PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!π SERVED
Schpuzzle of the Week:
Divide the result into two words: a piece of green equipment and a green focal point.
1.🚗 What make of automobile would the colonists in the Continental Congress drive?
2.⚐ Name something you typically need to start a venture or organization – something that is venerated in the United States. 
Change one of the vowels to the previous vowel, and one consonant to the previous consonant, and the result will be a disturbing term for what many wanted to do on January
6th, 2021.
5.💣 Name a verb in 10 letters that describes what a politician may do with illegal activities.
This person has a two-part last name. Reverse the order of those parts, and the result (with a silent letter added) will be a well-known politically active musician who has been performing almost as long as the person in the news has been alive.
Divide that title into two words and translate into another language. The result is a world famous landmark. What is the movie and what is the landmark?
Solve the six clues below:
Write down the last names of two U.S. presidents. Move a letter from the second name into the first one. You’ll name a vehicle that’s used for special occasions. What is it?
Write down the first name of a puzzle-maker next to the last name of a U.S. president. 
ENTREE #2
Remove six total letters from the beginning and end of any of three U.S. presidents to spell a second, related biblical character.
Now rearrange the combined letters you removed to spell either:
ENTREE #5
1. the initial of the surname of a former sitting president (within the past 50 years), and
Add to the 1st, 2nd and 6th letters of the third presidential surname the fourth, sixth and seventh letters of his first name to spell a part of a house. 
The result can be broken into either three words or two words. 
Remove the second and fourth letters of the result to spell an abbreviated term for a verb that means “to rearrange sectors on a hard disk into a contiguous unit.” 
ENTREE #11
Name two rhyming seven-letter words that are both associated with a seal.
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.)
Flippin’ efflorescence!
Print the name of a flower in lowercase. Flip its first letter.
What are this flower and two “green words”?
Note: To “flip” a letter – at least for the purposes of this puzzle – means to rotate it 180 degrees around the x-axis, so, for example, “q” becomes “d” and vise-versa. Thus “quality” becomes “duality.”
Appetizer Menu
Nine Supreme Injustices:
Puzzling piecemeal political pre-meals
Hint: The answer is not a Lincoln... Abe had not yet been born.
Remove a letter and the result will be something else you often need to start a venture or organization.
What are the two words?
3.🎮 Name a game that you might play at an arcade, in three words.
6th, 2021.
What is the game, and what might we have seen?
Hint 1: the two aren’t just related by wordplay.
Hint 2: the second answer not politically (or morally) correct.
4.🤵 Name something most politicians spend a lot of time pursuing, in ten letters.
Change one letter to get something most politicians don’t spend a lot of time doing. Change one letter in that to get something many politicians spend a lot of time creating.
What are the three words?
Shift one letter three places later in the alphabet to describe what their colleagues may do to further that activity.
What are the two words?
6.👎 Name something many politicians offer in response to criticism.
Shift one letter 10 places later in the alphabet, and the result will be something politicians should offer their constituents but, sadly, often do not.
What are these two words?
7.🎸 Name someone who came into the news this year.
Who are the newsworthy person and the musician?
8.🗼 Name the one-word title of a well-known American movie.
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| Abe Lincoln with a George Harrison haircut |
9.💇 Spoonerize a well-known Washington DC landmark (7,4 letters) and the result sounds
like what could be four-word instructions for
hair care (3,2,3,4 letters).
like what could be four-word instructions for
hair care (3,2,3,4 letters).
What is the landmark and what are the instructions?
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Duds, Dudes & Drupes Nordic Slice:
Descending Jacob’s Ladder into a “hot spot”
Note: The answers to Clues #2, #3 and #4 are formed by removing one letter from the answer to the clue immediately above it.
1. Articles of clothing worn above the waist (8
letters)
letters)
2. Fruits (7)
3. French word for a certain fruits (6)
4. Pavlova, Canadian Kate’s singing sibling, and a Russian Literature title character (5)
5. First name of a of a Nordic nation’s prime minister (the answer to #4 spelled backward)
6. Many a “hot spot” in that Nordic nation (the answer to #5 with its middle letter inverted)
Riffing Off Shortz And Hochbaum Slices:
“Oh The wheels on the bus go off the chart!”
Will Shortz’s July 10th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Alan Hochbaum of Duluth, Georgia, reads:
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Hochbaum Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Remove the last letter of the first name and the first letter of the last name.
Then remove the space between the two. The result spells a U.S. state.
Who are this puzzle-maker and president?
What is the state?
Remove an “r” from the surname of a U.S. president.
Remove also a word for the relationship that president had with his father (which is the same relationship that father had with a second U.S. president from the same century).
Next, move the penultimate letter to the end.
Place this result, without a space, next to the surname (also with an “r” removed) of a third president from that century.
The final result is a nine-letter synonym of “rug”.
Who are these three presidents?
What is the synonym of “rug”?
ENTREE #3
Remove one letter from the last name of either of two U.S. presidents to spell a biblical character.
Who are these five presidents and two biblical characters?
Hint: The three presidents whose names contained the second biblical character, cumulatively, served nearly 28 years in office, an average of more than nine years each!
ENTREE #4
Write down the last names of two U.S. presidents in chronological order. Remove the last five letters of the first name and the first three letters of the second name. Remove the space. You’ll name a farm creature.
1. a sausage produced in Switzerland, France
and parts of Germany, or
and parts of Germany, or
2. another farm creature and what she might snack on after venturing on down to the stream that flows through the cow pasture.
Who are these presidents?
What is the first farm creature?
What is the sausage?
What are the second farm creature and her snack from the stream?
Write down the full names of two U.S. presidents, first, middle and last. Take the surname of the earlier president and the middle name of the latter president. Remove the first two letters of the surname and the first four letters of the middle name, leaving two antonyms.
What are these antonyms?
Who are the presidents?
ENTREE #6
Write down the last names of two U.S. presidents, in reverse-chronological order. Remove an “o” from the first name. Replace the first letter of the second name with two letters:
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| Mayim Bialik at the waterpark? |
2. the inititial of the surname of the candidate who defeated him.
The final result is another name for an “air cushion vehicle.”
Who are the two presidents?
What are the surnames of the former sitting president and the candidate who defeated him?
What is the “air cushion vehicle?”
ENTREE #7
Write down in chronological order the names of four U.S. presidents who are not on Mount Rushmore.
Delete the last three letters of the second’s surname and the last four letters of the fourth’s surname to spell an edible and what you might have to do to it before you can eat it.
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| Mount Flushmore: Trump, Nixon, Buchanan, A. Johnson |
Spell a part of that part of the house by taking the first four letters of either the first or last names of the first president and replacing the first letter with an “s”.
That “part of the part of the house” is where you might place the edible in order to do what you might have to do to it before you can eat it.
Who are the four presidents?
What is the edible?
What might you have to do to it?
Where might you place it to do that?
ENTREE #8
Spell the surname of either one of two U.S. presidents backwards.
The first two of the three words are an exclamation a private may make to his sergeant; the third word is an exclamation a cheerleader may shout.
The two words are:
1. a less common spelling of a classic Japanese dance-drama having a heroic theme, a chorus, and highly stylized action, costuming, and scenery, and
2. an archaic term used to address a man or boy, especially one younger or of lower status than the speaker.
Who are these presidents?
What are the two exclamations?
What are the Japanese dance-drama and the archaic term?
ENTREE #9
Spell the surname of a U.S. president backward.
Who is the president?
What is the abbreviated term?
ENTREE #10
Spell the surname of a U.S. president backward.
The first five letters of the result spell the the first two words and the first letter of the third word in the title of a 1969 hit single song.
An American League baseball team adopted this song in 1977 to use as a taunt to humiliate losing opponents.
The last three letters of the backward surname spell the name of any player on the American League team’s National League crosstown rival.
Who is the president?
What is the song?
Who are the crosstown rivals?
Write down the surname a U.S. president who devoured a 12-ounce steak every morning for breakfast. Duplicate the first three letters of this name and place them at the end, in reverse order. Place a space near the center of this result.
The final result is a two-word term that would have been an ad hominem attack against the president. There are rumors, likely apocryphal, that this term appeared as a slogan on the opposition party’s campaign buttons.
Who is this president?
What is the likely-apocryphal slogan?
Dessert Menu
Revisiting Flippers* Dessert:
A somewhat puzzling Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
Hint: One of the words is hypenated.
* This week’s Schpuzzle of the Week involves a letter that is a “flipper.”
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In what has to be a new 'low', I have been able to solve NONE of eco's many Appetizers, at least not yet.
ReplyDeleteBut I did get (I think) the Schpuzzle, despite not being sure that the particular piece of equipment IS green (that is news to me, but what do I know?). Plus the easier (last) half of the Slice, and all of the entrees, except #7, which looked so long and intimidating that I couldn't face it while sleepy.
'it's a quarter to three - so set em up Joe." Sominex anyone?
ReplyDeleteI thought that pict was some kind of a green herring. And did you catch the amazing "Buck" moon last night?
Plantsmith is correct, ViolinTeddy. The image is indeed, as he so well put it. "some kind of green herring."
DeleteMy bordering-on-the-unfair wording:
"Divide the result into two words: a piece of green equipment and a green focal point..."
may become more clear if you consider "green" not as an adjective but as a noun – a noun sometimes preceded by a word that, if it began with a different consonant, would be an anagram of "King Tut."
LegoWhoUrgesAllPuzzleriansToEatTheirLeafyGreens(SuchAsSpinachBroccoliRabe&Arugula)
I had pretty much already figured all that out, Lego & Pl'th....that the picture was a "whatever color" herring, and, in fact, that the second item fit your clue well (it was more the first word, the equipment, that had me confused.
DeleteAnd, Pl'th, I stupidly MISSED the moon last night, although I had intended to go out and look at it. In the past, as soon as there is some advertised noteworthy sky event, and I'd go out to view it, there would be clouds all over the place. Sigh....
At this moment the moon just came up and it is as round and orange as a pumpkin. Never seen one this orange.
DeleteI think the next one is in May of 2055- so be on the lookout.
DeleteHint for A9? Ross Perot.
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday to all here on the blog!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine. We had Lee's chicken for supper, so we'll have leftovers pretty much the whole weekend. Thought I'd need a nap after I ate, but I couldn't get back to sleep, so here I am. Still have my other puzzles to tackle after this as well.
Did pretty good with this week's selection. Got the Schpuzzle, Apps #1, #3, #4, #7, and #8, but will need more clarification on #9 especially, as the only landmark I could find that's 7,4 didn't really sound like words at all(except the four-letter word), the Slice, and all Entrees(would've been embarrassing if I hadn't solved #1!). Let's hope there'll be some good hints for all the others later on.
Good luck in solving to all, please stay safe, and may we all have a great weekend, however we choose to spend it. Cranberry out!
pjbIsNotSureIfRossPerotIsAGoodEnoughHintForA9(Nothing'sReallyComingYetOnThatOne)
I just now found TWO 7,4 Washington landmarks, neither of which works for the spoonerizing. Most frustrating!
DeleteI hope it is not a green herring.
ReplyDeleteI also thought Rudolpho's presidential bid was noteworthy.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Plantsmith.
DeleteLast Sunday, our friend Rudolfo (whose "Puzzles Rudolfo" is featured regularly on Puzzleria!) posted on Blaine's wonderful blog the following riff-off of the CARTER-BUSH/CHARTER-BUS National Public Radio puzzle:
It read:
Write down the last names of two U.S. presidents. Move a letter from the first name into the second one. Join the resulting two words together to get a forbidden word.
It is a very clever puzzle, which is not surprising because Rudolfo, like all whose puzzles we feature on Puzzleria!, has a knack for creative and clever puzzle-making.
LegoWhoNotesThatPlantsmithIsAlsoOneOfThoseCreativeAndCleverPuzzleMakers"WhosePuzzlesWeFeatureOnPuzzleria!"(InHis"GardenOfPuzzleyDelights"Feature)
I have been wondering: do the "guest puzzlers" choose their own titles for their sets of puzzles, i.e. "Garden of Puzzley Delights" etc, or do you make it up, Lego?
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Delete(Note: You can view all the guest-puzzle-maker logos here, at the beginning of cranberry's Cryptic Crossword Text.)
VT's question:
Do the "guest puzzlers" choose their own titles for their sets of puzzles, i.e. "Garden of Puzzley Delights" etc, or do you make it up, Lego?
Excellent question, ViolinTeddy.
The short answer is, "It varies – both with the TITLE of the guest-puzzle-set and with the LOGO IMAGE.
* The first time we packaged these puzzles as recurring features was back when Mathew Huffman, in a burst of creativity, sent me a file of literally hundreds of puzzles to feature on Puzzleria!! I created a makeshift image of a drummer at a drum set and titled his feature "Mathew Huffman's Conundrum Set." (Mathew, I am sure, could have done much better thatn that himself, but he seemed more concerned, I believe, with the content of the puzzles themselves, and not so much with their presentation.)
* For Patrick J. Berry's Cryptic Crosswords, I simply created a banner atop the grid reading simply, "Cryptic Crossword by Patrick J. Berry," which has served as a logo. I think that works.
"Worldplay" for geofan's feature was kind of a no-brainer, ironically, for a really brainy guy (!);
The crossword puzzle image (for "Jeff Zarkin's Zarkin's Puzzle Riffs") is fitting for the crossword fan that he is;
GB contributed great input to his "GB's Baffler's logo, as did Plantsmith for his "Garden of Puzzley Delights" (although it was I, Lego who misspelled "Puzzley"... and I am sticking to it!
"Conundrumbstruck by Chuck!" was also a collaborative effort, with Chuck and I bouncing ideas around... I am obviously fascinated by the word "conundrum!"
* I had nothing at all to do, however, with the creation of Rudolfo's, Ecoarchitect's and Bobby Jacobs' puzzle-set titles and logos... which is likely why they are probably three of the most artistic, eye-catching... and best!
The statue depicted in Rudolfo's image has a great story behind it which I hope he may someday share on our blog.
Eco (who actually is an architect, created his basic logo and title, but subsequently added a handful of variations on that theme along the way in order to dovetail with the season or subject matter at hand.
Bobby came up with his title and created his logo (which I consider a work of art). The image also has a backstory that has real mathematical significance, which I hope he may also someday share in this Comment section. (Bobby is a mathemetician.)
Finally, skydiveboy's logo, which he allowed me to design and name. He chooses excellent images to accompany his puzzles, but he seems more focused on the wording of his puzzles than on their "packaging. That said, skydiveboy's logo is the logo (title and image) that I am most proud of creating/designing.
LegoLongwindedly
Yes the statue on Rudolphos logo has not been deciphered and may be a family secret- or so i was told.
DeleteOoh, thank you for that long, detailed and interesting answer to my question. I will look forward in future P!s to trying to see how the explanation of design/logo goes with the various Appetizer authors.
DeleteMy design is from Gibb's garden -not far from us here In North Georgia and one of the best garden's in Georgia. A magical place. They have a nice web site with weekly bloom updates. The picture is part of their Japanese garden section.
DeleteVT Did you see Elon's recent interview when asked how many children he was going to have he said," Well Mars is going to need some people."
DeleteNo, I didn't, PL'th! Apparently, his father is even more obnoxious than Elon is. Did you see about the dad having fathered a kid with his own stepdaughter? Even Elon and his siblings are revolted.
DeleteMy report so far:
ReplyDeleteSolved Schpuzzle and all Entrees. Didn't solve Dessert yet. I definitely solved two of the Apps and may have solved three others, including the dreaded #9. (There's a word that seems off to me on that one.)
TortieWhoLaughedAtMountFlushmore
Regarding Ecoarchitect's Appetizer #9, VioloinTeddy and Tortitude, my guess is that you likely both have solved it.
DeleteThe first of the four words in the hair care instuctions is a somewhat obscure hair care brand product brand name, which is used by Eco as a verb in his answer.
LegoWhoAlsoNotesThatTheSecondWordInTheDCLandmarkIsASynonymForWhereTheHairCareProductIsApplied
After checking the brand name, seeing if it really is for hair care products, I still only have a problem with the two-letter and three-letter words that supposedly follow. Otherwise, the first landmark I found would have to work. But I still have my doubts, as I'm sure the others here do as well. Any chance we might have a hint as to what words it's supposed to sound like in this "phrase"?
DeletepjbDoesn'tReallyUseOrHaveNeedToUseSuchHairCareProductsAnyway
pjb, the phrase makes more sense if you add a period (or semicolon) after the third word. In any case, my "close but no cigar" phrase had one different letter than the intended answer. The different letter was the flipped letter in the Schpuzzle. I was thinking of a catch phrase by a hair product from long ago, but the first word would contradict the next two.
DeleteTortieWhoMayBeAbleToWriteAcceptablyCrypticCluesForBlaine'sBlogYet
Indeed, Lego, I found a third 7,5 combo and that one seems to work, albeit oddly, as you indicated above.
DeleteOops, typo: 7,4
DeleteI managed also to get Apps 7 and 8 yesterday, but no luck thus far on the prior six.
DeleteVT this is kind of a lame clue forA three -but a fast food chain has an item on the menu with two or three word title and the third word starts with a J. The second word of the chain starts with a K as does the game.
DeleteI surely appreciate your attempt to aid me, Pl'th. I have hunted and hunted (believe I figured out the fast food chain), but can't find any K-starting arcade game that I can do anything with.
DeleteThe first word is an animal and second starts with a k.
DeleteI am just going to wait till Wed to see what it is. Frankly, by now I'm so sick of lists trying to find this K-animal (and nothing works, even if I do find one), that I don't want to try anymore. Thanks, tho.
DeleteThe animal starts with a D and is represented well in the Pooh series. I agree- there is a point of list-fatigue. The second word that starts with a K is a nickname for an animal that starred in a famous movie with i think Jessica Lange.?
DeletePl'th, OK, I think I have the arcade game now, but still can't quite figure out how it relates to Jan. 6. The first part of the first word makes sense, and I can do something with the second word, but I can't make sense of the third word at all.
DeleteTortieWhoNotesThatThe"D"AnimalIsAlsoInAnotherSeries
In Appetizer #3:
DeleteName a game that you might play at an arcade, in three words.
"Change one of the vowels to the previous vowel, and one consonant to the previous consonant, and the result will be a disturbing term for what many wanted to do on January
6th, 2021."
The vowel and consonant that you change are both in the third word.
LegoWhoSuddenlyHasAHanhkeringForSomeGuacamole
Tortie, I'm trying to figure out the same thing you are.
DeletePl'th: as often seems to happen, I had MISread your last post....didn't see that the SECOND word began with the K, not the animal/first word. I have the game now.
i hope i have the right ga`me.
DeleteSurely Lego would have said something by now, if you were giving clues for the wrong answer, wouldn't he?
DeleteI'm Glad we all get dessert this week.
DeleteWell they say," the road to hell is paved with good intentions."
DeleteI guess the dessert might also have a gray herring. But seals eat herring so that doe's not work.
ReplyDeleteI also could not quite get the spoon going on 9 but thought i had a word that usually refers to what you do when use Prell. It is a herring filled world we live in. Guess i am in a pickle.
I think also that traffic light signals have green focus points. Go- stop- go. In regards to the Shpuzzle.?
ReplyDelete#9. Is that what they use in Berkeley? And not" L.A. Looks?"
ReplyDeleteIn SF (and the whole surrounding area) there's only one thing that goes into your hair. Now get off my yard, you punk kids!
DeleteLove the Go Go boots.
DeleteI think i saw Daryl Hannah in the clip. Or her Doppleganger.
DeleteEarly Tuesday Hints:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
There's something about this puzzle that is "something about Mary."
Nine Supreme Injustices:
1. What brands of breakfast cereal and coffee substitute would the colonists in the Continental Congress consume? Not Postum or Post Toasties, that's for sure!
2. The answers are F-words.
3. The A.S.P.C.A. is not fond of the arcade game. The T.R.U.M.P. seems to have been in favor of "the disturbing term" at the end of his term.
4. Politicians gotta keep their power, don't like to ponder past faux paux, and parry aside pertinent and appropriate queries like a goaltender blocks and knocks away hockey pucks!
5. The words start out sounding like a color, and end up sounding like a cube (of 2).
6. What many politicians offer in response to criticism is what the guy back in the dark shadows of the Bijou was involved in.
7. The musician wrote the Eagles' first hit song... It had a flatbed Ford in it.
8. Ilsa
9. The first word in the instructions, spelled backward, follows "lily" and "launching."
Duds, Dudes & Drupes Nordic Slice:
The "hot spot" is not hell... indeed, many find it heavenly.
Riffing Off Shortz And Hochbaum Slices:
ENTREE #1
cranberry woulda solved it even if he lived in Alaska! Roll Tundra!
ENTREE #2
There is but one granddad/grandson pair of presidents.
ENTREE #3
The biblical characters had no navels!
ENTREE #4
The first farm creature begins with the name of a Pooh pal.
The second farm creature ends the name of a variety of grape.
ENTREE #5
The middle name of the "yes man" prez was Birchard.
ENTREE #6
The latter president's surname is also the brand name of an appliance associated with air flow.
ENTREE #7
I wonder if Beverly the songbird ever cooled her desserts on these parts of her house.
ENTREE #8
The two presidents shared the surname of a Beatle.
ENTREE #9
This U.S. president must have been quite some cat!
ENTREE #10
Bill Veeck would have approved... indeed he likely watched these fan-favorite musical taunt from his Steambath.
ENTREE #11
There are no shorter Presidential surnames. Bush, Polk...
Reprising Flippers* Dessert:
The image of the seal with flippers is a red herring. These are "seals" that close up containers and protect the contents within.
The two words begin with an L and a Z.
LegoZego
I might have the answer to App #2(might be a bit of a stretch), I still don't get #5 or #6, I appreciate the shoutout in Entree #1, and I think the Z-word in the Dessert is actually only six letters, not seven(a brand name, I know for sure).
ReplyDeletepjbStillRemembersWhenHeFirstLearnedThat"YellowAndBlueMakeGreen"
The "Z-word brand name is six letters long, uppercase and unhyphenated, but Merriam-Webster recognizes a seven-letter unhypenated, lowercase version of the word. Who knew?
DeleteLegoWhoInHisYoungerDaysBelievedThat"SealingWax"(OneOfTheManyThingsTheWalrusTalkedAbout)WasSpelled"CeilingWax"!
And have you ever used Sexwax? Used on surfboards. They have interesting sticker logos.
DeleteLego, thanks for the hints! I now have two additional Apps figured out, as well as the Dessert. Apps #3 and #7 were easier than I realized, although there is a bit of a technicality to #3. Now I just need to figure out Apps #5 and #6.
ReplyDeleteAs usual Lego gave better hints than the ones I'm about to provide. This cluster was partially inspired by my current trip to Washington DC, and that may help with the notorious 9.
ReplyDeleteApp #1: This is more of a "dad" joke, inspired a few weeks ago while following this automobile as it silently prowled the streets of my "eco" conscious home town. My rental is the same make.
App #2: My personal favorite of the first word was said to be a real pain to his colleagues.
App #3: A well-known former lawman, hopefully soon to be disbarred, talked about this game in an interview that was widely broadcast.
App #4: Most politicians want a bounce, in polls, mirrors, or criticism.
App #5: One can only hope the politicians do the perp walk.
App #6: The second word is also something the mob offers, so it's a fairly apt appetizer.
App #7: I'm getting tired, you might say I'm running on empty.
App #8: Lego mentioned Ilsa, not Elsa the lioness from Born Free. Ilsa was trying to get Out of Africa.
App #9 (you've been waiting): While traveling to DC I picked up COVID, and while my symptoms have been mild to non-existent should I succumb I hope to lie in state (I've lied everywhere else!) at this landmark. Plantsmith: the first word in the spoonerism is certainly the weakest, I'd never heard of this product before, though changing the vowel gets an apparently popular brand. And changing the last letter to a "b" gets you a legendary 1950's hair product jingle.
Eco, I've finally solved your last two tough puzzles!
DeleteTortieWhoCanNowCloseABunchOfBrowserTabs
The "legendary 1950's hair product jingle" to which Eco alludes was the answer to one of my favorite puzzles that did not make it to NPR. It was a the Schpuzzle of the Week two years-or-so ago. (Don't cheat and scroll to the bottom of the Comments Section to see the answer!)
DeleteLegoWhoAdds"OkayYouCanCheatIfYouLikeBecauseLet'sFaceItEco's'SupremeInjustice#9'WasAlsoA'SupremeStickler!' "
Schpuzzle: BUTTERCUP → PUTTER, CUP (both golf)
ReplyDeleteAppetizers
#1: ???
#2: ???
#3: DONKEY KONG JUNIOR (or COUNTRY) → ???
#4: REELECTION → REFLECTION → DEFLECTION
#5: PERPETRATE → PERPETUATE [post-hint]
#6: PROJECTION → PROTECTION [post-hint]
#7: (Ketanji) BROWN-JACKSON + E → JACKSON BROWNE
#8: CASABLANCA → WHITE HOUSE
#9: CAPITOL DOME → DAPITOL COME sounds like DEP IT ALL; COMB
Slice: BANDANAS, BANANAS, ANANAS, ANNAS, SANNA (Marin), SAUNA
Entrées
#1: ALAN, OBAMA → ALABAMA
#2: HARRISON – R, SON; PIERCE – R → HAIRPIECE
#3: ADAMS – S → ADAM; CLEVELAND – CL, LAND, ROOSEVELT – ROOS, LT → EVE
#4: ROOSEVELT – EVELT, CARTER – TER → ROOSTER; EVELTCAR → CERVELAT; CAT, ELVER (baby eel)
#5: HAYES - HA, FDR - DELA → YES, NO
#6: HOOVER – O, TAFT, chg T to CR (Carter, Reagan) → HOVERCRAFT
#7: MILLARD or FILLMORE, chg F to S → SILL; PIERCE – RCE → PIE; WOODROW WILSON → WINDOW; COOLIDGE – IDGE → COOL
#8: HARRISON → NOSIRRAH → NO SIR, RAH or NO (Noh), SIRRAH
#9: GARFIELD → DLEIFRAG – L,I → DEFRAG
#10: BUCHANAN → NANAHCUB → NA NA, CUB, WHITE SOX, NA NA HEY
#11: (William Howard) TAFT, TAFT FAT
Dessert: ZIPLOCK, LIP LOCK
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ReplyDelete(Forgot to include Slice the first time around, and had a typo)
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: BUTTERCUP; PUTTER; CUP (I used to have a car whose radio display would cut off any song title past sixteen characters, so I’d see “BUILD ME UP BUTT” playing. Other classics: “DOWN ON THE CORN”er and my favorite, shades of Seinfeld’s manssiere/bro, “PAPA’S GOT A BRA”nd new bag)
Appetizers:
1. PLYMOUTH
2. FOUNDER; FUNDER (alternative answer: FRIENDS (so you don’t have to pay them); FIENDS (to go after competitors))
3. WHAC-A-MOLE ->. WHAC-A-MIKE. No, it’s not DONKEY KONG JUNIOR, although somehow somewhere some of that makes sense (DON; HE KING??? DON; HE CON? DON JUNIOR?).
4. REELECTION; REFLECTION; DEFLECTION
5. PERPETRATE; PERPETUATE
6. PROJECTION; PROTECTION
7. KETANJI BROWN JACKSON; JACKSON BROWNE
8. CASABLANCA -> WHITE HOUSE
9. CAPITOL DOME -> “DAP IT ALL. COMB.” DAP is similar to DAB, used in Brylcreem’s catchphrase, “A LITTLE DAB’LL DO YA!” There’s no way to “dab” it all, however, since a dab is a small amount.
Slice: BANDANAS; BANANAS; ANANAS (pineapples); ANNAS; SANNA; SAUNA
Entrees:
1. ALA(n) + (O)bama -> ALABAMA
2. HARRISON -> HAIR -> PIERCE - R -> HAIRPIECE
3. ADAM(s) (x2) - (Roos)EVE(lt) (x2) - (Cl)EVE(land)
4. ROOS(evelt) + (Car)TER; ROOSTER; CERVELAT; CAT; ELVER
5. (Franklin Dela)NO (Roosevelt); (Rutherford B. Ha)YES
6. HOOVER - O ; TAFT - T; + C(ARTER); R(EAGAN); HOVERCRAFT
7. MILLARD FILLMORE; FRANKLIN PIERCE; WOODROW WILSON; CALVIN COOLIDGE; PIE; COOL; WINDOW SILL
8. HARRISON -> NOSIRRAH -> “NO SIR” and “RAH”; “NO” (Nô, usually NOH) and “SIRRAH”
9. GARFIELD -> DLEIFRAG -> DEFRAG
10. BUCHANAN -> NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE -> CHICAGO WHITE SOX & CUBS
11. TAFT; TAFT FAT
Dessert: LIP-LOCK and ZIPLOC
TortieWhoGotSomeInterestingResultsWhenTyping”Trump Whac-A-Mole”IntoGoogle
I also thought of WHACK-A-MOLE -> WHACK A MIKE. But discounted it, owing to the plethora of hints relating to DONKEY KONG.
DeleteHilarious. " Build me but...."
DeleteGeofan: as Obi Wan, said, "do not rely on your eyes, use the force!"
DeleteI didn't do so well this week...sigh:
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE: BUTTERCUP => PUTTER, CUP
APPETIZERS:
1. [NISSAN] LEAF? CHEVY BOLT?
2. FUNDING?
3. DONKEY KONG JUNIOR => DON KICKING ??????
4.
5. CAMOUFLAGE ?
6. ??? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K
7. KETANJI BROWN JACKSON => JACKSON BROWNE [Pre-hint]
8. CASABLANCA => White House [Pre-hint]
9. CAPITOL DOME => DAPITOL COME => DAB IT ALL, COMB
SLICE: 1. 2.3. 4. ANNAS 5. SANNA 6. SAUNA
ENTREES, all pre-hint, at least:
1. ALAN OBAMA => ALABAMA
2. [Benjamin & William Henry, his grandfather] HARRISON => HARI => HAIR & (Franklin) PIERCE (minus R) => HAIRPIECE
3. (John) ADAMS => ADAM; (T.R. & FD) ROOS[EVE]LT, or (Grover) CL[EVE]LAND => EVE
4. ROOS/EVELT & CAR/TER => ROOSTER; EVELT & CAR => CERVELAT or CAT & ELVER
5. RUTHERFORD B HAYES=> YES; FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT => NO
6. HOOVER & TAFT => HOVER’CR'AFT [C for CARTER and R for REAGAN]
7. MILLARD FILLMORE, FRANKLIN PIERCE, WOODROW WILSON, CALVIN COOLIDGE => PIE, COOL; WINDOW; SILL
8. HARRISON => NOSIRRAH => “NO, SIR” & “RAH” or NO & SIRRAH
9. GARFIELD => DLEIFRAG => DEFRAG
10. BUCHANAN => NANAHCUB => NA NA H[EY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE]; CUB(s) & the WHITE SOX
11. TAFT FAT
DESSERT: LIPPEDY, ZIPPEDY ?
Puzzerleria 7/20/22– 88 degrees
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: Butter Cup / Putter cup
Appetizers:
1.Quaker buggy. I thoughtyou would be driving a Ford Ecosport
2. Finance- Fiance
3. Donkey Kong junior- Bonkey king - Junior- i.o.w. Don Junior. Son of Goldilocks
4.
5.Camouflage
6, projection, protection
7. Ketanji Jackson Brown/ Jackson Browne
8.Casablanca- Casa- Blanca-White House.
9. Vietnam Wall- “”Wet man–all (over)” Sounds more like a spa activity.
DD- Dap. “Sharon Jones and the Dap kings,” are also great.
P Slice: Bandanas- bananas- ananas- annas- sanna- sauna
Entrees:
1.Alan–Al, Obama,-bama Alabama
3. Adams- Adam, Roosevelt—- six letters =Eve
6. Hoover, Taft —Hover Craft
7,Roost
8.Harrison– No/sir/ rah
9.Garfield- / De- frag
10. “Na-na-na-na- hey-kiss him goodbye- // Buchanan
11.Taft- Taft fat
Dessert: ". . zip-lock/ lock-top
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteBUTTERCUP, PUTTER, CUP("green" in this case refers to the game of golf)
Appetizer Menu
1. FIAT("a formal authorization or proposition; a decree", much like the Declaration of Independence)
2. FUND, FUN(?)
3. WHACK-A-MOLE, WHACK A MIKE(they wanted to kill former V.P. Pence)
4. REELECTION, REFLECTION, DEFLECTION
5. PERPETRATE, PERPETUATE
6. PROJECTION, PROTECTION
7. KETANJI BROWN JACKSON(first Black female associate justice of the Supreme Court), JACKSON BROWNE
8. CASABLANCA, (the)WHITE HOUSE
9. CAPITOL DOME, DAP IT ALL, COMB
Menu
Duds, Dudes & Drupes Nordic Slice
1. BANDANAS
2. BANANAS
3. ANANAS
4. ANNAS
5. SANNA(Marin, Prime Minister of Finland)
6. SAUNA
Entrees
1. ALAN(Hochbaum), (Barack)OBAMA, ALABAMA(Roll Tide!)
2. (William Henry, then Benjamin)HARRISON, (Franklin)PIERCE, HAIRPIECE
3. (John & John Quincy)ADAMS, (Theodore & Franklin Delano)ROOSEVELT, (Grover)CLEVELAND, ADAM & EVE
4. ROOSEVELT, (Jimmy)CARTER, ROOSTER 1. CERVELAT 2. CAT, ELVER
5. RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, YES & NO
6. (Herbert)HOOVER, (William Howard)TAFT, CARTER, (Ronald)REAGAN, HOVERCRAFT
7. MILLARD FILLMORE, PIERCE, WOODROW WILSON, CALVIN COOLIDGE; You place a PIE on the WINDOW SILL to COOL.
8. HARRISON, NO SIR, RAH or NO, SIRRAH
9. (James A.)GARFIELD, DEFRAG(defragmentation)
10. (James)BUCHANAN, "NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE(by Steam), CUB
11. "TAFT FAT"
Dessert
LIPLOCK, ZIP-LOCK
My favorite Jackson Browne tune, BTW, is "Lawyers In Love"(1983). Cool video, too.-pjb
Sadistic me is pleased that so many struggled with the Appetizers. So is Lego, but he won't say it. Here are the official injust answers:
ReplyDelete1. Prius, Pre-US. Said it was a dad joke. Surprised no one got this.
2. Founder, funder. Congrats to tortitude for getting this, I see others danced around it. Hint was about Thomas "Paine", who would be mortified about today's funders.
3. Whack a Mole, Whack a Mike. Congrats again to tortitude and cranberry (I think Whack is the right spelling). Now I know why I had no idea what the hints meant, nothing to do with Donkey Kong. Do you feel like ass-monkeys? I don't know what that means, actually. But the hint referenced Bill Barr (disbarred) who brought up Whack a Mole in his Jan 6th Committee testimony.
4. reelection, reflection, deflection. I think most got this. Funny how words can be so close in spelling, so far apart in meaning, and so apt to politicians.
5. perpetrate, perpetuate. Again, so close, so far, and so apt.
6. projection, protection. Have I mentioned words can be close, far, and apt?
7. Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jackson Browne. I saw a JB concert when I was in high school. Happily he's still performing so you get no clue to my age. This was politely rejected by Will Shortz when she was first nominated. As are most of my submissions. But I am happy he's run 2 this year, even if cranberry didn't like the numbers game.
8. Casablanca, White House. I think I've used this before, either here or as a bonus in Blainesville.
9. The infamous..... Capitol Dome, Dap it all, comb. Curious how many got it before the giveaway (to me at least) Tuesday hint? There is a hair product called Dap, though it seems pretty obscure. DEP is sold at Walmart, so I assume it's popular. But it doesn't spoonerize quite right. I'm not old enough to remember the Brylcreem jingle in its original use, but it certainly was iconic. And spoofed quite a bit!
I suspected that about Lego. ROFL. I still think you might look at the Ecosmart. I did not realize a Prius is a dad car. I was thinking of getting one. Funny i don't recall the number puzzle just now.
DeleteThanks Eco. I will look it up.
To clarify, I didn't mean the Prius is a "dad car", but (IMHO) Pre-US qualifies as a dad joke.
DeleteEcosmart? Do you mean Ecosport? Or the Smart car by Mercedes, apparently no longer sold in the US? I don't pay attention, I drive an almost 20 year old Jetta 4000 miles per year (half that during pandemic) that runs happily (and with good mileage) on biodiesel, so more or less zero net contribution to greenhouse gases. Next car - many years away given diesel lifespan - is likely electric. Teslas look cool, but Musk is an _____ ( your choice). Their acceleration is off the chart, so are their prices.
I've rented a Prius for my trip in DC. Due to an unexpected visit with COVID and general disdain for the United Airlines Cattle Car of Contagion, this will now become a cross country driving adventure starting in a few hours.
I'm not a dad, so it's possible that's why I didn't get the dad joke. In any case, I thought it was Plymouth, in a nod to Plymouth, MA/Plymouth Rock. The game is indeed called Whac-A-Mole. Guess it was supposed to be a takeoff of guacamole, although that's pronounced with a long "e" at the end, unless you are Zapp Brannigan.
DeletePlymouth is a great alternate. I think it is a Ford ecosport.
DeleteSurprised our host hasn't made a puzzle out of Whac-A-Mole and Guac-A-Mole.
DeleteOld Car Talk joke: In what car did Adam and Eve leave the Garden of Eden?
Answer: The Lord, in his Fury, drove Adam and Eve from paradise.
So what automobile did the Apostles use?
Jaguar V-12??
DeleteActs 2:1 - When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
DeleteI am going to send these to my denominations devotional magazine "The Upper Room. "
DeleteI was in Berkeley 74-77 at the GTU -graduate theological union getting my MDiv from PSR. We lived in a tiny studio apartment at 2371 Leconte Ave. I love Berkeley. My wife took some classes at Cal. Pete's coffee started there -right?? Much better than Starbucks.
Also last trip to Seattle in May. i got Covid.Just wiped me out..
DeleteThis week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Flippin’ efflorescence!
Flip the first letter of a flower.
Divide the result into two words: a piece of green equipment and a green focal point. What are this flower and two “green words”?
Note: To “flip” a letter (at least for the purposes of this puzzle) means to rotate it 180 degrees around the x-axis, so, for example, “q” becomes “d” and vise-versa. Thus “quality” becomes “duality” and “duads” becomes “quads”)
Answer:
buttercup; putter, cup
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Menu
Nine Supreme Injustices:
Puzzling piecemeal political pre-meals
1. What make of automobile would the colonists in the Continental Congress drive?
Hint: The answer is not a Lincoln... Abe had not yet been born.
Answer:
Prius (Pre-US).
2. Name something you typically need to start a venture or organization – something that is venerated in the United States.
Remove a letter and the result will be something else you often need to start a venture or organization.
What are the two words?
Answer: Founder, Funder
3. Name a game that you might play at an arcade, in three words.
Change one of the vowels to the previous vowel, and one consonant to the previous consonant, and the result will be a disturbing term for what many wanted to do on January 6th, 2021.
What is the game, and what might we have seen?
Hint 1: the two aren’t just related by wordplay.
Hint 2: the second answer is not politically correct.
Answer:
Whack a Mole/ Whack a Mike
4. Name something most politicians spend a lot of time pursuing, in ten letters. Change one letter to get something most politicians don’t spend a lot of time pursuing (doing?). Change one letter in that to get something many politicians spend a lot of time creating. What are the three words?
Answer:
reelection, reflection, deflection
5. Name a verb in 10 letters that describes what a politician may do with illegal activities.
Shift one letter three places later in the alphabet to describe what their colleagues may do to further that activity.
What are the two words?
Answer:
perpetrate, perpetuate
6. Name something many politicians offer in response to criticism.
Shift one letter 10 places earlier in the alphabet, and the result will be something politicians should offer their constituents but, sadly, often do not.
What are these two words?
Answer:
projection, protection
7. Name someone who came into the news this year.
This person has a two-part last name. Reverse the order of those parts, and the result (with a silent letter added) will be a well-known politically active musician who has been performing almost as long as the person in the news has been alive.
Who are the newsworthy person and the musician?
Answer:
(Ketanji) Brown-Jackson – Jackson Browne
8. Name the one-word title of a well-known American movie.
Divide that title into two words and translate into another language. The result is a world famous landmark.
What is the movie and what is the landmark?
Answer:
Casablanca – White House
9. Spoonerize a well-known Washington DC landmark and the result sounds like what could be four-word instructions for hair care.
What is the landmark and what are the instructions?
Answer:
Capitol Dome, Dap it all, comb.
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
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Duds, Dudes & Drupes Nordic Slice:
Descending Jacob’s Ladder into a “hot spot”
Solve the six clues below:
Note: The answers to Clues #2, #3 and #4 are formed by removing one letter from the answer to the clue immediately above it.
1. Articles of clothing worn above the waist (8 letters)
2. Fruits (7)
3. French word for a certain fruit (6)
4. Pavlova, Canadian Kate's singing sibling, and a Russian Literature title character (5)
5. First name of a of a Nordic nation prime minister (the answer to #4 spelled backward)
6. Many a “hot spot” in that Nordic nation (the answer to #5 with its middle letter inverted)
Answer:
1. bandanas
2. bananas
3. ananas
4. Annas (Anna Pavlova, Anna McGarrigle, Anna Karenina
5. Sanna (Marin, prime minister of Finland)
6. Sauna
Riffing Off Shortz And Hochbaum Slices:
The wheels on the bus go off the chart!
ENTREE #1
Write down the first name of a puzzle-maker and the last name of a U.S. president. Remove the last letter of the first name and the first letter of the last name to name a U.S. state.
Who are this puzzle-maker and president?
What is the state?
Answer:
Alan (Hochbaum), (Barrack) Obama; Alabama
ENTREE #2
Remove an “r” from surname of a U.S. president. Remove also a word for the relationship that president had with his father (which is the same relationship that father had with another U.S. president from the same century). Move the penultimate letter of the result to the end.
Place this result, without a space, next to to the surname (also with an “r” removed) of a third president from that century.
The final result is a nine-letter synonym of “rug”.
Who are these three presidents?
What is the synonym of “rug”?
Answer:
(Benjamin or William Henry) Harrison; Franklin Pierce; Hairpiece
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Hochbaum Slices, continued:
ENTREE #3
Remove one letter from the last name of either of two U.S. presidents to spell a biblical character.
Remove six total letters from the beginning and end of any of three U.S. presidents to spell a second, related biblical character.
Who are these five presidents and two biblical characters?
Hint: The three presidents whose names contained the second biblical character, cumutively, served nearly 28 years in office, an average of more than nine years each!
Answer:
Adam and Eve; (John and John Quincy) Adams; (Grover) Cleveland, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt
ENTREE #4
Write down the last names of two U.S. presidents in chronological order. Remove the last five letters of the first name and the first three letters of the second name. Remove the space. You’ll name a farm creature. What is it?
Now rearrange the combined letters you removed to spell either:
1. a sausage produced in Switzerland, France and parts of Germany, or
2. another farm creature and what she might snack on after venturing on down to the stream that flows through the cow pasture.
Who are these presidents?
What is the first farm creature?
What is the sausage?
What are the second farm creature and her snack from the stream?
Answer:
(Theodore or Franklin) Roosevelt, (Jimmy) Carter; Rooster; Cervelat; Cat, Elver
ENTREE #5
Write down the full names of two U.S. presidents, first, middle and last. Take the surname of the earlier president and the middle name of the latter president. Remove the first two letters of the surname and the first four letters of the middle name, leaving two antonyms.
What are these antonyms?
Who are the presidents?
Answer:
Yes, No; rutherford birchard haYES; franklin delaNO roosevelt
ENTREE #6
Write down the last names of two U.S. presidents, in reverse-chronological order. Remove an “o” from the first name. Replace the first letter of the second name with two letters:
1.the initial of the surname of a former sitting president, and
2. the inititial of the surname of the candidate who defeated him.
The final result is another name for an “air cushion vehicle.”
Who are the two presidents?
What are the surnames of the former sitting president and the candidate who defeated him?
What is the “air cushion vehicle?”
Answer:
(Herbert) Hoover, (William Howard) Taft;
Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan;
Hovercraft
ENTREE #7
Write down in chronological order the names of four U.S. presidents who are not on Mount Rushmore.
Delete the last three letters of the second’s surname and the last four letters of the fourth’s surname to spell an edible and what you might have to do to it before you can eat it.
Add to the 1st, 2nd and 6th letters of the third presidential surname the 4th, 6th and 7th letters of his first name to spell a part of a house. Spell a part of that part of the house by taking the first four letters of either the first or last names of the first president and replacing the first letter with an “s”.
That “part of the part of the house” is where you might place the edible in order to do what you might have to do to it before you can eat it.
Who are the four presidents?
What is the edible?
What might you have to do to it?
Where might you place it to do that?
Answer:
Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge;
Pie, Cool, Window Sill
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 5:
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Hochbaum Slices, continued:
ENTREE #8
Spell the surname of either one of two U.S. presidents backwards. The result can be broken into either three words or two words.
The first two of the THREE words are an exclamation a private may make to his sergeant; the third word is an exclamation a cheerleader may shout.
The TWO words are:
1. a less common spelling of a classic Japanese dance-drama having a heroic theme, a chorus, and highly stylized action, costuming, and scenery, and
2. an archaic term used to address a man or boy, especially one younger or of lower status than the speaker.
Who are these presidents?
What are the two exclamations?
What are the Japanese dance-drama and the archaic term?
Answer:
(Benjamin or William Henry) Harrison; No sir! Rah!; No(h), sirrah
ENTREE #9
Spell the surname of a U.S. president backward.
Remove the second and fourth letters of the result to spell an abbreviated term for a verb that means “to rearrange sectors on a hard disk into a contiguous unit.”
Who is the president?
What is the abbreviated term?
Answer:
James Garfield; "Defrag" (short for "Defragment")
ENTREE #10
Spell the surname of a U.S. president backward.
The first five letters of the result spell the the first two words and the first letter of the third word in the title of a 1969 hit single. An American League baseball team adopted the song in 1977 to use as a taut to losing opponents.
The last three letters of the backward surname spell the name of any player on the American League team’s National League crosstown rival.
Who is the president?
What is the song?
Who are the crosstown rivals?
Answer:
James Buchanan; "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (adoped by the Chicago White Sox); Chicago Cub(s)
ENTREE #11
Write down the surname a U.S. president who devoured a 12-ounce steak every morning for breakfast. Duplicate the first three letters of this name and place them at the end preceded by a scace, but in reverse order. The result is a two-word slogan that was an ad hominem attack against the president. There are rumors, likely apocryphal, that this slogan appeared on opposition party’s campain buttons.
Who is this president?
What is the likely apocryphal slogan?
Answer:
William Howard Taft, "Taft, Fat!"
Dessert Menu
Reprising Flippers* Dessert:
A somewhat puzzling Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
Name two rhyming seven-letter words that are both associated with a seal.
Hint: One of the words is hypenated.
* Our Schpuzzle of the Week involves a letter that is a “flipper”.
Answer:
Ziplock, Lip-lock (Ziplock bags are sealed with an interlocking groove and ridge; Valentine's envelopes are sometimes "sealed with a kiss")
Lego!