Friday, July 2, 2021

Yankee-Doodle-Dandy Picnic Puzzles; Red white-hot and blue; An American history mystery; Tempura, Florida & Nachos, Mississippi; A quick American History quiz;

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!π SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:

An American history mystery

Name a three-part phrase with which most Americans are familiar.

Replace the first letter in the first part with a duplicate of the first letter in the third part. 

Chop off the top half of the first letter in that third part. (In other words, remove the ascending part of the letter.)

The new first part sounds like a word that describes cavemen’s garb. The new third part is a characteristic of such garb. 

What three-part phrase is this?

What word that describes cavemen’s garb? What is a characteristic of such garb.

Appetizer Menu

Redoubtable Rebuses Appetizer:

Yankee-Doodle-Dandy Picnic Puzzles 

Summertime, and the puzzlin’ is rebusy.

It is time again for another hefty helping of rebus puzzles created by Ecoarchtect... and
this time, a whole picnicbasketful.

This is Ecoarchitect’s fourth collection of rebuses.

Here are links to his first three.

ONE 

TWO 

THREE

MENU

Coins, Battles & A Word Soldiers Learn Slice:

A quick American History quiz

Take a gold U.S. coin in two words, a word on U.S coins, the first word of a famous U.S. battle, and a word U.S. armed-forces recruits quickly learn.

Change one of the 20 letters in these words to an “L” and rearrange the result to spell a five-word phrase in a patriotic song. 

What phrase is it?


Riffing Off Shortz And Lewis Slices:

Tempura, Florida & Nachos, Mississippi

Will Shortz’s June 27th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Julia Lewis of Fort Collins, Colorado, reads:

Take the name of a major American city.
Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is the name of a Japanese food. Remove that. The remaining letters can be rearranged to to spell some Mexican foods. Name the city and the foods.

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Lewis Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Take the name of a puzzle-maker and the city in which that puzzle-maker lives. 

Rearrange these 21 letters to form:

1. A strigine creature.

2. the first name of a first lady, and 

3. the daughter or son of your mother’s
brother.

4. The “A” in “IPA”.

What are this creature and first name?

Who is the relative on your mother’s side of the family?

Who is the puzzle-maker?

Note: As is his occasional wont, our friend Ecoarchitect has this week contributed a pair of “Econfusing” puzzles – namely Entree #2 and Entree #3 – that riff off the current National Public Radio “Tac-ramen-os” puzzle created by Sandy Weisz. Thank you Eco...

And thanks also to Eco for serving up the sumptuous Independence Day Fourth of July picnic of puzzletry in this current edition of Puzzleria! (See his “Econfusions” Appetizer feature, above)

ENTREE #2

Name a place in the U.S. Remove the eighth letter, and the result will be two words, in order, that are antonyms.

What place is this?

ENTREE #3

Take the name of a major American city. 

The first syllable is the name of a Soviet satellite not named Yugoslavia, Albania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland, Romania or Hungary. 

Remove that first syllable and spell what remains backward to spell an Indian deity.

Name the satellite and the deity.

ENTREE #4

Take the name of a major American city. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is the name of an Asian island. Remove that. 

The remaining letters can be rearranged to to spell the name of a European island. 

Name the city and the islands.

ENTREE #5

Take the name of a n Asian nation. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is a word for creatures of a certain gender. Remove that word.

The remaining letters can be rearranged to to spell a relative you may have, also of a certain gender, and something she or he might wear.

Name the nation, creatures, relative and what the relative might wear.

ENTREE #6

Take the name of an Asian nation. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is a word for Philippe Jaroussky, Andreas Scholl and Luciano Pavarotti. Remove that word.

The remaining letters, in order, spell a word for “Lascia ch’io piangaa,” “Ombra mai fu” or
“Nessun dorma (none shall sleep).”

Name the nation, the word for Philippe, Andreas and Luciano, relative and the word for the three titles that appear in quotations.

ENTREE #7

Take the name of a South American nation. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is a word for a creature of a certain gender – like Lucius of Antioch or a certain Christian priest who was his student. This word does NOT apply, however, to Constantine’s sister, an ally of the priest. 

Remove that word from the nation.

The remaining letters can be rearranged to to spell a word for a follower of a belief fostered by that priest – Constantine’s sister, for example. That belief deemed heretical in 325 AD by a church council, which tried to quash the heresy by promulgating the Nicene Creed.

Name the nation, creature, relative and follower of the heresy.

ENTREE #8

Take the name of a major American city. Move its first letter to the end (“The first shall be last...”) and divide the result into two parts. 

The second part is a brand of mints. 

The first part is a fortress associated with Jerusalem during the early Christian era.

Transpose the second and third letters of the first part to form a word for a chest or strong box used by early Christians for reserving the consecrated bread of the Eucharist.  

Name the city, the brand of mints, the fortress and the strong box.

Dessert Menu

Desert Dessert:

Red white-hot and blue

Of all U.S. holidays the Fourth of July, Independence Day, with its heat, is the most like the desert. 

Take two words associated with the desert. 

Rearrange their letters to form a two words associated with the Fourth of July and U.S. patriotism. 

What are these four words?

Every Friday at Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! we publish a new menu of fresh word puzzles, number puzzles, logic puzzles, puzzles of all varieties and flavors. We cater to cravers of scrumptious puzzles!

Our master chef, Grecian gourmet puzzle-creator Lego Lambda, blends and bakes up mysterious (and sometimes questionable) toppings and spices (such as alphabet soup,
Mobius bacon strips, diced snake eyes, cubed radishes, “hominym” grits, anagraham crackers, rhyme thyme and sage sprinklings.)

Please post your comments below. Feel free also to post clever and subtle hints that do not give the puzzle answers away. Please wait until after 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesdays to post your answers and explain your hints about the puzzles. We serve up at least one fresh puzzle every Friday.

We invite you to make it a habit to “Meet at Joe’s!” If you enjoy our weekly puzzle party, please tell your friends about Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! Thank you.



63 comments:

  1. Good day all,
    Solved some of Eco's rebi and most of the Entrées quickly, but have questions on Entrée #1:
    My solution fits all the criteria but uses all 21 letters, not just 16. Also, it is a strigine creature, not a strignine one. Of course, if the strigine creature ate strychnine, it would be dead. Hoo would know? It is the bitter truth.

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    1. Thanks for the math and spelling editing on my Enterr #1, geofan. I corrected my errors.

      LegoReflects"WellAtLeastAFewOfMyErrors!"

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    2. Yes but What if they ate Nacho's?

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    3. I must be doing something wrong, still, on Entree #1. I have three stupid letters left over, and I've been through the entire First Ladies' list.

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  2. I had a chance to go to the Braves game tuesday P.M. The top tier Nachos were 12.95. A little pricey for me. They lost to the Mets 4-3.

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    1. The nachos lost to the Mets?

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    3. Plantsmith,
      Perhaps the Metropolitans were not playing the Braves at all... but were instead playing the Washington Nachonals?

      LegoConcludes(Briefly)"SoTheNatsLostToTheMets"

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  3. Yes our Nachonal pastime. They-Braves- took the series.

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  4. For those who prefer wasting paper to staring at screens, a pdf of the picnic menu can be downloaded here.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c_1fl5jzFinSBkni6NDc5auQKlxlFAyH/view

    Many of the rebi are straightforward and honest, some are wicked and cruel. Just like our 50 states. In particular I think #3-5, 12, 15, 16, 26, and 47-50 are pretty tough. And #39 is downright evil, special kudos to anyone who can solve it.

    And credit where due: #7, 18, 29, 30, 37, and the source graphics for #11 were Joe's contributions. Maybe some others, it all gets blurry.

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  5. wrt Entrée #2, if it were Saint Cluod, MN, an alternate answer to Entrée #2 could be SAINT and CLOD.

    Along those lines, I have two alternate answers to Entrée #2.

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    1. Love your alternative answer to Eco's Entree #2, geofan. (The instructions could have just as well read, "Remove the ninth letter, and the result will be two words, in order, that are antonyms."

      LegoWhoNotesThatSaintCloudWasThePatronSaintOfNailMakersButAgainstCarbuncles!AndAin'tItPainfulWhenYouGetACarbuncleUnderYourNail!

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    2. If your parent's brother ate all the potato salad at the picnic, would that make him a carbuncle?

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    3. GB's excellent "carbuncle" pun

      LegoWhoAlsoAgreesFullThroatedlyWithPlantsmit'sAssessmentOfEco'sRebi!

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  6. Happy Independence Day Eve Eve(for at least one more hour here)!
    I'm a bit late because we needed some groceries around here, so Bryan and I went to Winn Dixie(it was "Because of Winn Dixie" LOL!). I also hadn't quite finished the Prize Crossword, compiled this week by Brummie(which means "someone who comes from Birmingham", but it's the one in England, not in AL). The cryptic setter Brummie's real name is Eddie James, who also goes by the pseudonym "Cyclops" when he submits a puzzle for Private Eye Magazine. They do that all the time across the pond, having one-word pseudonyms. Maybe I should do that here, only not necessarily using "Cranberry". How does "Punjab" sound? It uses all of my initials, so it was the first thing I considered. "Jasper" may also be a good pseudonym for me, too. Or is it too on-the-nose in my case? We could talk about it later.
    Now to my progress with this week's offerings: I managed to get all the Entrees, maybe half the rebuses, and none of the really patriotic-themed puzzles. Quite a few hints will be necessary for these(this means you too, eco!). Also, thanks to geofan for pointing out the discrepancies in Entree #1. I would've mentioned them myself had I posted one of the first comments. BTW eco, you're right. #39 is "downright evil". Man, what were you thinking?! Some of us were NOT math nerds, you know! Who do you think solves these things anyway, Sheldon Cooper from "The Big Bang Theory"?! Any NON-math-related hints will surely ease the pain that comes with seeing such a thing passed off as a "rebus"!
    Good luck and good solving to all, have a safe and sane July Fourth this Sunday(and please stay safe the rest of the time as well), and if you still haven't been vaccinated yet, by all means do so, so hopefully we can all get past this dreadful pandemic once and for all! Cranberry out!
    pjbWho'sMadeSureHisOwnSignatureIsNowhereNearAsFlamboyantAsMr.Hancock's!

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  7. 4, 6, 12, 15, 16, 26, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 46-50
    pjbSaysEcoWillKnowWhatItMeans(YouMightSayHe'sWonTheLottery!)

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    1. Note to all: #46 should read "Ekheen" not "Ekhein". If you solved #45, then #46 is not far behind.

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    2. Thanks for the clarification. I did get the gist of that one.
      pjbSaysYouCanNeverHaveOneTooManyPuzzles,ButAlcoholicBeveragesAreAWholeOtherMatter(hic!)

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    3. Thanks, Eco, for the clarification. "Ekheen" somehow seems "less German" than "Eikhein."

      LegoWhoAgreesWithcranberry'sAssessmentOfPuzzlesVis-a-vis"Boozles"

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    4. Dim memories of high school German made me (mis)spellbound. I should have studied Dutch.

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    5. I actually just found the exact equation for 39...it's called the Logarithmic-overlap layer. How in heck do we turn that into some food (4,4)? I'm totally at a loss. [Haven't even figured out the category of food yet for that group, either.]

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    6. Good work, VT. The math (and von Kármán) were familiar, but the specific equation was not.

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    7. I feared #39 might give you a wake in the turbulent boundary layer. You might find the same (but different) answer at the Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office.

      As to the category (#34), the search for that is pretty simple, if you look in the usual place.

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  8. Got the Slice after a bit of work :-)

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  9. Early Tuesday hints:

    Schpuzzle:
    The three-part phrase is the third member of a trio.

    Rebus Appetizer:
    I will defer to Ecoarchitect regarding any hints he may want to serve up.

    Coins, Battles & A Word Soldiers Learn Slice:
    The last word in the five-word phrase in the patriotic song rhymes with the word "air".

    Riffing Off Shortz And Lewis Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    Wise people know what "strigine" means (and how to spell it!)
    ENTREE #2
    The antonyms begin with the same letter.
    ENTREE #3
    The Soviet satellite is not a land.
    ENTREE #4
    How's this for a patriotic hint: Fort McHenry!
    ENTREE #5
    The relative you may have is female and usually older than you.
    ENTREE #6
    Philippe, Andreas and Luciano ain't sopranoes!
    ENTREE #7
    It sounds as if the South American nation may win a lot of "silver" medals at the Olympics.
    ENTREE #8
    Solvers of last week's NPR puzzle by Julia Lewis has a distinct advantage in solving this puzzle.
    Desert Dessert:
    The two words associated with the desert?
    Walk a mile for one.
    Either bask or bake in the other.

    LegoGlaringRed AndBurstingWithHints!

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  10. I have the Dessert, but need help getting the individual pieces of the Coins---Slice.
    pjbHasn'tMemorizedHisU.S.CoinsLately

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    1. *The "gold U.S. coin in two words" consists of a synonym of 50% and an aquiline creature.
      *The word on U.S coins is one of four words from a motto that began appearing on coins during the Civil War-era, and on paper currency almost a century later.
      *The first word of a famous U.S. battle is an anagram of an acronym of a drunken driving charge.
      *The word that U.S. armed-forces recruits quickly learn is one that midshipmen might say after "Aye-aye..."

      LegoWhoIsAnIconCollector

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    2. I believe the L must be changed to an I, at least based upon what I've found.
      pjbBelievesThisHasBeenOne"L"OfAConfusingPuzzle!

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    3. Got the Schpuzzle finally, BTW.
      pjbThinksItWouldSuitHimFineIfHeCouldGoTakeANapAfterAllThis!

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  11. A spoonful of
    H
    ey makes the rebus go down

    1. An ancient pun, good thing the founding fathers weren't a day late.
    2. "Wherever we go, whatever we do, we're going to do Puzzleria..."
    3. You might want to take ill for this one.
    4. Where's Teddy Roosevelt?
    5. Trying to keep this safe for work.
    6. Silly Rabbit, XXX are for kids.
    7. Could have made the T smaller.
    8. Not something architects would design.
    9. Keep them doggies ___, Rawhide!
    10. Can't lower this any further.
    11. Why will you never starve in the desert? Because of all the ....
    12. Mr Young made a mess with this one
    13. Diner talk, should be easy.
    14. How many combinations are possible?
    15. A favorite on a certain Italian island.
    16. Jimmy Carter served in this nuclear family.
    17. We've been down this path before.
    18. Something tells me this thing is only half....
    19. Parlez vous?
    20. Athens is "where fashion sits."
    21. Martin Luther got really hammered after he heard these were sold and served at the Papal picnic.
    22. Which way is this looking?
    23. The pie is more popular.
    24. A midwestern county fair treat, it's heartstopping!
    25. Don't let me color your view.
    26. You might get some tin out of this.
    27. Sounds better than squat_____.
    28. for those with a can-do attitude.
    29. Do they use glue for the ice cream?
    30. C'mon, you don't really need a hint, man!
    31. Maybe you can find your thrill here.
    32. Good goods.
    33. If you don't remember, they will.
    34. Think Olde school, Geoffrey Chaucer.
    35. Ein bisschen Deutsch ist hilfreich
    36. Everyone sing "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy!"
    37. Only Lego Joe could come up with this anagram.
    38. The solution to #2 can lead you here. Or vice versa.
    39. This is a great read! I only got to the second line.
    40. We can narrow this down, it isn't plasma or Bose-Einstein condensate.
    41. I really hope you don't need a hint for this one.
    42. This one is so misunderstood. But I haven't tried one, so I don't know if it tastes good.
    43. Anyone notice the irony in a popular brand from our northern neighbors?
    44. A very tasteless joke in 1986 had Christa McAuliffe's last words as "No, 44."
    45. Alec's favorite.
    46. A Dutch treat
    47. veinte.
    48. Pretty unusual, haven't had this since Hallowe'en Eve eve last year. Calendar says we won't have one again until August 30, 2023.
    49. A special model might help?
    50. To do this is human. Forgive me, divine ones.

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    1. Now that is what I call a complete set of rebus hints!
      Thanks, Ecoarchitect.

      LegoWhoGivesThanksForFiftyNiftyUnitedRebusesFromTheDivertingOriginalMindOfEco!

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  12. Eco's hints, when you know the answers, are quite entertaining. Otherwise...
    pjbMustPointToEco'sDrawingBoardAndSingAParticularBeatlesLyric

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  13. 48. That's it.
    pjbSeesItStandingAlone...

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  14. 31, but not the four-letter word.
    pjbKnowsWhatItIs,JustNotHowIt'sDescribed

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    1. Ingmar Bergman might have served Barrier Stews.

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  15. At Kroger last night. Now we have Nuchos- made of almond flower. Sounds terrible. Is it vegan?
    It's amazing how much time dog-sitting takes up. My son's one year old Morkie.

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    1. Dogs are wonderful!

      LegoWhoWillWagerThatMorkieIsEquallyWonderfulAndAdorable!

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    2. 2 pounds of pure power. I already raised two kids.

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    3. An 8.1 pound Chihuahua = the proverbial 500 pound gorilla. That is what they call a well known proven axiom.

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  16. PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS > HIRSUTE, NAPPINESS
    SLOPPY JOES MADE WITH P(INT0) BEANS, GROUND MEAT AND TOM(ATO P)ASTE, and something to do with HAMBURGERS

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  17. Not much time to mull this week, so not much luck. Here goes, such as it is:

    Schpuzzle: [Stymied]

    Appetizers:
    1. Fourth of July
    5. Swordfish
    9. Sausage Rolls
    10. Barbecue
    11. Sandwiches
    12. (something) Made With Snap Beans and (something else) on Hamburgers
    13. Pigs in Blankets
    14. Egg Salad
    17. Side Dishes
    18. Baked Beans
    19. French Fries
    20. Hummus on Ritz Crackers
    22. Cupcakes with Sprinkles
    23. Lemon Meringues
    27. Shortbread
    28. Cotton Candy
    29. Bana Split on a Stuck
    30. Watermelon Slices
    36. Macaroni Salad
    41. Lemonade
    42. Doctor Pepper
    43. Gingerale
    44. Bud Light
    45. Guinness
    46. Heineken
    47. Dos Equis

    [Good ones, eco. Real headscratchers.]

    CB&AWSL Slice: Half Eagle, Trust, Iwo, Sir [the line eludes me]

    Entrees:
    1. Owl & Jill; First Cousin; Julia Lewis of Fort Collins (A=Ale)
    2. [Stymied]
    3. Mir & Rama (Miramar, Florida)
    4. Baltimore; Timor; Elba
    5. Turkmenistan; Men; Aunt; Skirt
    6. Armenia; Men; Aria
    7. Argentina; Gent; Constantia; Arian
    8. Sacramento; Mentos; Acra; Arca

    Dessert: Sun & Camel; Uncle Sam

    Compliments to eco & Lego. Good gray cell agitation.


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  18. Nice jobs GB & Paul, the official answers are:

    1) Y (6.2.4) (Fourth of) July
    2) Thero (8) To(get)her

    3) Rent Hog (2,3,5) On the Gr(ill)
    4) Ite (5) and Cuhoa (9.5) (T)ige(r) Tr(out) and Cu(tt)h(r)oa(t) Tr(out) - probably unfair, couldn't resist
    5) S**t f = h (9) S(word) f(is)h - this was Lego's and my favorite!
    6) Pepepe (5) (Tri)pe
    7) ST C?n? (5,4) S(wee)t c(or)n
    8) Moros (9) (Mush)rooms
    9) (7,5) Sausage (Rolls)
    10) (8) (Bar) BQ/ Barbecue

    11) (10) (SA)(ND)(WI)(Che’s)
    12) Ojes made with Bepans, Tame and Tom/Aste /Bug her arm s (6,4,4,4,5,5,6,4,3,6,5,2,9,5) (Sloppy) Joe’s made with P(into) Beans, (Ground) Meat and Tom(ato P)aste (on) Hamburger (Roll)s
    13) Blanpigskets (4,2,8) Pigs (in) Blankets
    14) Geg (3.5) Egg (Salad)
    15) RESE (7) (Cap)rese [a delicious simple sandwich from Capri]
    16) Emars/BLT (3,9) BLT (Sub)mar(in)es

    17) Sided=hes (4,6) Side D(is)hes
    18) Banes (5,5) Baked Beans
    19) Frites (6,5) (French) Fries)
    20) Hum μ μ μ/ erritzs (6,2,4,8) Hum(mu’s) on Ritz (Crack)ers

    21) Duenceslg (11) (In)dulg, ences
    22) C cakes with klspres (8,4,9) C(up)cakes with Spr(in)kles
    23) Lem/gumeres (5,9) Lem(on) Mer(in)gues
    24) Bac/skew it in (5,5,8) Bac(on) (Fried) Twinkies
    25) IES (8) (Brown)ies
    26) Sedimentary, Magatic (6) S,M ores [those are two of the types of ore creating processes]
    27) bread (10) (Short) Bread
    28) Cott/c+y (6,5) Cott(on) C(and)y
    29) Ban ana/stick (6.5.2.1.5) Banana (split) (on a) Stick
    30) Watermel/S?bet? (10,6) Watermel(on) S(or)bet
    31) Rip Burley Bee (4,9,3) (Wild) Blueberry Pie - as cranberry implies, there are lots of keywords for anagrams.
    32) B/B/S (7) B(on)b(on)s
    33) Ifadgrme cookies (10,4,7) (Pepper)idge Farm Cookies

    34) C bigleofa (4.4) C(old) foods - there are many Old English words for food.
    35) Fart of elk (6,6,5) (German) Potato (Salad) [Kartoffel is the German word for potato. This was mighty unfair, if you read the fine print you'll see there are no refunds]
    36) Aim acorn(8,5) Macaroni (Salad)
    37) Man/Dog Bank Balance (5,4,3,5,5) Black Bean and Mango Salad
    38) Vablese with s a u c e (10,4,7,5) Ve(get)ables with (dipping) sauce
    39) (4,4) Coles' Law or Cole Slaw [from David Coles, a formulation for the effect of the convective inertia for mean velocity profiles. I have no idea what that means). I added later a reference to a post office in Ardmore, OK. The renaming was introduced by OK representative Tom Cole, one of only 4 or 5 pieces of legislation this drag on democracy has had approved.

    40) Riffs Gone (6,9) (Liquid) Offerings
    41) Lem/ade (8) Lem(on)ade
    42) PE Prep(6,6) (Doctor) Pepper
    43) Gergale (6,3) G(in)ger ale
    44) Bud (3,5) Bud (Light)
    45) Neguss (8) Gu(in)ness
    46) Ekhein (8) He(in)eken - probably went "in" the rabbit hole too often...
    47) 20 (3,5) Dos Equis [2 X’s]
    48) “Moon” (4,4) (Blue) Moon [19th best-selling beer in US, 1% of market)
    49) Aloe Spice (6,8) (Model)o Especial [7th best-selling beer in US, 3.3% market share, best-selling canned beer in Mexico. I confess I hadn't heard of this, but saw it in the grocery store this weekend]
    50) Si, lava and a pea eel (6,6,4,3) Si(err)a Nevada Pale Ale

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    1. The IES looked orange to my screen, hence there was no hope of my getting 'brownies'.

      As for the end puzzles, I never heard of all those beers, so I don't feel so bad anymore to have missed them all.

      And I had SHELLfish for your Swordfish, because somehow from your hint, I'd thought the ** stood for a 'swear' word!

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    2. I know most of the beers and still bombed.
      But what is OWI? Is this an East coast term. More familiar to me is DUI?

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    4. But have you tried the Dog fish head porter?

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    5. Re OWI vs DUI: I had to go look that up myself, PTSH. I'd never heard of it either, and had already had the answer IWO, so the hint Lego gave concerned me. FInally, I found out that Iowa or some such state uses OWI, although now I can't even remember what it stands for.

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    6. Operating while Intoxicated....

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    7. At first I had thought the OWI talk was about a rebus, but is it actually about the Slice?

      Lego's clue included "take the first word of a famous battle," and as his answer shows it was "IWO Jima," not OWI. Iwo Jima is a small island about 700 miles south of Japan, most famous for the battle in early 1945, and the iconic image of US Marines raising the flag. The photo was staged, but fake news is good news.

      Or am I missing a running joke?

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    8. OWI as a term for DUI was new to me. and is not to my knowledge used on the West -or left coast.
      Thanks again ECO.

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  19. 7/7/21 - 89 degrees

    Schpuzzle: ??



    L Slice: Half Eagle, Trust, Owi ?, “Our flag Was Still there”

    Entrees:
    1. Owl, Ale ; Cousin; Julia Lewis of Fort Collins ,
    2.???
    3. ???
    4. ??
    5. Turkmenistan; Men, Aunt;
    6. Armenia; Men, Aria
    7. Argentina; Gent, Arian
    8. Sacramento; Mentos, Acra, Arca

    Dessert: Sun,camel -??

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    1. A fourth of July Rebust a move

      1. Fourth of July
      12.
      13. Pigs in Blankets
      14. Egg Salad
      16. BLT- submarines
      17. Side Dishes
      18. Baked Beans
      19. French Fries
      20. Hummus??
      22. Cupcakes with Sprinkles
      23. Lemon?
      27. Shortbread
      28. Cotton Candy
      29. Banana Split on a Stick
      30. Watermelon Sorbet

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  20. Schpuzzle: PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS; chg H to N → HIRSUTE, NAPPINESS [post-Mon-hint]

    Appetizer Rebi:
    1: FOURTH OF JULY
    2:
    3:
    4:
    5:
    6: PEAS ?
    7: SWEET CORN
    8:
    9: SAUSAGE ROLLS
    10: BARBECUE
    11: SANDWICHES
    12:
    13: PIGS IN BLANKETS
    14: EGG SALAD
    15:
    16:
    17: SIDE DISHES
    18: BAKED BEANS
    19: FRENCH FRIES
    20: HUMMUS ON RITZ CRACKERS
    21: INDULGENCES
    22: CUPCAKES WITH SPRINKLES
    23: LEMON MERINGUES
    24: BACON STRIP, SKEWERED
    25:
    26:
    27: SHORTBREAD
    28: COTTON CANDY
    29: BANANA SPLIT ON A STICK
    30: WATERMELON SORBET
    31:
    32: BONBONS
    33:
    34:
    35:
    36:
    37:
    38: VEGETABLES WITH BUTTERY(?) SAUCE
    39:
    40:
    41: LEMONADE
    42: DOCTOR PEPPER
    43: GINGER ALE
    44: BUD LIGHT
    45: GUINNESS
    46: HEINEKEN
    47: DOS EQUIS
    48: BLUE MOON (beer) – not familiar.
    49:
    50:
    Slice: HALF EAGLE, TRUST, IWO, SIR; chg I to L → OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE

    Entrées
    #1: JULIA LEWIS, FORT COLLINS → JILL, ALE, FIRST COUSIN, OWL
    #2: see below
    (a) SAINT PAUL – U → SAINT, PAL (if your friends are scoundrels or unrepentant sinners)
    (b) MEXICAN BORDER – B → MEXICAN, ORDER
    (c) CONNECTICUT – I → CONNECT, CUT (probable intended answer)
    #3: MIR + RAMA backwards → MIRAMAR
    #4: BALTIMORE – TIMOR, rearrange → ELBA
    #5: TURKMENISTAN – MEN → AUNT, SKIRT
    #6: ARMENIA – MEN → ARMENIA
    #7: ARGENTINA – GENT, rearrange → ARIAN
    #8: SACRAMENTO → ACRAMENTOS → ACRA, MENTOS; ARCA. And I always thought it was a PYX.

    Dessert: SUN, CAMEL → UNCLE SAM [post-Mon-hint]

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  21. It was a rough puzzle week for me:

    APPETIZER:

    1. FOURTH OF JULY:
    2. TOGETHER [from hint, but I still don’t see why/how]

    3.
    4.
    5. SHELLFISH;
    6.
    7. ????? CORN
    8.
    9. SAUSAGE ROLLS;
    10. BARBEQUE;

    11: SANDWICHES:
    12. SLOPPY JOES made with BEANS, MEAT and TOMATO PASTE ON SOURDOUGH? BREAD?;
    13. PIGS IN BLANKETS;
    14. EGG SALAD
    15.
    16. BLT SUBMARINE

    17. SIDE DISHES:
    18. BAKED BEANS;
    19. FRENCH FRIES;
    20. HUMMUS ON RITZ CRACKERS;



    21. INDULGENCES:
    22. CUPCAKES WITH SPRINKLES;
    23. LEMON MERINGUES;
    24. BACON ????? ????????
    25.
    26.
    27. SHORTBREAD;
    28. COTTON CANDY;
    29. BANANA SPLIT ON A STICK;
    30. WATERMELON SORBET;
    31. ???? BLUEBERRY ???
    32. BONBONS;
    33. ?????????? CHIP COOKIES;

    34:
    35.
    36. MACARONI SALAD
    37.
    38. ?????????? WITH DIPPING SAUCE;
    39.

    40. THIRST QUENCHERS?:
    41. LEMONADE;
    42. DOCTOR PEPPER
    43. GINGER ALE;
    44. BUD LIGHT;
    45. GUINNESS;
    46. HEINEKEN;
    47.
    48. ECLIPSE (This was impossible for those of us who don’t drink, as I never heard of it.)
    49.
    50.


    SLICE: HALF EAGLE, TRUST, IWO, SIR => Change I to L: OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE


    ENTREES:

    1. JULIA LEWIS & FORT COLLINS => OWL, JILL, FIRST COUSIN, ALE.

    2.

    3. (MIR)AMAR => RAMA

    4. BAL(TIMOR)E => BALE => ELBA

    5. TURK(MEN)ISTAN. =>. AUNT, SKIRT

    6. AR(MEN)IA => ARIA

    7. AR(GENT)INA => ARIAN

    8. SACRAMENTO => ACRA & MENTOS & ARCA

    DESSERT: CAMEL & SUN => UNCLE SAM

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

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    An American history mystery
    Name a three-part phrase with which most Americans are familiar.
    Replace the first letter in the first part with a duplicate of the first letter in the third part.
    Chop off the top half of the first letter in that third part. (In other words, remove the ascending part of the letter.)
    The new first part sounds like a word that describes cavemen’s garb. The new third part is a characteristic of such garb.
    What three-part phrase is this?
    What word that describes cavemen’s garb? What is a characteristic of such garb.
    Answer:
    "pursuit of happiness"; hirsute, nappiness

    Appetizer Menu
    Redoubtable Rebuses Appetizer:
    Yankee-Doodle-Dandy Picnic Puzzles
    Summertime, and the puzzlin’ is rebusy.
    Please find the answers to Ecoarchitect's "fifty nifty United Rebi of America," in a PDF document that has been uploaded just above this week's Comments Section.

    MENU

    Coins, Battles & A Word Soldiers Learn Slice:
    A quick American History quiz
    Take a gold U.S. coin in two words, a word on U.S coins, the first word of a famous U.S. battle, and a word U.S. armed-forces recruits quickly learn.
    Change one of the 20 letters in these words to an “L” and rearrange the result to spell a five-word phrase in a patriotic song.
    What phrase is it?
    "...our flag was still there" from "The Star Spangled Banner."
    Half Eagle; Trust; Iwo; Sir;
    The Half Eagle was the first gold coin minted by the United States.
    "In God We Trust" appears on U.S. coins.
    "Iwo Jima" was a major WWII battle.
    Recruits learn to say "Yes Sir" or "Aye-aye Sir"

    Lego...

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

    Riffing Off Shortz And Lewis Slices:
    Tempura, Florida & Nachos, Mississippi
    ENTREE #1
    Take the name of a puzzle-maker and the city in which that puzzle-maker lives.
    Rearrange these 16 letters to form:
    1. A strigine creature.
    2. the first name of a first lady, and
    3. the daughter or son of your mother’s brother.
    What are this creature and first name?
    4. The "P" in "IPA"
    Who is the relative on your mother’s side of the family?
    Who is the puzzle-maker?
    Answer:
    Owl, Jill (Biden), first cousin; "IPA," (which stands for "India Pale Ale")
    Julia Lewis of Fort Collins, Colorado
    ENTREE #2
    Name a place in the U.S. Remove the eighth letter, and the result will be two words, in order, that are antonyms.
    What place is this?
    Answer:
    Connecticut
    (Connecticut – i = Connect+cut)
    ENTREE #3
    Take the name of a major American city. The first syllable is the name of a Soviet satellite not named Yugoslavia, Albania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland, Romania or Hungary.
    Remove that first syllable and spell what remains backward to spell an Indian deity.
    Name the satellite and the deity.
    Answer:
    Mir, Rama
    Miramar (Florida)=>Mir+Rama (spelled in reverse)
    ENTREE #4
    Take the name of a major American city. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is the name of an Asian island. Remove that. The remaining letters can be rearranged to to spell the name of a European island. Name the city and the islands.
    Answer:
    Baltimore; Timor, Elba
    ENTREE #5
    Take the name of a n Asian nation. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is a word for creatures of a certain gender. Remove that word.
    The remaining letters can be rearranged to to spell a relative you may have, also of a certain gender, and something she or he might wear.
    Name the nation, creatures, relative and what the relative might wear.
    Answer:
    Turkmenistan; men; aunt, skirt

    Lego...

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

    ENTREE #6
    Take the name of an Asian nation. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is a word for Philippe Jaroussky, Andreas Scholl and Luciano Pavarotti. Remove that word.
    The remaining letters, in order, spell a word for “Lascia ch’io piangaa,” “Ombra mai fu” or “Nessun dorma (none shall sleep).”
    Name the nation, the word for Philippe, Andreas and Luciano, relative and the word for the three titles that appear in quotations.
    Answer:
    Armenia; men, aria
    ENTREE #7
    Take the name of a South American nation. Hidden inside it in consecutive letters is a word for a creature of a certain gender – like Lucius of Antioch or a certain Christian priest who was his student. This word does NOT apply, however, to Constantine’s sister, an ally of the priest.
    Remove that word from the nation.
    The remaining letters can be rearranged to to spell a word for a follower of a belief fostered by that priest – Constantine’s sister, for example. That belief deemed heretical in 325 AD by a church council, which tried to quash the heresy by promulgating the Nicene Creed.
    Name the nation, creature, relative and follower of the heresy.
    Answer:
    Argentina; gent; Arian
    ENTREE #8
    Take the name of a major American city. Move its first letter to the end (“The first shall be last...”) and divide the result into two parts.
    The second part is a brand of mints.
    The first part is a fortress associated with Jerusalem during the early Christian era.
    Transpose the second and third letters of the first part to form a word for a chest or strong box used by early Christians for reserving the consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
    Name the city, the brand of mints, the fortress and the strong box.
    Answer:
    Sacramento, Mentos, acra, arca

    Dessert Menu

    Desert Dessert:
    Red white-hot and blue
    Of all U.S. holidays the Fourth of July, Independence Day, with its heat, is the most like the desert.
    Take two words associated with the desert. Rearrange their letters to form a two words associated with the Fourth of July and U.S. patriotism.
    What are these four words?
    Answer:
    Camel, Sun; Uncle Sam

    Lego!

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  25. Schpuzzle
    (Life, Liberty, and the)PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, HIRSUTE, NAPPINESS
    Appetizer Menu
    1. FOURTH OF JULY
    2. TOGETHER
    3. ON THE GRILL
    5. SWORDFISH
    7. SWEET CORN
    8. MUSHROOMS
    9. SAUSAGE ROLLS
    10. BARBECUE
    11. SANDWICHES
    12. SLOPPY JOES MADE WITH PINTO BEANS, GROUND MEAT, AND TOMATO PASTE ON HAMBURGER ROLLS
    13. PIGS IN BLANKETS
    14. EGG SALAD
    17. SIDE DISHES
    18. BAKED BEANS
    19. FRENCH FRIES
    20. HUMMUS ON RITZ CRACKERS
    21. INDULGENCES
    22. CUPCAKES WITH SPRINKLES
    23. LEMON MERINGUES
    24. BACON FRIED TWINKIES
    25. BROWNIES
    27. SHORTBREAD
    28. COTTON CANDY
    29. BANANA SPLIT ON A STICK
    30. WATERMELON SHERBET
    31. BLUEBERRY PIE
    32. BONBONS
    36. MACARONI
    38. VEGETABLES WITH DIPPING SAUCE
    40. LIQUID OFFERINGS
    41. LEMONADE
    42. DR. PEPPER
    43. GINGER ALE
    44. BUD LIGHT
    45. GUINNESS
    46. HEINEKEN
    48. BLUE MOON
    I can't believe I couldn't solve the whole thing. Where's the Alka-Seltzer?
    Menu
    Coins Etc. Slice
    HALF EAGLE,(In God We)TRUST, IWO(Jima), SIR, "OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE"(from "The Star-Spangled Banner")
    Entrees
    1. JULIA LEWIS, FORT COLLINS(CO), OWL, JILL, FIRST COUSIN, ALE
    2. CONNECTICUT(CONNECT, CUT)
    3. MIRAMAR(FL), MIR, RAMA
    4. BALTIMORE(MD), TIMOR, ELBA
    5. TURKMENISTAN, MEN, AUNT, SKIRT
    6. ARMENIA, MEN, ARIA
    7. ARGENTINA, GENT, ARIAN
    8. SACRAMENTO, MENTOS, ACRA, ARCA
    Dessert
    CAMEL, SUN, UNCLE SAM
    Able was I ere I saw Rebus #39.-pjb

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  26. You mean i can't believe i ate the whole thing?

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