Thursday, June 13, 2024

Jazz, Journeys, States, Starlets, Americans & Cats, by Tortitude; Upside-down brand is panned! Speedy creatures, varied features; “There’s a silent ewe in my drawer!” Seeking collaborative creativity; Movie minus monogram makes a motto

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe2 SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:

Movie minus monogram makes a motto

Remove just one letter from a well-known classic movie title.

The result is a phrase that could describe – or that could serve as a motto for – a deity whose name is mostly vowels. 

What is this movie title?

What is the deity?

Appetizer Menu

Testudinal Appetizer:

Jazz Journeys States Starlets Americans & Cats

Sitcom... and all that Jazz

1. ♯🎝🎜Name a jazz musician and songwriter with a total of eight letters. 

Now think of two three-letter male first names which differ only in their middle letters. 

Add those two names to the name of the jazz musician, and rearrange the letters. You’ll have the name of an actress who was well-known for two sitcoms. 

(Note: One name has an accent mark which you should ignore for this puzzle.)

Who are the jazz musician and actress? What are the two three-letter names that differ only in their middle letters? 

Sentimental 50s ‘60s ‘70s Musical Journey

2. 📺Think of a Billboard #1 hit from the 1960s. Add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce a vocal group with four #1 hits in the 1950s. 

Remove the last letter from the group, then remove a duplicate letter and rearrange the letters. You’ll have the last name of a famous musician, one that had a #1 hit in the 1960s and a #1 hit in the 1970s. 

The title of that Billboard #1 hit from the 1960s contains the last two letters of the four-lettered name of a character who made his TV debut in 1969 as half of a famous duo. Replace those
letters in the song title with the first two letters of the character’s name. Rearrange the letters to produce the name of a famous rock group. 

What is the #1 song? 

Who are the vocal group, famous musician, and famous rock group? 

Who is the character from the famous duo? 

“Truncated States and the Starlet

3. 🌟Name a well-known film actress whose first and last names combined contain an odd number of letters. 


Her name consists of consecutive U.S. postal code abbreviations, although the third abbreviation is backwards. The last two letters of her name also form a U.S. postal code
abbreviation. As an example,
“condemn,” a word with an odd number of letters, contains the four U.S. state abbreviations CO, ND, ME (in reverse) and MN: Colorado, North Dakota, Maine & Minnesota. 

Now remove the letters of a U.S. state from the name of this actress. You’ll be left with four letters that can be rearranged to produce two U.S. postal code abbreviations. 

Who is she? What state’s letters can be found
within her name? What are the two U.S. postal codes?

Nominally Intertwined Americans

4. 🧬Name a famous American historical figure. The last three letters of his first name, combined with the first three letters of his last name, spell the last name of someone associated with him. 

If you remove the letters of the associated person’s first name from the first and last names of the historical figure, you’ll be left with six letters. Rearrange those letters to produce something that was heard shortly before the historical figure died. 

Who are these two people?  What was heard shortly before the historical figure died? 

“Canines & Felines & Birds, Oh My!

5. 🐶😺🐦Name a type of dog in seven letters. 

Change the first letter and rearrange the letters. 

You’ll have a type of bird. Now change the last letter of the type of dog and rearrange the letters. You’ll have a type of cat.  

What is the type of dog, bird, and cat? 

Converting a Cat

6. 🦁🐯Name a type of cat. ROT-1 the first letter and ROT-2 the second letter. 

You’ll have another type of cat. 

What are the cats? 

Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Roadies Rearrangement

7. 🎸Fill in the following blanks and rearrange the letters to produce a popular 1970s rock band: 

“Hey, man! Our latest ___ ______ just reached ______-1 in the United States!” Their fans would ____ about the band, as their roadies would unpack their ___.

What words fit in the blanks? What is the band? 

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Inverted Hors d’Oeuvre:

Upside-down brand is panned!

Look at a brand name upside-down. Capitalize any non-capital letters. 

The result is an abbreviation that is an unfavorable review of the brand. 

What are this brand name, the abbreviation and what it stands for?

“Double-Letter-Amputation” Slice:

Speedy creatures, varied features 

Remove the fifth and first letters from certain speedy creatures. 

Replace the space with a letter equidistant in
the alphabet from the two removed letters. 

The result is physical features certain other speedy creatures have (but not the original speedy creatures that underwent a “double-letter-amputation” before receiving only a “single-letter-implant”). 

What are these creatures and features? 

Riffing Off Shortz And McIntyre Slices:

“There’s a silent ewe in my drawer!”

Will Shortz’s June 9th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created listener Patrick McIntyre of Seattle, Washington. It’s a little tricky, and reads:  

What item containing a silent U is commonly found in kitchen drawers?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And McIntyre Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Name a seven-letter salty snack that can also follow the words “fire” or “nut.” 

Take also a two-word sweet snack manufactured by York, Pearson, Nestle and Russell Stover. Change the short vowel sound in the second word of the sweet snack to a different short vowel sound. Remove one of the letters that appears twice in that second word. That new four-letter second word  means “a sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy.”

Rearrange the combined letters of the salty snack, the first word of the sweet snack, and the altered second word of the sweet snack. The result is the name of a puzzle-maker.

Who is the puzzle-maker?

What are the salty and sweet snacks?

Hint: The seven-letter word for the crisp
snack food might also follow an anagram of the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland or an anagram of a synonym of “outstanding” or “distinguished.”

Note: Entree #2 was created by Plantsmith, creator of “Garden of Puzzley Delights” on Puzzleria!

ENTREE #2

Name two single-syllable words  – one found in a fishing tackle box and the other found on a fishing tackle box. One has a short-a sound, the other a long-a sound. 

What are these words found in and on a fishing tackle box?

Hint: The combined letters of the two words can be rearranged to spell two nouns in a Dr. Seuss book title and a three-letter abbreviation for a sibling of your spouse that sounds like a bird’s beak or a visor on a cap.

What are these two single-syllable words?

Note: Entrees #3-through-#8 were created by Nodd, creator of “Nodd ready for Prime Time”  on Puzzleria!

ENTREE #3

What two-word item containing a silent “u” and a silent “a” is commonly found in kitchen drawers?

ENTREE #4

What item containing a silent “h” is commonly
found in kitchen drawers?

ENTREE #5

What items containing a silent “h” are
commonly found in kitchen drawers?

ENTREE #6

What item containing a silent “c” is commonly found in kitchen drawers?


ENTREE #7

What item containing a silent “p” and a silent “a” is commonly found in a kitchen?

ENTREE #8

What two-word item containing a silent “a”, a silent “e”, and a silent consonant is commonly
found in kitchen drawers?

ENTREE #9
Our Grandpa, a 
“Rabbi Emeritus,” has, since his retirement twenty years ago at age 65, become an infrequent bather but a frequent chain-smoker.

What unpleasant and concern-causing things containing a “short O” and a “short A” are commonly found in Grandpa’s drawers?

What are these things?

Hint: The combined letters of those two things can be rearranged to spell holy books that Grandpa still reads every day.

Dessert Menu

Synonymous Dessert:

Seeking collaborative creativity

Take a verb that means “to engage in a collaborative creative effort.” 

The first half of the verb and the last three-fourths of the verb are synonyms.  

What are these three words?

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61 comments:

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    1. Entree 1 – Should a letter first be removed from the second word of the sweet snack to get the word that means “a sympathetic sorrow …”?

      App 4 -- This seems extremely familiar. Has it appeared before here or elsewhere?

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    2. App 4: I don't remember seeing this puzzle here or elsewhere before, but the names might ring a bell (not Pavlov).

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    3. I vaguely recall seeing it here, as one of Lego's offerings. Either way, the answer occurred to me immediately when I read the puzzle. I was able to solve Apps 1 and 7 pretty quickly too. I like all three. Very fun!

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    4. As often happens in the "puzzle-making-game," people come up with the same brilliant puzzle idea independently. Tortitude, in this case, independently hit upon/noticed one of the most amazing wordplayful quirks in American history! And she, as I did probably about six or seven years ago, made a puzzle out of it. I, of course, sent it to Will Shortz. He responded, correctly, that others had also already made note of this amazingly coincidental "quirk," and therefore rejected it as an NPR challenge. I must say that Tortie deserves credit for discovering this amazing quirk independently.

      LegoQuirkily

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    5. Yes, I discovered this quirk while working on one of Lego's similar puzzles (will say more later, but I found it by going through a list of these types of people). And I also sent this to NPR (just part 1) via the Web form before I had success with "Clairol/Ricola" and then finally obtained Will's email address. It was rejected but I didn't quite know why until now.

      App #5 was also a reject before I had success, so I don't know why that was rejected either. Probably a limited number of dogs to search through or maybe it simply didn't "wow" Will.

      TortieWhoAtLeastDidn'tResubmit"AlecGuinness/GuinnessAle"AgainEvenThoughINeverThoughtOfItInTheFirstPlace

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    6. I am dying to know to WHICH Appetizer, Lego and Tortie, you are referring? (Meaning with the amazing wordplay quirk.)

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    7. It is Tortitude's Appetizer #4, VT.
      She made the puzzle even better by adding the part about the six-letter "something that was heard shortly before the historical figure died."

      Lego...

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    8. Thanks, Lego. Obviously, *I* have never run into this particular 'quirk.'

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    9. When I sent the puzzle to NPR, I made it easier by specifying the kind of historical figure.

      I wish that this platform had a "spoiler" type feature like they have on Reddit. The spoiler shows up in black and if you click on it, it'll show more information. So we'd have the option of trying to solve the puzzles without that but if we can't, we can click the black box and get more info without waiting for hints.

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    10. Boy, such a thing would be nifty, Tortie!

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    11. E9- He did not also chew did he? Hope not.

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    12. Is there a Svabby cat breed out there?

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    1. SUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 3-8:
      3. The silent “u” is in the first word; the silent “a” is in the second. It’s an item that gives a chef a comparative advantage.
      4. Sounds like it used to clean clothes.
      5. Pluralized first name of a brassy American musician.
      6. Watch for rocks!
      7. Rhymes with the last name of a Lafayette.
      8. The first word sounds like a synonym for raised; the second word, minus the first letter, anagrams to an exaction.

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    2. E2..If any of you folks are into fly fishing there is a three word term that has two words that rhyme with one of terms in this puzzle.
      blank the blank. Shazam.

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    3. A1- Some jazz singers are multitalented and even play instruments- such as Diana Krall.

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    4. A1 - per the Wikipedia article, this man "was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author." I'd say that is multitalented!

      He was the favorite singer of a character on a sitcom that has had a revival recently.

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    5. Drum Gods are shining this week.

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    6. Mid-Monday Hints:

      Schpuzzle of the Week:
      The deity is a Greek god.
      The removed letter is the first letter in the four-word movie title.

      Testudinal Appetizer:
      See Tortitude's hits, above.

      Inverted Hors d’Oeuvre:
      Upside-down brand (is) panned!
      It is the brand name of a soft drink.

      “Double-Letter-Amputation” Slice:
      Speedy creatures, varied features
      The certain speedy creatures are cats... (from Carolina?)

      Riffing Off Shortz And McIntyre Slices:
      “There’s a silent ewe in my drawer!”
      ENTREE #1
      Name a seven-letter salty snack that can also follow the words “fire” or “nut...”
      “fire_______ fuse”
      “Nut_______ Suite”
      ENTREE #2
      See Plantsmith's hint, above, in HINTS.
      Entrees #3-through-#8
      See Nodd's hints, above, in HINTS.
      ENTREE #9
      The holy books that Grandpa still reads every day are the five books of Moses constituting the Pentateuch.

      Synonymous Dessert:
      Seeking collaborative creativity
      Take a verb that means “to engage in a collaborative creative effort...” (like Edison and Bell might have done, perhaps)

      Lego...

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    1. What substance containing a silent “c,” or a silent “q,” or a silent “u” (depending on which source you consult(!)) is commonly found in kitchen drawers?

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    2. I just have the Slice and Entrees #1 and 2. I may have also made some progress on Nodd's Entrees (seems like there are a lot of alt possibilities there, like there are for the original NPR puzzle).

      That's it! Very frustrating week. I can't tell you how much I've tried to search for synonyms of "collaborate" with no luck. :/

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  5. I'll give a full progress report later, but I'm finding the puzzles this week to be extremely difficult so far. It doesn't help that I don't enjoy (and am not particularly good at) phonetic puzzles, so unless I can find these words in a list or I actually possess these items, I don't have a chance.

    I'm stuck on the vast majority of the other puzzles as well. Feel like the Dessert and the Schpuzzle should be solvable, but I'm stuck (have a few words for the word where you delete a letter to get another word, but I'm unhappy with all of the movie titles I found for those words). Did solve the Slice at least, so I guess that's some consolation.

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  6. I think I have the Dessert, thanks to skydiveboy.

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    1. Skydiveboy often speaks of having coined a puzzle.

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  7. Last night, I could solve only Torties #5 and Entree #1. I no longer have time or patience to run through endless lists. In fact, I start to groan when I see that one is meant to 'think of an actor" or "an author" etc, because it means lengthy searching, which is not fun.

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    1. Well you are ahead of me. Alexa, think of an author???

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    2. VT, I sympathize. I've perused a lot of lists trying to solve puzzles and have been frustrated sometimes too. Entrees 3-8 shouldn't require too much searching. They're all familiar words, and in fact one of the answers has already been posted on Blaine's blog.

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    3. I will be giving out hints Sunday night or Monday morning.

      I do think that all of my puzzles are solvable without hints, although I admit some will be somewhat tedious!

      FYI, I just looked up the "vocal group with four #1 hits" on Wikipedia to see what those songs were. The first one may or may not have reached #1. The page devoted to the group definitely lists four #1s; however, the page devoted to their first #1 song lists both a #1 showing and a #2 showing! The charts were kind of confusing then. So, if your research shows a vocal group with three #1 songs, that's probably the right one.

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    4. Thanks for that info, Tortie. I agree your puzzles can be solved without hints, at least what I've solved so far (1, 4, 6 and 7).

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    5. Nodd, I appreciate the sympathy....thank you.

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  8. Happy Father's Day Weekend Eve to all!
    Mom and I are fine. We came back from FL on Tuesday, and Bryan and Renae and the kids went on to Orlando. So Mom and I didn't eat out this evening. Instead, Mom picked me up something from Hardee's, and a chicken pot pie from KFC for herself. I had a Monster Burger, fries, a Diet Dr. Pepper, and a cinnamon roll. I would've checked in with y'all earlier, except my Kindle needed recharging. Looked over all the new puzzles last night, but the only one I've really solved is Entree #1. Hope there'll be some good hints from everyone involved coming soon!
    BTW This next week I will be taking part in a sleep study which requires my sleeping while wearing a C-PAP. Could be problematic, so wish me luck/pray for me this week.
    Good luck in solving to all, please stay safe, and I hope all the fathers on the blog(if any)get some really great gifts on Sunday. Cranberry out!
    pjbStillMissesHisFather[JWB],GodRestHisSoul

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    1. Cranberry, hope the sleep study goes well and will be of help to you. As I know from experience, sleep issues can be a pane (sorry; couldn't resist).

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  9. Yes. Blessing. Peace- out. KFC is still my guilty pleasure.

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  10. I had hoped A1 would be one of my faves-Stan Getz on the tenor sax-- " Girl from Ipanema "etc as I thought it was four and four. I was not sure about his Wong writing credits- More of an arranger.Also one of my drum heroes -Max Roach. Alas.

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  11. Got App #1 for sure, but only the bird in #5. I also have the Slice.
    pjbIsAboutToUseHis[C-PAP]InAFewMinutes,BTW

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    1. Hope that the CPAP situation worked out, pjb.

      The dog type, when you pluralize it, was a doo-wop group from the Midwest who sang "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite." The cat type can also refer to people from a certain country in the Middle East.

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    2. Thanks for the tip, Tortie. I got all of it now.
      pjbRemembersWhenThatSongWasHowShaNaNaUsedToCloseTheirVarietyShowInThe1970s

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  12. Mostly post hint, although some of these I simply had in the wrong spot.
    Schpuzzle: GONE WITH THE WIND; (Post hint:) AEOLUS (Pre hint: EGOI) (ONE WITH THE WIND)
    Apps: I have the week off!
    Hors d’Oeuvre: 7UP, DNL, DID NOT LIKE; (Pre hint: UPS, SDN, STILL DOING NOTHING)
    Slice: PANTHERS, ANTLERS
    Entrees:
    1. PATRICK MCINTYRE; CRACKER, MINT, (PATTY ->) PITY (Hint: Armagh -> Graham, Salient?? -> Saltine)
    2. BAIT, LATCH (Hint: CAT, HAT, BIL - Brother-in-law)
    3. POULTRY SHEARS
    4. WHISK (Alt: CHAOS, originally had in #5 position)
    5. HERBS (originally had this under #4; hint related to App #2!)
    6. SCISSORS
    7. CUPBOARD
    8. BREAD KNIFE
    9. ROT, ASH (“Short A” anagrammed) (Hint: TORAHS)
    Dessert: COINVENT

    Nodd’s riffs: CUMQUAT? CHEQUE? QUICHE?

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    1. Nice job, Tortie, as usual. I assume your answer for Entree 9 is Lego's intended. I thought of "Torahs" too, but when I looked online I couldn't find any reference to a plural form of "Torah." In fact, when I specifically searched for "Torahs," M-W and the other sites I tried changed it to "Torah," and none of them listed a plural form for the word. Lego's literary license at work?

      Your answer for the Hors d’Oeuvre is probably the intended also, though I think Gu/NG also works.

      As on many a Wednesday, I'll be having some sour grapes for lunch.

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    2. I was confused re: Entree 9. I tried to anagram "Short O" as well with no luck, but since the instructions implied both words anagram to "TORAHS" it seemed like both words should be shorter.

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    3. Yea- I don't know Torahs might refer to different translations, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic-English.?

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    4. Makes sense to me, Plantsmith, so I searched some more and did find a website that says they sell "Torahs and Jewish Bibles." (Judaica.com if you're interested.) So they, at least, think "Torahs" is a word, even if the dictionaries don't.

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    5. Nodd,
      my "literary license" has long been revoked by the "Prose & Poetry Police!"

      LegoUnlicensed!

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  13. SCHPUZZLE – GONE WITH THE WIND, ONE WITH THE WIND; AEOLUS
    APPETIZERS (thanks to hints in the case of 2, 3, and 5):
    1. MEL TORME; MARY TYLER MOORE; RAY, ROY
    2. TELSTAR; PLATTERS; HERB ALPERT; BEATLES; BERT (from “Sesame Street”)
    [HINTS: BUCK RAM, “TIL THERE WAS YOU” (covered by Beatles and Herb Alpert)]
    3. CAMERON DIAZ; ARIZONA; DC, ME
    4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN; HANNIBAL HAMLIN; CLAMOR
    5. SPANIEL; PELICAN ;PERSIAN
    6. LYNX; MANX
    7. R AND B; HIT; EW; RAVE; GEAR; AVERAGE WHITE BAND
    HORS D’OEUVRE – GU (apparently a brand of drink tabs); NG; NO GOOD
    SLICE – PANTHERS; ANTLERS; ELK, DEER, CARIBOU
    ENTREES
    1. PATRICK MCINTYRE; CRACKER; MINT PATTY (HINT: ARMAGH, GRAHAM; SALIENT, SALTINE)
    2. BAIT; LATCH (HINT – CAT, HAT, BIL)
    3. POULTRY SHEARS
    4. WHISK
    5. HERBS
    6. SCISSORS
    7. CUPBOARD
    8. BREAD KNIFE
    9. ?? (I assume from the hint we are anagramming TORAH to get the two answers. I came up with TAR, which seems like it might fit, but no clue how OH might fit, unless it’s something like HOT TAR, but that’s not two things and it uses the T twice. Arrgh!)
    DESSERT –COINVENT; COIN; INVENT
    NOOD RIFF – LACQUER (commonly applied to the insides of wooden drawers to protect the wood)

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    1. Great job on the Apps! But, believe it or not, I had another answer in mind for App #7.

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    2. I'm not surprised; my answer for #7 had a couple Rs left over, so I figured it might be wrong. I look forward to seeing the correct answer.

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  14. SCHPUZZLE: A FAREWELL TO ARMS [This might work for Venus De Milo; sadly, the hint said a ‘god’ not goddess, and she’s Roman not Greek.]

    So, A STAR IS BORN => ASTRAEUS [Astrological deity name whose means STARRY]

    APPETIZERS:

    3. CA/ME/RO/N D/IA/Z => CAMERONDI => Remove MAINE => CROD => OR, DC [HINT: CARMEN San Diego] Impossible without the hint

    4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN => HAMLIN; Remove HANNIBAL => RAMLCO => CLAMOR

    5. (S)PANIEL & C => PELICAN; SPANIE(L) & R => PERSIAN

    6. LYNX => MANX

    7. POP SONG?, NUMBER, HANG/OBSESS?, AMPS?

    SLICE: PANTHERS => ANTLERS

    ENTREES:

    1. CRACKER; MINT PATTY => PITY => PATRICK MCINTYRE

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  16. Somehow (I can only blame stress) I REPEATEDLY mis-read Lego's Schpuzzle hint as saying that the removed letter was the first WORD in the four-word movie title. Hence my choices of movies starting with "A".

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  17. Puzzleria. 6/18//24/ –87 degrees.

    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    “Gone with the wind” –one with the wind. Aeolus- God of the winds,
    Appetizer Menu
    Mel Torme, Ray-Roy, Mary Tyler Moore, Drummer extraordinaire- also wrote a bio on Gene Krupa.
    2.
    3.


    4. Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin
    5. Spaniel, Pelican, Persian
    6. Lynx, Manx
    7. Hit single, number, rave, stuff -” Ricky don’t lose that number.” Steely Dan.


    Scavenger Hunt Hors d’Oeuvre:
    Consequential Slice:
    Riffing Off Shortz Slices:
    ENTREE #1
    Patrick McIntyre, Cracker, Mint- and Patty
    Entree #2
    Bait, Latch; Hint for fly fishers - Match the hatch.

    Entree #3 poultry shears.
    Entree#4 , Whisk, whip, wheat
    Entree #5 ??
    Entree #6. Scisssors
    Entree #7, Cupboard
    ENTREE #8
    Knife guard
    ENTREE #9
    Torah,?

    Dessert Menu

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  18. Schpuzzle
    "GONE WITH THE WIND"-G="ONE WITH THE WIND", AEOLUS(god of the winds)
    Appetizer Menu
    1. MEL TORME+RAY+ROY=MARY TYLER MOORE("The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
    2. "TELSTAR"(The Tornados", 1962), (The)PLATTERS, (Herb)ALPERT, BERT(and Ernie, "Sesame Street"), (The)BEATLES
    3. CAMERON DIAZ, CALIFORNIA, MAINE, NORTH DAKOTA, IOWA, ARIZONA, ME, DC(District of Columbia)
    4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN,(Hannibal)HAMLIN(Lincoln's Vice President), CLAMOR
    5. SPANIEL, PELICAN, PERSIAN
    6. LYNX, MANX
    Menu
    "Double-Letter-Amputation" Slice
    PANTHERS, ANTLERS
    Entrees
    1. CRACKER, MINT PATTY, PITY, PATRICK McINTYRE
    2. BAIT, LATCH
    4. WHISK
    5. HERBS
    6. SCISSORS
    7. CUPBOARD
    8. BREAD KNIFE
    9. ROT, ASH, TORAHS
    Dessert Menu
    COINVENT, COIN, INVENT
    I only had to use the C-PAP twice, and we would've returned it today except it's Juneteenth. So we have to go back tomorrow.-pjb

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  19. This week's official answers for the record, Part 1:
    Schpuzzle of the Week:
    Movie Minus Monogram Makes A Motto
    Remove just one letter from a well-known classic movie title.
    The result is a phrase that could describe – or that could serve as a motto for – a deity whose name is mostly vowels.
    What is this movie title?
    What is the deity?
    ANSWER:
    Gone with the Wind; Aeolis (the Greek god of the winds, who might be described as "one with the wind.")

    Appetizer Menu
    Testudinal Appetizer:
    Jazz, Journeys, States, Starlets, Americans & Cats
    Sitcom... and all that Jazz
    1. Name a jazz musician and songwriter with a total of eight letters.
    Now think of two three-letter male first names which differ only in their middle letters. Add those two names to the name of the jazz musician, and rearrange the letters. You’ll have the name of an actress who was well-known for two sitcoms.
    (Note: one name has an accent mark which you should ignore for this puzzle!)
    Who are the jazz musician and actress? What are the two three-letter names that differ only in their middle letters?
    Answer:
    MEL TORMÉ, MARY TYLER MOORE; RAY, ROY

    Sentimental ‘50s ‘60s ‘70s Musical Journey
    2. Think of a Billboard #1 hit from the 1960s. Add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce a vocal group with four #1 hits in the 1950s.
    Remove the last letter from the group, then remove a duplicate letter and rearrange the letters. You’ll have the last name of a famous musician, one that had a #1 hit in the 1960s and a #1 hit in the 1970s.
    The title of that Billboard #1 hit from the 1960s contains the last two letters of the four-lettered name of a character who made his TV debut in 1969 as half of a famous duo. Replace those letters in the song title with the first two letters of the character’s name. Rearrange the letters to produce the name of a famous rock group.
    What is the #1 song?
    Who are the vocal group, famous musician, and famous rock group?
    Who is the character from the famous duo?
    Answer:
    TELSTAR; PLATTERS; HERB ALPERT, BEATLES; BERT (Ernie and BERT, on "Sesame Street")
    Herb Albert's Billboard #1 Hits: "This Guy's In Love With You" (1968); "Rise" (1979)
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  20. This week's official answers for the record, Part 2:
    “Truncated States and the Starlet”
    3. Name a well-known film actress whose first and last names combined contain an odd number of letters. Her name consists of consecutive U. S. postal code abbreviations, although the third abbreviation is backwards. The last two letters of her name also form a U. S. postal code abbreviation. As an example, “condemn,” a word with an odd number of letters, contains the four U.S. state abbreviations CO, ND, ME (in reverse) and MN: Colorado, North Dakota, Maine & Minnesota.
    Now remove the letters of a U.S. state from her name. You’ll be left with four letters that can be rearranged to produce two U.S. postal code abbreviations.
    Who is she? What state’s letters can be found within her name? What are the two U.S. postal codes?
    Answer:
    CAMERON DIAZ;
    ARIZONA;
    ME, DC (CAMERON DIAZ – ARZONA = CMED = ME (Maine) & DC (District of Columbia)
    aroniaz

    Nominally Intertwined Americans
    4. Name a famous American historical figure. The last three letters of his first name, combined with the first three letters of his last name, spell the last name of someone associated with him.
    If you remove the letters of the associated person’s first name from the first and last names of the historical figure, you’ll be left with six letters. Rearrange those letters to produce something that was heard shortly before the historical figure died.
    Who are these two people? What was heard shortly before the historical figure died?
    Answer:
    ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HANNIBAL HAMLIN, CLAMOR
    RAM COL,

    “Canines and Felines and Birds, Oh My!”
    5. Name a type of dog in seven letters. Change the first letter and rearrange the letters. You’ll have a type of bird. Now change the last letter of the type of dog and rearrange the letters. You’ll have a type of cat.
    What is the type of dog, bird, and cat?
    Answer:
    SPANIEL, PELICAN, PERSIAN
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  21. This week's official answers for the record, Part 3:
    Conversion of a Cat
    6. Name a type of cat. ROT-1 the first letter and ROT-2 the second letter. You’ll have another type of cat.
    What are the cats?
    Answer:
    LYNX, MANX

    Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Roadies Rearangement
    7. Fill in the following blanks and rearrange the letters to produce a popular 1970s rock band:
    “Hey, man! Our latest ___ ______ just reached ______-1 in the United States!” Their fans would ____ about the band, as their roadies would unpack their ___.
    What words fit in the blanks? What is the band?
    Answer:
    HIT RECORD, NUMBER, RAVE, VAN; BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE

    MENU
    Inverted Hors d’Oeuvre:
    Upside-down brand (is) panned!
    Look at a brand name upside-down. Capitalize any non-capital letters. The result is an abbreviation that is an unfavorable review of the brand. What are this brand name, the abbreviation and what it stands for?
    ANSWER:
    7up; DNL; "Did Not Like"
    https://www.abbreviations.com/DNL
    (7up => dnL => DNL => Did Not Like)

    “Double-Letter-Amputation” Slice:
    Speedy creatures, varied features
    Remove the fifth and first letters from certain speedy creatures.
    Replace the space with a letter equidistant in the alphabet from the two removed letters.
    The result is physical features certain other speedy creatures have (but not the original speedy creatures that underwent a “double-letter-amputation” before receiving only a “single-letter-implant”).
    What are these creatures and features?
    Answer:
    Panthers, Antlers
    PANTHERS => ANTERS => ANTLERS
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  22. This week's official answers for the record, Part 4:
    Riffing Off Shortz And McIntyre Slices:
    “There’s a silent ewe in my drawer!”
    Will Shortz’s June 9th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created listener Patrick McIntyre of Seattle, Washington, is a little tricky... It reads:
    What item containing a silent U is commonly found in kitchen drawers?
    Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And McIntyre Slices read:
    ENTREE #1
    Name a seven-letter salty snack that can also follow the words “fire” or word “nut.”
    Take also a two-word sweet snack manufactured by York, Pearson, Nestle and Russell Stover. Change the short vowel sound in the second word of the sweet snack to a different short vowel sound. That new four-letter second word means “a sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy.”
    Rearrange the combined letters of the salty snack, the first word of the sweet snack, and the altered second word of the sweet snack. The result in the name of a puzzle-maker.
    Who is the puzzle-maker?
    What are the salty and sweet snacks
    Hint: The seven-letter word for the a crisp snack food might also follow an anagram of the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland or an anagram of a synonym of “outstanding” or “distinguished.”
    Answer:
    Patrick McIntyre; Cracker, Mint Patty; Pity
    Hint: Graham (anagram of "Armagh" in Ireland) Cracker; Saltine (anagram of "salient") Cracker;
    Cracker; mint pity (Mint Patty)
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  23. This week's official answers for the record, Part 5:
    Note: Entree #2 was created by Plantsmith, creator of “Garden of Puzzley Delights” on Puzzleria!
    ENTREE #2
    Name two single-syllable words – one found IN a fishing tackle box and the other found ON a fishing tackle box. One has a short-a sound, the other a long-a sound.
    What are these these words found in and on a fishing tackle box?
    Hint: The combined letters of the two words can be rearraged to spell two nouns in a Dr. Seuss book title and a three-letter abbreviation for a sibling of your spouse that sounds like a birds’s beak or a visor on a cap.
    What are these two single-syllable words?
    Bait, Latch;
    Hint: BAIT+LATCH = CAT+HAT=BIL ("the CATin the HAT"; BIL = Brother-In-Law; A "bill" is a visor on a cap)
    Note: Entrees #3-through-#8 were created by Nodd, creator of “Nodd ready for Prime Time” on Puizzleria!
    ENTREE #3
    What two-word item containing a silent “u” and a silent “a” is commonly found in kitchen drawers?
    Answer:
    POULTRY SHEARS
    ENTREE #4
    What item containing a silent “h” is commonly found in kitchen drawers?
    Answer:
    WHISK
    ENTREE #5
    What items containing a silent “h” are commonly found in kitchen drawers?
    Answer:
    HERBS
    ENTREE #6
    What item containing a silent “c” is commonly found in kitchen drawers?
    Answer:
    SCISSORS
    ENTREE #7
    What item containing a silent “p” and a silent “a” is commonly found in a kitchen?
    Answer:
    CUPBOARD
    ENTREE #8
    What two-word item containing a silent “a”, a silent “e”, and a silent consonant is commonly found in kitchen drawers?
    Answer:
    BREAD KNIFE
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  24. This week's official answers for the record, Part 6:
    ENTREE #9
    Our Grandpa, a “Rabbi Emeritus” has, since his retirement twenty years ago at age 65, become an infrequent bather but frequent chain-smoker. What unpleasant and concern-causing things containing a “short O” and a “short A” are commonly found in Grandpa’s drawers?
    What are these things?
    Hint: The combined letters of those two things can be rearranged to spell holy books that Grandpa still reads every day.
    Answer:
    Rot, ash
    Hint: Torahs

    Dessert Menu
    Synonymous Dessert:
    Seeking collaborative creativity
    Take a verb that means “to engage in a collaborative creative effort.”
    The first half of the verb and the last three-fourths of the verb are synonyms.
    What are these three words?
    Answer:
    Coinvent; Coin, Invent

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