What belongs, what falls short? “What’s in your lunchbox?” Unaware of one’s underwear? Colorful Megapixel Joy! Sociothermodynamics?

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Schpuzzle Of TheWeek:
What belongs, what falls short?

A saber not sword,
A note not a chord,
A bellow not howl.
Neither fish, though, nor fowl...
Yet both Fillmore and Ford.
In the limerick above, what distinguishes the five words that “belong” from the five that do not “belong”?
Hint: Here are a number of other “belong/fall-short” pairs (and one triplet):
yellow not red, west but not east, quail but not duck, fin but not feather, empty not full, chip but not putt, mortal not fatal, muzak not music, Twain but not Mark, Joyce but not Kilmer or James, Wells but not Poe, Jeff but not Mutt, prude but not pride, not but not but

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Skydiversion Appetizer:
Sociothermodynamics?

Think of a well-known American sex sociologist who is a frequent National Public Radio celeb expert, first and last names, who might be considered hot. 
The two names describe a substance that is considered hot.  
Who is this sex sociologist?
Hint: One of the names has a letter inserted in order to make it easier for us to pronounce as in its language of origin.

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High Definition Television Slice:
Colorful Megapixel Joy!

How is the following promotional plug for high-definition television related to the numbers 1 through 5?
“Megapixel TV: Colorful HD Joy!”
Hint: 26, 13, 8, 6, 5

Riffing Off Shortz and Matthews Slices:
Unaware of one’s underwear?

Will Shortz’s July 19th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by James Matthews, of Little Rock, Arkansas, reads:
Think of a six-letter word for something you might wear. Insert an “O” in the exact middle, and you’ll get a phrase meaning “Not aware.” What is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz and Matthews Slices read:
ENTREE #1:
The combined letters of the first and last names of a puzzle-maker can be rearranged to form the titles of three movies, released in 1954, 1975 and 2007.
Who is this puzzle-maker? 
What are the three movie titles?
Hint: Place a musical note inside the puzzle-maker’s first name to form an informal name for certain nightwear.
Extra credit challenge:
The combined letters of the titles of three movies pictured in the image that accompanies this Entree can be rearranged to form the name of a second puzzle-maker. Who is it?
ENTREE #2:
Think of a nine-letter word that means “something to the contrary.” 
Remove the sixth letter and place an “N” between the first and second letters and you’ll get a phrase meaning “becoming more successful or popular.”
What are this word and phrase?  
ENTREE #3:
Think of a two-word name for a piece of furniture, followed by a two-word phrase a host might say to a guest in the presence of this furniture. Remove the second word of the furniture’s name and add an “E” between the two words of the host’s phrase, and you’ll get a three-word phrase one might use to advise or encourage a friend to keep calm and proceed with caution, carefully or slowly. 
What is the piece of furniture?
What are the two-word and three-word phrases?
ENTREE #4:
Take the final word in a Broadway musical song sung by Barbra Streisand on the album of that musical. Think of a three-word phrase totaling 14 letters that follows this word in a different song. 
Change the ninth letter of this phrase to an “O” and add an “L” at the end, and you’ll get three different words, in order: 
1. a 5-letter adjective describing conspicuous symptoms such as drowsiness, pinpoint pupils, itching, nausea, vomiting, constipation and skin infections. This adjective may also describe unconcealed paraphernalia such as syringes, spoons, bottle caps, aluminum foil, needles, cotton balls, lighters, belts or rubber tubing;
2. a six-letter noun related to those symptoms, and
3. a 4-letter noun for a container used in conjunction with needles and cotton balls.
What is the 14-letter, three-word phrase?
What are the three new words you get? 
ENTREE #5:
Think of an eight-letter phrase meaning “buried in debt.” 
Double the sixth letter and remove the fourth letter and you’ll get a word meaning “buried.” 
What are this phrase and word?
ENTREE #6:
Think of a ten-letter, four-word phrase that means “engaging in malicious or nefarious behavior.” 
Insert an “S” between the sixth and seventh letters. The first five letters of this result spell the first name of a famous American writer. 
The final six letters of this result spell the last name of a famous American radio and television commentator.
What is this phrase?
Who are the writer and the television commentator?
ENTREE #7:
A basket of plums, a gift from a visiting potentate, sat on a table in the king’s parlor. The king took a bite out of one plum. It tasted too tangy and tart, nearly acidic. Could it be poisonous?
The king summoned his loyal royal food-taster and instructed him to taste the whole basketful. The loyal royal subject sampled the plum the king had taken a taste of, then took the basket in hand and, one-by-one,  ___ ___ ____. 
He promptly reported back to the king that the plum the king had chomped on was by far the _________. 
The words in those first three blanks are 3, 3 and 4 letters long. The word in the fourth blank is 9 letters long. Remove an “H” from near the middle of the three-word phrase and you’ll get the nine-letter word.
What are this phrase and word? 

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The Verbing-Of-Nouns Dessert:
“What’s in your lunchbox?”

Use a verb and noun to name what an old Apple or Brownie does. 
Transform the noun into the verb by changing its first letter to an S and interchanging its fourth and fifth letters. 
What are this verb and noun?

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