PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!π SERVED
Schpuzzle of the Week:
Hunting bargains & getting the drop on prices
Anagram a synonym of “price drops” to spell a word for this kind of store.
What are the synonym and the word for this store?
Appetizer Menu
Science fiction, similar phrases & mild dill mix
A pair of planets
What are the city, country, planets, and inhabitants?
2. Take a two-word, seven-letter, phrase associated with a specific game, and change one letter to get a similar phrase, associated
with a social event.
The two phrases sound alike and have similar meanings. What are they?
“I’m livid!” “I did mix mild dill... mmm!”
3. Will Shortz’s National Public Radio puzzle this week is a two-week creative challenge. (See this week’s “Riffing Off Shortz” Entrees, titled “Exercises in Acronymony.”)
Since this seems to be the two-week time for open-ended creative challenges, try this one…
Create grammatically correct English language sentences, using only Roman numerals.
For examples, “I’M LIVID!” or “I DID MIX MILD DILL... MMM!”
Have fun!
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Eleven-Letter Hors d’Oeuvre:
A deity and a descriptor
vowels.
What are these two words?
Look Skyward Slice:
Shock & pain & actor’s last name
The vowel sound in the first name of a past actor is a word associated with shock.
The result sounds like something seen in the sky that may result in the actor’s last name.
Who is this actor?
Hint: “Shock” and the word associated with it are the first and third words in a 27-year-old term for a military strategy.
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
Exercises in Acronymony
Will Shortz’s November 5th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle is a two-week creative challenge:
Business At New York.” The place can be anywhere in the world — the U.S. or abroad. Entries will be judged on originality, sense, naturalness of wording, elegance, and overall effect. You may submit up to three entries. The person who sends the best entry in my opinion will play puzzle on the air with me in two weeks.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read:
Newport News, Virginia, is a port city situated on the northern shore of the James River.
Newport, Rhode Island is a port city located on Narragansett Bay.
Newport, Kentucky is a port city located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers.
Name a much smaller town named Newport in a fourth state that is far from any navigable water and never was a port of any kind. Why is this town named Newport?
ENTREE #2
The name of the neighborhood is an acronym that, when you place the missing letters that follow after each of the initial letters, reveals the location of the neighborhood.
What is the name of this neighborhood?
Note: In Entrees #3 through #7, the strings of numbers represent words in a descriptive phrase that you must discover. When you see a comma after a number, that means there will be a comma after the word that corresponds to that number in the descriptive phrase. For example, if the phrase were: “Real Old Municipality, Empire,” the numbers would read 4 3 12, 6.
Take a major ten-letter city in California. Form ten words that begin with each of those ten letters, in order, to create a description of that city. In other words, describe it acrostically using the ten letters in its name as the initial letters of these ten words.
These words contain 4 2 3, 3 2 8 4 7, 9 8 letters. What are this city and its acrostic description?
ENTREE #4
Take a major eight-letter city in South America. Form eight words that begin with each of those eight letters, in order, to create a description of that city. In other words, describe it acrostically using the eight letters in its name as the initial letters of these eight words.
These words contain 5 8 9 4 3 5 6, 13 letters.
What are this city and its acrostic description?
ENTREE #6
describe it acrostically using the six letters in
its name as the initial letters of these six words. These words contain 8 2 7 4 2 11 letters. What are this city and its acrostic description?
Dessert Menu
Stacks of flapjacks and flip-flops
Name a word associated with both flip-flops and flapjacks.
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Well, that Schpuzzle was inordinately easy. On to everything else..
ReplyDeleteI agree, VT. This Schpuzzle was probably one of my easier Schpuzzles. But still, congrats on solving it so quickly.
DeleteSome of my tougher puzzles this week will be Entrees #3 through #7... not because they are so clever, but because they are so poorly composed. When I finally visited Blaine's Blog and saw the amazing riffs that cranberry and others had composed for the NPR two-week challenge, I felt very inadequate. Those acrostics flowed beautifully. The five riff-offs I composed for this week's P! (3-through-7) just kind of clunk-along-limp-along!
LegoWhoPredictsThatWillWillChooseAtLeastOneOfPatrick'sAcrosticsAsWorthyOfMention
I've already determined that Entree 3 thru 7 will be impossible, Lego. I got started on #3, choosing an obvious CA city, but if it's wrong, I mean, one could get bound up endlessly in bashing oneself against a wall trying to make words fit. I won't be doing them, clunkily or not, without some big hints. It is not the sort of puzzle that I find fun!
DeleteIf the point of this week's Entrees is to get the "right" answers, the ones that the puzzle creator had in mind, then I agree with VT that they are not reasonably solvable without hints. The possibilities for each answer are just too numerous. But if the object is more just to have fun trying to come up with something that fits and makes a reasonable amount of sense, that could be an interesting exercise.
DeleteSomehow, for me, I have too much else going on, that I don't find this type of exercise to be enjoyable.
DeleteI agree with both ViolinTeddy and Nodd. Trying to discern my specific description is, as VT correctly notes, not so fun.
DeleteIn retrospect, what I should have done was to have challenged you with the five geograpical locations in Entrees #3 through #7 (which, by the way, are:
Los Angeles #3,
Egypt #4
Sao Paulo #5
Moscow #6
Hot Springs #7)
and challenged you to come up with your own descriptions, using your own words which may or may not be words with the same letter-counts as my words.
I have a humongous hunch that your descriptions just might make more sense than my descriptions!
And so, stop trying to discern what my descriptions might be... come up with your own kind of descriptions.
LegoWhoNotes:OrAsMamaCassElliottSang:"MakeYourOwnKindOfMusic"
What do you know, Lego, Los Angeles IS what I had chosen...but now that we are free of the number of letters per word, perhap s it will be easier? And I also chose Egypt, not that I got started trying to come up with the descriptions. OHOH, AND I had figured out it was Hot Springs, for the last Entree, but gotten nowhere yet on that one either.
DeleteThank you, VT. I was thinking neither clearly nor logically when I contrived how to present these riffs. Lesson learned: don't riff off a NPR creative challenge with a riffs that are not creative challenges!
DeleteLegoLambdaLearningLessons
I also agree with Nod. It might be a good week to TAN.
DeleteOK, I only saw VT's initial posting plus Lego's first response yesterday. Now I feel a bit more confident about Entrees #3-7. (May or may not attempt them due to burnout, however.)
DeleteI'm actually relieved, Tortie, to find that I am not the only one experiencing burnout, although perhaps you meant having done entries for the NPR puzzle vs these riffs here, whereas *I* mean so many P! puzzles (often up to 18 Entrees).
DeleteLego, I believe that for Los Angeles, I already had at least the first three words that you had intended, but now was able to finish, even if a bit weirdly, its description. Came up with one I rather like for Egypt (which before, well, forget it...) and part for Sao Paulo. Oh, a bit stilted for Moscow. But I don't know enough about HOt Springs to be able to get very far. Looking up descriptions for it hasn't so far helped.
Happy Veteran's Day Eve to all!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine. We ate at Mr. Bean's this evening with Bryan and Mia Kate. I had a bacon cheeseburger, fries, a house salad with Thousand Island dressing, and Pibb Xtra; Mom had a sirloin, a roll, and a Sprite(I forget what other side she had); Bryan had a hamburger steak, a roll, fries, and I've forgotten his drink by now; And Mia Kate had a mushroom and Swiss burger, onion rings, and a Shirley Temple(her go-to drink everywhere we go). There was classic rock playing in the restaurant, and at some point they played "Under Pressure" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen(featuring David Bowie in the former), and Mia Kate mentioned that her favorite Queen songs are "Killer Queen" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", and her favorite Bowie tune is "Life On Mars?". She also talked about her upcoming performance in "The Nutcracker" a week from tomorrow night and the following Sunday afternoon, as well as her being into psychedelic music lately, too. Sometime I must turn her on to Steely Dan and Electric Light Orchestra, and a few other groups like that. BTW If you're wondering why Renae and Maddy never really join us anymore, you should just know Renae has recently had stomach surgery, and can't really eat much anymore anyway, and Maddy just wasn't feeling well tonight(stomachache, I think). When Mom and I got home, I did this week's Prize Crossword(by Picaroon), which had a "keyboard" theme(musical as well as printing), and then I checked Wordle(Connections and Wordle itself were not updated yet), and here I am. Now for this week's puzzles:
The Schpuzzle was not as easy as everyone has said so far, at least not to me. While I was able to find "an", but not necessarily "the", answer, I still have my doubts about it. The anagram was there, it was a synonym for "price drop", but I seem to have gotten the past tense of a verb to describe the type of store. Will elaborate on Wednesday, but still looking forward to any hints to make it easier until then. All Appetizers were difficult, but #3 has to be much too limited IMHO. No offense toward Mr. Zarkin, but I really don't think you can even top his own "MIX MILD DILL" example. And there's only the one vowel in all the Roman numerals anyway. I may have to just kindly set this one out(again, no offense intended). Hands down, the easiest puzzle is the Slice. Solved it in a few minutes, no lists needed. Then came the Entrees, of which I could only really solve #1 and #2 so far. But thank God Lego revealed the names just now! Maybe that'll make it easier(though I do have to say it's hard enough just making up acrostics for the original challenge without having to deal with Riff-Offs as well!). Finally, I just don't understand the Dessert. Again, no offense, but I just read it the once and thought, "That's it?" Doesn't seem to be a "puzzle" there, but I really want to be proven wrong. Obviously, this week will require good hints, or clarification, or both. Best of luck to Lego and Jeff(Mr. Zarkin from earlier, of course).
Good luck in solving to all, please stay safe, and thanks to all the servicemen and servicewomen who fight to make us all safe here in the good ol' U.S.A.! Never forget! Cranberry out!
pjbHasNeverWornFlip-FlopsWhileEatingFlapjacks,Though(DoesItFeelGood?)
And how is the jersey doing- number four? PB Extra??
DeleteThank you, cranberry. Hints will be in the offing.
DeleteIn my November 10, 2023 at 7:15 PM Comment in response to ViolinTeddy, I for-all-intents-and-purposes transformed Entrees #3 though #7 into creative challenges, instead of conventional puzzles where you need to find and regurgitate my intended answer.
And so, this is right up your alley! You, skydiveboy, Nodd and others (both on Puzzleria! and on Blaine's blog) have an amazing facility for coming up with these "acrostic" (or acronymic) descriptions.
So, simply perform your "magic" on
LOS ANGELES
EGYPT
SAO PAULO
MOSCOW
HOT SPRINGS
I guarantee that what you, and others here, will come up with will far surpass the answers I had come up with, which are just not that good.
LegoWhoSaysHoweverThatHisAnswerForEGYPTWasPerhapsMarginallyPassable
pjb, if even you had trouble with #3 - #7 (and can't top the example for App #3), then they're truly difficult!
DeleteLego, I do hope that when answer time comes next Wed, you will tell us what your original Entree acrostic descriptions had been.
DeleteHi, everyone. Thought I'd check in, although I haven't made much progress this week (only solved the Slice + Entrees 1 & 2). Couldn't even solve the apparently very easy Schpuzzle! It's possible that I'm burned out from this week's contest.
ReplyDeleteCould be. I think many past creative challenges have done that to me as well, even if they are fun and I can actually come up with a halfway decent or clever answer eventually. Can be a bit much to work with in the span of two weeks sometimes. Maybe you need to focus your attention on a different kind of puzzle like, say, Wordle, or the Guardian Crosswords on their website. I just solved the Everyman a few minutes ago. It's pretty easy, and one of the clues itself is always an acrostic, oddly enough!
DeletepjbAndTortieAreApparentlyInTheSameBoatAsOfThisMoment,Solving-Wise(HopeNeitherOneGoesOverboardByWednesday!)
The Australian term is knackered i think? Puzzle knackered? My wife and i have been working on a level four jigsaw puzzle for over a month now. It is a scene from Amsterdam -"Canal life." famous painting of Durer??
DeleteI believe it is Van der Heyden- "Master of light?" He used a glicee? technique in many of his paintings. The puzzle is very dark with small pieces- over 1000 pieces and the reference on line pict is not much help either.
DeleteHey listen up V.T. Univ. of Wash huskies -#5 national rank. And Oregon state beavers at # 10. They meet this weekend and i would not count the beaves out. Not sure where they are meeting maybe Corvallis.
No It's Evgeny Lushpin "Canal life at night." Beautiful shot =but difficult puzzle, which we just finished.
DeleteWell i still don't have the Shpuzzle.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t-s&ei=UTF-8&p=evgeny+lushpin+canal+at+night+youtube#id=2&vid=184bed8dfac3ec6c830594903b97dcff&action=click
DeleteOMG. born in 1966. He is still with us.
Your link confuses me becaues it shows a lot of pictures, different paintings.
DeleteWhen I put his name and "Canal Life" into Google, I came up with this...is THIS your puzzle?: https://lushpin.com/canal-life/
The upcoming football game will be on Nov. 18 at 4:30 our time in Corvallis. I hate to think what the traffic will be like. I will be hiding out at home.
DeleteI can't help but wonder if the PAC-12 now regrets abandoning these two teams.
Here's the page I found:
Deletehttps://www.si.com/college/washington/football/huskies-draw-another-afternoon-kickoff-for-oregon-state-game
That is it. And what is the difference between the artist proof and a print, at half the price.?
DeleteBeats me, Plantie. I think there is something wrong with folks who waste thousands, or even millions, on art. Of course, my own walls are covered in crewel embroidery (mostly by me), needlepoint (by my mom), and cross-stitch. No need for fancy oil paintings (although I have three, that came down from my European grandparents). I suppose most rich folks consider expensive oil paintings to be a status symbol. Silly.....
DeleteMaybe you can charge for parking during the game?
DeleteBill Gates might disagree with you.
DeleteNo your are correct VT. Personal art work is best. Crewel work?
DeleteE2 Spin. Name a famous neighborhood in Seattle. Change the last vowel to get a beverage. It is named after something that is no longer around. It shares two letters with the answer for E2.
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DeleteNice spin! People will like this story of the fall of a king. So do I.
DeleteThat was quick. There is also a cool video. I will try and find.
DeleteSunday Evening Hints:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Both words contain ten letters.
One is a plural word that rhymes with things you ought to take advantage of when preparing your tax returns.
The other sounds like a record collector who keeps close track of how may records are in his collection.
CreatIVe ChaLLenge AppetIzer:
Note: with Jeff's indulgence, I shall assay a few hints to his #1 and #2 riffs.
Science fiction, similar phrases, “I’m livid!” & mild dill mix
A pair of planets
1. Mozart,Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler and Schoenberg have worked in this world city, which is a capital.
Specific game & social event
2. The phrase associated with a specific game anagrams to a synonym of a dead heat and an event where this uncommonly (yet possibly) occurs.
The phrase associated with a social event anagrams with something with a knot and something you might marinate in a pot.
Eleven-Letter Hors d’Oeuvre
Because six of the letters are A, E, I ,O, U and Y, the remaining letters are five different consonants, two of which are Roman Numerals. The remaining consonants are letters you might well see on a device that has a needle.
Look Skyward Slice:
Judging from this actor's earliest film role, it may be difficult to perceive who he is.
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
ENTREE #1
This town named Newport is in a state that is an anagram of things you periodically pay.
ENTREE #2
The neighborhood with the same name as a fictional elephant is not "Babar." It is a two-syllable elephant that rhymes with the last two syllables of the name of a past TV detective.
Note: As I noted in my November 10, 2023 at 7:15 PM Comment, the answers Entrees #3-through-#7 are:
LOS ANGELES
EGYPT
SAO PAULO
MOSCOW
HOT SPRINGS
If you wish, you can attempt to decipher the clunky acrostic descripions I came up with for each.
But it may be more satisfying for you to try to come up with your own acrostic descriptions for these five locations.
Syrupy Dessert:
The flapjacks in the image are helpful in solving the puzzle, but the flip-flops in the image are a red herring. Think not of tangible flip-flops. Think of flip-flops that may be political, perhaps.
LegoFlippoFloppo
Lego, thank you for the hints. I have the Schpuzzle and App #1 now. Still working on App #2 and the Hors d'Oeuvre. May or may not have Dessert right. Haven't looked at App #3 or Entrees #3-7 again, and probably won't bother with them this week.
DeleteYes, thanks, Lego. Was able to do Apps 1 and 2. Already had a couple SHORT sentences for App 3, but agree with PJB that the ones in the example are probably better than anything else we could come up with.
DeleteSadly, have gotten nowhere on Dessert.
Re the Hors D'O, I have a frustratingly close answer, however it is missing an "O". I sort of don't have the oomph to start all over again on it.
Already had the Slice.
But I'm most curious about Entree 1. I already chose an answer that I believe fits all the criteria, but it surely doesn't seem to anagram into anything to fit the hint. Perhaps I'm just missing something in the anagram list? Do NOT want to start all over on Entree 1, either!
And that is the report from the West Coast!
VT, I don't think you have the right answer then. All you need to do is swap the two vowels in the state to find what you pay. The correct answer is related to this week's theme.
DeleteThis is how "alert" I am this week: I'm trying to clean up my minimized Safari windows. I had already tried anagramming one of the words in the Schpuzzle and didn't even notice that the other word was in the results!
DeletePROGRESS SO FAR:
DeleteGot the Dessert right away thanks to the hint(VT, the word "flip-flop[s]" is used as a verb, and a synonym of it is much more well-known as a noun, although from what I've just looked up, the answer is NOT a synonym for "flapjack[s]".). I have the other word in the Schpuzzle, but not the first word. Got everything in Appetizer #1, and a couple of the terms used by the sci-fi writer can only work in this puzzle as abbreviations. Those who have also struggled with this one have now been warned. Got one word in App #2, but that's it. Hors d'Oeuvre still eludes me at this point, need some sort of individual hint for both the deity and its "related adjective", most likely for the latter(I assume it's the more difficult)more than the former. Have made some progress on the acrostic Riff-Offs, though I cannot promise I've come within even a slight fraction of matching Lego's intended answers, but at least I have got something for each one by now.
pjb'sJustAboutToHaveSloppyJoesForSupper,Can'tKeepMomWaiting...SeeY'AllLater!
Thanks for the attempted help on the Dessert, pjb....I did just come up with a word, but am not sure. My word can also be a pastry.
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DeleteI thought of that too, VT, but I'm not sure either. It doesn't seem to fit pjb's hint.
DeleteI have it now. The "association" between the answer and flapjacks is only true in a very general sense, and really doesn't apply where the answer is used as a verb. When it is used as a noun, which as pjb noted is the more common usage, it is really an alternative to flapjacks.
DeleteI was glad to read just now, Nodd, that you had come up with the same word I did for the Dessert. I'm about to tackle Lego's latest hint, below, to try to come up with the intended answer....sigh....
DeleteDTJ on -Maralago "One of a few American castles." LOL.
ReplyDeleteI really hope we get to hear-on NPR- a familiar voice on Sunday morning.
I believe Phil Spector lived in some sort of castle-like structure, too. At least Phil had talent (but he was a terrible person).
DeleteYes, I'm also hoping we hear a familiar voice, like pjb or you, Plantsmith. You seem to be pretty good at this sort of exercise. As for me, it'll be a miracle if I even get an honorable mention! I just don't have the gift for this sort of thing.
Question on the Hors d'Oeuvre -- is the puzzle saying the deity and adjective EACH have 11 different letters (in which case they would be anagrams), or that TOGETHER they have the 11 letters? I've been assuming the latter, but I can't tell for sure from the wording.
ReplyDeleteBad puzzle-writing on my part, Nodd. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Combined, the deity and descriptor contain 11 letters. More hints/clarifications below.
DeleteLegoThankfully
Also, am I correct in assuming that since the puzzle says "two" of the five remaining consonants are Roman numerals, the other three, that you might see on a device with a needle, are NOT Roman numerals? Thanks.
DeleteThat assumption is correctamundo, Nodd.
DeleteLegotamungo
ReplyDeleteA few Tuesday Hints:
Schpuzzle:
My previous hint:
Both words contain ten letters.
One is a plural word that rhymes with things you ought to take advantage of when preparing your tax returns.
The other sounds like a record collector who keeps close track of how many records are in his collection.
The "things you ought to take advantage of when preparing your tax returns and the "record collector who keeps close track of how many records are in his collection" both begin with a D.
Hors D'Oeuvre:
An elaboration of my previous hint:
We know the deity and descriptor, combined, contain:
1. A E I O U Y,
2. two Roman numerals, besides the "I" that you already are aware of (so choose two from the mix of V, X, L, C, D and M), and
3. three remaining three consonants that are letters you might well see on a device that has a needle, (besides the "E" that you already are aware and is not a consonant anyway). This device is not a phonograph record player, sewing machine or haystack! It is is a device that helps keep you from getting lost.
Dessert:
The answer is a two-syllable verb that rhymes with an adjective that now means "very bad or unpleasant." A few centuries ago, however, that adjective meant "worthy of respect or fear, striking with awe, causing dread."
LegoLostAndInNeedOfADeviceThatHelpsKeepYouFromGettingLost
Ok, this last hint for the Hors D'O finally made it possible to grind out, via Inge anagram, the god and adjective. I'd never even particularly HEARD of this deity, however. I liked my original answer, even though it was missing the "O".
ReplyDeleteBut my 'pastry' word for the dessert doesn't match this latest Dessert hint, alas....so back to the drawing board.
DeleteFInally have intended Dessert. I hesitate to say, I liked my OTHER pastry answer (3 syllables) better.
DeleteVT, your pastry answer does have a more direct association with flapjacks than the intended one does.
DeleteThis would not be the first time that answers you brilliant Puzzlerians have come up with answers that are better than my intended answers!
DeleteLegoJustServingUpSlowPitchSoftballsForPuzzleriansToHitOuttaThePark!
I was afraid I'd wind up without an answer for the Hors d'Oeuvre, but it finally came to me when I remembered the musical instrument named after the deity. I like the puzzle a lot.
DeleteNoddWhoThinksLegoUnfairlyDenigratesHisPuzzlesAndIntendedAnswers
VT, thank you for mentioning the Inge anagram site. I had never heard of it before, but it did give me the answer, while other sites failed. Like you, I have never heard of the deity before.
DeleteI also came up with an answer that kind of worked, but not quite. I am creating a riffoff for it but don't have the words for it yet, so may have it as a riffoff for next week.
Oh, and I finally found the answer for App #2! My worst performance ever! May try to find some sort of answers for Entrees 3-7 in time.
Nodd, I agree with you. I'm amazed at the puzzles that Lego serves up for us every week. He seems to know a lot about just about any subject.
DeleteMay I 'third' that sentiment! Lego unfairly runs his own talents and abilities down. STOP that, Lego!!
DeleteSCHPUZZLE — REDUCTIONS; DISCOUNTER
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS
1. VIENNA, AUSTRIA; SATURN, SATURNIANS; URANUS, URANIANS; VENUS, VENUSIANS
2. TEE TIME; TEA TIME
3. “MIMI DID VIC ILL.” NEWS HEADLINE: “XI ILL?”
HORS D’OEUVRE – AEOLUS; WINDY
SLICE – CLAUDE RAINS
ENTREES
1. NEWPORT, TEXAS. The name Newport, derives from the initials of the then seven founding families: Norman, Ezell, Welch, Pruitt, Owsley, Reiger and Turner.
2. DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)
(In my answers to Entrees 3 – 7, the capitalized phrases comply with the word lengths specified in the puzzle; the lowercase phrases are non-compliant alternate answers.)
3. LOS ANGELES – LOTS OF SUN, AND NO GENEROUS EASY LIVINGS, EVERYBODY STRIVING. (Land of superficiality, abusive neighborhood gentrification, expensive lifestyles, endless sunshine.)
4. EGYPT – EVERYONE GLIMPSE [or GLORIFY] YOUNG PHAROAH TUTANKHAMUN.
5. SAO PAOLO – SOUTH AMERICAN OFFICIALS PLOT AND ORDER LOUDLY, OVERBEARINGLY
(Stylish and obliging pretty assortments of ladies outdoors)
6 MOSCOW – MONARCHY OF SELFISH CLAN OF WEAPONIZERS
(Mostly old Soviet cronies obtaining wealth)
7 HOT SPRINGS – HOME OF THE SOOTHING PURE, REFRESHINGLY INTOXICATING, NATURALLY GRATIFYING SPAS
(Haven of that sybaritic pleasure, relaxing in natural geothermal springs)
DESSERT – WAFFLE
Schpuzzle: (Post hint) DISCOUNTER, REDUCTIONS
ReplyDeleteApp:
1.(Post hint:) VIENNA, AUSTRIA; SATURN, URANUS, VENUSIAN
2. (Post hint:) TEE TIME; TEA TIME
3. I DID MIMIC LIL VIV. CIVIL VIV? LIVID VIV! (OK, not exactly “a” sentence…)
Hors D’Oeuvre: (Post hints:) AEOLUS, WINDY (Pre hint try: HERA, PIOUSLY)
Slice: CLAUDE RAINS (CLAUDE -> CLOUD)
Entrees:
1. NEWPORT, TX; Per Wikipedia, “the name derives from the initials of seven founding families: Norman, Ezell, Welch, Pruitt, Owsley, Reiner, and Turner.”
2. DUMBO (Brooklyn, NYC; Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)
3. - 8. - Couldn’t make any real progress on this
Dessert: (Post post hint:) WAFFLE (rhymes with AWFUL) (Post hint: ALTERNATE, REVERSE, TURNOVER) (Pre hint: TAN (or BURN, if you’re not careful!), FLAT)
Plantsmith’s riff: SODO
SCHPUZZLE: REDUCTIONS => DISCOUNTER
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS:
1. VIENNA, AUSTRIA => VENUS & SATURN; VENUSIANS, SATURNIANS, URANIANS
2. TEE TIME [Anagrams to Tie & Meet] => TEA TIME [Anagrams to Tie & Meat]
3. I V X L C D M => I'M ILL. I’M DIM.
HORS D’O: A, E, I, O U, Y plus C, L plus N, S, W => OCEANUS & WILY; My first answer was: VULCAN & FIERY [Close, just missing the “O”]
SLICE: AWE => CLOWD => CLOUD => CLAUDE RAINS
ENTREES:
1. NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, named in honor of HENRY NEWPORT, "distinguished English soldier and statesman."
2. DUMBO [Brooklyn] => DOWN UNDER the MANHATTAN BRIDGE OVERPASS
3. LOS ANGELES => LOTS OF SUN, AND NO GRIZZLIES EVER LOCATED, ELEVATION SEALEVEL !!
4. EGYPT => EXTERIOR GRANITE YIELDED PHAROAHS' TOMBS
5. SAO PAULO => SOUTH AMERICAN , OF PORTUGESE ANCESTRY, URBAN LOCALE, OLE!
6. MOSCOW => MONUMENT / MODEL OF SOVIET COMMUNISM OR WARS
7. HOT SPRINGS => HOME OF THERMAL SOAKS, PADDLING RIVERS IN NATURE, GOING STROLLING
DESSERT: Original answer: TURNOVER; Post-Lego's last hint answer: WAFFLE. In any case: PASTRY ALL AROUND!!!!!!
Especially like L.A. Are you sure about the grizzlies? LOL
DeleteWell, I thought about that, Plantie! Literally questioned myself....have grizzlies EVER lived that far south? All the media that we see on bears that invade yards down there are about black bears....so I figured I was safe! [Even if they are not, hee hee]
DeleteSorry, had little time for puzzles this week.
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: closest I got was ZEUS, JOVIAN
Appetizers:
1.
2.
Hors d'Oeuvre:
Slice:
Entrées:
#1: Newport, TX (pop 70): named for the last-name initials of the 7 founding families (see here)
#2:
#3:
#4: SUDAN → Sudanese Usually Drive African Nationality
#5: SANTIAGO (Chile) → South America's Naturally True Ire About Gringo Organizations
#6: MOSCOW (Russia) → Medieval Or Special City Of Westernisms
#7: HOT SPRINGS → Heat Of The xxx
Dessert:
Schpuzzle
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1. VIENNA, AUSTRIA; SATURN, URANUS, AI(Artificial Intelligence), ETS(Extraterrestrials), VENUSIANS
2. TEE TIME(golf), TEA TIME; The anagrams would be TIE twice and MEET and MEAT.
3. I'M CIVIL, MILD.
Menu
Eleven-Letter Hors d'Oeuvre
AEOLUS, WINDY
Look Skyward Slice
CLAUDE RAINS("The Invisible Man"); Changing the "AU" to "OW!" would make it sound like CLOUD, from whence the RAINS would come.
Entrees
1. NEWPORT, TEXAS; Its name is an acrostic made up of the initials of seven founding families: Norman, Ezell, Welch, Pruitt, Owsley, Reiger, Turner.(BTW For another great acrostic-related story, there was an episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" from 1962, called "What's In a Middle Name?", in which Rob Petrie has to explain to his son Ritchie how he got the middle name "Rosebud". I won't give it way here, but there was a very clever similar bit of wordplay there, too.)
2. DUMBO, in the NYC borough of Brooklyn, stands for "Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
3. LOS ANGELES:
Lots Of Stars, After Negotiations, Gladly Exclaimed, "Let's End Strike!"
4. EGYPT:
Exceptionally Grand, Your Pyramids There.
5. SAN PAULO:
South American, Obviously---Populous And Unusually Large? Obviously!
6. MOSCOW:
Militant Oligarchs Supporting Communism's Oppressive Ways.
7. HOT SPRINGS:
Home Of The Speakeasies---Past Residents Included Notorious Gangsters, So...
Syrupy Dessert
WAFFLES(as a verb and a noun)
Masked Singer Results
CUDDLY MONSTER=METTA WORLD PEACE(basketball player, barely even heard of him; "Wild Card" contestant, voted right off his first show, none of the panelists guessed him)
ANTEATER goes on to compete on next week's "Disco Night".
I hope everyone likes the acrostics I came up with for #3-#7. Made it a lot easier once Lego finally revealed the geographic names. When I looked up HOT SPRINGS, I found the part about speakeasies, illegal gambling, etc., and thus pretty much deviated from any mention of the springs themselves, which you may have been expecting. Of course, my attempts won't jibe with Lego's "clunky" intended answers, but I still think they'll be good. I know I'll be checking the official answers later on tonight. BTW Great job with SUDAN and SANTIAGO, geofan! If it were me, I'd have probably sent those in to NPR myself! Certainly as good as anything we had on Blaine's Blog(I'll bet anything SDB got the call today!).-pjb
Especially liked L.A. Hope you get the call today.
DeleteI sent this one in: Luck and sin, verily every game and sunshine.
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ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Reductions –discounter
CreatIVe ChaLLenge AppetIzer:
A pair of planets
1. Vienna, Austria, Venusians, Martians, Uranians?
2. Tie meet, Tee time, tea time.
3. My (M.D.) put the wrong (M.I.X) in my( I.V.) and now I am L.I.V.I.D.
Eleven-Letter Hors d’Oeuvre
Look Skyward Slice:
Judging from this actor's earliest film role, it may be difficult to perceive who he is.
Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
ENTREE #1 Newport, Texas , railroad terminus.
ENTREE #2
DUMBO Down under Brooklyn bridge overpass.
Riff- SODO. South of the Dome in Seattle. The Kingdome is . Now defunct with controversial blasting of a building only 25 years old. You could not get within five miles of it that day and we could hear the explosing from our place, about ten miles south.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=crmas&p=video+of+king+dome+demolition#id=2&vid=f0093b7c09e0efcf3d8158ff5b9a7bd0&action=click
Note: As I noted in my November 10, 2023 at 7:15 PM Comment, the answers Entrees #3-through-#7 are:
LOS ANGELES- Living on sitcoms, a new gentry emerges lifting eyes skyward.
EGYPT Eagles glide yoked, praising Tutankhamun
SAO PAULO, Sambas and Ocelots, paddling along under lush overgrowth.
MOSCOW, Model of society, Communists outshine westerners
HOT SPRINGS
Syrupy Dessert:
Waffle, waffly, waffler
This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
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Hunting bargains & getting the drop on prices
Name a kind of store that advertises price drops and thus draws and caters to bargain hunters. Anagram a synonym of “price drops” to spell a word for this kind of store. What are the synonym and the word for this store?
Answer:
Reductions; discounter
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Fortnightly Appetizer:
Science fiction, similar phrases, “I’m livid!” & mild dill mix
A pair of planets
1. The letters in the name of a world city and its country can be used, each more than once, to form the names two planets, the terms which a science fiction writer might use to describe inhabitants of those planets, and the inhabitants of a third planet. What are the city, country, planets, and inhabitants?
Answer:
City - Vienna, Austria
Planets -Venus and Saturn
Inhabitants - Venusians, Saturnians and Uranians.
Specific game & social event
2. Take a two-word, seven-letter, phrase associated with a specific game, and change one letter to get a similar phrase, associated with a social event. The two phrases sound alike and have similar meanings. What are they?
Answer:
Tee Time and Tea Time
“I’m livid!” but “I did mix mild dill... mmm!”
3. Will Shortz’s National Public Radio puzzle this week is a two-week creative challenge (See this week’s “Riffing Off Shortz” Entrees, titled “Exercises in Acronymony.”) Since this seems to be the two-week time for open-ended creative challenges, try this one…
Create grammatically correct English language sentences, using only Roman numerals.
For examples, “I’M LIVID!” or “I DID MIX MILD DILL... MMM!”
Have fun!
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
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Eleven-Letter Hors d’Oeuvre
A deity and a descriptor
A classical deity and a related adjective contain eleven different letters, including six vowels. What are these two words?
Answer:
Aeolus, windy
Look Skyward Slice:
Shock & pain & actor’s last name
The vowel sound in the first name of a past actor is a word associated with shock. Change it to a word associated with pain. The result sounds like something seen in the sky that may result in the actor’s last name. Who is this actor?
Answer
Claude Rains; (cloud, rains); word associated with shock = awe; word associated with pain = ow!
CLAUDE RAINS => CLAUDES RAIN => RAIN CLAUDES => RAIN CLOUDS
CLAUDE RAINS => RAIN CLAUDES
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
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Exercises in Acronymony
ENTREE #1
Newport News, Virginia, is a port city located on the on the northern shore of the James River.
Newport, Rhode Island is a port city located on Narragansett Bay.
Newport, Kentucky is a port city located at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers.
Name a much smaller town named Newport in a fourth state that is far from any navigable water and never was a port of any kind. Why is this town named Newport?
Answer:
Newport, Texas; The name derives from the initials of seven founding families: Norman, Ezell, Welch, Pruitt, Owsley, Reiger, and Turner.
ENTREE #2
Name a neighborhood in a large U.S. city that has the same name as a fictional elephant. The name of the neighborhood is an acronym that reveals the location of the neighborhood. What is the name of this neighborhood?
Answer:
Dumbo; Dumbo, an acronym of "Down Under (the) Manhattan Bridge Overpass," is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The area encompasses two sections: one located between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another that continues east from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area.
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
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Take a major ten-letter city in California. Form ten words that begin with each of those ten letters, in order, to create a description of that city. In other words, describe it acrostically using the ten letters in its name as the initial letters of these ten words. These words contain 4 2 3, 3 2 8 4 7, 9 8 letters. What are this city and its acrostic description?
Answer:
Los Angeles;
"Lots of sun, and no grayness ever looming, eclipsing sunshine."
ENTREE #4
Take a major five-letter country in Africa. Form five words that begin with each of those five letters, in order, to create a description of that country. In other words, describe it acrostically using the five letters in its name as the initial letters of these five words. These words contain 8 7, 5 7 11 letters. What are this country and its acrostic description?
Answer:
Egypt;
Entombed gravely, young Pharaoh Tutankhamun
ENTREE #5
Take a major eight-letter city in South America. Form eight words that begin with each of those eight letters, in order, to create a description of that city. In other words, describe it acrostically using the eight letters in its name as the initial letters of these eight words. These words contain 5 8 9 4 3 5 6, 13 letters. What are this city and its acrostic description?
Answer:
Sao Paulo;
South American oceanside port and urban locale, overpopulated
ENTREE #6
Take a major six-letter capital city in the Eastern Hemisphere. Form six words that begin with each of those six letters, in order, to create a description of that city. In other words, describe it acrostically using the six letters in its name as the initial letters of these six words. These words contain 8 2 7 4 2 11 letters. What are this city and its acrostic description?
Answer:
Moscow;
Millions of Soviets' City of Welcomeness
ENTREE #7
Take a national park in the lower midsection of the U.S., in two words of 3 and 7 letters. Form ten words that begin with each of those ten letters, in order, to create a description of that national park. In other words, describe it acrostically using the ten letters in its name as the initial letters of these ten words. These words contain 4 2 3 8 4, 12 12, 9 10 4 letters. The words are, in order, a noun, preposition, article, adjective, adjective, adverb, adjective, adverb, adjective and plural noun. What are this national park and its acrostic description?
Answer:
Hot Springs (National Park, in Arkansas)
Home Of The Steaming Pure, Refreshingly Invigorating, Naturally Gratifying Spas
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Syrupy Dessert:
Flapjacks and flip-flops
Name a word associated with flip-flops and flapjacks.
Answer:
Waffle(s);
Lego!
Well i vote for hot springs. My favorite is Sol Duc in Olympic National park. Went there as kids. But it smells very strong of sulfur.
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