Friday, June 18, 2021

Disciples surface in Surf City! Lady Bird, French Lick & Lansing; My double-edged silver tongue; Inventive prose and presidents; Two jobs: risky, and risk-related

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!π SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:

Inventive prose and presidents

Take the one-word title of a novel published near the turn of a century. Spell it backward, and add a “c” someplace.

Divide the result in half to spell what a United States presidential candidate, about 90 years later, apparently had. 

What is this novel?

What did the presidential candidate apparently have?


Appetizer Menu

Unbeatable Conundrums Appetizer:

Two jobs: risky, and risk-related

🥁1. Think of an activity (in two words) and plyers of a risky profession (in one word).

The word for the plyers of the profession shares its last letters with the second word in the activity. 

Remove those last letters from the profession and change a vowel to describe a state that helps to do the activity.

What are this activity, profession and helpful state?

🥁2. Think of a nine-letter word for a place
away from risk. 

Remove two letters to name a profession concerned with risk.

What are this non-risky place and risk-related profession?

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Proficient-With-(S)words Slice:

My double-edged silver tongue

A politician may have a polished and confident gift of gab, which might be a plus. 

Some voters, however, may interpret this gift as being shallow, slick or insincere, which might be a minus. 

Characterize this paradoxical gift using a two-word term of five and eight letters. 

This two-word term also describes an eight-letter noun that characterizes the gift more specifically. 

What are this two-word term and noun?


Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Slices:

Lady Bird, French Lick & Lansing

Will Shortz’s June 13th National Public Radio Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Sandy Weisz of Chicago, Illinois, reads:

Name a famous woman in American history with a three-part name. Change one letter in her first name to a double letter. The resulting first and second parts of her name form the first and last names of a famous athlete. And the last part of the woman’s name is a major rival of that athlete. Who are these people?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Name a puzzle-maker with a two-part name. Remove the last letter from his last name. 

The first name is the common first name of a father and son who logged a combined six stints with one particular major league team. 

The truncated last name is the last name of a major leaguer who played six consecutive
seasons with that same team, a team that is based in the puzzle-maker’s hometown.

Who are these four people?

Hint: The letters in the first name of the six-consecutive-season player are the beginning letters of the father-and-son’s surname.

ENTREE #2

Note: Our friend Ecoarchitect, as he has done in the past, has this week contributed an “Econfusing” puzzle – namely Entree #2 – that riffs off the current fine National Public Radio puzzle created by Sandy Weisz. 

We thank Eco profusely!

Ecoarchitect’s puzzles, as you may be aware, appear regularly on Puzzleria! in his recurring “Econfusions” feature. 

Enjoy his following “without-rival” puzzle about rivals:

Name a well-known actor (male or female).

This person’s first name is a famous rival of the person’s last name. 

Who is the actor, and who are the rivals?

ENTREE #3

Name a famous woman in American history with a three-part name. 

The second part of her name is the surname of a past singer, actor, and comedian who was a radio and television personality of Irish descent. 

The last part of the woman’s name is the surname of a past dancer, singer and actor who in 1952 “made ’em laugh.”

Both actors’ first names begin with the same
letter. 

That letter, spelled out, is the surname of an actress famous for playng a character with a name that smacks of the synonyms “widget” and “gadget.” That actress’s first name is the first part of the three-part name of the famous woman in American history.

The surname of the actress’s husband – a singer, songwriter and actor – also begins with the letter spelled by her surname. 

Who are this famous woman, two actors, actress and actress’s husband?

ENTREE #4

Name a famous woman in American history with a three-part name. 

In the second part, remove the last letter and change another letter to its mirror image. This result, placed in front of the first part, forms the first and last names of a famous athlete. 

Take the surname of an athlete, nicknamed “Hammerin’ Hank,” who “followed in the footsteps” of this famous athlete. 

Remove a number of consecutive letters from this surname – namely, the final x letters in the word for the number x. 

Sandwich” the second letter of this result between the two letters of a very common verb. Replace the third-last letter to a “u”. The final result is the third part of the famous woman’s name.

Who are this famous woman and two athletes?

ENTREE #5

Name a famous woman in American history with a two-part name. 

The first part is a nickname of a Hall-of-Fame baseball player who excelled as a designated hitter. 

The second part is a position played by a Hall of Fame baseball player surnamed Ruth, and by other major-leaguers (not enshrined in Cooperstown)
surnamed Viola, Shirley, Grace, Belinda, Gale, Riley, Blake, MacKenzie and Avery.

Who is the famous woman?

Who is the Hall-of-Fame baseball player who excelled as a designated hitter?

What position was played by baseball players surnamed Ruth, Viola, Shirley, Grace, Belinda, Gale, Riley, MacKenzie, Blake and Avery?

ENTREE #6

Name a past writer who had few rivals  – perhaps George Plimpton and Joyce Carol Oates – when it came to writing about the “sport” of pugilism. He did however often metaphorically “spar” (debate-style) with a past fellow writer who was his political and literary rival.

Rearrange the nine letters of the second writer’s name to spell a kind of crimp (in 6 letters) that a reader might put in page 54 or 56 to bookmark an incredibly lengthy foreword of a book, and what would appear at the bottom of either page 54 or 56 (in 3 letters).

In the first writer’s 12-letter name, change an “i”  to a “u”  and rearrange the result to spell, in two words, what you will see at the bottom of page 54 or 56 (or on any page for that matter) of the foreword.

Who are these literary rivals?

What are the 6-letter “page-crimp” and the three letters seem at the bottom of page 54 or 56

What will you see on any page in the foreword?

Dessert Menu

World Capital Dessert:

Disciples surface in Surf City!

Name a practitioner of a certain discipline and a surface upon which the discipline may be practiced. 

Rearrange the combined letters of these two
words to name a world capital city and its country. 

What are the country and world capital?

What is the practitioner of the discipline and the surface upon which the discipline may be practiced?

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83 comments:

  1. I'm so excited; I just started looking at P! for the week, and my eye fell upon the correct novel for the Schpuzzle; when I turned it around, suddenly I realized where the "C" had to go, and upon double-checking on Google, found I have solved it.

    On to everything else. I hope all is well with everyone!

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    1. VT,
      You are on a Schpuzzle Roll!

      LegoWhoBeievesOneMayPurchase"SchpuzzleRolls"AtTheirLocalBakery

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    2. Nah, we'd rather force you to make them for us for FREE!

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    3. I think Dolly Madison bakery used to make these at one time.

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    4. Nice tie-in to last week's Schpuzzle of the Week, Plantsmith.
      I know you can get Schpuzzle Rolls at this British bakery (which, coincidentally, I believe, was founded by Lloyd Bridges' grandmother!)

      LegoWhoPlansToTakeARoadTripToIowaAndTraverseAllTheLloydBridgesOfDollyMadisonCounty

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    5. When we lived in Australia they sold sausage rolls- snag in a bun like a giant pig in a blanket. I really don't miss them though. Probably British invention, but the apple slice were amazing. Now is there a connection to the slice here? Has to be.

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  2. But have you seen the U tube sensation -Hannah Hacksaw?

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    1. Late Night Double Feature Picture Show? Regardless, VT seems to be making those early forays into Puzzleria!Land count.

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    2. I'm usually up all, or at least part of (depending if I fall asleep in my recliner, which happens a lot) the night. And I know for the wee hours of Friday, it's Puzzleria time!

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  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwQ2V6KTO4

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    1. I know the answers to all 11 of this week's puzzles but, as is par for my course, I fret that I do not understand Paul's above comment/link. The America song and the accompanying chords are very soothingly entertaining, of course, but I admit bafflement! I am comforted by knowing that, on Wednesday, Paul will reveal how it all fits together.
      I like to think of Paul's musical comment as this week's "twelfth puzzle!"

      LegoFeelsABitLikeHe'sBeenThroughTheDesertOnAHorseWithNoName

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    2. Sometimes late when friends--- "it's 3a.m. so set em up Joe-one for my baby and one more for the road." ???

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    3. It's 3 aye emm on a Friday,
      With the usual crowd looking in;
      There's Joe at the bar -
      He's the Puzzle-ing Star,
      Ready to stump us again. . . . .

      (no hint or guess here, but somehow?)

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    4. My musical comment was intended as a hint for one of Mathew's conundrums. Lego's musical reference can be interpreted as a hint to the same puzzle, although he probably didn't intend it that way. Really, it's the same hint, it's just that lego's involves a bit of arithmetic.

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    5. I like it!!! It's 3 a.m. here we are again.

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    6. The chemical symbol for TIN is Sn. S and N are the letters removed from SANCTUARY to get ACTUARY.
      "A Horse With No Name" is fifty years old; 50 is Tin's atomic number.
      "Tin Man" is only 47 years old. 47 is the atomic number of Silver. If you think I'm going to use that as an excuse to post a link to "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", you're sadly correct.

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  4. CONFUSION: Entree #4 -- After a long long time, it finally hit me who the woman and the first athlete are; the trouble is, there is NO WAY to get her last name from the whole part about Hammerin' Hank and the two-letter verb. It all makes no sense whatsoever. Did something get left out? Is there a massive typo? It's been driving me nuts, as all along, I was thinking the woman had to have a three-LETTER last name, and the 'x' thing...well, I couldn't work anything out like that at all.

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    1. Thank you, ViolinTeddy.
      I admit the Entree #4 is quite convoluted, perhaps too convoluted for solvers to spend their time on.
      But I have tinkered with the wording, strived to make it more clear, and have eliminated one error of omission that I made (doing so by adding the sentence "Replace the third-last letter (of Hammerin' Hank's surname) to a 'u'.”
      This is how Entree #4 now reads, after my tweaks. The problematic section is in boldface:
      Name a famous woman in American history with a three-part name.
      In the second part, remove the last letter and change another letter to its mirror image. This result, placed in front of the first part, forms the first and last names of a famous athlete.
      Take the surname of an athlete, nicknamed “Hammerin’ Hank,” who “followed in the footsteps” of this famous athlete.
      Remove a number of consecutive letters from this surname – namely, the final x letters in the word for the number x.
      Sandwich” the second letter of this result between the two letters of a very common verb. Replace the third-last letter to a “u”. The final result is the third part of the famous woman’s name.

      Who are this famous woman and two athletes?


      The whole "Remove ... from this rurname ... the final x letters in the word for the number x" idea of mine was sheer "abracadalgebra!" It only works for a few numbers anyway:
      ZERO – (0 final letters) = ZERO (so no letters would be removed from Hammerin' Hank's surname)
      ONE – (1 final letter) = ON (so an E would be removed from Hammerin' Hank's surname)
      TWO – (2 final letters) = T (so a WO would be removed from Hammerin' Hank's surname)
      THREE – (3 final letters) = TH (so an REE would be removed from Hammerin' Hank's surname)
      FOUR – (4 final letters) = no letters (so an FOUR would be removed from Hammerin' Hank's surname)...
      For all numbers greater than four, "the final x letters in the word for the number x" exceeds the number of letters in the word. Thus from Hammerin' Hank's surname we would remove the letters FIVE or SIX or SEVEN or EIGHT or NINE or TEN or ELEVEN or TWELVE...
      In retrospect, I ought to have gone the "non-algebraic route" and instead of:
      "Remove a number of consecutive letters from this surname – namely, the final x letters in the word for the number x."
      should have instead written:
      "Remove from this surname the first three letters of either surname of two actors who portrayed Superman
      or
      "Remove from this surname the last three letters of an oak, maple or pine.

      LegoApologeticForImposingHis"Abracadalgebra!"OnPuzzlerian!s

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    2. I can only conclude, Lego, that I must have the WRONG Hammerin' Hank. Were there more than one of them?

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    3. Indeed, I just found the second one. Hurrah, now things will make sense.

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    4. I take it back, I STILL can't make the first half of the woman's name come out by doing the still-doesn't-quite- make-sense process, with removing the letters....and also, when you say 'this result' do you mean taking the middle letter from those REMOVED letters, or...I don't even know what to ask at this point. NOthing I can see will make the correct last name come out, from this second Hank fellow....I 'get' the letter that SHOULD be inserted into the two-letter verb, but have no idea where to get it from! I am now confusing myself.

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    5. OOOH, all of a sudden, I can see why I was so mixed up. Clearly, what you meant was to sandwich the second letter of WHAT WAS LEFT of the Hank's surname between the two-letter verb....having completely tossed out the 'x' number of letters and doing nothing at all with them.

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    6. VT,
      You definitely deserve some kind of "puzzle combat pay!"

      LegoWhoVowsToMakeAnHonestAttemptTo"Uncomplicate"HisFutureEntreeRiffOffs

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  5. Cranberry have you watched Holey Moley? Hilarious mini- golf show with Stephen Curry. Last night they debuted a new hole- called "you guessed it" the corn hole with giant globs of exploding pop corn to knock out the contestants. I thought you should know.

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  6. Another good Friday to all!
    In answer to your question, PS, Mom and I aren't really into miniature golf or whatever that show's supposed to be. Thursday nights(starting last night)we shall be watching "Beat Shazam" with Jamie and Corinne Foxx at 7:00, and then "The Hustler" with Craig Ferguson at 9:00. Nothing's really on at 8:00, so we'll more than likely have supper then. But we're not interested in "Holey Moley". We prefer game shows to sports shows. We have watched "Press Your Luck", "Pyramid", and the rebroadcast of "Celebrity Dating Game" with Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton. I'm still waiting for a "Concentration" reboot myself. That was my favorite growing up.
    And thank you VT, for mentioning the God-knows-what part of Entree #4. I was definitely going to mention it if you hadn't. BTW I actually found THREE "Hammerin' Hank"s online after reading the above posts, but I know which one Lego meant as well, and after figuring it all out, I'm no longer confused about #4 either. I also have to point out your little mention of sleeping in your recliner, which amused me. That's just what Mom does on the nights she can skip dialysis! She did that last night!
    Tough ones this week, though I did manage to solve all the Entrees and the Schpuzzle. Good thing I didn't need to look any further with the novel titles when I got the answer. Didn't want to stay up all night just looking up the answer to the very first puzzle! Those others will require some really good hints, because I couldn't find any of them otherwise. Finally, though this week's Prize Crossword was compiled by Brendan, the puzzle was about the name Paul! How ironic is that? Didn't mention the setter Paul(who's there almost every other week), but the puzzle did mention the Apostles, the Popes, and the Beatles!
    Good luck and good solving to all, please stay safe, and if you're not vaccinated yet, keep wearing that mask! Cranberry out!
    pjbAlsoFoundOutTonightVia"AskMeAnother"ThatActorVingRhamesIsTheOneDoingTheVoiceoversForArby's!INeverWould'veGuessed!

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    1. Or as they say in the North, "Dinner at eight."
      Have you seen that regional accent quiz?
      How do you pronounce, Mary, Merry and Marry, The same or a little differently??

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    2. Oh, your poor mom, pjb!! You publicize all her secrets!

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    3. I know they have a lot of those quizzes circulating. But the NYT did/ran a pretty comprehensive one a few years ago. Part of it was how one pronounced words, and part of it is what one calls things. It really pegged me. Since everything lives forever in the ether, that quiz is probably still there.

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    4. Plucked directly from "out of the ether," this may well be the survey GB was talking about, above.

      LegoWhoAppreciatesY'allYouseYouLotYouGuysYou’uns...

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    5. That's the one. If you have a weak moment, give it a whirl. It was accurate for those of us living amidst the Three Quarter Acre Wood. It was interesting to see some of the varying terms used for some items depending on locale. No telling what they say if they overshoot the Par 3, Number 4 at Ojibwa.

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    6. Pretty accurate for me- stuck me back in Seattle- so my fake southern is not working. Three quarter acre wood?? is where?
      But if someone calls you honey here- it is not necessarily a compliment.

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    7. Note to PS & pjb: You boys hold on to those Claudette winds. I'm surrounded by really big and really old oaks and hickories.

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    8. She is right outside my window.

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    9. We always seem to dodge a bullet with these things. It's perfectly clear outside today, but it will rain again in the next few days. Plus, Mom and I both have doctor's appointments tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. Pray for us.
      pjbAnnouncesTheWetLookWillSoonComeBackToAlabama

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  7. I did not realize Georgia has the second lowest vaccination rate in the country. One thing i have learned about the south is that they don't like folks -especially government folks- telling them they have to do something. Here in North Ga, home of Marjorie Taylor Green i see very few masks. I am still wearing one-though loosely.
    Did you catch any of the Juneteenth show last night? What they said about southern cooking being more about long time simmering and low heat cooking like in barbecue i found interesting.
    There is a restaurant in Savannah ineed to check out called Grey.
    I imagine this holiday will be celebrated in Alabama with the same
    enthusiasm it will be celebrated here. Like zero. We have several African american families in my home church back in Seattle so i knew about Juneteenth,
    Michael Bolton has a game show? I'm on it, My second favorite sensitive singer. He is not the King however.

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    1. Egads, PS, you live in M.T. Green-ville? I feel so sorry for you.

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    2. Actually she is one county away.- about 40 miles or so.
      Never a dull moment.

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    3. Juneteenth has received quite a bit of mention on the news here, I know that much. After George Floyd, it must be getting way more attention than before. Really, when you stop and think about it, the end of slavery does deserve its own national holiday. Wonder why it's taken so long for that(aside from you-know-who being our previous Commander-in-Creep!)?
      pjbAgreesMichaelBoltonWillNeverBeTheKing(ElvisOrMLK,ForThatMatter!)

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  8. As i really never got much into baseball i feel a little out of my element this week. I appreciate the skill of the players, but never had the concentration to actually watch it- "play by play."
    My 8 year old grand daughter Norah is playing softball- which she reminds me over and over is not baseball -it's softball-which i guess is also fast pitch??

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  9. Just got the Dessert, thanks to Lego's comment on Blaine's Blog!
    pjbConsidersHimselfSmarterThanTheAverage...PersonWithHisSurname!

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    1. The hints I posted earlier today on Blaine's blog:
      Schpuzzle:
      The U.S. presidential candidate was once compared to Snoopy.
      Dessert:
      A person after whom a cartoon character was named sounds as if he/she may have been a "practitioner of (the) certain discipline..." but likely was not.

      LegoWhoAfterFurtherReviewBelievesHeMightHaveJustDremptThatThe PresidentialCandidateWasOnceComparedToSnoopy(HeCannotFindAnyOnlineEvidenceAnyway)

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    2. I managed to find something (I won't say too much) that supports your Schpuzzle hint, Lego. I will email you the link, and why I think the Snoopy name was applied.

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    3. Thank you, ViolinTeddy. Your email was quite helpful. My old gray matter (which ain't what it used to be!) made an apparently unfounded leap between two images, both "military" – one involving the candidate and the other involving Charles Schulz's lovable pooch. But the image of Snoopy I saw in my mind's eye does not not seem to exist, at least not on the Internet. And that is saying something... because everything exists on the Internet!

      LegoOpinesHoweverThatThatFauxPasWasNotWhatLostTheCandidateThePresidentialElectionButThatItWasRatherAMeasuredDispassionate(BorderingOnTheRobotic!)ResponseHeGaveToAReporter'sQuestionAboutAHypotheticalMisfortuneInvolvingHisWife

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  10. Wasn't there a boxer name Cicely?

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    1. Is that a hint to something, PTS?

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    2. Actors named "Tyson Holyfield" or "Tyson Lewis" would work for Eco's riff.

      LegoLennoxenEvandeer

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    3. I was going for Cicely Tyson. Mentor to actress Olivia Davis.

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  11. If there was one then the actress with the same first name would work. For Eco's entree.

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    1. I get what you mean, re Cicely...except it won't work for us.

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    2. For Eco's riff-off (Entree #2), the rivals are not known as athletes... although a quarterback who shared the name of one of them logged two "tours of duty" with a team that is oh-for-four in the Super Bowl.

      LegoWhoHopesYouWon'tBeBuffaloedByHisHint

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    3. I think y'all may be making this one harder than it has to be.
      pjbKnowsYou'veGotToDrawTheLineSomewhere,WhetherHisSideRisesAgainOrNot!

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    4. Says the Gentleman from Alabama.

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  12. Like if Mcenroe named his first son- Bjorn- which I don't think he did? Or is there a Bjorn Mcenroe out there? Or is it Borg M'cenroe?

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  13. Where are the hints? I still don't have the Conundrums or the Menu Slice!
    pjbHasTheWednesdayMorningAin'tGotEverythingYetBlues

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    1. Early Wednesday Hints:

      Proficient-With-(S)words Slice:
      The characterization of this paradoxical gift using a two-word term of five and eight letters begins with M and B.
      The eight-letter noun that characterizes the gift more specifically begins with a G.
      This puzzle ought to remind you of a tennis-themed Schpuzzle that ran on P! a while back.

      Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Slices:
      ENTREE #1
      The major league team is the Chisox.
      The 6-letter name of the major leaguer who played six consecutive seasons with the same team contains 5/6 of the letters in AL WEST, four of them in the same position.
      ENTREE #2
      The rivals are military. The actor is a woman who won an Oscar and appeared in "Shampoo" with Warren Beatty.
      ENTREE #3
      The famous woman in American history was a Reagan court appointee.
      ENTREE #4
      Hammerin' Hank was a minority, but not Black.
      ENTREE #5
      The Hall-of-Fame baseball player who excelled as a designated hitter was a St. Paul boy who gained fame in Milwaukee but eventually played for the team he grew up rooting for.
      Ruth was a slugger but also a slinger.
      ENTREE #6
      The rivals' first names share the same second and third letters, like jOSeph and rOSie.

      ...OrLikeLegoAndPeggy

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    2. "If i didn't have bad luck.I'd have no luck at all" B.B. King

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    3. There aren't any Conundrum hints, or am I just being blind?

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  14. https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t-s&ei=UTF-8&p=sinatra+one+for+my+baby#id=1&vid=1726bfc94985acc37ee6b6de03a6507e&action=click

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    1. Well, I believe it was just 21 minutes past "a-quarter-to three" CDT when I posted those hints, Plantsmith.

      LegoLambda(AlsoKnownAs"JoeTheBlogtender"Settin'UpThe"HintJuleps")

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  15. Well i hope you were not smoking.

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  16. SCHPUZZLE: DRACULA => ACLU CARD (Dukakis)

    CONUNDRUMS:

    1. ELECTR/ICIANS? MUS/ICIANS?, MAG/ICIANS?

    2. SANCTUARY or SANCTORUM?; HARBORAGE? ANCHORAGE? SAFEGUARD? ANALYST? MANAGER ?

    SLICE: MANIC BABBLING?; GLIBNESS

    ENTREES:

    1. SANDY WEISZ => SANDY ALOMAR (JR) & AL WEIS; CHICAGO WHITE SOX

    2. LEE GRANT; ULYSSES S. GRANT & ROBERT E. LEE. [The latest Hint was an appreciated ‘ giveaway'; I never would have come up with this. Was stuck on looking at quarterbacks on the Buffalo Bills football team, from prior hint, and there is no such name there.]

    3. DENNIS DAY; DONALD O’CONNOR; SANDRA DEE [BOBBY DARIN] => SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR

    4. RUTH BADER GINSBURG => BABE RUTH; GREENBERG => Remove “REE” and change ‘e’ to ‘u’, add “IS" => GINSBURG

    5. PAUL LEO MOLITOR & (Babe Ruth, PITCHER) => MOLLY PITCHER

    6. NORMAN MAILER => ROMAN NUMERAL; GORE VIDAL => LVI & DOGEAR

    DESSERT: ??

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    1. I did not get the Bills reference either. Doug Flutie?? Two seasons there??

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    2. Ah, Mixed Blessing...of course! Yeah, half a slice each...tee hee.

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  17. It's 3 o'clock on a Wednesday. . . .

    Schpuzzle: Dracula & ACLU Card (My "making the early morning forays count post" alluded to The Count.)

    Appetizers:
    1. [Stymied on this one]
    2. Sanctuary & (minus S & N) Actuary

    PWS Slice: From the hints, this must not be it; but it sure seems to fit: Lofty Rhetoric & Euphuism

    Entrees:
    1. Sandy Weisz (of Chicago); Sandy Alomar, Sr.; Sandy Alomar, Jr.; Al Weis (MLB team is Chicago White Sox
    2. Lee Grant; Robert E. Lee; Ulysses Grant
    3. Sandra Day O'Connor; Dennis Day; Donald O'Connor; Sandra Dee & Bobby Darin
    4. Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Babe Ruth & Hank Greenberg
    5. Molly Pitcher; Paul "Molly" Molitor & Pitcher
    6. Norman Mailer & Gore Vidal; Dogear & LIV (or LVI); Roman Numeral

    Dessert: Egypt & Cairo; Yogi & Carpet

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    1. GB, you seem to be the only one of us who got the Dessert.

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  18. Schpuzzle: DUKAKIS: DRACULA + C → ACLU CARD

    Conundrums
    1: ???
    2: SANCTUARY – S, N → ACTUARY

    Slice: ???

    Entrées
    #1: SANDY WEISZ – Z → SANDY (Alomar Sr/Jr), (Al) WEIS
    #2: LEE GRANT (never heard of her), ROBERT E LEE, ULYSSES S GRANT
    #3: WIDGET, GADGET → GIDGET → SANDRA DEE → SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, DORIS DAY, DONALD O'CONNOR, SANDRA DEE
    #4: RUTH BADER GINSBERG → change D to B → BABE RUTH; HANK GREENBURG
    #5: PAUL MOLITOR, PITCHER, MOLLY PITCHER
    #6: DOGEAR, LIV or LVI → GORE VIDAL; ROMAN NUMERAL, chg U to I → NORMAN MAILER

    Dessert: ???

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  19. 6/22/21 86 degrees
    Schpuzzle. ??
    Conundrums

    1. Tree Logger, Choker ( a very dangerous job in the forestry business.)

    2. Sanctuary/ Acturary
    SLICE:
    Mixed blessing/ Gword?-- Grapenut ( The mixed blessing cereal)

    ENTREES:

    1. Seattle Alt? Kenneth Pratt- Ken Griffey sr. and jr. , George Pratt 1913 Louisville Att star
    2. LEE, Grant . Lee , U.S Grant, But John McEnroe and Steffi Graff rumored to have secret love child, Bjorn Mcenroe.
    3. DENNIS DAY; DONALD O’CONNOR; SANDRA DEE [Bobby Darrin, SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR

    4. Jackie Beauvoir Kennedy, Jackie Robinson--// Hank Aaron, - - ++ -=?
    5. PAUL LEO MOLITOR ,PITCHER) - MOLLY PITCHER, Also the” ignitor.”

    6. Leonard Garner , George Kimball (Never heard of second one)

    DESSERT: ??

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  20. Schpuzzle
    "DRACULA"(by Bram Stoker), ACLU CARD(In the 1988 Presidential race, George Bush Sr. accused Michael Dukakis of being a card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union.)
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    MIXED BLESSING, GLIBNESS(an anagram of BLESSING, in which the letters are "MIXED")
    Entrees
    1. SANDY WEISZ, SANDY ALOMAR SR. and JR., AL WEIS, who played for the Chicago White Sox
    2. LEE GRANT(Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, enemies in the Civil War)
    3. SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, SANDRA DEE, BOBBY DARIN, DENNIS DAY, DONALD O'CONNOR
    4. RUTH BADER GINSBURG, BABE RUTH, HANK GREENBERG(not Aaron)
    5. MOLLY PITCHER, PAUL "MOLLY" MOLITOR, who was a PITCHER
    6. NORMAN MAILER, GORE VIDAL, DOGEAR, LIV or LVI(ROMAN NUMERAL)
    Apologies to Mathew Huffman, but it appears that(so far)no one has cracked his extremely tough Conundrums this week. Better luck next time, MH!-pjb

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    1. THere were never any Conundrum clues, which made it impossible.

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    2. I forgot the Dessert! Sorry about that!
      YOGI, CARPET, CAIRO, EGYPT
      pjbWouldHaveToHaveALotOnHisMindLatelyToForgetPartOfPuzzleria!

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    3. I did solve the Dessert, I just forgot to put it at the end of my answers. Can't believe I'd skip it like that, but there it is!
      pjbAndGBBothMadeRoomForDessertMentally,JustNotPhysically

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    4. MRI. Went as good as one might expect.
      pjbAdmitsThereAreSomeThingsInThisLifeYouMustTakeLyingDown

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  21. Mixed blessing/- glibness. Which i would never have gotten sounds like a Cryptic C.W. clue perhaps??

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

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    Inventive prose and presidents
    Take the one-word title of a novel published near the turn of a century.
    Spell it backward, add a “c” someplace.
    Divide the result in half to spell what a United States presidential candidate, 90 years later, apparently had.
    What is this novel?
    What did the presidential candidate apparently have?
    Answer:
    "Dracula" (by Bram Stoker);
    (ACLU Card; George Bush called Michael Dukakis a "card-carrying member" of the American Civil Liberties Union during the 1988 presidential campaign.)
    DRACULA=>ALUCARD=>ACLUCARD=>ACLU CARD

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    Unbeatable Conundrums Appetizer:
    Two jobs: one risky, one risk-related
    1. Think of an activity (in two words) and plyers of a risky profession (in one word).
    The word for the plyers of the profession shares its last letters with the second word in the activity.
    Remove those last letters from the profession and change a vowel to describe a state that helps to do the activity.
    What are this activity, profession and helpful state?
    Answer:
    JUMPING JACKS, LUMBERJACKS, LIMBER
    2. Think of a nine-letter word for a place away from risk.
    Remove two letters to name a profession concerned with risk.
    What are this non-risky place and risk-related profession?
    Answer:
    SANCTUARY, ACTUARY

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    Proficient-With-(S)words Slice:
    My double-edged silver tongue
    A politician may have a polished and confident gift of gab, which might be a plus.
    Some voters, however, may interpret this gift as being shallow, slick or insincere, which might be a minus.
    Characterize this paradoxical gift using a two-word term of five and eight letters.
    This two-word term also describes an eight-letter noun that characterizes the gift more specifically.
    What are this two-word term and noun?
    Answer:
    Mixed blessing; glibness

    LegoWithSincereApologiesForHisLackOfConundrumHints...

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

    Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Slices:
    Lady Bird, French Lick & Lansing
    Will Shortz’s June 13th National Public Radio Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Sandy Weisz of Chicago, Illinois, reads:
    Name a famous woman in American history with a three-part name. Change one letter in her first name to a double letter. The resulting first and second parts of her name form the first and last names of a famous athlete. And the last part of the woman’s name is a major rival of that athlete. Who are these people?
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Slices read:
    ENTREE #1
    Name a puzzle-maker with a two-part name. Remove the last letter from his last name. The first name is the common first name of a father and son who logged a combined six stints with one particular major league team. The truncated last name is the last name of a major leaguer who played six consecutive seasons with that same team, a team that is based in the puzzle-maker’s hometown.
    Who are these four people?
    Hint: The letters in the first name of the six-consecutive-season player are the beginning letters of the father-and-son’s surname.
    Answer:
    Sandy Weisz (of Chicago);
    Sandy Alomar Sr., Sandy Alomar Jr., Al Weis
    ENTREE #2
    Note: Our friend Ecoarchitect, as he has done in the past, has this week contributed an “Econfusing” puzzle – namely Entree #2 – that riffs off the current fine National Public Radio puzzle created by Sandy Weisz. We thank Eco profusely!
    Ecoarchitect’s puzzles, as you may be aware, appear regularly on Puzzleria! in his recurring “Econfusions” feature. Enjoy his following “without-rival” puzzle about rivals:
    Name a well-known actor (male or female).
    This person’s first name is a famous rival of the person’s last name.
    Who is the actor, and who are the rivals?
    Answer:
    Lee Grant; Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant
    ENTREE #3
    Name a famous woman in American history with a three-part name.
    The second part of her name is the surname of a past singer, actor, and comedian who was a radio and television personality of Irish descent.
    The last part of the woman’s name is the surname of a past dancer, singer and actor who in 1952 “made ’em laugh.”
    Both actors’ first names begin with the same letter. That letter, spelled out, is the surname of an actress famous for playng a character with a name that smacks of the synonyms “widget” and “gadget.” That actress’s first name is the first part of the three-part name of the famous woman in American history.
    The surname of the actress’s husband – a singer, songwriter and actor – also begins with the letter spelled by her surname.
    Who are these people?
    Answer:
    Sandra Day O'Connor; Dennis Day; Donald O'Connor, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin

    Lego...

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  24. This week's official answers for the record, part 3 (continued):

    Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Slices:
    ENTREE #4
    Name a famous woman in American history with a three-part name.
    In the second part, remove a letter and change another letter to its mirror image. This result, placed in front of the first part, forms the first and last names of a famous athlete.
    Take the surname of an athlete, nicknamed “Hammerin’ Hank,” who “followed in the footsteps” of this famous athlete. Remove a number of consecutive letters in the surname – namely, the final x letters in the word for the number x. “Sandwich” the second letter of the result between the two letters of a very common verb to form the third part of the famous woman’s name.
    Who are these people?
    Answer:
    Ruth Bader Ginsberg; Babe Ruth; Hank Greenberg
    Remove the "r" from "Bader". Change the "d" to a "b", its mirror image, to form "Babe".
    Hank Greenberg, a Detroit Tiger who clouted 58 homers in 1938 (11 years after Babe Ruth hit 60 and four years after Hank Aaron was born) was nicknamed “Hammerin’ Hank.” If x=3, the final x letters of "THREE" are "REE." "IS" is a common verb.
    GREENBERG-REE=>GNBERG=>GINSBERG
    ENTREE #5
    Name a famous woman in American history with a two-part name.
    The first part is a nickname of a Hall-of-Fame baseball player who excelled as a designated hitter.
    The second part is a position played by a Hall of Fame baseball player surnamed Ruth, and by other non-Cooperstown-Hall-of-Famers surnamed Viola, Shirley, Grace, Belinda, Gale, Riley, Blake, MacKenzie and Avery.
    Who is the famous woman?
    Who is the Hall-of-Fame baseball player who excelled as a designated hitter?
    What position was played by baseball players surnamed Ruth, Viola, Shirley, Grace, Belinda, Gale, Riley, MacKenzie, Blake and Avery?
    Answer:
    Molly Pitcher; Paul Molitor (nicknamed "Molly");
    The following major leaguers were pitchers: Babe Ruth (mainly during the first 6 years of his career with the Boston Red Sox, before he was traded to the New York Yankees), Frank Viola, Bob Shirley, Mike Grace, Stan Belinda,Rich Gale, George Riley, Sheriff Blake, Ken MacKenzie and Steve Avery.
    ENTREE #6
    Name a past writer who had few rivals – perhaps George Plimpton and Joyce Carol Oates – when it came to writing about the “sport” of pugilism. He did however often metaphorically “spar” (debate-style) with a past fellow writer who was his political and literary rival.
    Rearrange the nine letters of the second writer’s name to spell a kind of crimp (in 6 letters) that a reader might put in page 54 or 56 to bookmark an incredibly lengthy foreword of a book, and what would appear at the bottom of either page 54 or 56 (in 3 letters).
    Replace an “i” in the first writer’s 12-letter name to a “u” and rearrange to spell what you will see at the bottom of page 54 or 56, or on any page for that matter, in the foreword.
    Who are these literary rivals?
    What are the 6-letter “page-crimp” and the three letters seem at the bottom of page 54 or 56
    What will you see on any page in the foreword?
    Answer:
    Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal; Dog Ear, LIV (54) or LVI (56); Roman numeral

    Dessert Menu

    World Capital Dessert:
    Disciples surface in Surf City!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJG3NqDD02k
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4
    Name a practitioner of a certain discipline and a surface upon which it may be practiced.
    Rearrange the combined letters of these two words to name a world capital city and its country.
    What are the country and world capital?
    What is the discipline and the surface upon which it may be practiced?
    Answer:
    Egypt, Cairo; Yogi, carpet

    Lego!

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