Friday, October 7, 2022

Sunset tents and thirteen cents; “I’ll hafta bone up on my isles!” “Imbibing beer makes me tired!” What happens after huntin’s & trappin’s? Colors, commodities & country; Figure-out-me-nots, posey-posers, poppy-quizzes & other “puzzaleas”

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!π SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:

Sunset tents and thirteen cents

“The sun went down, causing Sioux tents called wigwams to become less warm, which, thanks to five words in this sentence, makes this puzzle worth a dime and three pennies.”

What are these five words?

In what way do they make this puzzle worth a dime and three pennies?

Hint: The five words are not “a dime and three pennies.”

Appetizer Menu

A Mixed Bouquet Appetizer: 

Figure-out-me-nots, posey-posers, poppy-quizzes & other “puzzaleas” 

What is this “gee-ar-o-u-pee”?

1. 👨👩👳👵👴Spell out the last letter of a four-letter demographic group. 

Divide the result into two parts to get two
abbreviated items in a series. 

What is next item in this series?

What is the demographic group?

Note: Some examples of spelled-out letters
are: “f” = “ef,” “c” = “cee,” and “h” = “aitch.”)  

Movie morphs into a musical

2. 🍖🥩Place a one-word “survival-thriller” movie title onto a “cutting-board.” 

“Slice” a kind of meat out of it and put it to the side. Also cut out letter-number-2, but throw it away. 

What remains on the board is a five-letter word.

Take the meat you had put to the side. Replace its first letter with a copy of its last
letter.  Place this result, without a space, to the left of the five letter word. The result is the title of a theatrical musical.

What are this movie title and musical titles?

Clearing the “heir”

3. 🕮🍯Take a synonym of “clear.”

Divide it near the middle to get a two-word phrase that may describe either of two people, named Dennis and Martha, who have different surnames beginning with P.

What is this synonym?

What is the phrase?

“Flippin’ flowers downstream”

4. ⚘🥀🎕Name a kind of flower. 

Flip its first letter 180-degrees. Move its second letter “down-river” 16 letters in the “alphabet stream.” 

Tag onto the end of this result a two-letter abbreviation of a Canadian province. 

The result will be the last word in the name of a “one-hit-wonder” garage-rock group from the 1960s.

What are this flower and musical group?

Bonus question: Can you name this “one hit” tune from this “one-hit-wonder”  group?

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Outdoorsy Slice:

What happens after huntin’s & trappin’s? 

Name something a hunter or trapper might use and where he may place it.

Spoonerizing these words results in the possible result of this action.  

What are these four words?

Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices:

“Imbibing beer makes me tired!”

Will Shortz’s October 2nd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Neville Fogarty of Newport News, Virginia, reads:

Think a two well-known names, each in eight letters that have the same first six letters in the same order. 

Both brands are of products, one found in a supermarket and one for something used outdoors. And even though the first six letters of the names are the same, they’re not pronounced the same. What products are these?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Think of two well-known seven-letter model names – or “name plates” – of a make of an American luxury car that have the same last six letters in the same order. These six letters are also the last six letters in the seven-letter first name of a puzzle-maker.

The first five letters of one of these model names spell the last word in a 1954 cult film set in Africa that starred a famous actor. Place the last letter of this actor’s first name at the end of his last name. Change the first letter of his last name to a letter that appears in the middle of a dictionary pronunciation of his first name. The result is the puzzle-maker’s surname.

Who is this puzzle-maker?

What are the two luxury car models?

Who is the famous actor?

What is the 1954 cult film?

ENTREE #2

Name a video-sharing platform. Add an “r” to the end. 

Remove four consecutive letters that spell what sounds like an athlete based in Salt Lake City. 

The result is the name of a mobility-providing service.

What are this platform, service and athlete?

ENTREE #3

Think of a research company that specializes in audio. 

Move the third letter to the end. Place in that vacated space the letter that would appear there in a dictionary pronunciation of the word. 

Switch the positions of the two vowels. 

The result is the surname of a well-known entrepreneur.

What is this company?

Who is the well-known entrepreneur?

ENTREE #4

Think of a well-known brand name of a two-word food product, in eight letters. 

Remove the seventh letter to form the two-word name of a fast-food restaurant chain during the 1960s-to-1980s.

Hint: The  brand name is associated with aviation, as is the city where the restaurant chain was headquartered.

What are this brand name and restaurant chain?

ENTREE #5

Think of a well-known food brand name in nine letters. Its last four letters spell an oil brand that sounds like the two initials of the oil brand’s parent company. 

Four consecutive letters in the interior of the food brand spell a voracious monster. Its first four letters, in reverse order, spell a generic trail mix. What are the eight-letter food brand name, the oil brand, the voracious monster, and the generic trail mix? 

ENTREE #6

Think of an oral hygeine brand whose last syllable sounds like the first syllable of a beverage brand. 

Four consecutive letters in the beverage brand are a medical term meaning “toward the mouth.”

The oral hygeine brand is sometimes marketed
as a mouth freshener. Replace four consecutive letters in the beverage with an “L” to spell a brand of air freshener.

What are the oral hygeine brand, the beverage brand, the medical term, and the air freshener brand?

ENTREE #7

Name a German multinational corporation that manufactures things people wear. Research and find the first and fourth letters of the founder’s surname. These letters are the second and sixth letters of the corporation’s name. 

Remove them from the name of the corporation. 

The result is the title of an Italian opera.

What are the German multinational corporation and Italian opera?

Who founded the corporation?

Hint #1: People wearing these things share something in common with a nine-year U.S. Army veteran or four-year Navy, Marine or Coast Guard veteran.

Hint #2: The first two letters of the corporation founder’s first name and first three letters of his surname are the first two letters and last three letters of the corporation’s name.

ENTREE #8

Think of the brand name of an edible yellow product. The brand contains five consecutive interior letters that spell a two-word exclamation of resignation a competitor in a contest might make. 

Now think of a word for a light purplish-blue color that contains four consecutive interior letters that spell a two-word exclamation the opposing competitor may make in response to that exclamation.

What are this brand name and purplish blue color?

What are the two exclamations?

ENTREE #9

Think of a Russian composer, a Presley, a financial services corporation, a white wine named after an Italian village, a beer brand, a snack food company and a audio streaming and media services provider. 

Consecutive letters in the first four names spell flowers. 

Consecutive letters in the final three names spell words associated with flowers.

What are these seven “floral words”?

Dessert Menu

Color My World Deliciously Dessert:

Colors, commodities & country

Name a commodity that is also a word for a color. 

Anagram this word to name another color – a color that’s also a word for a person from a country that that produces many of these commodities. 

What are these two words?

Celebrity Daughter Dessert:

“I’ll hafta bone up on my isles!”

Take the first and middle names of the daughter of a celebrity. 

Change the middle name to a different form of that name by changing its last letter to a different vowel. From this result, remove interior consecutive letters that spell an isle in the Philippines. 

Rearrange the remaining letters to spell bones,
in four letters, that are two parts of one body part that is the third word in a nickname of her famous parent.

Who is this daughter?

What are this isle and these bones?

What is the nickname?

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!

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74 comments:

  1. A small Tedditorial comment: Entree 5 needs the brand name changed to 9 letters, not 8.

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    1. Thank you, VT. Fixed it.

      LegoWhoNeedsANewAbabcus

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  2. Do you suppose Neville has a connection to Credence? Six degrees of Kevin Bacon? There must be some connection? Good Bio on Netflix, but somehow i never saw them as just a concert band- "you gotta get up and move it."

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  3. Also, the second Dessert needs editing, as there are an excess of words that make no sense (re the body parts, bones, etc)

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  4. Yabba dabba doo! I think she's got it! (It helps to have a head start!)

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    1. CHIQUITA "gets" IT, becoming CHIQUITITA, which was a hit for ABBA, who had another hit that had to do with surrendering and winning.
      I think lego knows what I mean by having a head start.

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  5. Ooh, I just now hit on the second Dessert. Had actually HAD to correct daughter early on, but since I couldn't make sense of the puzzle (as above), I had erased it. Just now it hit me....and I had mistakenly been thinking the 'parent' in question was the mother!

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    1. But, wonderfulAndLovelyViolinTeddy, speaking of other unmistakably wonderful mothers... cranberry proudly presents to us... The Lovely Linda:

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  6. Good Friday evening, y'all!
    Mom and I are fine. We all went out to eat this evening at Sakura, a Japanese restaurant here in town. Maddy first suggested it. She loves eating there. It was me, Mom, Bryan, Renae, Mia Kate, Maddy, and Renae's sister LeAnn's youngest kids, Jackson and Ava. Bryan and Renae are looking after them this weekend while LeAnn and Ed are in Guntersville, for some reason. A lot of us had meals off the "Hibachi" portion of the menu. I think Mom and Bryan both had beef tips. I had a combination plate: Chicken and shrimp, some vegetables and mushrooms, white rice, egg drop soup, and the house salad, with Diet Dr. Pepper to drink. They have a good sauce there, too. They call it "yum-yum" sauce. Had it all over everything except the soup and the drink. We had two different sauces, but I forget what the other sauce is called now. I know I loved my meal. Mom didn't finish hers, Renae saved some in a box(used to be a "doggie bag", I know)for later, and as we left I noticed none of the kids finished theirs. Good time was had by all anyway. Wonder how they'll keep Jackson and Ava entertained the whole weekend? I almost wish we could go visit tomorrow or maybe Sunday. Anyway, once Mom and I got home, we watched two "Andy Griffith Show" reruns on MeTV, and an episode of "Pyramid" on GSN, before I did my usual other puzzles before checking in here. Haven't checked Wordle or any of the other NYTimes offerings just yet. Most likely when I'm done here.(If anyone else has already done Wordle tonight, please NO SPOILERS!!!)
    Now about this week's puzzles:
    One comment regarding the Schpuzzle: If last week's was tricky, this week's is "well-nigh impossible". There I said it.
    As for PS's Appetizers, the first one seems just as hopeless, and I'm not quite sure about #3(I couldn't find anything about a Dennis P. or Marge P., but I'm fairly certain about the "clear" synonym otherwise), but I definitely have #2 and #4(#4 especially; If I had to offer my own hint for that one, I'd say "it's nothing to cry about", and leave it at that).
    Couldn't get the Slice, but I have solved almost all the Entrees(#9 was a bit much to work with, and I think I somehow managed to find one flower twice before finally giving up on the words "associated with flowers"). Finally I could only solve Part 2 of the Dessert, and dare I say, VT, that the mother and the daughter BOTH factor into this week's puzzles, and that's all I have to say about that.
    Good luck in solving to all, please stay safe, and if any of you are like me, I hope you'll be getting a much-needed haircut and a beard trim next week if necessary(VT and Tortie, I'm sure this will not apply to either of you)! Cranberry out!
    pjbWouldAlsoLikeToPointOutWhoeverTheActorIsWho'sHostingSNLTomorrowNightHasABeardAsWell

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    1. I totally get how mother and daughter factor into this week's puzzles. IN fact, I had planned to ask Lego next Wed if "that" was how one of the puzzles popped into his head.

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    2. You definitely have number four and i thought that one would be the toughest. I was trying to think when they bloom here in Georgia. Your comment on the "Yum -Yum" sauce reminds me of the Eli Manning Ad for "Franks Hot Sauce"-I put that S--- on everything."

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    3. You know you could be a food writer PJB.

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    4. Your A#4, Pl'th, is the only one that I've gotten of yours. That was only because I got 'lucky' in my Google hunting, and I then realized what flower and what Canadian territory it had to be...i.e. the ole backwards approach, once again.

      Oh, I could swear that I have the last half of your #2, but haven't been able to turn it (going backwards) into a suspense-thriller film, despite all my searching.

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    6. Nothing wrong with writing about food, PS, but I think I'd rather just eat it than write about it. But being into music as I am, I'm not really that surprised I got #4 immediately. As usual with most of these puzzles though, I was initially worried it would not come to me. BTW The song does predate my own birth by a few(I'm not saying how many exactly)years.
      pjbWillSayTheFrontManOfTheGroupWasQuiteThe"Character"

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    7. It was a hit when I was a toddler.

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  7. Very Early Schpuzzle Hint:
    The five words in the sentence correspond to the coins thusly:
    1 word = the dime
    2 words = a penny
    2 words = a pair of pennies
    +_______________________
    5 words = a dime and three pennies

    LegoWhoIsNot"NickelAndDiming"YouButIsRather"PenniesAndDiming"You!

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    1. Hmm, that hint messes up what I had thought at least was a word for five cents. But then, no other words seemed useable.

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    2. Re the Schpuzzle: It still makes no cents to me.
      pjbReportsNoChangeWithThatOneYet

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  8. In my number one - i just noticed- the first slide has a hint for number three.

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  9. Hi, everyone. Here's my tally so far. It sounds similar to what the rest of you have solved (or not solved): Figured out Schpuzzle (even before hint), App #2 & #4, didn't solve Slice, solved Entrees #1 - 8, and am kind of confused on Dessert.

    For Dessert #1, I got a color that is also a commodity that anagrams into a person from a country. But I can't see how the anagrammed term is also a color.

    For Dessert #2, I got an answer that fits the vast majority of the clues, but the "bones" part is tripping me up. I got a word for the bones that where the first three letters are correct, but my research says the form it must be in ends in a different letter.

    TortieWhoSaysIt'sSafeToSayTheDaughterIsNotBlueIvyCarterWhichIsTheOnlyOtherCelebDaughterWithAFamousMiddleNameICouldThinkOf

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  10. Re: App #4. This act falls into the gray area of one-hit wonder as they only had one hit that most people remember, but they did have another Top 40 hit. Also, they had another song that didn't quite make the Top 40, but another group had a memorable cover decades later. When I first saw this clue, I figured that the act and the song would be somewhere on a certain group of CDs I have, but they weren't (will explain later). Finally, I always wanted to see this group's lead singer be part of a Final Jeopardy! clue.

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    1. ... or perhaps a "Final Jeopardy? clue, Tortie.
      It is true that "one-hit wonder" does not strictly apply to this group. I do recall their follow-up to their "wonderful one hit," that surfaced a year later, and that peaked at #56 on the charts. I cannot recall their recording in that same year that peaked at #110. I do recall the other group's later version of it, however.
      As for Dessert #1, the "person from a country" (the anagram of the color that is also a commodity) is, according to Merriam-Webster, also a color.

      LegoHiHo!

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    2. I would've thought for sure the group was a one-hit wonder. Guess I didn't read their whole story on Wikipedia.
      pjbKnowsStevieCouldNeverBeConsideredAOne-HitWonder

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    3. Was the Sequel a song about baloons? A bunch of them. I only know the one song.

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    4. Thanks, Lego. I can now hold my head up that I got Dessert #1 right.

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  11. Sunday hints.
    #1. People from Georgia and Alabama have an advantage here.
    #2. Reynolds Wrap.
    #3. Another mother-daughter connection here. Daughter in a poignant coming of age drama said, " I don't know what kind of girl i am."
    4. What PJB said. "Cry me a River."

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    1. We have an "advantage" in #1? How????
      pjbDoesn'tKnow,ButHeHopesNeilYoungWillRemember

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    2. Pl'th, thanks for the hints. I was able to solve #3, but it appears that the one name should be "Martha," not "Marge." And I'm still clueless about #1.

      TortieWhoStillNeedsToSolveApp1,Slice,andEntree9

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    3. I think Neil Young is a pagan so he won't be much help.

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  12. You are correct Tortie. My bad. It is Martha.

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  13. SundayIntoMonday Hints:

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    "Siouxpspoon"

    A Mixed Bouquet Appetizer:
    Plantsmith is doing a yeomanlike job of providing hints to his "Garden of Puzzley Delights." I shall defer to his expertise.

    Outdoorsy Slice:
    The act of "placing" what the hunter/trapper might use might be a bit risky. The result of the action might be unbearable.

    Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    "Hand me my 5-iron... thanks."
    "We believe in John and Tom."
    ENTREE #2
    The Salt Lake City-based athlete is no Jazzy pro.
    ENTREE #3
    This riff is gift-wrapped with bows
    We believe it to be the bee's-knees.
    ENTREE #4
    Study the accompanying image very closely... and snoopily.
    ENTREE #5
    The voracious monster is an anagram of a VP who likely shoulda been P.
    The first three-fourths of the generic trail mix is the first three-fourths of a VP who likely shoulda been P.
    ENTREE #6
    Actor George Hamilton has quite white teeth... (or is it just the striking contrast to his quite tan face)? Did he attend college at his surname? And did he use the (college-name) oral hygeine brand?
    ENTREE #7
    Not Nike.
    ENTREE #8
    Mr. Como plus the second part of Rocky's buddy, and Rivera.
    ENTREE #9
    The Presley is a part of the partner of Charibdis (sic)
    The white wine seems to be a red wine in disguise!
    The word contained in the audio streaming and media services provider is a place to place a plant, but also a plant!

    Color My World Deliciously Dessert:
    The commodity that is also a word for a color has 3 syllables. So does its anagram, which is a silvery color.

    Celebrity Daughter Dessert:
    The famous parent’s nickname 3-word nickname, minus the middle word, is a rhyming pair.

    Lego"SoupeDeVille!"

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  14. For #1. You could also add north and south Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Tennessee in addition to Georgia and Alabama.

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  15. #1.musical hint- "In the air tonight."

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    1. The Phil Collins song? I'm still clueless!

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    2. Tortie,
      You might try "group-think" to decipher Plantsmith's canny hint.

      LegoWhoSuggestsThatPlantsmith'sHintOughtNotBeTakenAtFaceValue

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    3. Not the song, not the singer, but the ----?

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  16. Ruby Tuesday Appetizer hints:

    1. Abbreviated in a different manner (note the italics):
    Thesis,
    Ceratodus
    ficus...
    2. "Jug bands... No lie! "
    3. When you're sunbathing, your tanner parts are not the ones covered by your bathing suit!
    4. Desperate Housewives Neighborhood?

    LegoWhoWondersHowManyTeardropsExactlyAreTooManyTeardrops?Oh!ItSeemsToBeTwoToTheFifthTimesThree!

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  17. Got it now. I was confused by the instructions. I thought that only the last letter of the four-letter word was relevant, but it's all four letters.

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    1. WHICh four-letter word, Tortie? By now, I am completely lost on what is being hinted at, and none of them have helped me on anything.

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    2. Wait, I just realized you meant the four letter ANSWER for Appt #1, not that I know what it is.

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    3. Yes, it's the four-letter demographic group. I actually thought of the group early on, but dismissed it because I couldn't come up with anything based only on the last letter.

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    4. So did I, Tortie (not sure if you'll even see this, at this point)....I even tried GEN Y and GEN Z, going nowhere.

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    5. I saw it! Sometimes I see later comments, sometimes I don't. (Probably should click "Notify Me")

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  18. I hope to find out what was the #2 hit that went to 56 in the charts of the group in #4.

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  19. Schpuzzle: Spoonerism to get money: SUN WENT -> ONE CENT; SIOUX TENTS -> TWO CENTS; SENTENCE -> TEN CENTS
    App:
    1. LEVITICUS; GENX (-> GENEX -> GENESIS, EXODUS; books in the Bible) (Post many hints; did not understand instructions); (Pre hint: RACE -> EEE -> E, EE (shoe widths: next in series: 4E))
    2. DELIVERANCE; RIVERDANCE
    3. TRANSPARENT; TRANS PARENT (Martha and Dennis are Elliot Page’s parents)
    4. WISTERIA & ? AND THE MYSTERIANS; BONUS: 96 TEARS (more below)
    Slice: ???? Came up with SNARE BAG; BEAR SNAG (that would have to be a REALLY BIG bag!)
    Entree:
    1. NEVILLE FOGARTY; DEVILLE, SEVILLE; HUMPHREY BOGART; BEAT THE DEVIL (never heard of it)
    2. YOUTUBE; UBER; UTE (YOUT)
    3. BOSE (-> BOZES ->) (Jeff) BEZOS
    4. RED BARON; RED BARN (never heard of it)
    5. PROGRESSO; ESSO; OGRE; GORP
    6. COLGATE; GATORADE; ORAD; GLADE
    7. ADIDAS; AIDA (formed by Adolf Dassler)
    8. CHIQUITA; PERIWINKLE; I QUIT; I WIN
    9. (did not figure out financial institution) TCHAIKOVSKY, PRISCILLA, ????, PROSECCO. BUDWEISER; PLANTERS; SPOTIFY.
    Dessert:
    1. TANGERINE; ARGENTINE (never heard of this color before)
    2. LISA MARIE (Presley); - SAMAR; ILIE (not sure if this is right or it should be ILIA); “ELVIS THE PELVIS”

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    1. More about ? and the Mysterians:
      “I Need Somebody” made it to #22 on the charts. “Can’t Get Enough of You Baby” only made it to #56, but was a later hit for Smash Mouth. “Do Something to Me” only made it to #110, but it reached #38 for Tommy James & the Shondells. I’m familiar with their version, but not ?’s.

      When I first saw a garage rock question, I thought that it would be on Nuggets. Nuggets was originally two albums, but it spawned some other LPs/cassettes, usually characterized as Pop, Punk, Folk, etc. Then there were a few individual CDs under that name, and finally some boxed sets. Well, despite being perhaps the biggest garage hit, “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians never made it onto any of the CDs. Why? It was recorded for Cameo-Parkway, which was also the home to Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, and other (mostly) Philadelphia-based artists. Anything on that label was basically unavailable for 30 years (1975 - 2005).

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    2. Thanks Tortie. I thought "Need Somebody" was Johnny Rivers. Have to listen to these. Smash Mouth--"Hey know your a rock star." I did not know they were a Tex- Mex band." Or about the intrigue concerning the leader ?. Question Mark,

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    3. I also know Smash Mouth's version of "I''m a Believer." It was played at the end of the first Shrek movie.

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  20. Schpuzzle: ???

    Appetizers
    1: GEN X – GEN EX (Genesis, Exodus)
    2: DELIVERANCE – E – LIVER, chg L to R → RIVER DANCE
    At first, got stuck on HAM → MAM and MAMMA MIA
    3: CLEAR = TRANSPARENT → TRANS PARENT (Marge Piercy, Dennis P. (but not Dennis Prager)
    alt: SHEER → SHE: any woman named MARGE P.; and ER = “he” in German: any man named DENNIS P.
    4: ???

    Slice: ???

    Entrées
    #1: SEVILLE, DE VILLE, BEAT THE DEVIL (1954 film), Humphrey Bogart
    #2: YOUTUBE + R → YOUT (ut) + UBER
    #3: BOSE → BO ES → BOZES → BEZOS
    #4: RED BARON (pizza) – O → RED BARN (Dayton, OH)
    #5: PROGRESSO, ESSO, OGRE, GORP
    #6: COLGATE, GATORADE – ATOR + L → GLADE
    #7: ADIDAS – A,S → AIDA (opera), Adolf DASSLER (founder)
    #8: CHIQUITA, “I QUIT”, “I WIN”, PERIWINKLE
    #9: sHOSTAkovich, mASTERcard, priSCILLA, pROSEcco; PLANTers, BUDweiser, sPOTify

    Dessert: ???

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    1. Great Alts. My cousin's son is now living in Bubendorf. Suisse. He is also fluent in German as is my cousin who served in Germany in the 60's in the tank corps there. Army 44th Division?

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  21. Schpuzzle
    SUN WENT(spoonerized)=ONE CENT+
    SIOUX TENTS=TWO CENTS+
    SENTENCE=TEN CENTS=
    "A DIME AND THREE PENNIES"
    Appetizer Menu
    1. GEN X(GEN EX), GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS(Old Testament books)
    2. "DELIVERANCE", LIVER, "RIVERDANCE"
    3. TRANSPARENT, TRANS(gender)PARENT
    4. WISTERIA, NS(Nova Scotia), ? AND THE MYSTERIANS("96 TEARS" was their, I wrongly assumed only, hit in 1966.)
    Menu
    Outdoorsy Slice
    I have to say I like SNARE BAG/BEAR SNAG too.
    Entrees
    1. NEVILLE FOGARTY, (Cadillac)SEVILLE, (Coup)DE VILLE, HUMPHREY BOGART, "BEAT THE DEVIL"(I found it listed as a 1953 film.)
    2. YOUTUBE, UTE, UBER
    3. BOSE, (Jeff)BEZOS
    4. RED BARON(pizza), RED BARN
    5. PROGRESSO(soup), ESSO, OGRE, GORP
    6. COLGATE(toothpaste), GATORADE, GLADE
    7. ADIDAS, AIDA, ADOLF DASSLER
    8. CHIQUITA(bananas), "I QUIT!" ; PERIWINKLE, "I WIN!"
    9. (Boris)PASTERNAK(ASTER), MASTERCARD(ASTER again, didn't mean to repeat the flowers, best I could do, sorry.), PRISCILLA(SCILLA), PROSECCO(ROSE), BUDWEISER(BUD), PLANTER'S(PLANT), SPOTIFY(POT)
    Dessert
    Part 1
    TANGERINE, ARGENTINE
    Part 2
    LISA MARIE(Presley again, changed to MARIA), SAMAR, ILIA, "ELVIS THE PELVIS"(Thank you, thank you very much.)
    No "Masked Singer" results tonight. For whatever reason, they had Philadelphia and Atlanta playing baseball going into the regular time slot(and beyond). Just turned back over there, can't believe we now have local news at the regular time. FOX owes us, hope they'll show this week's show next week. Oh well. Cranberry has left the building.-pjb

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  22. Egads, I completely forgot once again, that it is Wednesday.

    SCHPUZZLE: A SOU IS WORTH 5 CENTS, so 2 Sous would be 10 cents. ?????? “p” could mean PFENNIG (i.e. a cent)

    APPETIZERS:

    1. REBS? => ESS "SIS ODUS ICUS" Huh?

    2. M?AHAMMIA => MAMIA; HAM => MAM => MAMMA MIA

    3. TRANS/PARENT ??

    4. WISTERIA & Nova Scotia => "? and the MYSTERIANS”; Bonus: “96 TEARS” [Pre-hints]

    SLICE: CONIBEAR & ?

    ENTREES:

    1. SEVILLE & DEVILLE; “Beat the DEVIL" => HumpPHrey BOGART => NEVILLE FOGARTY

    2. YOU TUBER => remove ‘YOUT' [UTE] => UBER

    3. BOSE => BOES => BOZES => BEZOS

    4. RED BARON => RED BARN [in Rochester]

    5. PROGRESSO [Standard Oil] => OGRE; GORP

    6. COLGATE [GATORADE] => ORAD; GLADE

    7. ADIDAS => ADOLF (D)AS(S)LER => AIDA

    8. CHIQUITA => I QUIT; PERIWINKLE => I WIN

    9. Boris PASTERNAK [ASTER], MASTERCARD [ASTER], PRISCILLA [SCILLA], PROSECO [ROSE]; BUDWEISER [BUD], PLANTERS [PLANT], SPOTIFY [POT]

    DESSERTS:

    1. I’ve tried all these: OLIVE, WHEAT, CHARCOAL, CORAL, LIME, LEMON, IVORY, ORANGE, PEACH, SILVER, GOLD, AQUAMARINE, VIOLET, AMETHYST, RUBY, BRONZE, APRICOT, ARTICHOKE, TANGERINE, ALMOND, CHAMPAGNE, CHOCOLATE, CINNAMON, CITRINE, CLARET, COPPER, ORCHID, SALMON, TURQUOISE, CHESTNUT, EGGPLANT, LILAC, MAIZE, PISTACHIO, PUMPKIN, RAISIN [= IRANIS], SAPPHIRE, STRAWBERRY


    2. LISA MARIE PRESLEY => LISA MARIA => SAMAR & ILIA => ELVIS THE PELVIS

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    1. GEEZ, I just saw that Andy's anagram DOES anagram Tangerine into Argentine. I wonder how I missed that. Nuts

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    2. Well, the trouble is that I could never (working backwards) get a MOVIE that would work. BUt thanks....

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    3. Every Saturday in the New York Times, there is a puzzle where you have to anagram a word into other words. Well, recently there was a puzzle for tangerine/Argentine. (I can't remember the third part of the puzzle. It may have been "inner gate.") In any case, you think that knowing that I would have solved the puzzle immediately. But no....

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  23. Great Cryptic Crossword Puzzle from cranberry last week, and wonderfully Puzzley Appetizers this week from Plantsmith. Thanks, guys.
    Next "up to bat... Tortitude!"

    leGolamBda

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

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    Thirteen cents at sunset
    “The sun went down, causing Sioux tents called wigwams to become less warm, which, thanks to five words in this sentence, makes the sentence worth a dime and three pennies.”
    What are these five words?
    In what way are they worth a dime and three pennies?
    Answer:
    "sun went," "Sioux tents," and "sentence," when their syllables are spoonerized, sound like "one cent," "two cents" and "ten cents," which totals 13 cents, or a dime and three pennies.

    Lego...

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

    Appetizer Menu
    A Mixed Bouquet Appetizer:
    Figure-out-me-nots, posey-posers, poppy-quizzes & other “puzzaleas”
    What is this “gee-ar-o-u-pee”?
    1. Spell out the last letter of a four-letter demographic group. Divide the result into two parts to get two abbreviated items in a series.
    What is next item in this series?
    What is the demographic group?
    Note: Some examples of spelled-out letters are: “f” = “ef,” “c” = “cee,” and “h” = “aitch.”)
    Answer:
    Lev (Leviticus; Gen-X; (Gen-X=>Gen-Ex=>Gen, Ex, ...
    The series is books of the Bible: Gen(esis), Ex(odus), Lev(iticus)...
    Movie morphs into a musical
    2. Place a one-word “survival-thriller” movie title onto a “cutting-board.”
    “Slice” a kind of meat out of it and put it to the side. Also cut out letter-number-2, but throw it away. What remains on the board is a five-letter word.
    Take the meat you had put to the side. Replace its first letter with a copy of its last letter. Place this result, without a space, to the left of the five letter word. The result is the title of a theatrical musical.
    What are this movie title and musical titles?
    Answer:
    “Deliverance,” “Riverdance”
    DELIVERANCE – LIVER – E = DANCE;
    LIVER=>RIVER
    Hint: 11 letters in movie,
    Hint: Burt Reynolds
    Hint 11 letters in movie.
    Hint- closing scene in movie filmed near Tululah gorge, GA
    Clearing the “heir”
    3. Take a synonym of “clear.”
    Divide it near the middle to get a two-word phrase that may describe either of two people, named Dennis and Martha, who have different surnames beginning with P.
    What is this synonym?
    What is the phrase?
    Answer:
    Transparent; "trans parent"
    Dennis Page and Martha Phillpotts are parents of Elliot Page
    Hint: parents of Elliot page
    “Flippin’ flowers downstream”
    4. Name a kind of flower. Flip its first letter 180-degrees. Move its second letter “down-river” 16 letters in the “alphabet stream.” Tag onto the end of this result a two-letter abbreviation of a Canadian province.
    The result will be the last word in the name of a “one-hit-wonder” garage-rock group from the 1960s.
    What are this flower and musical group?
    Bonus question: Can you name this “one hit” tune from this “one-hit-wonder” group?
    Answer:
    Wisteria; "? and the Mysterians"
    Wisteria=>Misteria=>Mysteria=>Mysterians (ns=Nova Scotia)
    Bonus: The “one hit” tune from this “one-hit-wonder” group was “96 Tears”

    MENU

    Outdoorsy Slice:
    What happens after huntin’s & trappin’s?
    Name something a hunter or trapper might use and where he may place it.
    Spoonerizing these words results in the possible result of this action.
    What are these four words?
    Answer:
    Bait, Lair; Late Bear

    Lego...

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  26. This week's official answers for the record, part 3:

    Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices:
    “Imbibing beer makes me tired!”
    Will Shortz’s October 2nd NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Neville Fogarty of Newport News, Virginia, reads:
    Think a two well-known names, each in eight letters that have the same first six letters in the same order. Both brands are of products, one found in a supermarket and one for something used outdoors. And even though the first six letters of the names are the same, they’re not pronounced the same. What products are these?
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices read:
    ENTREE #1
    Think of two well-known seven-letter model names – or “name plates” – of a make of an American luxury car that have the same last six letters in the same order. These six letters are also the last six letters in the seven-letter first name of a puzzle-maker.
    The first five letters of one of these model names spell the last word in a 1954 cult film set in Africa that starred a famous actor.
    Place the last letter of this actor’s first name at the end of his last name. Change the first letter of his last name to a letter that appears in the middle of a dictionary pronunciation of his first name. The result is the puzzle-maker’s surname.
    Who is this puzzle-maker?
    What are the two luxury car models?
    Who is the famous actor?
    What is the 1954 cult film?
    Answer:
    Neville Fogarty; (Cadillac) DeVille (and) Seville ; (Humphrey ˈhəm(p)-frē) Bogart; "Beat the Devil."
    ENTREE #2
    Name a video-sharing platform. Add an “r” to the end. Remove four consecutive letters that spell what sounds like an athlete based in Salt Lake City. The result is the name of a mobility-providing service.
    What are this platform, service and athlete?
    Answer:
    YouTube; Uber; Ute (sounds like "YouT")
    YouTube=>YouTuber=>YouTuber=>Uber
    ENTREE #3
    Think of a research company that specializes in audio. Move the third letter to the end. Place in that vacated space the letter that would appear there in a dictionary pronunciation of the word. Switch the positions of the two vowels.
    The result is the surname of a well-known entrepreneur.
    What is this company?
    Who is the well-known entrepreneur?
    Answer:
    Bose; (Jeff) Bezos
    Bose=>Bozes=>Bezos
    ENTREE #4
    Think of a well-known brand name of a two-word food product, in eight letters. Remove the seventh letter to form the two-word name of a fast-food restaurant chain during the 1960s-to-1980s.
    Hint: The brand name is associated with aviation, as is the city where the restaurant chain was headquartered.
    What are this brand name and restaurant chain?
    Answer:
    Red Baron (Pizza); Red Barn (Restaurants);
    The Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen) was a German flying ace; the Red Barn chain was headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, where the Wright Brothers developed their flying machine.

    Lego...

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  27. This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
    Riffing Off Shortz And Fogarty Slices, continued:
    ENTREE #5
    Think of a well-known food brand name in eight letters. Its last four letters spell an oil brand that sounds like the two initials of the brand’s parent company. Four consecutive letters in the interior spell a voracious monster. Its first four letters, in reverse order, spell a generic trail mix.
    What are the eight-letter food brand name, the oil brand, the voracious monster, and the trail mix?
    Answer:
    Progresso; Gorp; Esso; ogre, gorp
    ENTREE #6
    Think of an oral hygeine brand whose last syllable sounds like the first syllable of a beverage brand. Four consecutive letters in the beverage brand are a medical term meaning “toward the mouth.”
    The oral hygeine brand is sometimes marketed as a mouth freshener. Replace four consecutive letters in the beverage with an “L” to spell a brand of air freshener.
    What are the oral hygeine brand, the beverage brand, the medical term, and the air freshener brand?
    Answer:
    Colgate; Gatorade; orad, Glade
    ENTREE #7
    Name a German multinational corporation that manufactures things people wear. Research and find the first and fourth letters of the founder’s surname. These letters are the second and sixth letters of the corporation’s name. Remove them from the name of the corporation. The result is the title of an Italian opera.
    What are the German multinational corporation and Italian opera?
    Who founded the corporation?
    Hint #1: People wearing these things share something in common with a nine-year U.S. Army veteran or four-year Navy, Marine or Coast Guard veteran.
    Hint #2: The first two letters of the corporation founder’s first name and first three letters of his surname are the first two letters and last three letters of the corporation’s name.
    Answer:
    Adidas; "Aida"; Adolf Dassler
    Hint: ADolf DASsler=>ADiDAS
    Hint #1: The United States Army authorizes one "service stripe" for each three-year period of service, while the United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, and United States Coast Guard authorize one stripe for each four-year period of duty. Adidas footwear sport three decorative stripes.
    ENTREE #8
    Think of the brand name of an edible yellow product. The brand contains five consecutive interior letters that spell a two-word exclamation of resignation a competitor in a contest might make.
    Now think of a word for a light purplish-blue color that contains four consecutive interior letters that spell a two-word exclamation the opposing competitor may make in response to that exclamation.
    What are this brand name and purplish blue color?
    What are the two exclamations?
    Answer:
    Chiquita; periwinkle; "I quit!"; "I win!"
    ENTREE #9
    Think of a Russian composer, a Presley, a financial services corporation, a white wine named after an Italian village, a beer brand, a snack food company and a audio streaming and media services provider.
    Consecutive letters in the first four names spell flowers. Consecutive letters in the final three names spell words associated with flowers.
    What are these seven “floral words”?
    Answer: Hosta, Scilla, Aster, Rose, Bud, Planter, Pot
    (Dmitri Shostakovich; Priscilla Presley, Mastercard; Prosecco; Budweiser; Planters, Spotify)
    (dmitri sHOSTAkovich; priSCILLA presley, mASTERcard; pROSEcco; BUDweiser; PLANTERs; sPOTify)

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  28. This week's official answers for the record, part 5:

    Dessert Menu
    Color My World Deliciously Dessert:
    Colors, commodities & country
    Name a commodity that is also a word for a color.
    Anagram this word to name another color, one that is also a word for a person from a country that that produces many of these commodities
    What are these two words?
    Answer:
    Tangerine (a fruit and a color similar to orange);
    Argentine (a silvery color and/or a citizen of Argentina, a major tangerine producer)

    Celebrity Daughter Dessert:
    “I’ll hafta bone up on my isles!”

    Take the first and middle names of the daughter of a celebrity. Change the middle name to a form of that name by replacing its last letter to a different vowel. From this result, remove interior consecutive letters that spell an isle in the Philippines.
    Rearrange the remaining letters to spell bones, in four letters, that are a two parts of one body part that is the third word in her famous parent’s nickname.
    Who is this daughter?
    What are this isle and these bones?
    What is the nickname?
    Answer:
    Lisa Marie (Presley); Samar; Ilia; "Elvis the Pelvis"
    Lisa Marie=>Lisa Maria=>Li+Samar+ia=>Liia=>ilia

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  29. Totally forgot to include ORAD(toward the mouth). Trust me, I did figure that part out, too. BTW Lego's intended Slice answer makes perfect sense now that I see it, but I still have to say Tortie's SNARE BAG/BEAR SNAG was quite inventive, if not better. Can't wait to see her debut puzzle this next week!
    pjbCertainlyHopesHe'llBeAbleToSolveIt,Too!

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    1. This will be my second installment.

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    2. Yes, This was Tortitude's debut edition of "Tortie's Slow But Sure Puzzles" on Puzzleria!

      LegoWhoWouldAgreeThatViolinTeddy'sAlternativeAnswerToThisWeek'sSliceWasIndeedInventive(IndeedEdisonian!)

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    3. Lego, I think you meant Tortie's alternative solution to the Slice? And what does "Edisonian" refer to?

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  30. My first hint for number one was a list of all the Bible Belt states in U.S.
    I was hoping PJB would get that as we live in the chosen "true believer" states and not the pagan ones.

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