the Noble House of Thurlow that pertains to this puzzle.
William Thurlow who lived in the time of Queen Elizabeth, died in 1590, leaving two sons. The younger was father to an enterprising traveller. However, it was through the elder son’s great-great grandson and namesake (born in 1732 and a proud possessor of a prized silk gown by age 29) that the Thurlow family was finally ennobled.
But, now back to the Sixteenth Century: William’s elder son’s first name ended in a synonym, if spelled backward, of  “sketch” or  “stalemate.” William’s younger son’s first name ended in an anagram of “also.” 
Around the house, William and his progeny called one another by short, informal names. String together what the sons called their father and what their father called his younger and elder sons to form an eight-letter word that means “affected by acute, extreme anxiety.”
What is this eight-letter word?
ENTREE #4:
A word that a young poet once equated with “truth” consists of two consecutive men’s nicknames. 
Take homophones of both nicknames and place a space between them. 
The result is a kind of cravat that many men crave. 
What word did the poet equate with truth?
What is the craved cravat?
Who is the poet?
ENTREE #5:
Think of an seven-letter word for a popular Halloween party activity that involves apples. 
It consists of two consecutive men’s nicknames that a pair of singing siblings had.
What is this activity?
Who are the brothers? 
ENTREE #6:
Pitchers Young and Blyleven greet pianist Curie and guitarist Cooder at a convention of aficionados of the song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” 
Take the first names of the pitchers, followed by the word of greeting they say, followed by the first names of the pianist and guitarist to form an 13-letter word that means “stealing from others using a computer.” 
What is this 13-letter word?
ENTREE #7:
Think of two-word event of six and seven letters that the whole world celebrates during a a pair of months that roar in like a leonine critter and amble out like an ovine critter. 
The first word in the event consists of two consecutive men’s nicknames. 
The second word consists of an adjective for a horse (but with its final letter bobbed), followed by a bovine critter.
What is the event?


Dessert Menu

“You’re Higher-Ed!” Dessert:
University City stumper

Change the second letter of a university city to an “s”, then switch it with the fifth letter. 
These five letters spell a word that is essential to a growth process that is spelled out, in order, by the remaining letters of the city. 
What is the city?

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66 comments:

  1. Lego, VTedditor here.....I believe you meant to type ARTHUR Miller (as in the image) for the author of Death of a Salesman....

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  2. Also, you might want to "double" check the first Entree

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    1. Thanks to you both, VT and Paul, for your ViolinTediting and suggestions for "Paulliative" measures!

      LegoWhoShallNowMakeNecessaryCorrections

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    2. Okay, I changed "Henry" to "Arthur" in the Schpuzzle, but I am still "at sea" regarding Paul's remedial advice on Entree #1... even with his helpful "double check" hint.

      LegoWhoSometimesNeedsToBeHitOverTheHead!

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    3. Yeah, I couldn't figure out what Paul meant either (as usual..ha ha)

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  3. For Entrée #2 have an answer, but the French word is a pronoun, not an article. The English word was new to me (and only exceptionally would be possible in Scrabble).

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    1. Oh, geo, thank goodness for your observation! I have been half-killing myself with Entree 2 trying with the few possibilities for French articles...I shall now go try with pronouns! Thanks!

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    2. Yes, merci beaucoup, geofan. This is the second mistake I have made this week that I have been able to correct, thanks to you astute Puzzlerians!. (I am still pondering what I did wrong in Entree #1.) It is indeed a pronoun and not an article.
      To all of you, I am sorry for the inconvenience my goofs have caused you. These puzzles are tough enough as it is!

      LegoWhoShallNowStriveForMorePronounciationAndLessArticulation!

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  4. Finally, worked out Entree #2, and solved all the others, plus the two Appetizers, ALTHOUGH I've never heard of the last syllable for #1 being a name, nick- or otherwise! NO hope on the Schpuzzle...I'm awful at these "what do they have in common?" puzzles!

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  5. Entrée #7, the named event is only celebrated by half the world. Also it is in one specific month, not a pair of them.

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    1. Yes, that occurred to me, too....but I was just glad to get the answer quickly, so didn't quibble!

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    2. Good point, geofan and VT. I was aware of this "issue" also, and changed my wording a few times before I eventually published this morning. This Wednesday, when I give answers, I shall provide a link in which a guy suggests that the "lower-half-hemispheres" ought to at least consider "celebrating" September with this "in-and-out-critter tradition."
      "Quibbling" is just fine here (and it is a "fun" word to say and write, to boot!). But I don't consider geofan's gentle comment to be "quibbing" as much as merely pointing out a curiosity about the inconsistency of our global traditions.

      LegoGoingOutLikeAWhimperingPuppyWithItsTailBetweenItsLegs

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    3. Oh no, Lego, you need not whimper! That makes me too sad!

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  6. By the time I read the Appetizer I realized that this was going to be another adventure. No harm in that though, right?

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    1. Exactly right, GB. Nothing adventured, nothing adgained!

      LegoWhoStrivesToDoNoHarmAndDoMuchCharm(OrAtLeastAsMuchAsHeCanMuster)

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  7. Oh, I only JUST NOW saw the Monkey Tale slice...how did I miss it earlier? And I'm happy to say, I lucked out and spotted the correct animal nearly right away. It COULD have taken forever!

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  8. Am pleased to note that I already have an answer (though for the Schpuzzle possibly not the intended one) for every puzzle for this week. What to do for the rest of the week?

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  9. Lego: A question on Entrée #3. An appropriate Google search yielded the specific source that you used to generate the puzzle. My question: How did you ever stumble onto this obscure source??

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    1. I was not optimistic that anyone at all would solve Entree #3, geofan, but I am not all that surprised that you have solved it.
      My puzzle-making process:
      1. Find a word with the "NORM AL CY" chain-of-names property.
      2.Find a family somewhere in which those names exist, employing the DuckDuckGoogle machine to do so.
      3. Speculate/assume that those family members, at least around their home, might have called one another by nicknames rather than by their formal names.

      Lego"YouCanJustCallMe'Leg'"Lambda

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  10. Lego: When I commented above that there's no harm in an adventure I was referring to a situation in which no one got hurt. By the time I got to Entree #3 I was afraid I was wrong. Then the solution came to me while I was shaving.

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    1. GB,
      Back in the 16th-Century days of Good Queen Bess safefy razors, and even straight-edge razors, had not yet been invented.
      Perhaps people plucked... Ouch!

      LegoWhoReassuresAllPuzzlerians!ThatNoWhiskersWereHarmedInTheMakingOfThisEntree#3

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  11. Greetings again, and happy Friday to everyone!
    It sure feels good being back here trying to solve these wonderful/occasionally difficult puzzles! I missed the last two editions being under the weather, of course. But it's great to return and get a few right away Friday morning. In the Heavenly Ho Slice I got the last word, easy enough, but the first is still a bit vague to me. Also, I looked up everything in the Schpuzzle, but still couldn't find the connection. There's two characters named "Buck", but that's it. The Monkey Tale Slice was easy, and I got all the Entrees except #7. I know you haven't missed this in a fortnight, but I'll say it now: Hints please, Lego!
    BTW: Kudos to the others for setting Lego straight on his few(or is it many?)errors this week. I just wish I could catch them that easily.
    Further BTW: Next week I promise to send over my latest cryptic crossword idea, so be ready! Good solving to all, and stay safe!
    pjbNotLettingAnyPandemicGetToHim(Anymore)Here

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    1. Welcome back, cranberry. We look forward to seeing your next cryptic crossword.
      A few early hints:
      Schpuzzle:
      One of the characters treads on two feet.
      Two of the characters tread on four feet.
      The four words are associated with caracters (sic) "whose feet" are four treads.
      Heavenward Ho Slice:
      The double-digit number is unlucky, especially so for the poem's narrator.

      LegoWhoAdmitsThatTheHeavenwardHoSliceIsASadTaleEspeciallyForThoseOfUsWhoHaveAHeartForAllGod'sCreaturesGreatAndSmall

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  12. Ignore my comment on the first Entree; it seems I'm the one who needs to get his bifocals checked.

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    1. No problem, Paul. I have always been known for my ignorance.

      LegoBlessedlyBlissfullyIgnorant

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  13. Late Sunday Hints:

    Schpuzzle Of TheWeek:
    Adding one letter somewhere to each of the four words may bring to light what they have in common.

    Appetizer Menu

    Jeff Zarkin Puzzle Riffs Appetizer:
    smoking pot, for example.

    Heavenward Ho Slice:
    The two words, if an apostrophe is removed as well as the space between them, form a word with 13 letters. Glasses frames are sometimes fashioned from thei 13-letter word.

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    Chaucer’s Monk(ey)’s Tale Slice:
    ENTREE #1:
    The Beatles' “favorite group” was on the "midnight Cowboy" soundtrack.
    ENTREE #2:
    The seven-letter word? No sweat!
    ENTREE #3:
    Bill Thurlow's boys had the same first names as actors Norton and Colasanto.
    ENTREE #4:
    Caption for a photograph of Jimmy Snyder in Las Vegas"
    "Odds, to a Grecian, earn"
    ENTREE #5:
    One of the brothers "road" a crest of successful movies, partering with a comedian who shared his brother's first name.
    ENTREE #6:
    Pianist Curie's first name is palindromic. The word of greeting is brief... just 2 letters.
    ENTREE #7:
    Is there a minor league baseball affiliate in Springfield named the "Horsox'?

    Dessert Menu
    “You’re Higher-Ed!” Dessert:

    The is a synonym of "university" in the university city's name.

    LegoWhoAddsThatBillThurlow'sSonsCalledTheirMother"Ma"

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  14. Lego: Your He. Ho Slice hint settles that matter; but I plan to float an alternate (which I would have used sans the hint) on Wednesday. Unlucky is in the eye of the paddler perhaps. Anywho, great set of gray cell exercises again. Happy you tolerate a pedestrian puzzler here in the Land of the Giants.

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    1. I am proud also to call myself a "pedestrian puzzler," GB. We are all, after all, in a sense, walking in the shadow of Will Shortz.

      LegoWhoComposesBadPaddlingPoetryWithMoreThanTwoLeftMetricalFeet

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    2. I, for one, want to express support for Lego's poetry. The present poem even has thematic relevance to the current world situation (especially that of the USA).

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    3. geofan, you are very kind. I do appreciate your appreciation and support of my poetic efforts.

      Lego(WhoAspiresToBeCharles)Lambda

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  15. I was pleased to see the Dessert hint, because I had been convinced that the ONLY answer I could come up with wasn't going to be correct, but now I see that it must be. Happy day.

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    1. Oh Happy Day indeed, VT! I thought the Dessert was the toughest puzzle on this week's menu, but you solved it.

      LeGoingFromStationToStationTryingToGetOfThisDamnTrain

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  16. I have an alternate answer to the Schpuzzle that links the three characters to specific banknotes (one for each character).

    Also I thought the Dessert was rather easy.

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    1. Congrats also to you on the Dessert, geofan, I look forward to seeing your "bank-note solution" to the Schpuzzle.

      LegoWhoObservesThatHisPuzzlesAreSometimesEasierSolvedThanSpun!

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  17. Only got the "He. Ho" Slice myself. Makes better sense with that answer.

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  18. More hints please! Still not getting the others!

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  19. Early Tuesday Hints:

    Schpuzzle Of TheWeek:
    I could not, alas, find a literary character named "Fod."

    Appetizer Menu

    Jeff Zarkin Puzzle Riffs Appetizer:
    Crime perpetrator, as he/she is being led to the paddy wagon in handcuffs:
    "Hey c'mon officer; no harm, no foul!"

    Heavenward Ho Slice:
    In college, I actually rolled my 1954 VW Beetle over, although it did roll 180 degrees and landed upright ("Roll over Beetletoven"?). It was my first car, with semaphore blinkers near the roof, between the front and rear doors. Loved it! Alas, totaled it!
    Oh yes, the hint. When on its roof momentarily, my VW Crashback's wheels were still spinning.
    And, the narrator of the poem rhymes with a creature that is similar to a dolphin.

    Chaucer’s Monk(ey)’s Tale Slice:

    Were it not for this well-known American citizen, we would be circulating these puzzles via FAX machine!

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    Riffing Off Shortz And Hillson Slices:
    ENTREE #1:
    The Beatles' “favorite group” wrote "One" and "Coconut."
    ENTREE #2:
    The seven-letter word is a word for dry desert climates. It begins with an A and ends with a Y.
    ENTREE #3:
    Bill Thurlow's boys had the same first names as a guy with Scissorhands and a saint with a bag.
    ENTREE #4:
    John and his brother George were a "paraKeats."
    ENTREE #5:
    Dylan and a search engine.
    ENTREE #6:
    Both pitchers are in the Hall of Fame; the first is a part of "normalcy," the second is a part of "liberty."
    ENTREE #7:
    ...not to be confused with the winter solstice or summer solstice.

    Dessert Menu
    “You’re Higher-Ed!” Dessert:

    The university city is in a state situated on the same gulf as a state where you might find a cranberry!

    LegoWonders:"IKnowThereAreBloggers'BamaButAreThereBogsThere?"

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  20. Well, now I AM stumped. That last Dessert hint does NOT fit with my answer whatsoever. Further, I've hunted through every gulf state university town via Google and can't FIND anything that works. (i.e there was only ONE town with a university synonym, and applying the Dessert instructions resulted in no answer.)

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  21. Ain't that a kick in the pants, Ted?

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  22. VT,
    I am now curious to hear your alternative answer on Wednesday. The university city in my intended answer (which contains 14 letters) is in the Lone Star State.

    LegoWhoAdmitsThatStumpSpeechesCanBeBewildering

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    1. Yikes, Lego. I thought I had this one nailed, but I must have an alternative. That really is a kick in the pants.

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    2. I was sitting in my recliner watching 20/20, when I ran the other university city I'd found last night through my mind, and suddenly BINGO...I realized that was the answer. Don't know WHY I didn't see that last night. Yippee....I will leave my not-very-good alternate answer in for tomorrow's posting.

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  23. Buck is Buick, right? That part I got, but I couldn't get any further than that. The other hints got me close, but not there. Still stuck on the Schpuzzle, the Dessert, and Zarkin's puzzle. Not a kick in the pants, though.

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    1. Late Tuesday Hints:

      Schpuzzle Of TheWeek:
      Yes, Buck is Buick.
      The Loman you need is not Linda, Happy, Biff or Ben.
      The Faulkner character, however, is "Old Ben."
      Concentrate not so much on the models but on the pioneers behind the models.

      Appetizer Menu

      Jeff Zarkin Puzzle Riffs Appetizer:
      Damone or Davalillo + Duncan or Cratchit + Paul or Misérables

      “You’re Higher-Ed!” Dessert:
      An Agricultural worker riding a Mechanical combine... says it all.

      LegoNotesThatFarmersNormallyRiseEarlyInTheAM

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    2. Regarding my sentence above:
      "Concentrate not so much on the models but on the pioneers behind the models..."
      The word "models" probably auto be "makes" instead.

      LegoWhoAlwaysEnjoyedReadingAboutStatelyPlumpBuickMulligan'sMorningAblutionsIn"Ulysses"

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  24. Lego: At Dessert, you must have concluded I'd lost my marbles. I was just picking a nit - any one I got stock on.

    Ted: I'll post my nit-alternate. With an explanation.

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    1. I suspect we have the same alternative answer, GB....

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  25. I think I spent much of this week in an Alternate Universe:

    Schpuzzle: A letter can be added to Willy (Loman), Buck (the dog), and to each word in Old Ben (The Bear) to get names of automaker pioneers. Willys, Buick, Olds, and Benz. (confirmed by caracter hint)

    Appetizer: Victimless; Vic, Tim, & Les

    Heavenward Ho Slice: (After the hints I gathered the intended answer is Tortoise's Shell and Tortoiseshell.) My "alternate" is Cockle's Shell and Cockleshell. The reference is to a shallow draft boat - no match for the moose ahead, and from which the paddler may wish escape.

    Monk(ey)'s Tale Slice: Al Gore (Alligator - Tail + E)

    Entrees:
    1. Harry Edward Nilsson and Harry Hillson
    2. Aridity and Jejuneness
    3. Panicked (my entwined no one get's hurt and shaving comments were to "victimless" above and to "nick".
    4. Beauty; Bow Tie; John Keats
    5. Bobbing; Bob and Bing Crosby
    6. Cyberthievery (Cy, Bert, Hi, Eve, Ry)
    7. Vernal Equinox

    Dessert: (After the hints I gathered the intended answer is College Station as my marbles (aggies) comment was directed.) The (B Bracket) answer I had arrived at is State College (Pennsylvania). You can't grow College without Seats, or Seats to put in those Seats. My "nit-any. . ." comment was an allusion to the Penn State mascot.

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    1. I like both your Cockleshell and Stae College alternative answers, GB. One actually paddles water to propel a draft boat. An overturned tortoise is merely paddling air.

      LegoWhoNowAlsoBegsReleaseFrom"ThisCockle'sHell!"

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  26. WILLY(s), BU(i)CK, (n)ASH [but, looking at lego's comments, I guess the intended answer is OLD(s)...or is it BEN(z)?][Oh, wait a minute, I'm reading carelessly again. It's OLD(s) and BEN(z)...I think.]

    I'm not sure smoking pot is always a VICTIMLES(S) crime. I'm speaking on behalf of a member of Dick and Jane's household, if you get my drift.

    TORTOISE'S HELL

    I think I had HARRY NILSSON immediately upon glancing at the words "favorite group" next to a picture of The Beatles within the text of the first riff...it just all added up in an instant. So I read about the 6th-12th switch, and that checked out, but I forgot to read about the 9th-10th switch, and ended up falsely accusing lego of misspelling NILSSON. Add a C to my name, rearrange, and precede with "mea maxima".

    ALLIGATOR > AL GORE

    JEJUNENESS

    PANICKED

    BEAUTY > BOW TIE / KEATS

    BOBBING / BOB & BING CROSBY

    CyBertHiEveRy [that might make a good password (if I hadn't just told it to everybody)]

    VERNAL EQUINOX

    COLLEGE STATION > CELLS, GESTATION
    [Replace the last three letters of the city with a single letter and...well, you can take it from there.]

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    1. Wow, Paul. "Ash" in Faulkner's "The Bear" ought to have been included in my puzzle. Nash was indeed an automotive pioneer! I totally dropped the ball. 'Twould have been a much better puzzle had I included him.
      And, really (and amazingly!) using just Faulkner's "The Bear" (without Miller's Willy and London's Buck) could have been a great stand-alone puzzle, one that WS might have even accepted as an NPR puzzle. I was aware that "Uncle Buck" was a character in "The Bear" but was unaware of "Uncle Ash" until I read Paul's post, above.
      So, to recap, in Faulkner's "The Bear," the cast of characters include:
      Uncle Buck (Buick)
      Uncle Ash (Nash)
      Old Ben (Olds Benz).
      A wonderful coincidence. It is as if Faulkner was some kind of automotive pioneer buff!
      Thanks, Paul.

      LegoWhoAlsoGrewUpInADickAndJaneHouseholdAndWhoTook"ReeferMadness"ToHeart(AlbeitLaughingAllTheWay!)

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  27. I meant Tortoise's Hell/Tortoiseshell & Cockle's Hell/Cockleshell in the Heavenward Ho Slice.

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  28. Schpuzzle: OLD BEN, WILLY, BUCK – Each is a slang term for a specific banknote ($100, Canadian $5, $1). Also Willy (McKinley) was on former US $500 banknotes.
    Post-Fri-hint: Add a letter, get a former car make (OLDS, BENZ, WILLYS, BUICK)

    Puzzle Riffs Appetizer: VICTIMLESS => VIC, TIM, LES
    Alternate: CONSPIRACY => KEN, SPIRO, CY (Cy does not phonetically fit well)

    Heavenward Ho Slice: TORTOISE'S HELL=> TORTOISESHELL (liked the thematic elements and wordplay).

    Chaucer's Monkey Slice: ALLIGATOR – TAIL + E => ALGORE => AL GORE

    Entrées
    #1: HARRY HILLSON – H, L + N, S => HARRY NILSSON
    #2: ARIstotle DIana TYrone => ARIDITY; JE JUNE (Eliot)NESS => JEJUNENESS
    Only exceptionally possible in Scrabble, as there is only one J. So – need a J and a blank.
    #3: William Thurlow => Edward => DRAW, Nicholas => ALSO (sons). Pa, Nick, Ed => PANICKED
    A search for “William Thurlow died 1590” yielded the source book immediately, so an easy puzzle.
    #4: JOHN KEATS, BEAUTY => BEAU TY => BO TY => BOW TIE
    #5: BOBBING for apples [BOB Crosby (jazz), BING Crosby]
    #6: CY(Young), BERT(Blyleven), HI, EVE(Curie), RY(Cooder) => CYBERTHIEVERY
    #7: VERN, AL, EQUINe, OX => VERNAL EQUINOX

    Dessert: COLLEGE STATION (TX) – O + S => CELLS GESTATION

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    1. geofan,
      Your alternative answer to my Schpuzzle (ingeniously involving banknotes) and Paul's "Uncle Ash/Nash) alternative answer are truly two of the greatest alternatibve answers in Puzzleria!s history (and there have been scores of great alternative answers).
      But you "banknote alternative" ought to go down in our "alternate puzzleverse annals!"

      LegoWhoAlsoEnjoyedgeofan's"Conspiracy=KenSPpiroCy"AlternativeAnswerToJeffZarkin'sFineRiffOffPuzzle

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  29. In the last 2 weeks or so, I have been having a lot of problems to post here (I use Firefox). The Firefox error that I get is:

    “Firefox Can’t Open This Page
    To protect your security, www.blogger.com will not allow Firefox to display the page if another site has embedded it. To see this page, you need to open it in a new window.”

    Re-opening in a separate window (as suggested by the error message) does not work.

    The only method that seems to work is to open blogspot.com from the upper sign-in at the extreme top (above and to right of the "Joseph Young's Puzzleria" main title.

    Any suggestions? As noted above, Chrome has never worked at all for me for Puzzleria for posting (I can view the site but cannot post at all).

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  30. The error that shows up on the blogger.com page (when I open it in a separate window) is: "blogID: Required field must not be blank."

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  31. It took me about 30 min and several login/logouts to post the above short message (including most recently a "prove you are a human" test.

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  32. Lego, a part of the problem might be that www.puzzleria.com (at least from my laptop) normally does not connect as a secure site -- there is a red line through the padlock on Firefox and in Chrome it states "not secure".

    I suspect that this my be an issue that you (Lego) have to fix on your end. The Blainesville site (which also links to blogger.com) shows up here as a secure site on both browsers (Firefox and Chrome).

    But just now it says Puzzleria is secure. I am baffled.

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    1. geofan,
      You think you're baffled!
      First off, I apoligize to you and to all other Puzzlerians! who are having similar issues with accessing this blog. It ought no be a chore!
      As I have occasionally stated in this space, I am a total computer Luddite! I am just not very good at the inner-workings of cyberworld bloggery.
      I may contact my friend Word Woman about this issue. Her Partial Ellipsis of the Sun blog (highly recommended by me) uses the same "Blogger interface" that I use.
      I would also be willing to take advice (that could be posted here on this comments forum) from anyone who could shed light on how to remedy, or at least alleviate, the frustrating dilemma in which geofan and surely others find themselves.
      Perhaps the issue is that Blogger seems to be in the midst of doing some technical transitioning. For the last month or so the following message has appeared on Blogger's "overview/statistics" page:
      "In July, the new Blogger interface will become the default for all users."
      Again, to all, my sincere apologies!

      LegoSeekingTechicalAdvice(OrSimplyCommonSenseAdvice)

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    2. Update: My earlier statement on logging in at the top right of the Puzleria! page now appears to be a red herring. But clearing all Firefox cookies and all Firefox history appears to help (I must do this each time before posting anything here).

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  33. Schpuzzle
    OLD BEN(OLDS, BENZ)
    WILLY(WILLYS)
    BUCK(BUICK)
    Appetizer Menu
    Zarkin's Puzzle
    VICTIMLESS(VIC, TIM, LES)
    Heavenward Ho Slice
    TORTOISE'S HELL(TORTOISESHELL)
    Menu
    ALLIGATOR-TAIL+E=AL GORE
    Entrees
    1. HARRY NILSSON, HARRY HILLSON
    2. ARIDITY(ARI, DI, TY), JEJUNENESS
    3. WILLIAM THURLOW, EDWARD(DRAW), NICHOLAS(ALSO), PA, NICK, ED=PANICKED
    4. BEAUTY(John Keats), BOW TIE
    5. BOBBING(for apples), BOB and BING CROSBY
    6. CYBERTHIEVERY(CY, BERT, HI, EVE, RY)
    7. VERNAL EQUINOX(VERN, AL, EQUINE, OX)
    Dessert
    COLLEGE STATION, CELLS, GESTATION
    People of Puzzleria: Be on the lookout for another cryptic crossword, coming soon to this site!-pjb

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  34. Sorry, I forgot again!

    SCHPUZZLE: WILLY => WILHELM MAYBACH? [ BEN => BEN(z), but also BIFF => a truck in a Grand Theft Auto movie]; BUCK => BU(i)CK => DAVID DUNBAR BUICK?; OLD(s) => RANSOM ELI OLDS; BEN(z) => CARL BENZ?

    APPETIZERS:

    1. VIC /TIM / LES(s)

    2. I had thought it was COCKLE'S HELL => COCKLESHELL until the hint about unlucky (13 presumably)...there is only ONE word in 13 letters that ends in shell: TORTOISESHELL.

    MONKEY SLICE: ALLIGATOR => ALGOR & E = AL GORE

    ENTREES:

    1. HARRY HILLSON => HARRY EDWARD NILSSON

    2. JEJUNENESS => ARI/DI/TY [Onassis, Princess Diana, Cobb]

    3. EDWARD & NICHOLAS => PA/NICK/ED

    4. BEAUTY => BOW/TIE

    5. BOBBING => BOB & BING CROSBY

    6. CY & BERT & HI & EVE & RY => CYBERTHIEVERY

    7. VERNAL EQUINOX => VERN & AL; EQUIN(e) & OX

    DESSERT: COLLEGE STATION => CELLS & GESTATION; which is FAR cleverer than STATE COLLEGE (PA) => SEATS & COLLEGE [Pre hint...I always felt this was wrong, though.]

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

    Schpuzzle Of TheWeek:
    Loman, London, Nobel Laureate
    Take the first name of one of Henry Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” characters named Loman, the one-word name of a character in Jack London’s “Call of the the Wild,” and the two-word name of a character in “The Bear” by Nobel laureate William Faulkner.
    What do these four words have in common?
    Answer:
    Adding a letter to each name forms the last name of an automobile pioneer:
    Willy Loman ("Death of a Salesman")-->(John) Willys;
    Buck (the dog in "Call of the the Wild")-->(David) Buick;
    Old Ben (the bear in "The Bear")-->(Ransom) Olds, (Karl) Benz

    Appetizer Menu

    Jeff Zarkin Puzzle Riffs Appetizer:
    Three cons in a fountain (with “nickel”names)
    Think of a ten-letter word, describing certain crimes. This ten-letter word, phonetically, consists of three nicknames.
    What are the word and the nicknames?
    Answer:
    VICTIMLESS (crimes); Vic, Tim, Les(s).

    Heavenward Ho Slice:
    A paddler’s prayer for freedom
    The poem below (in anapestic dimeter) is missing its final two words.
    Using the sound and sense of the poem as your guide, find them.
    Hints:
    1. The words you seek are a pair of nouns; the first one is possessive.
    2. The second noun rhymes with the second syllable of “farewell.”
    3. The title of the poem (not provided) consisted of the two words you seek.
    4. The two words, if an apostrophe is removed as well as the space between them, form a word with a double-digit number of letters.
    The poem:
    I am paddling toward heaven,
    Earth behind me, farewell.
    Lord have mercy, release me
    From this _________ ____.
    Answer:
    I am paddling toward heaven,
    Earth behind me, Farewell.
    Lord have mercy, release me
    From this tortoise's hell.
    (tortoiseshell)

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    Chaucer’s Monk(ey)’s Tale Slice:
    Unpin the tail from the donkey?
    Name an creature. Remove its tail. (That is, remove from the name of the creature the four letters that appear in the word “tail.” Add a vowel to the end of this result to name a well-known American citizen. Who is it?
    Note: The “t” and “i” in “tail” each appear only once in the name of the creature.
    The “a” and “l”, however, each appear twice in the creature; remove only the second instances of their appearance.
    Answer:
    Al Gore
    ALLIGATOR - LIAT (TAIL) = ALGOR+E = Al Gore

    Lego...

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

    Riffing Off Shortz and Hillson Slices:
    Nick-Al-Odie-Ann
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz and Hillson Slices read:
    ENTREE #1:
    Think of a puzzle-maker, first and last names. Replace the sixth letter in the name with a duplicate of the twelfth letter, and replace the ninth letter in the name with a duplicate of the tenth letter. The result is the first and last name of a singer-songwriter who John Lennon and Paul McCartney, in a 1967 Beatles interview, said was their “favorite group.”
    The singer-songwriter’s middle name consists an even shorter version of the nickname of one of Wally Cleaver’s pals followed by the first name of Wally’s father.
    Who are this singer-songwriter and puzzle-maker?
    Answer:
    Harry Hillson; Harry (Edward) Nilsson
    ENTREE #2:
    Think of an seven-letter English word that is a synonym of a ten-letter English word that begins with a common two-letter French article, followed by the name of a month (in English), followed by Capone’s nemesis.
    The seven-letter word begins with the short-form first name of a man who married into “American royalty,” followed by the short-form first name of a woman who married into British royalty, followed by the short-form first name of a man who WAS American baseball royalty.
    What are these seven-letter and ten-letter words?
    Answer:
    Aridity; Jejuneness;
    Ari (Onassis) + (Lady) Di (Spencer) + Ty (cobb); Je (French for "I") + June + (Eliot) Ness
    ENTREE #3:
    In the wake of the Wars of the Roses, in which rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet (the House of Lancaster and the House of York) fought for control of the throne of England, many Noble Houses emerged. These included the Houses of Lovat, Sheffield, Dorset, Harborough, Baring, Manners, Sidmouth, Thurlow...
    ’Tis the Noble House of Thurlow that pertains to this puzzle.
    William Thurlow who lived in the time of Queen Elizabeth, died in 1590, leaving two sons. The younger was father to an enterprising traveller. However, it was through the elder’s great-great grandson and namesake (born in 1732 and a proud possessor of a prized silk gown by age 29) that the Thurlow family was finally ennobled.
    But, back to the Sixteenth Century, William’s elder son’s first name ended in a synonym, spelled backward, of “sketch” or “stalemate.” William’s younger son’s first name ended in an anagram of “also.”
    Around the house, William and his progeny called one another by short, informal names. String together what the sons called their father and what their father called his elder and younger sons to form an eight-letter synonym of “affected by acute, extreme anxiety.”
    What is this synonym?
    Answer:
    Panicked (Pa+Nick+Ed)

    Lego...

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  37. This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
    Riffing Off Shortz and Hillson Slices (continued):
    ENTREE #4:
    A word that a young poet once equated with “truth” consists of two consecutive men’s nicknames. Take homophones of both nicknames and place a space between them. The result is a kind of cravat that many men crave.
    What word did the poet equate with truth?
    What is the craved cravat?
    Answer:
    Beauty; Bow tie;
    ENTREE #5:
    Think of an seven-letter word for a popular Halloween party activity that involves apples. It consists of two consecutive men’s nicknames that a pair of singing siblings had.
    What is this activity?
    Who are the brothers?
    Answer:
    Bobbing for apples; Bob and Bing Crosby
    ENTREE #6:
    Pitchers Young and Blyleven greet pianist Curie and guitarist Cooder at a convention of aficionados of the song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Take the first names of the pitchers, followed by the word of greeting they say, followed by the first names of the pianist and guitarist to form an 13-letter word that means “stealing from others using a computer.”
    What is this 13-letter word?
    Answer:
    cyberthivery
    ENTREE #7:
    Think of two-word event of six and seven letters that the whole world celebrates during a a pair of months that roar in like a leonine critter and amble out like an ovine critter. The first word in the event consists of two consecutive men’s nicknames. The second word consists of an adjective for a horse (but with its final letter bobbed), followed by a bovine critter.
    What are they?
    Answer:
    Vernal Equinox; Vern+Al; Equine+Ox

    Dessert Menu

    “You’re Higher-Ed!” Dessert:
    University City stumper

    Change the second letter of a university city to an “s”, then switch it with the fifth letter. These five letters spell a word that is essential to a growth process that is spelled out, in order, by the remaining letters of the city.
    What is the city?
    Answer:
    College Station (home to the main campus of Texas A&M University); (Gestation, Cells)

    Lego!

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