Friday, October 30, 2020

Belle & Jane latch onto a legend; Lullabies consisting of crib notes; Pokéballs and Football; Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m. Slicing meat into something sweet

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Schpuzzle of the Week:

Belle & Jane latch onto a legend

Take an alliterative nickname sometimes given to a particular legendary person from the Old West. 

After that name, place a word for a rendezvous at a barn dance (with Belle Starr, say) that this person might have initiated... or the same word for  an invitation (to Calamity Jane, perhaps) to share a sarsaparilla soda at the Silver Dollar Saloon. 

The nickname, followed by this invitation word” or rendezvous word, sounds like a phrase currently in the news.  

What phrase is this?

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Puzzle Fun Slice:

Pokéballs and Football

1. Take the name of a Pokémon. 

Remove the last letter and rearrange the remaining letters to get the name of another
Pokémon. 

Remove the last letter of this result and rearrange the remaining letters to get the name of yet another Pokémon. 

What are the three Pokémon?

2. Take a word for a member of a certain football team. 

Add the name of a company. Rearrange the letters to get the last name of a famous football player associated with that company. 

Who is it?

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Deli Slice:

Slicing meat into something sweet

Change the penultimate letter of a chewable deli meat to an “a”, then slice the result in two. 

In the second part, replace consecutive letters that can be rearranged to spell “I chew” with a “u”.

Replace two consecutive vowels in the first part with a two-letter interjection, one perhaps yelped by a careless deli slicer. 

The result is something sweet, in two words. 

What are this meat and something sweet?


Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices:

Lullabies consisting of crib notes

Will Shortz’s October 25th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Neville Fogarty, of Newport News, Virginia, reads:

What common seven-letter verb is made up of three consecutive musical notes in order?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Name a puzzle-maker, first and last names. Remove the letters of two of the seven musical notes" do re mi fa sol la ti.

Rearrange the result to spell a two-word phrase for what a duffer lounging on his La-Z-Boy might experience while watching Rory McIlroy on TV draining a 40-foot putt for an eagle.

Now take the name of the same puzzle-maker. Remove the letters of three of the seven musical notes: so re mi fa sol la ti. Rearrange the result to spell two words associated with a man who came close to becoming president at two different occasions less that three weeks apart.

The first word is an abbreviation for a title this man held from 1959 to 1973. The second word is a common misspelling of a nickname some gave him based on to his first name.

Who is this puzzle-maker?

What does the duffer experience?

What are the could-have-been-president’s abbreviated title and his nickname?

ENTREE #2

Two consecutive musical notes in order spell one of six stomach muscles and how it will appear if you:

1. cut calories, 

2. eat soluble fiber and foods rich in

monounsaturated fatty acids,

3. do cardiovascular exercises, and

4. limit your intake of carbohydrates, especially refined carbs.

What are these musical notes?

What is the muscle, and how will it appear?

ENTREE #3

Take one musical note that spells two words:

1. a word that follows a synonym of furcula in the name of a British 1970s rock band, and

2. the brand of instrument played by Albhy Galuten on that band’s 1974 studio album.

What is this musical note? 

What are the band and the instrument brand?

ENTREE #4

Name a Colorado-based amber ale brand, in two words. 

Remove one letter that appears twice.

 The result is the trio of opening notes from "The Addams Family" television theme song.

What is this brand of ale?

ENTREE #5

Write three musical notes that form the “melodic fragment” that corresponds with the three syllables of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” lyrics “No escape...”

Place an “n” between the first two musical notes to spell the first word in the title of an anti-imperialistic musical work by an American composer.

What is this musical work?  

What are the three musical notes?

ENTREE #6

What somewhat common six-letter synonym slang term for “money” is made up of three consecutive musical notes in order?


Dessert Menu

“...The Humiliation Of Defeat” Dessert:

Wednesday Morning 3 a.m.

Spoonerize two surnames lately in the news. Move a letter one spot earlier in the alphabet. The result, if spoken aloud, will sound like two words: 

1. what the two people with these names (or perhaps instead their rivals) might want to do next Wednesday morning after a humiliating defeat, and 

2. a synonym of humiliate.

What are these surnames in the news?


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42 comments:

  1. It is fun that I am on Puzzleria!

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    1. Bobby, we are honored to feature your excellent puzzles on this blog. Thank you.

      LegoWhoObservesThat"PuzzleFun"IsWhatPuzzleria!IsAllAbout

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  3. Have everything except Bobby's two puzzles. There are 896 Pokémons, so will take some time - I had only heard of Pikachu.

    For Entrée #1, part 1, I get a more reasonable answer if three (not two) notes are dropped from the puzzler's name. The two-note-dropped solution would seem to be a bit far-fetched.

    I liked Entrée #1, part 2 - took a bit of research.

    Entrées #3,5 were IMHO overly heavy on 1970s rock groups, but I solved them backwards. The other Entrées, Schpuzzle, and Dessert were easy or could be solved by brute force.

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    1. Just got Bobby's Appetizer #2. Pokémon seems hopeless though.

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    2. 896 oh crap. I thought there were only 52?

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  4. Whatever happened to ViolinTeddy? Still computer problems?

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  5. Fortunately my wife is a PTA -physical therapy assistant and she has some anatomy books that helped to identify these important stomach muscles which as a total group i believe are called the Core. Entree 2.

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  6. Happy Halloween Eve to all!
    Once again, Lego, the new edition of Puzzleria! did not arrive on time last night. Is ViolinTeddy not the only one having computer problems lately? Just checked the puzzles, and the only ones I could solve were Entrees #2, #3, and #5. That's all I have so far, but hopefully there will be some good hints along the way for the others. Difficult ones, those.
    If we do get trick-or-treaters tomorrow evening, I hope everyone will be responsible when handing out candy. I think in this case that means wearing a mask and gloves. Think of it as a DIY costume.
    In closing, as always, I wish good luck and good solving to all, and everybody stay safe! Wear those masks!

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  7. We lost Internet Thursday when Vega stopped by here on her way north.

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  8. Here are some hints.

    1. The first Pokemon is a cat. The second Pokemon looks like Pikachu. If you remove the last letter of the third Pokemon and rearrange the remaining letters, then you will get the name of somebody we all know.

    2. This is an appropriate week for this puzzle.

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    1. Your hints are appreciated, Bobby. Thanks.

      LegoWhoBelievesThatEveryWeekIsAnAppropriateWeekForAPuzzleFromBobby!

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    2. Rearrange the letters of the second Pokemon and follow that with the title of a song featured in an iconic movie of the 80's to get a word that has been used to describe someone who may soon be out of a job.

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    3. 1. Glameow is a cat. Emolga looks like Pikachu. Golem-m=Lego, short for Legolambda.

      2. Colin Kaepernick was born on November 3. There is another reason, but I will wait until tomorrow to post it.

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    4. The answer to Will Shortz's puzzle was Green Bay, Green Day. The Packers are in Green Bay.

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  9. I'm wondering what the trick-or-treat situation was for anyone else here last night. The only kids that showed up at our house were my nieces Mia Kate and Maddy and Renae's sister Leann's kids, Jackson and Ava. I never saw one other car go by in our neighborhood. At least our kids went trick-or-treating. Absolutely no one else showed up here. Score another one for this buzzkill of a year. But hey, more candy for Mom and me!
    pjbHadAMaskAndGlovesOnAndEverythingWTF?

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  10. In my son's neighborhood here in North Georgia it was almost business as usual. Except some people stayed in their driveways with little portable fire pits, burning brightly. They ran out of candy. There were lots of kids in their neighborhood going up and down the streets with many quiet culdesacs - This area is a building development of single family homes- mostly upscale. There were a couple of hundred kids about. My youngest Granddaughter was the good toothe fairy and the other one was the decay fairy. My son and DIL were toothpastes. One was crest. They ran out of candy. Here you would not know there was much of a pandemic. Few people with masks. I had one.
    We left a bucket of candy out at our apartment. It was mostly untouched when we returned.
    Like i said, where my son lives it was almost business as usual. It seemed a lot like last year- really. I am not sure it was different at all as far as turnout. Haloween lives here.

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  11. ViolinTeddy contacted me. She's fine.
    Her computer is another story. And that explains her lack of comments lately on Puzzleria!

    LegoWhoPassesAlongVT'sGratitudeForOurConcernAboutHerHealth

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  12. Hey Lego, we haven't had any hints yet and it's already TUESDAY! How about some?

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  13. Tuesday hints:

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    The alliterative nickname sometimes given to a particular legendary person from the Old West was usually preceded by "Who was that...?"
    The alliterative nicknme contains two words.

    Puzzle Fun Slice:
    See the hints Bobby provided in this week's Puzzleria! comments section.
    Also, in the Blainesville comments section, Bobby posted that the NPR puzzle was timely. That is because the city pr of the answer relates to his #2 puzzle on Puzzleria!

    Deli Slice:
    The deli meat has a German-sounding name, with three syllables and 14 letters.
    The deli meat is an anagram of "Beware: Crushing!"

    Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    The musical notes you remove from the name of the puzzle-maker are la and ti.
    The duffer experiences "athlete-jealousy."
    ENTREE #2
    The one of the six stomach muscles contains two letters. The muscle will not appear like a "washboard" or "six-pack" because those are not "smooth" but are "bumpy." The muscle ought to appear more like a "pancake."
    ENTREE #3
    The synonym of furcula is found in a Thanksgiving Day turkey. The word that follows it is at the end of a lit cigar. The instrument played by Albhy Galuten on the band’s 1974 studio album is a synthesizer, but not a Moog.
    ENTREE #4
    The Colorado-based amber ale brand, in two words, if you insert an L after its initial letter, results in something you'll need to change after pulling a jack from your trunk.
    ENTREE #5
    The first word in the title of an anti-imperialistic musical work by an American composer precedes "...for the Common Man."
    ENTREE #6
    The common six-letter synonym of “money” is made up "a deer, a female deer, a drop of golden sun," and "a name I call myself."

    “...The Humiliation Of Defeat” Dessert:
    The two last names in the news are a man and woman from the east coast and west coast, respectively. Turn on your TV right now and you'll likely hear their names.

    LegoTuesdayHinter

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    1. Got the Deli Slice, Entrees #4 and #6, the Dessert, and part of the Schpuzzle. Need more help with the "rendezvous" or "invitation" word.

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    2. The "rendezvous" or "invitation" word is a 4-letter word. It's asking your gal to go to a movie or malt shop. It's a social engagement.
      It's also an edible fruit often used in cookies or bars.

      LegoLookingAtHisCalendar

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  14. Hello guys (and Geo thanks for asking after me above.) I had asked Lego, when I had brief computer access while standing in the Simply Mac store, to let everyone know I was alive!

    Indeed, this is the first night I've HAD a working computer since having briefly had my 'new' refurbished mac from the evening of Oct 19 through Friday Oct 23, when it promptly had to go BACK to the shop for $100 worth (groan) of 'data transfer.' It was supposed to be taken care of by the next day. HA!

    Then it was to be Monday. Nope....I gave up until this past Friday, when I drove down to the store unannounced, only to be told it wasn't ready (I can't remember WHY anymore.)

    I showed up on the promised next day,Saturday, again to be told that they were doing a 'sales reorganization', so the head tech had NO time to work on it. Should be Monday....yeah, right!
    I called on Monday, and guess what? They were STILL doing the reorganization.

    Finally, today, after the head tech proceeded to give up on helping me recover my password program, and after only SOME of my old emails ever loaded...I was told that the bug problem was the stupid External Hard Drive (it's only 4.5 yrs old), i.e., that IT was the reason the Apple techs on the phone [FIVE of them] hadn't been able to transfer my info using this thing called "Mitigation Assistant."

    So because of that darn hard drive (bought from Costco), it cost me the extra $100, plus all this aggravation, having no computer access for over 1.5 wks (in addition to the first initial week waiting for my appt to bring the broken mac down to the store), plus now I face the cost of finding a new external hard drive. I could just scream.

    Am heartbroken about having lost SO MANY saved emails...from my sons, from my brother, and from a number of friends. This also means I have NONE of their email addresses....sigh.

    Am too worn out to even LOOK at the puzzles, sorry.

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    1. ViolinTeddy,
      You have been through the wringer! You do NOT deserve all this grief. Your computer frustration is a hundred times worse than the external hard drive crash I experienced four years ago this Thanksgiving... Right after Trump was elected!
      I blame Trump for all our woes!

      LegoWhoWillKeepYouInHisPrayersAndIsThankfulYouAreOkayHealthwise

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    2. Thanks so much, you guys! Yes, I completely agree....it's all Trump's fault. May we soon be rid of him!

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  15. All pre-hints except as noted.

    Schpuzzle: MASKED MAN (Zorro) + DATE => MASK MANDATE

    Appetizers:
    1. Too many possibilities – too much work.
    2. (Green Bay) PACKER + NIKE => (Colin) KAEPERNICK

    Deli Slice: BRAUNSCHWEIGER: split, change AU to OW, CHWEI to U, E to A => BROWN SUGAR

    Entrées
    #1: (1) NEVILLE FOGARTY – LA TI => NEVLE FOGRY => GOLF VENERY
    Alt: NEVILLE FOGARTY – RE LA TI => NVLE FOGY => GOLF ENVY;
    (2) NEVILLE FOGARTY – RE FA TI => NVLLE OGY => GOV, NELLY (Nelson )
    #2: A, B♭ (B FLAT) => AB, FLAT
    #3: (Wishbone) ASH + ARP => A SHARP (A♯). Never heard of the rock group or instrument manufacturer.
    #4: FAT TIRE (Ale) – T => FA TI RE
    #5: FA, FA, RE + N => FANFARE (for the Common Man) – Copland
    #6: DOREMI. Never heard of the slang term.

    Dessert: BIDEN, HARRIS => HIDEN BARRIS, change N to M => HIDE, EMBARRIS (embarrass)

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    1. I thought the MASKED MAN was someone other than Zorro. Time will tell, I guess.

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  16. MASKED MAN, DATE / MASK MANDATE
    BRAUNSCHWEIGER > BROWN SUGAR
    A, B FLAT > AB FLAT
    ASH ARP > A SHARP
    DOREMI

    GLAMEOW > EMOLGA > GOLEM > LEGO

    PACKER + NIKE > KAEPERNICK
    NEVILLE FOGARTY - LA TI > GOLFER ENVY

    BIDEN / HARRIS > HIDE, EMBARRASS

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  17. 1. Glameow, Emolga, Golem

    2. Packer+Nike->Kaepernick

    The team is the Packers. Colin Kaepernick was in the Nike ad.

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  18. 1. Schpuzzle. Masked- Man + Date, Mask Mandate.
    2. Appetiser 1. Purrloin--Espurr?
    2. ??
    Appetizers:
    1. ???
    2. (Green Bay) Rogers + state farm??

    Deli Slice: BRAUNSCHWEIGER: split, change AU to OW, CHWEI to U, E to A => BROWN SUGAR

    Entrées
    #1: (1) NEVILLE FOGARTY – LA TI - Golf envy )
    #2: A, B♭ (B FLAT) => AB, FLAT
    #3: (Wishbone) ASH + ARP => A SHARP (A♯).
    #4: FAT TIRE (Ale) – T => FA TI RE
    #5: FA, FA, RE + N => FANFARE
    #6: A,C-Note

    Dessert: ??

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  19. The only thing I looked at was the Schpuzzle and all I got was "MASKED MAN"....

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  20. Schpuzzle
    MASKED MAN+DATE=MASK MANDATE
    Appetizer Menu
    1. GLAMEOW, EMOLGA, GOLEM, LEGO(lambda)
    2. PACKER+NIKE=KAEPERNICK
    Menu
    Deli Slice
    BRAUNSCHWEIGER, BROWN SUGAR
    Entrees
    1. NEVILLE FOGARTY-LA TI=GOLF ENVY
    2. A B FLAT=AB, FLAT
    3. (Wishbone)ASH, ARP=A SHARP
    4. FAT TIRE-T=FA TI RE
    5. FA FA RE+N=FANFARE
    6. DO RE MI(my first thought)
    Dessert
    BIDEN/HARRIS, HIDE, EMBARRASS
    Just watched "The Masked Singer" and "I Can See Your Voice". At least with them, the Supreme Court's services will never be needed.-pjb

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

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    Belle & Jane latch onto a legend
    Take an alliterative nickname sometimes given to a particular legendary person from the Old West.
    Place after that name a word a rendezvous at a barn dance with Belle Starr that this person might have initiated. The word could also perhaps indicate an invitation to from the person to Calamity Jane to share a sasarparilla soda at the Silver Dollar Saloon.
    The nickname followed by this word sounds like a two-word phrase now in the news.
    What phrase is this?
    Answer:
    Mask Mandate; (Masked Man date)

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    Puzzle Fun Slice:
    Pokéballs and Football
    1. Take the name of a Pokémon.
    Remove the last letter and rearrange the remaining letters to get the name of another Pokémon. Remove the last letter of this result and rearrange the remaining letters to get the name of yet another Pokémon.
    What are the thee Pokémon?
    Answer: Glameow, Emolga, Golem
    2. Take a word for a member of a certain football team.
    Add the name of a company. Rearrange the letters to get the last name of a famous football player associated with that company. Who is it?
    Answer: The football team is the (Green Bay) Packers. The company is Nike. The football player is Colin Kaepernick, who was in the Nike ad.
    Packer+Nike->Kaepernick

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    Deli Slice:
    Slicing meat into something sweet
    Change the penultimate letter of a deli meat to an “a”, then slice the result in two.
    In the second part, replace consecutive letters that can be rearranged to spell “I chew” with a “u”.
    Replace three consecutive vowels in the first part with a two-letter interjection, perhaps yelped by a careless deli slicer.
    The result is something sweet, in two words.
    What are this meat and this something sweet?
    Answer:
    Braunschweiger; brown sugar

    Lego...

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

    Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices:
    Lullabies consisting of crib notes
    ENTREE #1
    Name a puzzle-maker, first and last names. Remove the letters of two of the seven musical notes" do re mi fa sol la ti.
    Rearrange the result to spell a two-word phrase for what a duffer lounging on his La-Z-Boy experiences while watching Rory McIlroy on TV draining a 40-foot putt for an eagle.
    Now take the name of the same puzzle-maker. Remove the letters of three of the seven musical notes: so re mi fa sol la ti. Rearrange the result to spell a two words associated with a man who came close to becoming president at two different occasions less that three weeks apart.
    The first word is an abbreviation for a title this man held from 1959 to 1973. The second word is a common misspelling of a nickname some gave him due to his first name.
    Who is this puzzle-maker?
    What does the duffer experience?
    What are the could-have-been president’s abbreviated title and his nickname?
    Answer:
    Neville Fogarty; Golfer envy; Gov. (Nelson Rockefeller), Nelly (a misspelling of "Nellie")
    NEVILLE FOGARTY–(LA+TI)=NEVLEFOGRY-->GOLFER ENVY
    NEVILLE FOGARTY–(RE+FA+TI)=NVLLEOGY-->GOV.+NELLY
    ENTREE #2
    Two consecutive musical notes in order spell one of six stomach muscles and how it will appear if you:
    1. cut calories,
    2. eat soluble fiber and foods rich in monounsaturated fatty acids,
    3. do cardiovascular exercises, and
    4. limit your intake of carbohydrates, especially refined carbs.
    What are these musical notes?
    What is the muscle, and how will it appear?
    Answer:
    A / B-flat; Ab, flat
    ENTREE #3
    Take one musical note that spells two words:
    1. a word that follows a synonym of furcula in the name of a British 1970s rock band, and
    2. the brand of instrument played by Albhy Galuten on that band’s 1974 studio album.
    What is this musical note?
    What is the band and the instrument brand?
    Answer:
    A-sharp; (Wishbone) Ash; ARP synthesizer
    ENTREE #4
    Name a Colorado-based amber ale brand, in two words. Remove one letter that appears twice. The result is the three opening notes from "The Addams Family" television theme song.
    Answer:
    Fat Tire; Fa Ti Re (F B(flat) D, "They're creepy...)

    Lego...

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

    ENTREE #5
    Write three musical notes that form the “melodic fragment” that correspond with the three syllables of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” lyrics “No escape...”
    Place an “n” between the first two musical notes to spell the first word in the title of an anti-imperialistic musical work by an American composer.
    What is this musical work?
    What are the three musical notes?
    Answer:
    "Fanfare (for the Common Man" by Aaron Copeland); “No escape...”=F F D= fa, fa, re (fa+n+fa+re)
    ENTREE #6
    What common six-letter synonym of “money” is made up of three consecutive musical notes in order?
    Answer:
    Do-re-mi

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    “...The Humiliation Of Defeat” Dessert:
    Wednesday Morning 3AM
    Spoonerize two last names in the news. Move a letter one spot earlier in the alphabet. The result, if spoken aloud, will sound like two words:
    1. what the two people with these names (or perhaps instead their rivals) might want to do next Wednesday morning after a humiliating defeat, and
    2. a synonym of humiliate.
    Answer:
    Biden (Joe), Harris (Kamala); Hide, embarrass
    Biden Harris-->Hiden Barris-->Hidem Barris-->Hide Embarrass

    Lego!

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  24. A C note- as alternate answer for money?

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    1. AC/DC Money Talks

      LegoWhoNotesThatIfACNoteIsA"Benjamin"HereIsAnotherExampleOfMoneyTalking

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