Gophers & badgers & deer, oh my!
Take just the second halves of two creatures with the same even number of letters in their names – like badger and gopher, for example.
These two creatures begin with the same four
letters in the same order. These four letters spell a prefix. The first three of these four letters spell still another creature.
What are these two creatures with the same even number of letters in their names?
What are the synonyms of “female deer” and “bounded”?
What are the prefix and the creature at the beginning of the prefix?
Appetizer Menu
Half-A-Dozen Puzzling Doozies Appetizer:
Initials, Isles, Prezzes, Pop, Toys & Dolls
Animal Isle
1. 🐈🏝Name an island. Place a copy of its last letter at the beginning. You’ll have a mammal spelled backwards, followed by a mammal spelled forwards.
Now change the first letter of the string (i.e., the duplicated letter) to the one that immediately follows it in the alphabet. You’ll have another mammal spelled backward, followed by the remaining letters in the string.
Indeed the island you named to begin this puzzle is especially associated with this animal.
What is the island? What are these animals?
“Pop goes Broadway”
2. 🎜🎝Name a pop band from the 1960s. Now think of one of their biggest hits in two words. Change the middle letter of the title to an “E” and rearrange the letters. You’ll have the last word in another one of their song titles. The last word in that song title is also the title of a song from a Broadway musical.
Now remove the first and last letters from the original two-word song title, and rearrange the letters. You’ll have another song title from the musical, which was also an album track for the band.
Who is the band? What is the two-word song title? What is their song title that ends in a song title from a Broadway musical? What is the musical? What song was an album track?
Beautiful toys
3. 🎅🎄Think of a current beauty company, one that has acquired many other brands during its existence of over a century.
Split the name in half, and place the second half before the first half. You’ll have a former toy company that was acquired by a larger competitor. Now take the first half of that name. You’ll have a current toy company.
What is the beauty company? What are the two toy companies?
Ken is dating an actress!?
last letter of the first word to the letter that follows it in the alphabet, and delete a punctuation mark.
Rearrange the letters to produce the first and
last names of a well-known contemporary actress.
What is the phrase describing the doll? Who is the actress?
5. 🦅Think of an actress who was well-known for two sitcoms and often used a nickname.
Rearrange the letters of her nickname to produce a nickname of an American president. Her last name is the last name of a different American president.
Who is she? Who are the presidents?
A phrase rich in initials
6. 📺🚆🚌Think of a familiar phrase in four words that you might use while commenting on a posting on Puzzleria! or Blaine’s blog. Take the initial letters of those four words:
1. The first, second, and third initials spell the initials of a well-known zone in England;
2. The first, third, and fourth initials spell the initials of a popular series of video games;
3. The first, second, and fourth initials spell the initials of a long-running ABC television show;
4. The second, third, and fourth initials spell the initials of a corporation that deals with trains, subways, and buses in New York City.
What is the phrase? What is the English zone? What is the video game? What is the long-running ABC show? What is the corporation that deals with trains, subways, and buses?
MENU
Political Two-step Hors d’Oeuvre:
Italian Shadow Dancing
Take a two-word political phrase, in eight and
six letters, that sounds like it is also a definition of this five-letter word. What are this dance and this definition?
Givin’ Me The Willys Slice:
“Stop, Rewolf!”
Once upon a timing belt, I overpaid for an “Overland 4-Door Sedan,” a 1939 Willys I admit being an impulse purchase. It was an oil
burner. I routinely had to take the lid off a drum of “black gold” and funnel it in. My Willys may be somewhat collectible, but is definitely no
epic classic car!
I cram my family into the Willys to attend the occasional weekend auto shows. To avoid silly Ramada Inn rules, we always stay at nice motels, some that come equipped with hearths in each room! When there is a chill in the air, the heat increases with every big old log I ram into our fireplace... I try to cut them up with the fretsaw from my toolbox, but it is just not the right tool!
Riffing Off Shortz And Meersman Slices:
Blue BayYew TapEntry
Take two three-letter tree names and combine them phonetically to get a clue for a type of fabric, then change one letter in that word to get something related to trees. Your answer should be the two tree names you started with.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Meersman Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Take the first and last names of a puzzle-maker.
The first three letters, in reverse, spell an
abbreviation by which this person may be addressed in writing.
The ninth, sixth and fourth letters spell a homophone of a letter of the alphabet.
The remaining letters, in order, spell a creature that may inhabit that homophone.
Who is the puzzle-maker?
What are the abbreviation, homophone and creature?
Note: Entrees #2 through #8 were composed by our friend Nodd, whose “Nodd ready for prime time” feature appears regularly on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #2
What are the tree names and the items made of fabrics?
ENTREE #3
What are the tree and the fabric?
Hint: The tree is also known by a name that
consists of a compound word composed of two words, the first of which is also a kind of fabric.
ENTREE #4
Take a six-letter tree name and remove one letter to get a kind of fabric.
ENTREE #5
Take a seven-letter tree name and replace the third and fourth letters with one different letter to get a word for an item made of fabric.
What are the tree and the item made of fabric?
ENTREE #6
Take a three-letter tree name and add a letter at the beginning and three letters at the end to get a word for an item made of fabric.
ENTREE #7
Take two three-letter tree names and combine them phonetically to get the last name of a well-known American film actor. Now take his first name, spelled backwards, and add two Roman numerals at the end to get the name of a fabric. Who is the actor, and what is the fabric?
ENTREE #8
Now take a synonym of the item made of fabric and remove one letter. The result will sound like a third kind of tree.
What are the two-three letter trees, the item made of fabric and its synonym, and the third kind of tree?
ENTREE #9
Place a short preposition between two three-letter tree names. Change the second of the two tree names to its four-letter plural form. Also change the first letter of a second tree name, which has an alphanumeric value of “x” to a letter whose alphanumeric value ends in “x”.
The result is a bit of invasive history involving Ike, Jack, Fidel, Che, Bobby, and others.
What are the two trees?
What is the bit of invasive history?
ENTREE #10
played on grass to get a glass vessel that often contains water or wine, oil or vinegar.
What are these trees and the two letters?
What are the game played on grass and the a glass vessel?
ENTREE #11
author.”
What are these two trees and obsolete word?
ENTREE #12
What is the name of this “title tree”?
What are the two non-English words that mean “very very”?
Dessert Menu
Nontemporal Temples Dessert:
E pluribus una dea
Who is the goddess?
What are the names of these two temples?
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QUESTIONS:
ReplyDeleteIn my Entree 9 solution, the first letter of the second tree name has an alphanumeric value that ENDS in “x”. That letter doesn't have a VALUE of "x", as far as I can see.
DeleteI think that "x" stands for a variable, such as in an algebraic equation. For instance, if the first letter of the second tree name starts with "B" (2), you'd change it to "L" (12) or "V" (22). Like you mention, it also happens to end in an "x" in another way.
DeleteYou must be right, as that's the only way my solution works, and I'm sure I have the right invasive bit of history (kind of obvious). Thanks!
DeleteHINTS:
ReplyDeleteAppetizer 5 can be solved in an instant.
DeleteMathematically-challenged puzzle-maker alert: The tree name in Entree 3 is SIX letters, not seven.
DeleteThanks, Nodd. I was going to ask about that.
DeleteI can't believe I keep making these letter-counting mistakes.
DeleteThat's okay. The answer just came to me now. Thanks for that.
DeletepjbTriesToAvoidThe"NumbersRacket"TheBestHeCan
Definitely got #5 after those hints, but that's all so far. Thanks, Tortie.
DeletepjbAlsoSawTheKingstonTrioReference,BTW
Hints for Entrees 2-8:
Delete2. The longer tree is a company.
3. The tree can be made more sought-after with the addition of a “U.”
4. Barney Miller
5. The tree is part of a Donovan song.
6. The first four letters of the fabric item are also a diet.
7. Mona Lisa with a pony tail.
8. Good thing I had my mask on.
OK, so I got most of those right. Looks like I have #6 wrong, though. I found a diet that's four letters long whose last three letters matches the tree in my original answer; however, the only fabric item I can find seems to be obscure.
DeleteTortie, I would not say the fabric item is obscure, but it is not worn as much in the U.S. today as it was in the 1960's. It originated outside the U.S. and today is mostly worn in foreign countries.
DeleteHints for App 5 riffs:
Delete1. The first word in the nickname is a color.
2. The nickname was based on the president’s occupation before he was president. The occupation involved things we wear.
3. The singer's first name can be found in a song from "Sgt. Pepper's."
Got #4 for sure now. Don't understand "Mona Lisa with a pony tail", though.
DeletepjbBelievesTheActorInQuestionDoesn'tLookLikeHerAtAll,PonyTailOrNot
More App hints. I'll leave out #5 and #6 because I think you solved them.
Delete1. If you divide the island name in half, the first half will be a very large building containing many stores. The second half is the black and white marine mammal.
2. Like the actress' nickname in #5, "So-and-So"'s name sounds like a letter of the alphabet. The band name is not the Techniques.
On the most recent Academy Awards broadcast, an Oscar-winning Latina actress presented one of the nominees, who is also Latina. That nominee's name is one of the song titles in #2, which was sung by the older actress in the movie musical. The younger actress was nominated for a movie that starred the actress who is the answer to #4.
3. Covergirl/Tickle Me Elmo/Beanie Babies
4. Who is Ken's bride marrying?
The first single release by the band in #2 was yet another song from the musical but it was not a hit. The band's most famous song from a musical was from "South Pacific." The song's initials spell a word relating to vision. That word also sounds like the letter after the actress' nickname (when said out loud) in #5.
DeleteThank you, Tortie; I finally figured out Apps 2 and 4, and the right phrase for 6. I really liked the "Ken-nection" in 4 once I figured it out (using an anagrammer). Thanks for all six puzzles; great fun (after hints, anyway)!
Delete11th-hour hints:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
The "female deer" is not a "doe," but it is close.
The last fiveletters of one of the creatures is a word for what young couples in love sometimes do.
Appetizer Menu
Half-A-Dozen Puzzling Doozies Appetizer:
See Tortie's generous helpings of excellent Appetizer hints, above.
Political Two-step Hors d’Oeuvre:
Italian Shadow Dancing
The five-letter word for a centuries-old Italian dance begins with a sphere.
The two-word political phrase, in eight and six letters, begins with an A and a B.
Givin’ Me The Willys Slice:
“Stop, Rewolf!”
The thirteen instances of efflorescence in the account are spelled backward.
Riffing Off Shortz And Meersman Slices:
ENTREE #1
The first three letters, in reverse, , spell an abbreviation by which this person may be addressed in writing.
The ninth, sixth and fourth letters spell a homophone of a letter of the alphabet... a salty, wet homophone
The remaining letters, in order, spell a creature that may inhabit that homophone... a creature named "Ethel"?
ENTREE #2 thru Entree #8:
See Nodd's also excellent hints, also above.
ENTREE #9
The bit of invasive history involving Ike, Jack, Fidel, Che, Bobby, and others produced no Big Payoff for the U.S.
ENTREE #10
The sunny-side-up Breakfast I ate at Denny's this morning included an egg with a perfect Yolk! Ooh, wonderful! (I scooped it out with my spoon from the white within which it nested.
ENTREE #11
Try googling "Ben Jonson, “a juggler’s trick,” “conjuring,” “wicked” and “the devil is its author.”
ENTREE #12
A Jack Lemon flick... not his proudest moment. Give me "The Apartment"... any day... a night and day comparison.
Nontemporal Temples Dessert:
Name an ancient temple dedicated to a goddess? "What goddess?" you ask. The Who had the answer already back in 1982!
LegoLastMinuteHinting
Got the Schpuzzle(finally), as well as App #2 and Entree #9. That's all so far. Getting a bit late for the rest, though.
DeletepjbWillRevealWhatHeCanFollowing"TheMaskedSinger",OfCourse(TVThemeNight,BTW)
PUZZLE RIFFS:
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DeleteAPP #5 RIFF-OFFS:
Delete1. Think of an actor who is well-known for a sitcom. His name sounds like the nickname of an American president. The last four letters of the first word of the sitcom spell the last name of a different American president. Who is the actor, what are the sitcom and the nickname, and who are the presidents?
2. A well-known actress of the past had the same last name as an American president. Her last name also sounds like the third word in the three-word nickname of a different American president. Who is the actress, who are the presidents, and what is the nickname?
3. A well-known American songstress has the same last name as an American president. Her first name can be rearranged to spell the middle letters of the first word in the three-word nickname of a different American president. Who is the songstress, who are the presidents, and what is the nickname?
I have the first two riffs, but will likely need a hint for the third. I can find singers whose last names match those of presidents, but the nickname part is stumping me.
DeleteGot it now. Thanks!
DeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR:
ReplyDeleteSo far I have Apps 3 and 6, the Slice, the Entrees, and the Dessert. I found the Slice to be great fun, though not very hard.
DeleteI've now solved Entrees #5, #7, #11, #12, and the Dessert. I forgot to mention that Lego, Nodd, and Tortie mustn't forget to provide hints this week.
DeletepjbDidASo-SoJobLookingUpTrees(CertainlyNotBarkingUpAnyWrongOnes)
I've solved everything - well, obviously I didn't have to worry about Apps - except Entree #2. I must say that the Hors d'Oeuvre is particularly clever once you find the right dance.
DeleteOK, now have Entree #2.
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DeleteCongratulations, Tortie, on what may be a speed record for finishing a menu. I agree re the Hors d'Oeuvre; the eight-letter word is very clever.
DeleteI have all but Apps 2 and 4.
DeleteNo. 2 makes my head hurt. Too many possible bands, songs and Broadway musicals. Without more specificity it will be sheer dumb luck if I get the answer.
Regarding No. 4, I can't imagine what the image is supposed to be. Ken pretending to be 007?
Another good Friday to you all from all of us here in AL!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine. We ate out with Bryan and Mia Kate at Cracker Barrel earlier this evening. I had some grilled boneless chicken breasts with "Smoky" in the title(but I've since forgotten the entire title), a house salad with honey mustard dressing, country green beans, mac 'n' cheese, and a Coke Zero(with refill); Mom had the "Coastal Sampler", which is fish, shrimp, a baked sweet potato, and a Sprite; Bryan had "Grandma's Breakfast"(something like that; if not, I've forgotten the last part of the name by now), which is bacon, eggs, and his choice of French toast instead of pancakes, and I've forgotten what he had to drink; And Mia Kate had the meatloaf, some apples, and I've forgotten what other sides she had(bear with me, sometimes I'll forget certain details when describing things like this). Mom had the worst time, though. Afterward, she said the fish had no taste, and Bryan and Mia Kate got there first, so he ordered our drinks for us, and while I was fine with my Coke Zero, Mom didn't want the sweet tea he ordered, so she had to ask for Sprite(which she accidentally spilled on the table, and if it weren't for Bryan's moving quickly, his pants would have been soaked!). Mia Kate was wearing a t-shirt that said "ARCTIC MONKEYS" on the front. Some British punk group she likes, I learned. She also had some green-with-white-polka-dots painted on her fingernails, which she claimed was a belated St. Patrick's Day look. Said she didn't really have anything else to wear that matched with them. She's still practicing for her dance recital in May, but she'll also soon be going to watch a production of "Swan Lake" at the Alabama Theatre. BTW Her cats, Mew-Mew and Lucy(now nicknamed "Lulu Lemon")have both scratched her, once on the arm and once on the leg. Maddy didn't want to come, even though Renae left for Ft. Walton yesterday to work on their villa at the condo, so Maddy must have been at home alone. After the meal, Mom and I were going to go to Walgreens, but all of a sudden she really needed to use the bathroom, so we came home.
MY PROGRESS SO FAR:
I've got Appetizer #6, but only in terms of the initials. I could take a guess about the phrase, but I don't really think Blaine would allow someone to say it on his blog. The Slice proved to be fairly easy, as did Entree #1, and I managed to get #8 and #10 already. But because of the new P! not being up and running late last night, I failed to get any further than that. Guess I've got a lot of trees to look up after this(yea).
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and I hope everyone here has had or will have something delicious for their supper. Cranberry out!
pjbAdmitsSomeOfThesePuzzlesGiveHimTheWillys(AndNotOfTheAutomobileVariety,Either!)
I would be very surprised if Blaine wouldn't allow someone to use that phrase on his blog. There's nothing NSFW or even NSFBB (Not Safe For Blaine's Blog) about it.
DeleteI never said it was NSFW. I simply said Blaine would not allow someone to ask that of another blogger. It would surely be "removed by the blog administrator"---that is, if I have the correct phrase.
DeletepjbIsNotTryingToShockAnyoneHere,HeJustDoesn'tImagineThisPhraseBeingAllowedIfUsed
I finally figured out what phrase you're thinking of. You have the right letters, but it's definitely a different phrase!
DeleteI think it is the fried apples at Cracker Barrel- as a side dish. Very good BTW.
DeleteSolved App 5 in a "trice". Beatrice - trice = Bea
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: ANTELOPE, ANTEATER; ROE, LEAPT; ANTE, ANT
ReplyDeleteApp: I have the week off! However, I will say that the phrase in App #6 is not “GIVE ME THE ANSWER!”
Hors d’Oeuvre: BALLO, ABSENT T BALLOT (ABSENTEE BALLOT)
Slice: DAISY (WillYS I ADmit), DAFFODIL (LID OFF A Drum), PEONY (definitelY NO EPic), AMARYLLIS (SILLY RAMAda), MARIGOLD (olD LOG I RAM), ASTER (fRETSAw), IRIS (parcheeSI, Ringtoss), TULIP (MississipPI LUTefisk), LILAC (picCALILli), PANSY (babY’S NAP), LOTUS (jujitSU TOLd), ANEMONE (gENOME Naysayer), GLADIOLA (alkALOID ALGebra)
Entrees:
1. EMMA MEERSMAN; MME, SEA - C, MERMAN
2. APPLE, PEAR, APPAREL
3. POPLAR, POPLIN (hint: COTTONWOOD)
4. LINDEN, LINEN
5. JUNIPER, JUMPER
6. (Post hint: ) ASH, DASHIKI, (Pre hint alt: ) ASH, WASHRAG
7. NED BEATTY (BAY + TEA), DENIM
8. ASH, YEW, (ACHOO) HANDKERCHIEF, BANDANA, BANANA
9. BAY, FIG; BAY OF PIGS
10. OAK, YEW, O, Q; CROQUET, CRUET
11 FIG, GUM, FIGGUM
12. (UNDER THE) YUM YUM (TREE); MUY MUY
Dessert: PARTHENON, PANTHEON
Riffs:
1. REDD FOXX, SANFORD AND SON, RED FOX (Jefferson), GERALD FORD
2. ELIZABETH TAYLOR, ZACHARY TAYLOR, ANDREW JACKSON (The Tennessee Tailor)
3. (Post hint: ) RITA COOLIDGE, CALVIN COOLIDGE, MARTIN VAN BUREN, MARTIN VAN RUIN (pre hint: was thinking June Carter (Cash), Nancy Wilson (either the Heart singer or the jazz singer), Dinah Washington, plus others, including more Wilsons - Ann, Mary, Carnie, Wendy)
SCHPUZZLE – ANTELOPE, ANTEATER; ROE, LEAPT; ANTE, ANT
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS
1. MALLORCA; LLAMA; ORCA; LAMB; CORAL
2. JAY AND THE AMERICANS; “CARA MIA”; “ONLY IN AMERICA”; WEST SIDE STORY; “MARIA”
3. COTY; TYCO; TY
4. BARBIE’S GROOM; MARGOT ROBBIE
5. BEATRICE (BEA) ARTHUR; ABRAHAM LINCOLN; CHESTER A. ARTHUR
6. “GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE”; GREENWICH MEAN TIME; GRAND
THEFT AUTO; GOOD MORNING AMERICA; METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
HORS D’OEUVRE – ABSENTEE BALLOT
SLICE – Willys I admit [DAISY]; lid off a drum [DAFFODIL]; definitely no epic [PEONY]; silly Ramada [AMARYLLIS]; old log I ram [MARIGOLD]; fretsaw [ASTER]; Parcheesi, ring-toss [IRIS]; Mississippi lutefisk [TULIP]; piccalilli [LILAC]; baby’s nap [PANSY]; jujitsu told [LOTUS]; genome naysayer [ANEMONE]; alkaloid algebra [GLADIOLA]
ENTREES
1. EMMA MEERSMAN; MME.; SEA; MERMAN
2. APPLE; PEAR; APPAREL
3. POPLAR; POPLIN; HINT: COTTONWOOD
4. LINDEN; LINEN
5. JUNIPER; JUMPER
6. ASH; DASHIKI
7. NED BEATTY (BAY-TEA); DENIM
8. ASH, YEW (ACHOO!); HANDKERCHIEF; BANDANNA; BANANA
9. BAY, FIG; BAY OF PIGS
10. OAK, YEW; O, Q; CROQUET; CRUET
11. FIG, GUM; FIGGUM
12. YUM YUM; MUY, MUY
DESSERT – ATHENA; PARTHENON; PANTHEON
APP #5 RIFF-OFFS:
1. REDD FOXX; SANFORD AND SON; “RED FOX”; THOMAS JEFFERSON; GERALD FORD
2. ELIZABETH TAYLOR; ZACHARY TAYLOR; ANDREW JOHNSON; “THE TENNESSEE TAILOR”
3. RITA COOLIDGE; CALVIN COOLIDGE; MARTIN VAN BUREN; “MARTIN VAN RUIN”
SCHPUZZLE: ANTELOPE & ANTEATER => LOPE ATER => ROE [DOE] LEAPT; ANTE & ANT
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS:
1. MALLORCA => LLAMA, ORCA; BMALLORCA => LAMB; LORCA => CORAL
3. COTY => TYCO => TY
4. BLOND-HAIRED => BLONEHAIRED => ?
HORS D’O: VOLTA
SLICE: DAFFODIL, PEONY, AMARYLLIS, MARIGOLD, ASTER, IRIS, TULIP, LILAC, PANSY, LOTUS, ANEMONE, GLADIOLA and ?
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteANTEATER, ANTELOPE, ROE LEAPT, ANTE-, ANT
Appetizer Menu
1. MALLORCA, LLAMA, ORCA, LAMB, CORAL
2. JAY AND THE AMERICANS, "CARA MIA", "ONLY IN AMERICA"; "AMERICA" and "MARIA" from "WEST SIDE STORY"
3. COTY, TYCO, TY
4. BARBIE'S GROOM, MARGOT ROBBIE(star of "Barbie")
5. BEATRICE(BEA)ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR, ABRAHAM(ABE)LINCOLN
6. GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE(I thought it was GIVE ME THE ANSWER, which Blaine would never allow on his blog.)
(1.)GMT(Greenwich Mean Time)
(2.)GTA(Grand Theft Auto)
(3.)GMA(Good Morning America)
(4.)MTA(Manhattan Transit Authority)
Menu
Political Two-Step Hors d'Oeuvre
BALLO, ABSENTEE BALLOT(ABSENT "T")
Giving' Me The Willys Slice
DAISY
DAFFODIL
PEONY
AMARYLLIS
MARIGOLD
ASTER
TULIP
IRIS
LILAC
PANSY
LOTUS
ANEMONE
GLADIOLA
Entrees
1. EMMA MEERSMAN, MME.(madame), SEA(C), MERMAN
2. APPLE, PEAR, APPAREL
3. POPLAR, POPLIN
4. LINDEN, LINEN
5. JUNIPER, JUMPER
6. ASH, DASHIKI
7. BAY, TEA, NED BEATTY, DENIM
8. ASH+YEW="ACHOO!", HANDKERCHIEF, BANDANA, BANANA
9. BAY, FIG, BAY OF PIGS
10. OAK+YEW=O, Q; CROQUET, CRUET
11. FIG+GUM=FIGGUM
12. YUM YUM("Under the Yum Yum Tree"), MUY, MUY
Dessert Menu
Nontemporal Temples
PARTHENON, PANTHEON
Masked Singer Results
SIR LION(Wild Card)=BILLY BUSH("Extra" host)
Mom doesn't know him, but I do. Gotta go, must eat!-pjb
This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Gophers & badgers & deer, oh my!
Take just the second halves of two creatures with the same even number of letters in their names – like badger and gopher, for example.
Rearrange these combined letters to spell words that are synonyms of the two-word subject and one-word predicate in “The female deer bounded.”
These two creatures begin with the same four letters in the same order. These four letters spell a prefix. The first three of these four letters spell still another creature.
What are these two creatures with the same even number of letters in their names?
What are the synonyms of “female deer” and “bounded”?
What are the prefix and the creature at the beginning of the prefix?
Hint: The prefix is also a poker term.
Answer:
Antelope; Anteater;
"(The) roe (a, deer, a female deer); leapt.";
Ante, Ant; LOPE+ATER=>ROE LEAPT
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Menu
Half-A-Dozen Puzzling Doozies Appetizer:
Initials, Isles, Prezzes, Pop,Toys & Dolls
Animal Isle
1. Name an island. Place a copy of its last letter at the beginning. You’ll have a mammal spelled backwards, followed by a mammal spelled forwards.
Now change the first letter of the string (i.e., the duplicated letter) to the one that immediately follows it in the alphabet. You’ll have another mammal spelled backward, followed by the remaining letters in the string.
Anagram those remaining letters in the string to produce another animal, one that you might see near an island.
Indeed the island you named to begin this puzzle is especially associated with this animal.
What is the island? What are these animals?
Answer:
MALLORCA; LLAMA, ORCA; LAMB, CORAL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palma_Aquarium
“Pop goes Broadway”
2. Name a pop band from the 1960s. Now think of one of their biggest hits in two words. Change the middle letter of the title to an “E” and rearrange the letters. You’ll have the last word in another one of their song titles. The last word in that song title is also the title of a song from a Broadway musical.
Now remove the first and last letters from the original two-word song title, and rearrange the letters. You’ll have another song title from the musical, which was also an album track for the band.
Who is the band? What is the two-word song title? What is their song title that ends in a song title from a Broadway musical? What is the musical? What song was an album track?
Answer:
JAY AND THE AMERICANS; CARA MIA; (ONLY IN) AMERICA; WEST SIDE STORY; MARIA
Beautiful toys
3. Think of a current beauty company, one that has acquired many other brands during its existence of over a century. Split the name in half, and place the second half before the first half. You’ll have a former toy company that was acquired by a larger competitor. Now take the first half of that name. You’ll have a current toy company.
What is the beauty company? What are the two toy companies?
Answer:
COTY; TYCO, TY
Ken is dating an actress!?
4. Take a two-word phrase that describes the Ken doll shown in the image. Change the last letter of the first word to the letter that follows it in the alphabet, and delete a punctuation mark. Rearrange the letters to produce the first and last names of a well-known contemporary actress.
What is the phrase describing the doll? Who is the actress?
Answer:
BARBIE’S GROOM; MARGOT ROBBIE
Acting presidential
5. Think of an actress who was well-known for two sitcoms and often used a nickname. Rearrange the letters of her nickname to produce a nickname of an American president. Her last name is the last name of a different American president.
Who is she? Who are the presidents?
Answer:
BEA ARTHUR; ABE LINCOLN, CHESTER A. ARTHUR
A phrase rich in initials
6. Think of a familiar phrase in four words that you might use while commenting on a posting on Puzzleria! or Blaine’s blog. Take the initial letters of those four words:
1. The first, second, and third initials spell the initials of a well-known zone in England;
2. The first, third, and fourth initials spell the initials of a popular series of video games;
3. The first, second, and fourth initials spell the initials of a long-running ABC television show;
4. The second, third, and fourth initials spell the initials of a corporation that deals with trains, subways, and buses in New York City.
What is the phrase? What is the English zone? What is the video game? What is the long-running ABC show? What is the corporation that deals with trains, subways, and buses?
Answer:
GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE; GREENWICH MEAN TIME: GRAND THEFT AUTO; GOOD MORNING AMERICA; METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY
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Political Two-step Hors d’Oeuvre:
Italian Shadow Dancing
Name a five-letter word for a centuries-old Italian dance.
Take a two-word political phrase, in eight and six letters, that sounds like it is also a definition of this five-letter word.
What are this dance and this definition?
Answer:
Ballo; "Absentee Ballot" ("Absent tee ballot") a "Ballot" in which the "tee" is absent)
Givin’ Me The Willys Slice:
“Stop, Rewolf!”
Unearth thirteen instances of efflorescence in the following account:
Once upon a timing belt, I overpaid for an “Overland 4-Door Sedan,” a 1939 Willys I admit being an impulse purchase. It was an oil burner. I routinely had to take the lid off a drum of “black gold” and funnel it in. My Willys may be somewhat collectible, but is definitely no epic classic car!
I cram my family into the Willys to attend the occasional weekend auto shows. To avoid silly Ramada Inn rules, we always stay at nice motels, some that come equipped with hearths in each room! When there is a chill in the air, the heat increases with every big old log I ram into our fireplace... I try to cut them up with the fretsaw from my toolbox, but it is just not the right tool!
We wake up early to drive to the all-day shows in the Willys, arriving around noon. It’s a picnic atmosphere: Family and friends playing parcheesi, ring-toss and charades; franks, brats and Mississippi lutefisk on the grill, soon to be garnished and slathered with piccalilli relish. After lunch, it's time for our baby’s nap.
Now is a good time to mingle with fellow aficionados of autos. An instructor of jujitsu told us to invest in vintage datsuns and Nissans. A genome naysayer told us he never touches any auto manufactures after 1930. A chemist proficient in alcaloid algebra invests only in eclectic electric cars.
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Once upon a timing belt, I overpaid for an “Overland 4-Door Sedan,” a 1939 WillYS I ADmit being an impulse purchase. It was an oil burner. I routinely had to take the LID OFF A Drum of “black gold” and funnel it in. My Willys may be somewhat collectible, but is definitelY NO EPic classic car!
I cram my family into the Willys to attend the occasional weekend auto shows. To avoid SILLY RAMAda Inn rules, we always stay at nice motels, some that come equipped with hearths in each room! When there is a chill in the air, the heat increases with every big olD LOG I RAM into our fireplace... I try to cut them up with the fRETSAw from my toolbox, but it is just not the right tool!
We wake up early to drive to the all-day shows in the Willys, arriving around noon. It's a picnic atmosphere: Family and friends playing parcheeSI, RIng-toss and charades; franks, brats and MississipPI LUTefisk on the grill, soon to be garnished and slathered with picCALILli relish. After lunch, it's time for our babY'S NAP.
Now is a good time to mingle with fellow aficionados of autos. An instructor of jujitSU TOLd us to invest in vintage datsuns and Nissans. A gENOME NAysayer told us he never touches any auto manufactures after 1930. A chemist proficient in alcALOID ALGebra invests only in eclectic electric cars.
Thirteen flowers, spelled in reverse are hidden in the text:
1. DAISY; WillYS I ADmit
2. DAFFODIL; LID OFF A Drum
3. PEONY; definitelY NO EPic
4. AMARYLLIS; SILLY RAMAda
5. MARIGOLD; olD LOG I RAM
6. ASTER; fRETSAw
7. IRIS; parcheeSI RIng-toss
8. TULIP; MississipPI LUTefisk
9. LILAC; picCALILli
10. PANSY; babY'S NAP
11. LOTUS; jujitSU TOLd
12. ANEMONE; gENOME NAysayer
13. GLADIOLA; alcALOID ALGebra
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Will Shortz’s March 17th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Emma Meersman of Seattle, Washington, reads:
Take two three-letter tree names and combine them phonetically to get a clue for a type of fabric, then change one letter in that word to get something related to trees. Your answer should be the two tree names you started with.
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Meersman Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Take the first and last names of a puzzle-maker.
The first three letters, in reverse, spell and abbreviation by which this person may be addressed in writing.
The ninth, sixth and fourth letters spell a homophone of a letter of the alphabet.
The remaining letters, in order, spell a creature that may inhabit that homophone.
Who is the puzzle-maker?
What are the abbreviation, homophone and creature?
Answer:
Emma Meersman; Mme (Madame Meersman, for example), Sea, merman
Note: Entrees #2 through #8 were composed by our friend Nodd, whose “Nodd ready for prime time” feature appears regularly on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #2
Take two tree names of five and four letters. Say the first syllable of the longer tree name. Then say the shorter tree name. Finally, say the last syllable of the longer name. What you have said will sound like a word for certain items made of fabrics.
What are the tree names and the items made of fabrics?
Answer:
APPLE, PEAR; “APP-PEAR-LE”; APPAREL
ENTREE #3
Take a seven-letter tree name and replace the last two letters with two different letters to get a kind of fabric.
What are the tree and the fabric?
Hint: The tree is also known by a name that consists of a compound word composed of two words, the first of which is also a kind of fabric.
Answer:
POPLAR; POPLIN (Hint: COTTONWOOD)
ENTREE #4
Take a six-letter tree name and remove one letter to get a kind of fabric.
What are the tree and the fabric?
Answer:
LINDEN; LINEN
ENTREE #5
Take a seven-letter tree name and replace the third and fourth letters with one different letter to get a word for an item made of fabric.
What are the tree and the item made of fabric?
Answer:
JUNIPER; JUMPER
ENTREE #6
Take a three-letter tree name and add a letter at the beginning and three letters at the end to get a word for an item made of fabric. What are the tree and the item made of fabric?
Answer:
ASH; DASHIKI
ENTREE #7
Take two three-letter tree names and combine them phonetically to get the last name of a well-known American film actor. Now take his first name, spelled backwards, and add two Roman numerals at the end to get the name of a fabric. Who is the actor, and what is the fabric?
Answer:
NED BEATTY (“BAY-TEA”); DENIM
ENTREE #8
Take two three-letter tree names, combine them phonetically, and say them quickly out loud. The result will sound like something you might find yourself saying just before you reach for something made of fabric.
Now take a synonym of the item made of fabric and remove one letter. The result will sound like a third kind of tree.
What are the two-three letter trees, the item made of fabric and its synonym, and the third kind of tree?
Answer:
ASH, YEW (“ACHOO!”); HANDKERCHIEF; BANDANNA; BANANA
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Place a short preposition between two three-letter tree names. Change the second of the two tree names to it four-letter plural form. Also change the first letter of second tree name, which has an alphanumeric value of “x” to a letter whose alphanumeric value ends in “x”.
The result is a bit of invasive history involving Ike, Jack, Fidel, Che, Bobby, and others.
What are the two trees?
What is the bit of invasive history?
Answer:
Bay, Fig; Bay of Pigs (Invasion)
ENTREE #10
Take two three-letter tree names and combine them phonetically to get a two letters that, in their uppercase form, have a very similar shape. Remove those two letters from a game played on grass to get a glass vessel that often contains water or wine, oil or vinegar.
What are these trees and the two letters?
What are the game played on grass and the a glass vessel?
Answer:
Oak, Yew; O, Q; Croquet, Cruet
ENTREE #11
Take two three-letter tree names and combine them to a nearly four-century-old now obsolete word for “a juggler’s trick” or “conjuring.” The author Ben Johnson described the word as “wicked” and suggested that “the devil is its author.”
What are these two trees and obsolete word?
Answer:
Fig, gum; figgum
ENTREE #12
Take two three-letter words in the name of the “title tree” in a five-word 1960s movie. Spell these two words backwards to form two non-English words which, when translated into English, are “very very.”
What is the name of this “title tree”?
What are the two non-English words that mean “very very”?
Answer:
("Under the) Yum Yum (Tree)";
Dessert Menu
Nontemporal Temples Dessert:
E pluribus una dea
Name an ancient temple dedicated to a goddess. Replace its third letter with its third-last letter, and remove the space left by the displacement of the third-last letter. The result is a temple dedicated to all the gods.
Who is the goddess?
What are the names of these two temples?
Answer:
Parthenon; Pantheon
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