Thursday, December 14, 2023

“Clothes and Countries” “A tale of 2 nations, 1 landmark, 3 letters” Three-course 4-letter-each lunch; “Neither snow nor rain nor sleet...” Dove extends an olive branch... “You gotta be putting me on!”

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 6!π SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:

A tale of 2 nations, 1 landmark, 3 letters

Name a nation. 

Remove from it consecutive letters that spell the name of a natural landmark in a second nation, leaving three letters associated with that second nation’s capital. 

What are these two nations, one landmark and three letters?

Appetizer Menu

“DiscomBobbylating” Appetizer:

“Clothes and Countries”

1.🧦What is a two-word article of apparel such that the first word is an anagram of a country
and
 the second word is an anagram of another country?

2.🌍Take the name of a 9-letter country. 

Remove the 4th and 5th letters. 

Rearrange to get the nationality of another
country. 

What is it?

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Ready-To-Wear Hors d’Oeuvre

“You gotta be putting me on!”

Remove a synonym of “female” from a word for things you wear. 

Rearrange the remaining letters to form a word for other things you wear that serve a similar purpose. 

What are these two words for things you wear?

Authoritarian Slice:

Three-course four-letter-each lunch

Anagram the name of an author to get three four-letter foods you might have for lunch. 

Who is the author? 

What are the foods?

Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices:

“Neither snow nor rain nor sleet...”

Will Shortz’s December 10th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Steve Baggish of Arlington, Massachusetts, reads:

Take the phrase WINTER SEASON. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 letters to spell three related words. What are they?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Take the first and last names of a puzzle-maker and his hometown. 
Add one consonant and one vowel of your choosing to the mix. 

Then rearrange all 23 letters to spell the surnames of a U.S. secretary of state and of a U.S. United Nations ambassador and the first name that the close friends of a British prime minister might have called her. 

Name this puzzle-maker and his hometown. 

Name also the two surnames and the first name.

ENTREE #2

Take the phrase BASEBALL SEASON

Add a letter of your choosing. 

Then rearrange all 15 letters to spell a synonym of “walk” and a synonym of “superstar pitchers.”

What are these two synonyms?

ENTREE #3

Take the phrase WINTER SOLSTICE. Add a letter of your choosing. 

Then rearrange all 15 letters to spell two professions. 

What are they?

Hint: The surname of a person in one of the professions is “Carver.” The surname of a person in the other profession is “Carter.”

ENTREE #4

Take the phrase WINTER WONDERLAND

Add a letter of your choosing. 

Then rearrange all 17 letters to spell three surnames of scientists named Charles, Isaac and Alfred. 

Who are they? 

ENTREE #5

Take the phrase SPRING BREAK. Add a letter of your choosing. 

Then rearrange all 12 letters to spell the title (in two words of eight and four letters) bestowed on a male college student on spring break who is the winner of a beach barbecue competition in Key West, Cancun, Cabo San Lucas or South Padre Island.

What is this beach barbecue winner title?

ENTREE #6

Take the phrase FALL COLOURS. Replace the “C” with a different consonant of your choosing. 

Then rearrange all 11 letters to spell a five-letter lily-like flower and a six-letter adjective that describes it. 

What are this flower and adjective?

ENTREE #7

Take the phrase SUMMER VACATION. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 15 letters to spell three words:

1. the surname of a French philosopher,

2. the surname of a French modernist painter, and

3. the first name of a sprinter who once ran a 100-yard dash in nine seconds flat.

What are these surnames and first name?

ENTREE #8

Take the phrase SPRING-LOADED. Add no letters of your choosing... at least not yet. Anagram the result to spell what a rodeo participant may be doing, and what he is sitting on while doing it.

Or, you can instead anagram SPRING-LOADED to name what devout farmers may call spring showers between the months of March and May.

Or, you can instead add to SPRING-LOADED two letters of your choosing from the first quarter of the alphabet to name a brief period of non-summer-like weather (in two 4-
letter words) and a 6-letter kitchen appliance associated with the first of those two 4-letter words.

What may the rodeo participant be doing, and on what he is sitting?

What may devout farmers call spring showers between the months of March and May?

What is the brief period of non-summer-like weather, and the kitchen appliance?

ENTREE #9

Take the phrase SUMMER SCHOOL

Add a letter of your choosing. 

Then rearrange all 13 letters to spell a dining area aboard ship and a midday meal you might eat there.

Take the phrase SUMMER SCHOOL again. Add a different letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 of these letters to spell an edible fungus that might be served in a salad at that midday meal aboard the ship, and any one of the thin cross-sections of that fungus that a salad chef might prepare for the salad using a mandoline.

What are this ship’s dining area and midday meal?

What is the edible fungus and one of its thin cross-sections?

ENTREE #10

Take the phrase SPRING SEASON. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 letters to spell a six-letter word for a Protestant pastor and the name of a book he might read from during a church service.

Take the phrase SPRING SEASON again. Add a different letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 letters to spell the seven-letter surname of a fellow whose name is a metric unit of mass, and his profession.

Take the phrase SPRING SEASON a third time. Add another different letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 letters to again spell the seven-letter surname of this fellow whose name is a metric unit of mass and a word many music critics used to describe him.

What are the word for a Protestant pastor and the book he might read from during a church service?

What is the word many music critics used to describe the fellow whose name is a metric unit of mass?

Dessert Menu:

After The Deluge Dessert:

Dove extends an olive branch...

Rearrange the letters of a popular television show to spell what Noah might have exclaimed when the dove returned to him with a leafy olive branch in its beak. 

What is the television show? 

What might Noah have exclaimed? 

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

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

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

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110 comments:

  1. Lego --
    In Entrée #8, I believe you mean 6 letters, not 5. Since 12 + 2 - 4 - 4 = 6.

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    1. Thank you, geofan. You are correct. I shall therefore correct the text.

      LegoWhoIsThankfulForEditorsLike"ViolinTedditor"NoddgeofanAndOthersWhoInformHimOfHisManyGoofs!

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    2. In Entree #10, the fifth and sixth paragraphs seem to be duplicative. Should one be removed?

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    3. Gosh, I got a credit and didn't even DO anything for it!

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  2. SCHPUZZLE RIFF-OFF: Take the names of two nations that contain, consecutively and in order, the names of two other nations. Remove the letters that name the two other nations.

    Now take the name of a nation that contains, consecutively and in order, the name of a landform that spans some or all of five nations. Remove the letters that name the landform.

    Rearrange the letters you did not remove from the three nations – seven letters in all – to spell a word for rooms that have extensive areas of glass. What are these nations and the seven-letter word?

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  3. Enjoyed Tort's WOF puzzles very much. Hope to see more in the near future.

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    1. Thanks! You can create your own puzzles here: https://www.thewordfinder.com/wof-puzzle-generator/

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  4. SCHPUZZLE RIFF-OFF #2: The name of a nation contains, in consecutive letters, the name of a well-known ancient site in another nation. The remaining letters of the first nation can be rearranged to spell the final letters of the capital of the second nation. What are the two nations, the ancient site, and the capital?

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    1. Two very nice Schpuzzle riffs, Nodd... not that I have yet solved them.

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    3. That's okay, Lego, I haven't solved your Schpuzzle yet either. I was able to solve the Hors D'Oeuvre and most of the Entrees, and I may have solved the Slice. I used an author who wrote under a pseudonym and the letters spell three four-letter foods, but in my online search I saw that there were enough twelve-letter author names that multiple answers may be possible. So mine may not be your intended answer.

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    4. I went through a LONG list of 12-letter authors (mostly first and surname, but one or two just a long surname), and got to nearly the bottom before coming even close. I still don't think I have the right answer, because I had to change the third food item to the French spelling to make it work. Sigh...

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  5. Happy Friday to all---especially Bobby, because you are on Puzzleria! yet again, and deservedly so!
    Mom and I are fine. We and Bryan and Mia Kate went to eat at Cracker Barrel this evening. Mom and Bryan both had the "Mom's Big Breakfast", which consisted of bacon, eggs, and French toast(Mom didn't finish hers, and she drank Sprite, but I forget what he drank); I had the Maple Bacon Chicken, Bacon Mac'n'Cheese, a House Salad with Ranch Dressing, and a Coke Zero; and Mia Kate had the Meatloaf(I forgot what sides or drink she had). We also had a basket full of biscuits with butter for everybody. Biggest problem tonight: They give you a little bag with only a fork inside. That's all the silverware you get right up front. So we had to ask the waitress(one of many we noticed were working there tonight)to bring a knife. Wouldn't you know just as I pick up the knife, it slips out of my hand and onto the floor?! Now I can't use the very thing I needed to cut my meat in the first place! I still managed somehow, anyway. Bryan said a friend of his from work had the same kind of experience the last time she ate there, and she only needed a spoon to stir her coffee! On the way home, Mom said if they know you're going to order something that will require cutting it to be able to eat it, they should have the knife in that bag with the fork already. I totally agree, 100%. They also had a power outage yesterday in the entire area, from about 11:30am until 4:30 or 5pm. The area also includes a Waffle House, a Burger King, and a Zaxby's, among others. After a couple hours, anyone going out to eat there yesterday for breakfast or lunch had no other choice but to go home. I certainly don't blame them. We also found a couple of "practical" gifts for me this Christmas: a "Dad Joke-A-Day" calendar, and a Pink Floyd T-shirt to go with my Pink Floyd socks from the Music Trivia Night a few months back. I told Mom to go buy them, and I wouldn't watch, and when I unwrap them later, I'll "pretend to be surprised". I think they're still in the back seat, but I won't say anything about it for now. Mia Kate says she also has a record player like I have, and has bought some records to play, but she kind of hasn't been listening to Queen as much as she had been before, but then they had watched "Bohemian Rhapsody" again earlier this week, and she still thinks they were great.
    Now, at this point in my post, I usually show my progress so far with the week's new offerings, but last night I really didn't even feel like fooling with it, or my heart wasn't in it, or whatever. Even as I type this, however, I am at least trying to solve the Entrees, if nothing else, and I will try to get those done and show my progress here. OK, I now have all Entrees except #2, #6, and parts of #7(the sprinter)and everything involving the seven-letter surname in #10. Everything else will require hints, Lego and Bobby, but I will work on it(if I can)after I finish this post. Lot of narrowing down will be needed, that's all I can say for now.
    Good luck in solving, and please stay safe, and never ever drop whatever silverware you really need on the floor in a restaurant! Cranberry out!
    pjbAlsoKnowsRenaeOrderedSomeFoodViaDoorDashRecently,AndTheyBrokeTheDrinkAndItSpilledAllOverTheFood,SoThingsCouldAlwaysBeWorse!

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    1. PJB, I simply HAVE to ask (I have managed to bite my lip, so to speak, all these months/years)...but don't you ever worry about your cholesterol level, with all that 'junk' food that seems to be brimming over with it? I ask from a position of familial high cholesterol; thus seeing what you eat scares me!

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    2. Not to muddy the waters, but according to an article i just read about 30% of Americans have fast food on a daily basis. I live in one of the Food desert areas in Georgia where fast food places have pretty much replaced any more nutritious offerings. I am afraid to check my LDL since moving here. We live less than 100 feet from a Wendy's in our townhouse rental here. There are probably 50 fast food eateries within a quarter mile of us.
      Even more shocking - some 20% of American meals are eaten in cars. Very sad situation and we are all killing ourselves.
      But you know a Wendy's loaded potatoe is not so bad. But a daily baconator could be problematic.

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  6. UPDATE!
    Bobby, I just figured out both of your puzzles, so you are hereby exempt from hint duties this week! Go out and celebrate!
    pjbHatesToAdmit,IfThisIsn'tTheIntendedAnswerHeHasFor#1,ThenIt'sADarnGoodAlternativeAnswer!

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  7. ONE MORE UPDATE!
    Just got the Slice(not much of a meal, IMHO, if that's all you have)!
    pjbSaysTheSchpuzzleAndTheDessertWillBothDefinitelyNeedHints,Though

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  8. Jeepers, I somehow was late by 24 hours! That is what worrying about Christmas baking does to a person!

    I haven't read everybody's above, but had a question about the Hors D'O: is the synonym that we remove all together in the clothing word, or are we suppose to just pull out letters in any order to make the synonym? The latter would take forever to try to find!

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    1. Never mind, Lego, I just got the Hors D'O.

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    2. What are you baking this year? I am attempting to Tres Leches Cake for the first time.

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    3. Can't you just do Harry and David? I got their brochure last week.
      My favorite item is-of course- the Moose Crunch. Again.

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    4. Plantie, since you inquired, my own version of Good Housekeeping's gingerbread (a recipe I found a couple of decades ago in their magazine, but added to, and/or use ONLY light brown sugar and LIGHT Karo syrup...hate the molasses-y type of gingerbread. Also my mom's recipe for candy cane cookies (they are moldable, and the sweetness is all in the icing, not the dough itself), and finally my go-to M&M cookies, rife with extra vanilla and almond extract, which is what makes them SOOO good! I have yet to even get the gingerbread rolled out (It was too stiff from being in the refrig over night), so it's going to be a crush to get it all done in time.

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    5. Oh, and I just have a "thing" about not bringing 'bought' goodies when I am responsible for refreshments; I've always been like that. Of course, I used to enjoy baking, especially when my boys were around. It's just a lot of work, now.

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    6. Are the Mand M cookies the ones on the box? With Quaker oats. My Mother in law's favorites were the gingerbread ones.

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    7. Send me that one: mcbertoglio@yahoo.com AKA/ plantsmith.

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    8. You know growing up in the depression - my grandparents in Portland- used Dark Karo syrup on pancakes. I grew up with that and i still love Karo on pancakes.
      They also used as a salad dressing mayo- mixed with ketchup.
      I don't do that anymore. Every Xmas she made- fudge - real fudge and something i never see anymore- Divinity. PS waxing nostalgic for Xmases of the past.

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  9. My favorite phrase in this entire P! is: "add no letters of your choosing"!!!!

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    1. I got a Yoga Cat's calendar for my DIL in New York. Really cute. They also have a Tuxedo Cats one- calendar that is. We got a Cat Stuffie for the GD. It's kind of ugly and looks more like a -long rectangle pillow. I also saw for the first time Taylor's Time cover of her with Benjamin Buttons. Adorable. I guess it is one of her most popular ones. Who knew.
      However, I am not sure about the Petivity litter box that monitors your cat's weight and elimination habits and signals you if something has gone awry. It's a cat's world out there. Sorry to be so catty. As you know, i am easily catstracted.

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    2. VT, I know why Lego used that phrasing (he's copying the original), but why did Steve / Will use it? It's like "OK, I pick Z! I pick X! I pick some letter in Klingon!" Why not just "add a letter" because there's only one letter that will work in the puzzle?

      PS, do you and your wife have any pets? Not sure you've mentioned that. I know your adult kids have pets. We subscribe to Time, but the issue we got is NOT the cat one! And it's apparently hard to find!

      Another funny cat related story: I recently asked ChatGPT to guess Trinket's middle name, and it was able to do it in three guesses! It is "Marie," which is not the most obscure middle name, I guess.

      TortieWhoGaveTrinketAMiddleNameForWhenI'mComplainingAboutHer

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    3. No pets. Lot's of outside bird feeders and also the chipmunks are here too. We dog sit for our Grand dog- Jensen - a Morkie when they go on trips. My sister always had cats.
      I guess that Time cover is a collectors item?

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    4. Tortie, I got lost trying to figure out to what you were referring relative to me....could you please explain? Was it somehow about the Hors D'O?

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    5. VT, it was about your comment about "add no letters of your choosing." I was just commenting about how the Steve / Will wording about "add a letter of your choosing" seems odd to me.

      BTW, I still don't have the Hors d'Oeuvre nor the Slice. I came up with two possible answers for the Dessert, but they are almost certainly alternative answers. Just not my best puzzle solving week.

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    6. Tortie, if I have read all these many posts correctly (down below as well), you have by now solved the HOrs D'O, right? As for the Slice, I still have the wrong answer ,since I had to spell the third item as it is in French. I'd gone down a huge LONG list of authors with the 12 letters, finally got to the one I have now written down and frankly, wasn't about to do any more. So a French-spelled item it is!

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    7. Yes, I solved the Hors D'O. I also solved the Slice. The third word is not French. Hint for the Slice: there is a word in Entree #4 that is in the title of one of the author's most famous works.

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    8. Thanks, Tortie. I have it now. I had actually tried that author already, but simply missed the proper combination. As I believe pjb said somewhere here, not much of a lunch. I preferred MY three items from the wrong author!!

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  10. Simply can NOT find any metric unit (for the surname in Entree 10) that is seven letters long....8 letters, or other lengths, but not 7. It's too late at night to fight it. Can't solve Entrees 2, 5, or 7 either. Went round and round with all of them.

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    1. VT, read Entree #10 carefully. It says a fellow whose "name" is a metric unit of mass. The unit is only four letters.

      Entree #2: "Walk" means what the batter gets when the pitcher throws four pitches that are not in the strike zone, and so the batter gets to advance 90 feet without having to get a hit. If you take the word for the four pitches and the word for what is at the end of the 90 feet, plus a preposition, you can arrange them to get the synonym for "walk," and the synonym for "superstar pitchers" will be pretty obvious.

      Entree #5: A guy named Anthony whose surname is a European capital in its native language presumably thinks he should get the title referred to.

      Entree #7: The philosopher may be better known as a novelist. The painter had a niece with the same first name as "Mary Poppins," and the same surname as the painter. The sprinter had the same first name as a brand of soap.

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    2. The metric unit is the first name. I was confused about that at first.

      This guy is kind of a "cult artist" in that most people haven't heard of him. His name sounds like the first name of one of a members of a more famous supergroup. Oddly, one of the other members of that supergroup was earlier in another group. The "cult artist" was also earlier in that same group, but at a different time.

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    3. Thank you, Nodd and Tortitude, for those helpful hints.

      LegoLazy

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    4. Thanks, Nodd and Tortie. INdeed, who ever heard of this guy (in #10)...certainly not me (what else is new?) I NEVER would have interpreted the instructions that the first name was the metric unit. Without that, it was impossible to figure out the required last name and profession. I am really, really tired of NEVER having heard of all these folks.

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    5. Nodd, I switched to a different author-philosopher (had to read books by both in high school French classes), the same painter as what I already had (though couldn't find the niece you were referring to), but am still completely STUCK on this 100 yard dasher guy. I've googled until I am blue int he face....since his name requires the missing letter, it can't just be put into an anagrammer.

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    6. I'm still totally stuck and at this point, getting ready to scream (like last week), because I keep going back and forth between the two French author/philosophers, but no matter which one I choose, if I stick with the same painter, I can't get what I now think is SUPPOSED to be the (very famous Olympian) dasher's first name. Nothing I try will work out. This isn't good for my heart.

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    7. Nodd, re entree 2, thank you, because I NEVER would have interpreted "walk" that way without your description. I managed to find the 'synonym' (again, NO idea whatsoever) and thus the easy pitcher word.

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    8. VT, re: the dasher guy is probably not the guy you're trying. I got into the same pickle. I had never heard of the right answer before, but if you guess the author/philosopher and painter correct, you can get the soap word that is also the name of the sprinter. (No, I had never heard of him before. Yet another obscure person for this week. I think only Lego knows all of this!)

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    9. VT, I sympathize; the sprinter is indeed very hard to find online. (There appear to be multiple sprinters that ran 9 flat.) This particular one was not an Olympian. His first name is a soap and a black market item; his last name is the same as the last name of an Alamo fighter played by an actor whose first name is slang for "own up to" and whose last name is part of a kind of roll (the kind you bake).

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    10. Well, Nodd, that leaves out Usain and Carl. Back to the 'starting block' so to speak... ha ha ha.

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    11. Clue for VT: it was for the 100 yard dash, not the 100 meter. So some time ago, before metrication of track events.

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    12. And VT, just in case, there are two painters that could qualify for the "French painter" part of the clue. They differ in only one letter. You want the one that comes first in alphabetical order.

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    13. Thanks, Tortie. That IS the painter I have mostly been using. So given that I have a choice of two author-philosophers, this helps pin down what letters might be left for the elusive 100 yard dasher (yes, I have been trying to look up YARD instead of meters. But Google keeps fighting back!)

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    14. FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT...thanks to the soap name hint...duh....am just now looking up the relevant 100 yd dasher....

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    15. WHY doesn't that guy show up in google unless you already know his name? Seems he STILL holds the record, it's atrocious that he goes ignored.

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  11. Hi, everyone. Yeesh, not a lot of progress this week! It's possible that my brain just wasn't working right yesterday, but I couldn't even solve many of the Entrees. I'd get a partial answer, and then the last one didn't work. In any case, I did solve the Schpuzzle, the Apps, and most of the Entrees, however.

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  12. Name a band that is well-known to most fans of classic rock. Add in the first name of someone who is famous-to-us. Rearrange the letters to produce the first and last names of a singer who only had one big hit, and is somewhat known to oldies fans. The title of the singer’s hit mentions the first name of someone who is famous-to-us.

    What is the classic rock band? Who is the singer? What’s the song? What are the first names of the two people who are famous-to-us?

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  13. Hello, all.

    Have solved all except the Hors d'oeuvre, Slice, Entrées #1 and #4, and the Dessert.

    Entrée #4 is frustrating. The only well-known Alfred requires a B added (one other would require two added letters -- not allowed). This fixes the added letter as B. Following this, the best-known Isaac requires a second O, which is no longer available, owing to the B already used.

    If one instead assumes the best-known Charles and Isaac, one obtains a residue of ERLD, which corresponds to no well-known Alfred.

    Or could one or more of the answers be fictional scientists from pop culture (which this blog tends to favor)?

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    1. The "Alfred" is a psychotherapist.

      LegoWhoIsJustAPsycho

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    2. Geo, the Hors D'O....as per what I had originally asked about, the synonym for 'female' IS all together in the clothing word, and in fact, is at the start of that word. Hope that helps..

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    3. That helped me. I saw yet another synonym for "female" in the clothing word, and got nowhere with the resulting letters to be anagrammed. Can't believe I glossed over the beginning of the word! How thoughtless!
      pjbSaysThankYouToViolinTeddyForTheHint,AndDon'tBeWorriedAboutHisCholesterol,AsHeDoesMuchBetterThanHeMakesItSoundJustTalkingAboutThatFriday'sSemiregularMealOut,OrAnyDrive-ThroughTripsAlsoMentionedInThePast(OurHealthiestMealsAreTheBoxOnesFromFactorAndHelloFresh)

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    4. VT, got it. I had even considered that same word, but with a different synonym of "female" contained within that same word. But removing that other synonym got me nowhere.

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    5. Ha, went through the same process as geo and pjb!

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    6. That is SO funny, all three of you. Would you believe that I had to THINK about the 'other' synonym word contained in the item of clothing, because I hadn't even noticed it?

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    7. Re the hidden cholesterol reply above, pjb: still everyone one of those unhealthy, fat-clogging meals does NOT help your arteries, or anyone's....have you had yours tested? Perhaps your family has abnormally LOW cholesterol? In which case, you would be very very lucky.

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    8. To the best of my knowledge, I have never been informed of any cholesterol problems whenever I've had a checkup in recent years. As for my family's collective cholesterol history, I've never really even asked Mom about that. I do know we've had kidney problems running in our family, that much is true. In terms of sodium, we usually try not to buy any foods that go too much over 300 grams(especially if it shows FOUR digits!). Mom does say I shouldn't be having midnight snacks, though. "Too many carbs," she says. But I think I've got everything under control. If we do have "abnormally low" cholesterol, I'll certainly find out. If you're really that concerned about me, then here's what I'll do: Starting next week, I'll just mention that we ate out, and that's it. Didn't realize it would be TMI, but I'm fine with that.
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    9. I may have a little sexier alternate for the H.D. Depending on your point of view.

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  14. Pop culture scientists? Bill Nye the science guy?

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  15. Hints:

    1. The article of apparel might be worn by a literary character whose name contains an object that they use. If you replace the object in the character's name with the second word in the article of clothing, then you will get another article of clothing.

    2. Take the capital of a country that borders the 9-letter country and add the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th letters of a country that borders that country. You will get a food of the nationality.

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    1. Thanks, Bobby. Very nice hints. 'Preciate it.

      LegoWhoWillProvideHintsForHisPuzzlesLateSundayOrEarlyMonday

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    2. Add an "M" to the "food of the nationality" and rearrange to name a concern in the US and many other countries.

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    3. Bobby, I'd forgotten if your mother's name is Eileen, but my mother just pointed out she emailed the nicest, kindest message to my brother Bryan earlier! He and Renae are taking my youngest niece Maddy back up to Baltimore today for more physical therapy(poor thing), so he won't get the message until much later. But I do appreciate Eileen's kind words about me, and I'm sure they ring true with everyone else here as well. Bobby, I offer my sincerest thanks to your mother for caring enough to send a message, and I promise to never have any unkind things to say about you, even if I can't solve your puzzles right away. Many thanks to her again! She has made my day!
      pjbKnowsHowImportantOne'sMotherCanBeInOne'sLife,Definitely

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    4. Really nice hints! I feel like hint #2, especially, could have been a puzzle in its own right.

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    5. 1. Lancelot uses a lance and wears chain mail. If you replace "lance" in Lancelot with "mail", then you get maillot. This was a puzzle on December 11, 2020.

      2. Latvia borders Lithuania, and Estonia borders Latvia. The capital of Latvia is Riga. Rigatoni is an Italian food. This was a puzzle on February 26, 2021.

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  16. Has anyone solved the dessert yet? (There are so many comments by now, in so many strings, that I find it impossible to search in order to find out.) I am also still stuck on Entree 5. I tried Nodd's Anthony hint from yesterday, but got nowhere.

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    1. For #5, try Adam's apple, but use a different body part associated with Adam.

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    2. I don't have the Dessert yet. I have two possible alternatives, plus another TV show that's giving some words that seem promising, but I can't seem to put it together.

      Funnily enough, I found a movie title that works with an exclamation that sounds natural. I have never heard of the movie before, but the leading actor is reasonably well-known.

      Other than the Dessert, I'm still missing the phrase that SPRING-LOADED anagrams to (the crop one).

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    3. The crop phrase begins with the first word in a rhyme about spring showers.

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    4. Well, I feel silly now. That was one word I didn't try. Got it now!

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    5. Thanks, Nodd. I had had the correct second word for #5 all along, but had just never selected the right letter to make the first word; your hint helped me finally see what that word should be.

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  17. A Hint for the Dessert that is actually a Riff of the Dessert!:
    After The Deluge Dessert:
    Dove extends an olive branch...

    Add the letter "L" to the letters of a popular television show to spell what Noah might have exclaimed when the dove returned to him with a leafy olive branch in its beak.
    What is the television show?
    What might Noah have exclaimed?
    Hint: Noah's exclamation (both in the original Dessert and also in this Riff) was an exclamation of gratitude. Oh, and Noah was no ornithologist!
    What is the television show?
    What might Noah have exclaimed?

    LegoMisterBlunderful

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    1. Hurrah. I just thought of the correct phrase of gratitude, reverse anagrammed it and saw the TV show, which I had to check even WAS a TV show. Would never have been able to find the show otherwise...just way too many titles to choose from, and for those of us who no longer watch TV (except OPB and so forth ont he computer), it was an utter impossiblity.

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    2. Looking back, I think that was the easiest way to solve it. I wasn't even sure if the show in Lego''s puzzlel was a current one or not, so I really went through a bunch of shows.

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  18. Sunday/Monday Hints:
    Looks as if you perceptive Puzzlerian!s do not need many hints this week...
    But, here goes anyway:


    Sunday/Monday Hints:

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    The landmark is a mountain.

    “DiscomBobbylating” Appetizer:
    See the hints Bobby himself provided in his December 17, 2023 at 9:36 AM Comment.

    Ready-To-Wear Hors d’Oeuvre
    The synonym of “female” is also an abbreviated liquid measure

    Three-course four-letter-each lunch
    The author himself was eating this three-course lunch at a restaurant. While taking a sip of water between bites he sensed a trickle of wetness tickling his chin, then trickling further downward to his Adam's apple (not on the menu). Enraged, the author arose from his seat and threw the leaking glass waiterward!

    Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    Mad, Ad, Mag
    ENTREE #2
    The first syllable of the synonym of walk rhymes with the singular form of "superstar pitchers."
    ENTREE #3
    Kegler Carter, Alternative-to-cotton-crop-Carver
    ENTREE #4
    Charles is "inward," Isaac's a fig cookie, Alfred, d-doubled, is a "ladder"
    ENTREE #5
    'Tis a royal title that hints at the dawn of Creation in Genesis.
    ENTREE #6
    The flower is also a very speedy automobile; we're "all for" the adjective.
    ENTREE #7
    1. the surname of a French philosopher, backward is poisonous.
    2. the surname of a French modernist painter? exactly the one I "meant" to include in the puzzle. I an not pulling a Three Card "Monte" con on you.
    3. the first name of a sprinter who once ran a 100-yard dash in nine seconds flat... Davy's brother?
    ENTREE #8
    The rodeo participant grips a lariet and rides a horse.
    The devout farmers are growing crops, not May Flowers!
    The beer-guzzing "clod naps" on his BarcaLounger while watching "William Perry" and the Bears on the tube.
    ENTREE #9
    This dining hall is a total shambles!... they were cutting up shitake and serving it to us!
    ENTREE #10
    The fellow whose name is a metric unit of mass was a Byrd and Flying Burrito Brother who died at age 26.

    After The Deluge Dessert:
    Sure, Noah may have mistaken the dove for a lark, but it was not a feathered friend that saved him and his family from thre deluge... It was Noah's craft. (Oh yes, and God may have played a role also.)

    LeGodSaithToAdam"BrotherCans'tThouGivestUpABreastBone?"

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  19. Got everything taken care of except Entree #2, the Schpuzzle, and the Dessert. BTW Bobby is blessed to have such a thoughtful mother like Eileen! I'm still so touched that she reached out like she did!
    pjbIsGladHeWasAbleToSolveBobby'sPuzzles,EspeciallySinceHeHasn'tFiguredOutTheSubsequentHintYet!

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  20. Just got the hint! Another good one, Bobby!
    pjbDoesn'tMindTakingTheHint,AsLongAsHeCanFigureItOutEventually

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  21. How about that space cat Taters? I thought those laser things are bad for your eyes? But not for cats?

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  22. For some weird reason, Plantsmith, I find the spectacle of any domesticated feline (but especially cute kittens) stalking an inanimate object (not a bird!) strangely satisfying.
    Now, for...
    Eleventh-Hour Wednesday Hints:
    Schpuzzle Hint:
    Etymology Lesson regarding one of the three geographical answers:
    "I burn!"
    Dessert Hint:
    Richard Branson, Alex Rodriquez, Jeff Foxworthy, Adam Kutcher, Maria Sharapova, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Hart have appeared on the TV show.

    LegoBurningTheDynamightFuseAtBothEnds

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    1. Thanks, Lego, for that Dessert hint. I was dimly aware of the show, but not enough to have made the Noah connection without the hint.

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  23. SCHPUZZLE – VIETNAM; ETNA; MIV

    APPETIZERS
    1. CHAIN MAIL; CHINA, MALI
    2. LITHUANIA; ITALIAN

    HORS D’OEUVRE – GALOSHES; SHOES

    SLICE – LEWIS CARROLL; RICE, SLAW, ROLL

    ENTREES
    1. STEVE BAGGISH, ARLINGTON, ADD M & E TO GET: ALBRIGHT, STEVENSON, MAGGIE
    2. ADD C TO GET: BASE ON BALLS, ACES
    3. ADD “B” TO GET: SCIENTIST, BOWLER
    4. ADD “A” TO GET: DARWIN, NEWTON, ADLER
    5. ADD “I” TO GET: SPARE RIB KING
    6. REPLACE “C” WITH “T” TO GET: LOTUS, FLORAL
    7. ADD “Y” TO GET: CAMUS, MANET, IVORY [CROCKETT]
    8. ROPING, SADDLE; APRIL GODSEND; ADD “C” & “F” TO GET: COLD SNAP; FRIDGE
    9. ADD “N” TO GET: MESS ROOM, LUNCH; ADD “I” TO GET: MUSHROOM, SLICE
    10. ADD “E” TO GET: PARSON; GENESIS; ADD “R” TO GET: [GRAM] PARSONS; SINGER; ADD “U” TO GET: PARSONS; GENIUS

    DESSERT – SHARK TANK; “THANKS, ARK!”; RIFF – “THANKS, LARK!”

    NODD SCHPUZZLE RIFF-OFF #1: Take the names of two nations that contain, consecutively and in order, the names of two other nations. Remove the letters that name the two other nations.
    Now take the name of a nation that contains, consecutively and in order, the name of a landform that spans some or all of five nations. Remove the letters that name the landform.
    Rearrange the letters you did not remove from the three nations – seven letters in all – to spell a word for rooms that have extensive areas of glass. What are these nations and the seven-letter word?
    ROMANIA (remove OMAN); SOMALIA (remove MALI); LIBERIA (remove IBERIA); SOLARIA

    NODD SCHPUZZLE RIFF-OFF #2: The name of a nation contains, in consecutive letters, the name of a well-known ancient site in another nation. The remaining letters of the first nation can be rearranged to spell the final letters of the capital of the second nation. What are the two nations, the ancient site, and the capital?
    PHILIPPINES; GREECE; PHILIPPI; ATHENS

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    1. Very clever riff-offs that I just didn't have the bandwidth to try and solve this week. Even Entree #1 took some time to solve, and that's usually the easiest puzzle of the week.

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    2. Thanks, Tortie. I was in the same boat (no pun intended) -- it took me a long time on the Dessert or I would have given your riff-off more of a try.

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  24. Schpuzzle: VIETNAM, ITALY, ETNA, VIM (Roman numerals)
    App:
    1. CHAIN MAIL; CHINA, MALI
    2. LITHUANIA, ITALIAN
    Hors d’Oeuvre: GALOSHES (-GAL), SHOES (tried this word at first, but removed SHE instead, and only got GOALS)
    Slice: LEWIS CARROLL; ROLL, RICE, SLAW (tried MARCEL PROUST (SOUP, CLAM) and TRUMAN CAPOTE (TUNA, TACO, CORN, PEAR) with no luck)
    Entrees:
    1. +ME, STEVEBAGGISH, ARLINGTON; ALBRIGHT, STEVENSON, MAGGIE
    2. +C, BASE ON BALLS, ACES
    3. +B, SCIENTIST (George Washington Carver), BOWLER (Don Carter - never heard of him, nor any bowler, really)
    4. +A, DARWIN, NEWTON, ADLER
    5. +I, SPARERIB KING
    6. Replace “C” with “T”, LOTUS, FLORAL
    7.+Y, CAMUS, MANET, IVORY
    8. ROPING, SADDLE; APRIL GODSEND (post Nodd hint: best I could do originally was GOD PLED RAINS); +CF, COLD SNAP, FRIDGE
    9. +N, LUNCH, MESSROOM; +I, MUSHROOM, SLICE
    10. +E, PARSON, GENESIS; +R, (Gram) PARSONS, SINGER; +U, (Gram) PARSONS, GENIUS
    Dessert: (post hint:) SHARK TANK, THANKS, ARK! (Or +L, THANKS, LARK!) (likely Alt: STAR TREK: VOYAGER, ARK STRATEGY: OVER; THE ROCKFORD FILES, FLOOD RISK FETCHER (more about the dove itself); GILLIGAN’S ISLAND has a bunch of words that seem like they work (SIGN, SIGNAL, LAND, SAILING, etc.) but no luck making a phrase out of them; obscure(??) movie alt: FOR THOSE I LOVED, THE FLOOD IS OVER)
    My puzzle: CREAM; MARCIE BLANE; BOBBY’S GIRL; BLAINE, BOBBY

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    1. Ooh, Tortie I like all your alternate Desserts, especially "The Flood is Over!"

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  25. Answers:

    1. Chain mail (China, Mali)

    2. Lithuania, Italian

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    1. I must have missed something in the directions, that I came up with San Marino/Romanians.

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  26. SCHPUZZLE: VIETNAM => ETNA [ITALY]; VIM => VIMINALIS is one of the original SEVEN HILLS OF ROME

    APPETIZERS:

    1. CHAIN MAIL => CHINA, MALI; Interesting anagram: REGALIA => ALGERIA

    2. SAN MARINO => ROMANIANS


    HORS D’O: GALOSHES => OSHES => SHOES

    SLICE: Original answer: TRUMAN CAPOTE => MEAT, TUNA, PORC; Post Tortie hint: LEWIS CARROLL => SLAW, RICE, ROLL [I like my Capote menu better!]


    ENTREES:

    1. STEVE BAGGISH, ARLINGTON + M, E => ALBRIGHT [of course, she was both], STEVENSON, MAGGIE

    2. BASEBALL SEASON & M => BASE ON BALLS, ACES

    3. WINTER SOLSTICE & B => SCIENTIST & BOWLER

    4. WINTER WONDERLAND & A => DARWIN, NEWTON, ADLER

    5. SPRING BREAK & I => SPARERIB KING

    6. FALL COLOURS => FALL TOLOURS => LOTUS & FLORAL

    7. SUMMER VACATION & Y => CAMUS, MANET, IVORY

    8. SPRING LOADED => ROPING & SADDLE; APRIL GODSEND; add C and F => COLD SNAP & FRIDGE

    9. SUMMER SCHOOL & N => MESS ROOM & LUNCH; add ‘I' instead => MUSHROOM & SLICE

    10. SPRING SEASON & E => PARSON & GENESIS; add “R” instead => (Gram) PARSONS, SINGER

    DESSERT: SHARK TANK => THANKS, ARK

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  27. Schpuzzle: VIETNAM – ETNA (Volcano) = VIM (Roman numerals)

    Appetizers:
    1. CHAIN MAIL → CHINA, MALI
    2. LITHUANIA – HU → ITALIAN

    Hors d'Oeuvre: GALOSHES – GAL = OSHES → SHOES [post-VT-hint (Sat)]

    Slice:

    Entrées:
    #1: STEVE BAGGISH, ARLINGTON + M,E → Madeline ALBRIGHT, Adlai STEVENSON, MAGGIE Thatcher
    #2: BASEBALL SEASON + C → ACES, BASE ON BALLS
    #3: WINTER SOLSTICE + P → SCIENTIST (Carver), PLOWER (Carter)
    #4: WINTER WONDERLAND + B → Charles DARWIN, Isaac NEWTON, Alfred ADLER
    #5: SPRING BREAK + I → SPARERIB KING
    #6: FALL COLOURS, chg C to T → LOTUS, FLORAL
    #7: SUMMER VACATION + Y → Albert CAMUS, MANET, IVORY Crockett
    #8: see below
    (a) SPRING-LOADED → SADDLE, ROPING
    (b) SPRING-LOADED → APRIL GODSEND
    (c) SPRING-LOADED + C, F → COLD SNAP, FRIDGE
    #9: see below
    (a) SUMMER SCHOOL + N → MESSROOM, LUNCH
    (b) SUMMER SCHOOL + I → MUSHROOM, SLICE
    #10: see below
    (a) SPRING SEASON + E → PARSON, GENESIS
    (b) SPRING SEASON + R → Gram PARSONS, SINGER
    (c) SPRING SEASON + U → Gram PARSONS, GENIUS

    Dessert:

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    1. I still like my answer to Entrée #3. Both George Washington Carver and Jimmy Carter dealt with peanuts. So there is a them here. And Carter had a farm, so he was a plower. Finally, Carter could have been motivated by the recent death of Rosalynn.

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    2. correction: a theme here. The E key on this laptop is failing.

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    3. Don't fret, geofan. You can still write "the great American Novel!"
      L goLambda

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  28. Puzzeleria 12-20-23” -22 degrees this AM

    Schpzle

    “DiscomBobbylating” Appetizer:
    ?
    2.-- Lithuania- hu and Mix / Italian

    Ready-To-Wear Hors d’Oeuvre
    Galoshes- Gal and shoes
    Fashionable alternative? Mankini- MA- KINI, Ma and ? per Borat

    Three-course four-letter-each lunch

    Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices:
    ENTREE #1 Steve Baggish, Arlington, Albright .
    ENTREE #2
    Amble, base on balls, aces
    ENTREE #3
    ENTREE #4
    Adler, Newton, Darwin, + A.
    ENTREE #5

    ENTREE #6
    ENTREE #7
    Usain Bolt
    ENTREE #8
    ENTREE #9
    ENTREE #10
    Parson, grams, +E, Genesis, Gram Parsons.

    After The Deluge Dessert:
    , Thanks ark,kept trying to get Alf to work.

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  29. Schpuzzle
    VIETNAM, ETNA(volcano in Sicily), VIM(Roman numerals)
    Appetizer Menu
    1. CHAIN MAIL, CHINA and MALI
    2. LITHUANIA-HU=ITALIAN
    Menu
    Ready-To-Wear Hors d'Oeuvre
    GALOSHES-GAL=SHOES
    Authoritarian Slice
    LEWIS CARROLL=RICE, SLAW, and ROLL
    Entrees
    1. STEVE BAGGISH, ARLINGTON+M=(Madeleine)ALBRIGHT, (Adlai)STEVENSON, MAGGIE(Margaret Thatcher)
    2. BASEBALL SEASON+C=BASE ON BALLS, ACES
    3. WINTER SOLSTICE+B=SCIENTIST(George Washington Carver), BOWLER(Don Carter)
    4. WINTER WONDERLAND+A=DARWIN, NEWTON, and ADLER
    5. SPRING BREAK+I="SPARERIB KING"
    6. FALL COLOURS-C+T=LOTUS, FLORAL
    7. SUMMER VACATION+Y=
    (1.)(Albert)CAMUS
    (2.)(Edouard)MANET
    (3.)IVORY(Crockett)
    8. SPRING-LOADED=ROPING, SADDLE; "APRIL GODSEND"; COLD SNAP, FRIDGE(C and F added)
    9. SUMMER SCHOOL+N=MESSROOM LUNCH; SUMMER SCHOOL+I=MUSHROOM SLICE
    10. SPRING SEASON+E=PARSON, GENESIS; SPRING SEASON+N or U=(Gram)PARSONS, SINGER or GENIUS
    Dessert Menu
    After The Deluge
    "SHARK TANK", "THANKS, ARK!"(The later hint suggested he thought it was a LARK instead of a dove, hence "THANKS, LARK!")
    Final Masked Singer Results:
    SEA QUEEN=MACY GRAY(all were unanimous in guessing her at the very end)
    GAZELLE=JANEL PARRISH(star of "Pretty Little Liars", and neither Mom nor I know her, but Ken Jeong was so sure it was Constance Wu)
    DONUT=JOHN SCHNEIDER("The Dukes of Hazzard", and both Mom and I know him, and his wife had passed away this past February)
    COW=NE-YO(rapper/songwriter/producer/actor, etc., and Mom doesn't know him, I vaguely have heard of him, but he ended up winning the whole thing, and got the Golden Mask Award!)
    Season 11 of TMS begins in March of next year. Next week FOX will air a football game in the same time slot, but please don't look for the results here.-pjb

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    1. I really thought Cow was going to be Usher. Very talented anyway.

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

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    A tale of 2 nations, 1 landmark, 3 letters
    Name a nation.
    Remove from it the name of a natural landmark in a second nation, leaving three letters associated with that second nation’s capital.
    What are these nations, landmark and three letters?
    ANSWER:
    Vietnam; Italy; Etna; V I M (Roman Numerals, which are associated with Rome)

    Appetizer Menu
    “DiscomBobbylating” Appetizer:
    “Clothes and Countries”
    1. What is a two-word article of apparel such that the first word is an anagram of a country and the second word is an anagram of another country?
    Answer:Chain mail (China, Mali)
    2. Take the name of a 9-letter country.
    Remove the 4th and 5th letters.
    Rearrange to get the nationality of another country.
    What is it?
    Answer: Lithuania, Italian

    MENU
    Ready-To-Wear Hors d’Oeuvre
    “You gotta be putting me on!”
    Remove a synonym of “female” from things you wear. Rearrange the remaining letters to form other things you wear that serve a similar purpose. What are these things you wear?
    Answer:
    Galoshes; shoes

    Authoritarian Slice:
    Three-course four-letter-each lunch
    Anagram the name of an author to get three four-letter foods you might have for lunch. Who is the author? What are the foods?
    Answer:
    Lewis Carroll; rice, slaw, roll
    SENT 6/19/23
    6/1/23
    Anagram the name of an author to get three four-letter foods you might eat for lunch. Who is the author? What are the foods?
    Answer:
    Lewis Carroll; rice, slaw, roll
    Lego...

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

    Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices:
    “Neither snow nor rain nor sleet...”
    Will Shortz’s December 10th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Steve Baggish of Arlington, Massachusetts, reads:
    Take the phrase WINTER SEASON. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 letters to spell three related words. What are they?
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices read:
    ENTREE #1
    Take the first and last names of a puzzle-maker and his hometown. Add one consonant and one vowel of your choosing to the mix. Then rearrange all 23 letters to spell the surnames of a U.S. secretary of state and of a U.S. United Nations ambassador and the first name that the close friends of a British prime minister might have called her.
    Who is this puzzle-maker, his hometown and the two surnames and the first name?
    Answer:
    Steve Baggish of Arlington, Massachusetts
    (Madeleine) Albright, (Adlai) Stevenson, Maggie (Thatcher)
    STEVE+BAGGISH+ARLINGTON+M+E=>ALBRIGHT+STEVENSON+MAGGIE
    ENTREE #2
    Take the phrase BASEBALL SEASON. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 15 letters to spell a synonym of “walk” and a synonym of “superstar pitchers.”
    What are these two synonyms?
    Answer:
    base on balls, aces
    BASEBALL+SEASON+C => BASE+ON+BALLS+ACES
    ENTREE #3
    Take the phrase WINTER SOLSTICE. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 15 letters to spell two professions.
    What are they?
    Hint: The surname of a person in one of the professions is “Carver.” The surname of a person in the other profession is “Carter.”“walk”
    Answer:
    Scientist, Bowler; (Geoge Washinton Carver, Don Carter)
    WINTER+SEASON+B=>SCIENTIST+BOWLER
    ENTREE #4
    Take the phrase WINTER WONDERLAND. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 17 letters to spell three surnames of scientists named Charles, Isaac and Alfred. Who are they?
    Answer:
    Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Alfred Adler
    WINTER+WONDERLAND+A=>DARWIN+NEWTON+ADLER
    ENTREE #5
    Take the phrase SPRING BREAK. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 12 letters to spell the title (in two words of eight and four letters) bestowed on a male college student on spring break who is the winner of a beach barbecue competition in Key West, Cancun, Cabo San Lucas or South Padre Island.
    What is this beach barbeque title?
    Answer:
    "Sparerib King"
    SPRING+BREAK+I=>SPARERIB+KING

    Lego...

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  32. This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
    ENTREE #6
    Take the phrase FALL COLOURS. Replace the “C” with a different consonant of your choosing. Then rearrange all 11 letters to spell a five-letter lily-like flower and a six-letter adjective that describes it.
    What are this flower and adjective?
    Answer:
    Lotus, Floral;
    FALL+COLOURS-C+T=>LOTUS+FLORAL
    ENTREE #7
    Take the phrase SUMMER VACATION. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 15 letters to spell three words:
    1. the surname of a French philosopher,
    2. the surname of a French modernist painter, and
    3. the first name of a sprinter who once ran a 100-yard dash in nine seconds flat.
    What are these surnames and first namer?
    Answer:
    (Albert) Camus; (Edouard) Manet; Ivory (Crockett)
    SUMMER+VACATION+Y=>CAMUS+MANET+IVORY
    ENTREE #8
    Take the phrase SPRING-LOADED. Anagram it to spell what a rodeo participant may be doing, and where he is sitting when doing it.
    Or, you can instead anagram SPRING-LOADED to name what devout farmers may call spring showers between the months of March and May.
    Or, you can instead add to SPRING-LOADED two letters of your choosing from the first quarter of the alphabet to name a brief period of non-summer-like weather (in two 4-letter words) and a 6-letter kitchen appliance related to the first of those two 4-letter words.
    What may the rodeo participant be doing, and where he is sitting?
    What may devout farmers call spring showers between the months of March and May?
    What is the brief period of non-summer-like weather, and the kitchen appliance?
    Answer:
    Roping, Saddle; "April Godsend"; "Cold-snap," Fridge
    SPRING+LOADED+C+F=>COLD+SNAP+FRIDGE
    Lego...

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  33. This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
    ENTREE #9
    Take the phrase SUMMER SCHOOL. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 letters to spell a dining area aboard ship and a midday meal you might eat there.
    Take the phrase SUMMER SCHOOL again. Add a different letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 of these letters to spell an edible fungus that might be served in a salad at that midday meal aboard the ship, and any one of the thin cross-sections of that fungus that a salad chef might prepare for the salad using a mandoline.
    What are this ship’s dining area and midday meal?
    What is the edible fungus and one of its thin cross-sections?
    Answer:
    Messroom, lunch; Mushroom, slice;
    SUMMER+SCHOOL+N=>LUNCH+MESSROOM; SUMMER+SCHOOL+I=>SLICE+MUSHROOM;
    ENTREE #10
    Take the phrase SPRING SEASON. Add a letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all13 letters to spell a six-letter word for a Protestant pastor and the name of a book he might read from during a church service.
    Take the phrase SPRING SEASON again. Add a different letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 letters to spell the seven-letter surname of a fellow whose name is a metric unit of mass, and his profession.
    Take the phrase SPRING SEASON a third time. Add another different letter of your choosing. Then rearrange all 13 letters to again spell the seven-letter surname of this fellow whose name is a metric unit of mass and a word many music critics used to describe him.
    What are the word for a Protestant pastor and the book he might read from during a church service?
    What is the word many music critics used to describe the fellow whose name is a metric unit of mass?
    What is the word many music critics used to describe this fellow?
    Answer:
    Parson, Genesis; (Gram) Parsons, Singer; Parsons
    SPRING+SEASON+E=>PARSON+GENESIS; SPRING+SEASON+R=>PARSONS+SINGER; SPRING+SEASON+U=>PARSONS+GENIUS;

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    After The Deluge Dessert:
    Dove extends an olive branch...
    Rearrange the letters of a popular television show to spell what Noah might have exclaimed when the dove returned to him with an olive leaf in its beak.
    What is the TV show?
    What might Noah have said?
    Answer:
    "Shark Tank"; "Thanks, Ark!"

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