Schpuzzle of the Week:
Hollandaise Holiday mix... hittin’ the sauce
Replace the fourth letter with a holiday drink, slightly mixed, followed by a space.
The result is two similar articles of clothing.
What are these articles of clothing?
What is this historic racecourse?
Appetizer Menu
Jefferific Appetizer:
Ebony, Not Ivory! = the black keys
2. Romeo, Jay Gatsby, Don Juan, Casanova or Mr. Darcy...
Answer: Loverboy
1. Swinging, bifold, louvered
2. Victoria
3. Currents
4. Spicy
6. Colts, reds, and whites
7. Landslide
8. Strippers
10. Kate’s husband
11. Palindrome
13. Derby, bowler, beret and Stetson14. Superlative
17. Doesn’t fly well
19. Throw fruit
20. Lancelot, Gawain, Belvedere, and Galahad
Plus, a bonus cinematic-title change of pace…
21. Mother Teresa, Adolf Hitler, Quasimodo
MENU
Entomological Hors d’Oeuvre
“Beware the bed buggy’s bite!”
Spell the result in reverse.
The first half spells a biting bug.
Rearrange the second half to spell a second biting bug.
Who are this legendary figure, assistant and two bugs?
“Continental Christmas” Slice:
Joyeux Noël, Frohe Weihnachten, Buon Natale, Feliz Navidad, God Jul, Mutlu Noeller!
Remove three consecutive letters that are in alphabetical order. Or, if you prefer, remove three consecutive letters that are not in alphabetical order... (well, okay, two of the three letters are in alphabetical order, but not all three).
The result is the name of the country.
What are this gift item and country?
Riffing Off Shortz And Young Entrees:
Joy to the where-in-the-world?
It reads: Change one letter of a place on earth to get a familiar phrase much heard around this time of year. What is it? The answer consists of three words (5,2,5).
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Young Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Remove the first two letters of an 8-letter city on the Missouri River founded by a local fur trader.
Name also a 10-letter city on the Mahoning
River. Remove from it the same two letters you removed from the first city. Remove also a 3-letter synonym of “possess” that is also an anagram of synonyms of “triumphed” and “currently.”
The result is a 5-letter adjective that describes a second essential Christmas character. This adjective is the surname of the puzzle-maker
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What are the two cities?
What are the synonym of “possess” and anagrams that are synonyms of “triumphed” and “currently.”
What are the two essential Christmas characters and the adjective describing the second one?
Note: Puzzle Entree Riffs #2 through #7 were created by our friend Nodd.
Change one letter of a place in California from an H to an S, and remove a Y. Rearrange to get a familiar two-word phrase much heard around this time of year.
What are the place and the phrase?
Think of a compound word that is an informal name for a place in California. Remove the last letter.
Rearrange to get a familiar three-word phrase much heard around this time of year.
What are the place name and the phrase?
Think of two things that are seen, and heard, this time of year.
Add a four-letter word for a small amount. Rearrange to spell a familiar two-word phrase heard around this time of year.
What are the two things, the four-letter word, and the familiar phrase?
Change one letter in the two-word name of a
place in Illinois and delete the space to get a word much heard around this time of year.
What are the place and the word?
ENTREE #6
Think of a word for something often seen this time of year.
Rearrange to get a two-word phrase much
heard around this time of year.
What are the two words and the phrase?
Think of a plural word for something often seen this time of year.
Add a state postal abbreviation and rearrange
to get two words often sung and heard together this time of year.
What are the plural word, the abbreviation, and the phrase?
ENTREE #8
Name a structure upon which Wiccan rituals are performed (7 and 5 letters).
What is the Wiccan structure?
What is the California city?
Who is the familiar figure?
ENTREE #9
Name a West Coast publication, in three words (in 3, 7, 6 letters), published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The remaining letters, in order, spell two words, that in reverse order, spell consecutive words in a Christmas carol.
What is this publication?
What is the word that appears in this puzzle?
What are the consecutive words in a Christmas carol?
Name a place on earth (in 9 and 6 letters). Replace an interior letter of the second word with and a three-letter word for a Derby, bowler, beret and Stetson. Shuffle those three letters slightly and add two spaces to name a four-word, 17-letter statement (in 9, 2, 2 and 4 letters) about something that is about to happen.
What is this place on earth?
What is the four-word, 17-letter statement (in 9, 2, 2 and 4 letters) about something that is about to happen.
Hint: A poet who penned a poem in 1919 used this statement about “some revelation” that is about to happen.
Dessert Menu
Evergreen Dessert:
“Name that Tannenbaum title!”
The question my sister poses is:
“What should be the title of the image?”
Hint: The title ought to contain only four letters.
Every Thursday 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!
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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QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteLego, I think in Entree #8, it would be less confusing if you have the fourth and sixth letters being transposed FIRST, before removing the fifth and seventh letters. Because if one does the latter FIRST, then the fourth and sixth letters no longer ARE 4th and 6th!
DeleteI haven't figured out the Wiccan portion yet, but managed to move on and get the rest, along with your Entrees #9 (which I liked; it was 'just' hard enough, but still do-able) and #10.
Thank you, "ViolinTedditor!" I have performed the improvement that you have suggested. Thanks to you, the wording is now much more clear and much less confusing!
Delete"Flow charts" have never been my strong suit. I tend to meander needlessly around the rocks.
LegoWhoZaggedBeforeHeShouldHaveZigged!
I now have visions of you aimlessly circling big rocks out on the coast....round and round with no place to go....it must be late, I am babbling!
DeleteNear the Sea Lion Caves? or Seaside?
DeleteOh, it doesn't matter exactly where, Plantie....any coastal rocks will do!
DeleteHINTS!
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't solved the Schpuzzle yet, I urge you to keep moving forward, like Dorothy. Your efforts will not be in vain.
DeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-7:
Delete2. Barnaby formerly hung there.
3. The three-word phrase would seldom if ever apply to the place in California.
4. The four-letter word was the first name of a prolific 20th Century American actor who had the same last name as a line of floor-care products.
5. “Marion the librarian’s” subsequent brood.
6. Listen … it’s quiet.
7. The two words were often sung by a well-known guy on TV.
Late Monday/Early Monday Hints:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
The "holiday drink, slightly mixed" is eggy, and sometimes nutmeggy.
Jefferific Appetizer:
1. Things you can find at the Morrison Motel, perhaps?
2. Mercurial?
3. High Voltage!
4. 5-Alarm South-of-the-Border delicacies
5. "Five Sun-Bleached Blond Blokes?" (no, not blokes... these guys are All-American!)
6. or "Winchesters, Pete and Gypsy Lee"
7. Landslide... With rocks tumbling down like dice
8. Strippers... but not male strippers
9. If you guessed "Bees" you were halfway there
10. They tell be "Purple" is a royal color, and that "royals" reign.
11. Palindrome? Sure, but also a possible rhyme scheme in a quatrain
12. Mothers and Fathers? Moms and Pops?
13. 4 Hats = 4 Lids = Four ____
14. On the High Court there were 9 of 'em, but these "justly acclaimed" women were just a trio
15. It all began in Liverpool.... no, wait, that was a different group
16. Eddie Money, perhaps? (A flushing toilet, after all, might resemble an eddy!)
17. "Well, that went over like a ...!"
18. Salt 'n' Pepa 'n' two of the five Spice Girls?
19. Fling a blue, a cylindrical, or an anserine sphere"
20. Any of a quartet that preceded Shakespear's 12th...
Plus, a bonus cinematic-title change of pace…
21. Mother Teresa (saintly), Adolf Hitler (evil), Quasimodo (non-photogenic)
Entomological Hors d’Oeuvre
The "legendary figure" is quite "full-figured!"
“Continental Christmas” Slice:
Frohe Weihnachten?
Buon Natale?
Feliz Navidad?
God Jul?
Mutlu Noeller?
No...
Joyeux Noël!
Riffing Off Shortz And Young Entrees:
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Young Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
The babe in the manger was not old,
Mary's mate in the manger was not named Roald!
Note: See Nodd's hints to his Riffs #2 through #7 immediately above.
ENTREE #8
The two-word structure upon which Wiccan rituals are performed begins with an S and an A.
The two-word California city begins with an S and a C.
ENTREE #9
"... Glory to the newborn King!"
ENTREE #10
Not Easter Island! (a different "holiday island!")
Evergreen Dessert:
“Name that Tannenbaum title!”
“Under mistletoe lovers are kissing,
Under the asterisk? Letter is missing!”
LegoCoupleteer
Nodd and Lego, thanks for the hints. I now have Entree #4. I wasn't even close on the four-letter word.
DeleteI now have the vast majority of the Apps, although I demoted some of my previou answers to Alts. I am unsure of #9 and #20, however. The first word I have for #9 makes sense, but not the second. And, at least to me, the answer I have for #20 is seemingly obscure (basically a pre-rock era group). (No wonder I couldn't get it before!)
Still stuck on the Slice. I had the right nationality all along. Still trying for a specific gift, but it's getting me nowhere. And I'm confused about the instructions: Are we supposed to be deleting three letters or six?
I'm right with ya, Tortie, on being stuck on the Slice. I also coudln't tell whether three or six letters were to be removed. No 'gift item' I try from the now-designated country has enough letters.
DeleteUnlike you, I have YET to tackled any of Nodd's Entrees (that is nothing new). But then I have not yet had time to even read his hints, so I am hoping for some success at some point.
Finally figured out the Slice! I found it helpful to think of the country first, and then figure out the gift item from there.
DeleteSix letters will be deleted from the gift item to produce the country.
I have an item in the native language that I DESPERATELY wanted to be THE gift item....but I could find no way to remove six (or any other number) of letters to turn it into a country....so I've give up.
DeletePUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteThink of a word for something often seen this time of year.
DeleteAdd a five-letter generic word for an object.
Change one letter to a letter three places later in the alphabet.
Rearrange to get the title of a song often heard this time of year.
What are the two words and the song title?
Take a biting bug.
DeleteAdd an addition.
Read in reverse.
To get what, you ask?
Wild horses couldn't drag that out of me!
Thanks for these two puzzles, Paul.
DeleteNo progress yet on the "biting bug" puzzle.
But for your first puzzle, I think I may know the answer... but I don't know to get there.
LegoFlummoxed
App riffs:
Delete1. Terrapin, box, and sea
2. Ice cream, chocolate cake, and.... cat treats?
Riff of Paul's riff:
DeleteThink of a word for something often worn this time of year. Change the middle letter, which is a vowel, to the vowel that immediately comes after it in the alphabet. Change the fifth letter to a "K."
Add a five-letter generic word for an object.
Rearrange to get the title of a song often heard this time of year.
What are the two words and the song title?
A simple riff, not that we don't already have ENOUGH riffs this week: take Nodd's Entree #2's location, still change the H to an S, but keep the Y, and you will have the name of a very famous singer.
DeleteLego, Paul's second Riff is the EASY one! I'm nowhere on his first one, nor on any of Torties.
DeleteOn second thought, Tortie's first Riff isn't hard either.
DeleteOoh,I just worked out Tortie's Riff of Paul's Riff (without yet having figured out Paul's). I am hopeful, though, now.
DeleteAm please to say I finally solved Paul's Rif #1, and the anagram program wasn't even a help...just did it all on my own, with a little bit of a lucky guess.
DeleteStill don't have Paul's second riff. I was able to find one bug that spelled another word backwards and then added a couple of letters to get another word, but I don't think it's right. Don't understand what the "wild horses" part is referring to.
DeleteVT, it looks like you solved everything except maybe my second riff. For a hint, look up brands of cat treats.
Haha, finally got Paul's second riff, moments after posting. That's not the first time that happened to me!
DeleteTortie, I know we are down to the wire, so to speak (wire, as in what the Grinch left on the Whos' walls?), but I was wondering if your second riff's answer is a rock band? THought I've looked up cat treats, I have no idea how to combine any one of them with the obvious word for the first two words in your riff.
DeleteNever mind, the second I had hit 'Publish" I suddenly realized what the answer to your second riff is!
DeleteThink of a well-known singer/songwriter. Remove the last letter of the first name, the first letter of the last name, and the space between them. You'll get a type of music often heard around this time of year. What are these?
DeletepjbHopesIt'sNot"TooLateBabyNow"ForThisRiffMereMinutesBeforeChristmasDay
MY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteOOH, I just managed to solve the Schpuzzle!
DeleteAnd unlike last week, the Hors D'O was blissfully easy.
DeleteHaven't solved some of the Apps (and no doubt some of my answers are alts), the Slice, or Entree 4. Apps 13 and 20 seem like they should be easy, but I've made no progress on them so far.
DeleteOoh, Tortie, I actually get a chance to give YOU a hint for a change! Since I haven't heard of MOST of the musical people or groups in the Apps this week, I had to google everything. #13 happened to be the first one I did so. And the answer popped up immediately (not that I had any idea such a group ever existed.)
DeleteThe App #s I can't get, tho, are 6, 8 and 21. I figure that some other answers probably aren't right (or intended), but I simply have no idea.
VT, for some reason, I must. have the wrong Google search, as it yielded nothing that made sense. However, I did finally come up with an answer, although I don't really associate the word with the items in the clue.
DeleteFor #6, I finally found an answer that I'm fairly satisfied with. "Colts" is in a different category than "reds" and "whites." For #8, think about the kind of people who are strippers. For #21, think of three different adjectives that describe the three people.
Thank you, Tortie. I was running through lists of "three-word' movie titles, when I suddenly realized my mistake and the correct movie title popped into my head (thanks to your hint.)
DeleteWorking on #s 6 and 8 will have to wait.
However, when I curiously went to again google #13, not only did I NOT come up with the musical group that had appeared the first time, I can't even FIND any such group any longer! I am feeling like I was in an alternate universe when I first tacked that app! I don't have ANY idea how Google showed me that result, when now I can't even find that that group EXISTS!. Boy, is my face red.
DeleteOn 'third thought', Tortie, there does seem to be a group with a shorter name for #13 than I had originally found....not as interesting, but at least it seems to meet the requirements.
DeleteAnd I just figured out App #6, thanks again to your hint.
I've got all Appetizers except #20, Entrees #1, #6, and #8(parts of #9 and #10), and the Dessert(easiest one by far).
DeletepjbDoesn'tKnowAnyRockGroupUsingTheWord"Knights"InTheirName
Good week-until-Christmas, everyone!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine. We didn't eat out this evening because Bryan and Renae were out shopping earlier, and they already ate out for lunch. We did have to pick Maddy up from Chick-fil-A(where she works now)earlier this afternoon. Mom had to go to pick up her prescriptions at Walgreen's, so I had her stop by McDonald's to get me a McRib, fries, an Oreo McFlurry, and a Diet Dr. Pepper. She fixed her own supper.
I checked the puzzles last night, and I got a few of the musical groups/artists in the Appetizer, the Hors d'Oeuvre, and the Dessert(my compliments to Mary on that last one). Looking forward to seeing all subsequent hints from Lego, Nodd, and Jeff Zarkin later in the week.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and Season's Greetings to everyone on this blog. May we all have a great Christmas coming up this next Wednesday! Cranberry out!
pjbCameInLateOnTheMcRibCraze,BTW
"If you haven't solved the Schpuzzle yet, I urge you to keep moving forward, like Dorothy. Your efforts will not be in vain."
ReplyDeleteTo urge is to "egg on". "Ease on down the road" , but not the yellow brick one; think Singapore, Zanzibar, or Bali, and not Dorothy Gale, but Dorothy Lamour, the "Sarong Queen". Saratoga is where someone's horse "naturally won", according to Carly Simon.
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Think of a word for something often seen this time of year.
Add a five-letter generic word for an object.
Change one letter to a letter three places later in the alphabet.
Rearrange to get the title of a song often heard this time of year.
What are the two words and the song title?
HOLLY, THING. O HOLY NIGHT
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Take a biting bug.
Add an addition.
Read in reverse.
To get what, you ask?
Wild horses couldn't drag that out of me!
[GNAT + SUM] reversed = MUSTANG
SCHPUZZLE – SARATOGA; SARONG, TOGA
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS
1. THE DOORS
2. QUEEN
3. AC/DC
4. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
5. BEACH BOYS
6. GUNS N’ ROSES
7. AVALANCHE; THE ROLLING STONES
8. BARENAKED LADIES
9. THE GYPSY MOTHS (?)
10. PRINCE
11. ABBA
12. THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS
13. THE FOUR TOPS
14. THE SUPREMES
15. GENESIS
16. COIN; LOOSE CHANGE (?); SPARE CHANGE (?)
17. LED ZEPPELIN
18. THE FOUR SEASONS
19. CHUCK BERRY
20. THE FOUR KNIGHTS
21. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
HORS D’OEUVRE – SANTA, ELF; FLEA, GNAT
SLICE – FRANKINCENSE; FRANCENSE
ENTREES
1. JOSEPH YOUNG; ST JOSEPH, MO; YOUNGSTOWN, OH;
OWN, WON, NOW; JOSEPH, JESUS; YOUNG
2. BEVERLY HILLS; “SILVER BELLS”
3. TINSELTOWN; “LET IT SNOW”
4. STAR, CHIMES; WHIT; “WHITE CHRISTMAS”
5. PARK RIDGE; PARTRIDGE
6. TINSEL; THING; “SILENT NIGHT”
7. ANGELS; NY; “LANG SYNE”
8. SATANIC ALTAR; SANTA CLARITA; SANTA CLAUS
9. LOS ANGELES HERALD; LOSE; HERALD ANGELS
10. CHRISTMAS ISLAND; CHRISTMAS IS AT HAND
DESSERT – NOEL
TORTITUDE’S APP RIFFS:
1. TURTLES
2. TEMPTATIONS
VIOLINTEDDY’S ENTREE #2 RIFF – BEVERLY SILLS
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ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: SARONG, TOGA; SARATOGA (-A, +NOG)
App:
1. THE DOORS; 2. QUEEN; 3. AC/DC; 4. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS; 5 BEACH BOYS; 6. GUNS N’ ROSES (alt: SPIRIT (Colt = Colt 45, colors are wines)); 7. THE ROLLING STONES (alt: TRIUMPH, ROCKPILE); 8. BARENAKED LADIES; 9. (Post hint: ) BEATLES (BEETLES)/BEE GEES ??? (Alt: THE CRICKETS, W.A.S.P.); 10. PRINCE; 11. ABBA; 12. THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS; 13. THE FOUR TOPS; 14. SUPREMES; 15. GENESIS; 16. (Post hint: ) JOHNNY CASH (alt: THE TOKENS); 17. LED ZEPPELIN (alt: THE PENGUINS - although they don’t fly at all!); 18. THE FOUR SEASONS; 19. (Post hint: ) CHUCK BERRY (alt: SMASHING PUMPKINS, WILD CHERRY); 20. (Post hint: ) THE FOUR KNIGHTS (??? - never heard of them); 21. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Hors d’Oeuvre: SANTA CLAUS, ELF, FLEA, GNAT
Slice: FRANKINCENSE, FRANCE (was stuck on THREE FRENCH HENS for the longest time!)
Entrees:
1. JOSEPH YOUNG; ST. JOSEPH, YOUNGSTOWN; OWN; JOSEPH, JESUS, YOUNG
2. BEVERLY HILLS, SILVER BELLS
3. TINSELTOWN, LET IT SNOW
4. (Post hint: ) STAR, CHIMES, WHIT, WHITE CHRISTMAS
5. PARK RIDGE, PARTRIDGE
6. TINSEL, THING, SILENT NIGHT
7. ANGELS, NY, LANG SYNE
8. SATANIC ALTAR; SANTA CLARITA; SANTA CLAUS
9. LOS ANGELES HERALD; LOSE; HERALD, ANGELS
10. CHRISTMAS ISLAND; CHRISTMAS IS AT HAND
Dessert: NOEL (“NO L”)
Paul riffs: 1. HOLLY (L-> O); THING -> NIGHT; O HOLY NIGHT; 2. MUSTANG (GNAT + SUM backwards)
My riffs: 1. THE TURTLES; 2. THE TEMPTATIONS; 3. SWEATER (-> SWEEKER), THING, WE THREE KINGS
VT riff: BEVERLY SILLS
PJB riff: CAROLE KING, CAROLING (fairly recent NPR puzzle!)
SCHPUZZLE: SARATOGA & NOG => SARONG & TOGA
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZERS:
1. THE DOORS
2. QUEEN
3. THE TIDES or perhaps TIDAL WAVE?
4. PATSY CLINE? Or SPICE GIRLS? (I know this second one is too similar to the clue)
5. THE BEACH BOYS
6. GUNS N’ ROSES. [Post Tortie’s hint, but before Lego’s hint]
7. FLEETWOOD MAC?
8. THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS?
9. THE BEATLES
10. WILLIAM PRINCE
11. ABBA
12. THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS
13. FOUR TOPS. [Only due to Lego’s hint; I had had “THE HATS”]
14. THE SUPREMES
15. GENESIS?
16. COIN?
17. LEAD BALLOON (per Lego’s hint, since Ive never heard of them), but I had had ALBATROSS.
18. THE FOUR SEASONS
19. CHUCK BERRY. [This was the easiest one, but I DO NOT understand Lego’s hint]
20. THE CAMELOTS? THE KNIGHTS? THE NIGHTS?
21. THE GOOD, THE BAD and THE UGLY
HORS D’O: SANTA ELF => FLEA, TANG => GNAT
SLICE: I desperately want the gift item to be: EAU DE PARFUM => I had hoped to turn it into UAE, but the order is wrong.
ENTREES:
1. ST. JOSEPH => JOSEPH; YOUNGSTOWN minus “ST” and “OWN/NOW/WON” => YOUNG; LEGO HIMSELF! BABE IN THE MANGER
2. BEVERLY HILLS => BEVERL SILLS => SILVER BELLS
3. TINSELTOWN => LET IT SNOW
4. STAR & CHIMES plus WHIT [Bissell] => WHITE CHRISTMAS
5. PARK RIDGE => PARTRIDGE
6. TINSEL THING => SILENT NIGHT
7. I suspect the two word phrase is: MERRY CHRISTMAS, but I removed every possible state code, i.e. solving backwards, and came up empty. Did the same for HAPPY HOLIDAYS. [AL, SD, HI, OH, PA, IL, LA, ID]
8. SATANIC ALTAR => SANTA CLARITA => SANTA CLART => SANTA CLATR => SANTA CLAUS
9. LOS ANGELES HERALD minus “LOSE” => ANGELS HERALD => “HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING"
10. REVELATION ISLAND => REVELATION IS AT HAND
DESSERT: NOEL. [NO “L”]
PAUL’s RIFF #1: HOLLY + THING => HOOLY THING => O HOLY NIGHT
PAUL’s RIFF #2: GNAT + SUM => MUSTANG
TORTIE’s RIFF #1: The TURTLES
TORTIE’s RIFF #2: THE TEMPTATIONS
TORTIE's RIFF OF PAUL’s RIFF: SWEATER => SWEBKER THING => WE THREE KINGS
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteSARATOGA, SARONG, TOGA
Appetizer Menu
1. THE DOORS
2. QUEEN
3. AC/DC
4. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
5. BEACH BOYS
6. GUNS 'N' ROSES
7. ROLLING STONES
(first thought: Fleetwood Mac)
8. BARENAKED LADIES
9. BEE GEES
10. PRINCE
11. ABBA
12. THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS
13. FOUR TOPS
14. SUPREMES
15. GENESIS
16. JOHNNY CASH
17. LED ZEPPELIN
18. FOUR SEASONS
19. CHUCK BERRY
20. FOUR KNIGHTS(I never heard of them either)
21. "THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY"
Menu
Entomological Hors d'Oeuvre
SANTA(Claus), ELF, FLEA, GNAT
"Continental Christmas" Slice
FRANKINCENSE, FRANCE
Entrees
1. JOSEPH YOUNG, ST. JOSEPH, YOUNGSTOWN(OH), OWN, WON, NOW, JOSEPH, JESUS, YOUNG
2. BEVERLY HILLS, SILVER BELLS
3. TINSELTOWN, LET IT SNOW
4. STAR, CHIMES, WHIT, WHITE CHRISTMAS
5. PARK RIDGE(IL), PARTRIDGE
6. TINSEL, THING, SILENT NIGHT
7. ANGELS, NY, (Auld)LANG SYNE
8. SATANIC ALTAR, SANTA CLARITA, SANTA CLAUS
9. LOS ANGELES HERALD, LOSE, HERALD ANGELS
10. CHRISTMAS ISLAND, CHRISTMAS IS AT HAND
Evergreen Dessert
"NOEL" (NO L)
Merry Christmas to all(Lego, Nodd, Tortie, VT, Mary Young Heimann, etc.), and to all a good night!-pjb
This week's official answers for the record, part 1
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Hollandaise Holiday mix... hittin’ the sauce
Name a historic place where races are held. Replace the fourth letter with a holiday drink, slightly mixed, followed by a space.
The result is two similar articles of clothing. What are these articles of clothing and historic racecourse?
Answer:
Sarong, Toga; Saratoga (a historic racecourse, in Saratoga Springs, New York)
SARATOGA=>SAR+NOG+TOGA=>SAR+ONG+TOGA (after "NOG" is slightly mixed) =>SARONG+TOGA
Appetizer Menu
Jefferific Appetizer:
Ebony, NOT Ivory = THE BLACK KEYS
Each of these twenty sets of words uniquely fits a well-known band or musical artist. Name as many as you can.
For two examples:
Romeo, Jay Gatsby, Don Juan, Casanova or Mr. Darcy...
Answer: Loverboy
Surf (No Turf) Entree...
Answer: Hot Tuna...
Answers:
1. Swinging, bifold, louvered...(The Doors)
2. Victoria (Queen)
3. Currents (AC/DC)
4. Spicy (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
5. Sand and surf lovers (The Beach Boys)
6. Colts, reds, and whites (Guns and Roses)
7. Landslide (Rolling Stones)
8. Strippers (Bare Naked Ladies)
9. Flying insects (The Beatles)
10. Kate’s husband (Prince; William Prince of Wales is husband of Catherine "Kate" Middleton)
11. Palindrome (ABBA)
12. Parenthood (The Mamas and the Papas)
13. Derby, bowler, beret and Stetson (Four Tops)
14. Superlative (The Supremes)
15. Beginning (Genesis)
16. Pay toilet need (Johnny Cash)
17. Doesn’t fly well (Led Zeppelin)
18. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (The Four Seasons)
19. Throw fruit (Chuck Berry)
20. Lancelot, Gawain, Belvedere, and Galahad (The Four Knights)
Plus, a bonus cinematic-title change of pace…
21. Mother Teresa, Adolf Hitler, Quasimodo (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
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Entomological Hors d’Oeuvre
“Beware the bed buggy’s bite!”
Name a legendary figure and one of his assistants. Replace an “s” with a “g”.
Spell the result in reverse.
The first half spells a biting bug.
Rearrange the second half to spell a second biting bug.
Who are this legendary figure, assistant and two bugs?
Answer:
Santa, elf; flea, gnat
Santa (Claus), elf=>GANTA ELF=>FLE ATNAG=> FLEA + GNAT
“Continental Christmas” Slice:
Joyeux Noël, Frohe Weihnachten, Buon Natale, Feliz Navidad, God Jul, Mutlu Noeller!
Name a holiday gift item associated with a European country.
Remove three consecutive letters that are in alphabetical order.
Or, if you prefer, remove three consecutive letters that are NOT in alphabetical order... well, okay, two of the three ARE in alphabetical order, but not all three.
The result is the name of the country.
What are this gift item and country?
Answer:
Fragrance; France
FRagrANCE – agr = FRANCE
FRAgraNCE – gra = FRANCE
Lego...
Well, none of us got the correct answer for the Slice (I don't think), but at least I seem to have come close with the Eau de Parfum.
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Joy to the where-in-the-world?
Will Shortz’s December 15th National Public Radio Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge is created by Joseph Young who is a frequent contributor to NPR, and who conducts the blog Puzzleria! — and it’s a little tricky. It reads: Change one letter of a place on earth to get a familiar phrase much heard around this time of year. What is it? The answer consists of three words (5,2,5).
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Young Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Remove the first two letters of an 8-letter city on the Missouri River founded by a local fur trader.
The result is the name of an essential Christmas character that is also the first name of a puzzle-maker.
Name also a 10-letter city on the Mahoning River. Remove from it the same two letters you removed from the first city. Remove also a 3-letter synonym of “possess” that is also an anagram of synonyms of “triumphed” and “currently.”
The result is a 5-letter adjective that describes a second essential Christmas character. This adjective is the surname of the puzzle-maker
Who is this puzzle-maker?
What are the two cities?
What are the synonym of “possess” and anagrams that are synonyms of “triumphed” and “currently.”
What are the two essential Christmas characters and the adjective describing the second one?
Answer:
Joseph Young; St. Joseph (Missouri), Youngstown (Ohio); OWN, WON, NOW; St. Joseph, Young (which describes the baby Jesus)
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ENTREE #2
Change one letter of a place in California from an H to an S, and remove a Y. Rearrange to get a familiar two-word phrase much heard around this time of year. What are the place and the phrase?
Answer:
BEVERLY HILLS; SILVER BELLS
ENTREE #3
Think of a compound word that is an informal name for a place in California. Remove the last letter. Rearrange to get a familiar three-word phrase much heard around this time of year. What are the place name and the phrase?
Answer:
TINSELTOWN; LET IT SNOW.
ENTREE #4
Think of two things that are seen, and heard, this time of year. Add a four-letter word for a small amount. Rearrange to spell a familiar two-word phrase heard around this time of year. What are the two things, the four-letter word, and the familiar phrase?
Answer:
STAR, CHIMES; WHIT; WHITE CHRISTMAS
ENTREE #5
Change one letter in the two-word name of a place in Illinois and delete the space to get a word much heard around this time of year. What are the place and the word?
Answer:
PARK RIDGE; PARTRIDGE
ENTREE #6
Think of a word for something often seen this time of year. Add a five-letter generic word for an object. Rearrange to get a two-word phrase much heard around this time of year. What are the two words and the phrase?
Answer:
TINSEL, THING; SILENT NIGHT
ENTREE #7
Think of a plural word for something often seen this time of year. Add a state postal abbreviation and rearrange to get two words often sung and heard together this time of year. What are the plural word, the abbreviation, and the phrase?
Answer:
ANGELS; NY; LANG SYNE
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Name a structure upon which Wiccan rituals are performed (7 and 5 letters).
Rearrange the letters to spell a two-word California city (5 and 7 letters).
In the second word in the city, transpose the fourth and sixth letters, then remove the fifth and seventh letters. Replace the fourth and fifth letters of this result with the letters that follow them in the alphabet.
The final result is a familiar figure much mentioned around this time of year.
What is the Wiccan structure?
What is the California city?
Who is the familiar figure?
Answer:
Satanic Altar; Santa Clarita; Santa Claus
(SANTA CLARITA=>SANTA CLART=>SANTA CLATR=>SANTA CLAUS)
ENTREE #9
Name a West Coast publication, in three words (in 3, 7, 6 letters), published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lose four letters that appear in order (three of them consecutive) that spell a four-letter word that appears in this sentence. The remaining letters, in order, spell two words, that in reverse order, spell consecutive words in a Christmas carol.
What is this publication?
What is the word that appears in this puzzle?
What are the consecutive words in a Christmas carol?
Answer:
Los Angeles Herald; Lose; "Hark the HERALD ANGELS Sing..."
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ENTREE #10
Name a place on earth (in 9 and 6 letters). Replace an interior letter of the second word with and a three-letter word for a Derby, bowler, beret and Stetson. Shuffle those three letters slightly and add two spaces to name a four-word, 17-letter statement (in 9, 2, 2 and 4 letters) about something that is about to happen.
What is this place on earth?
What is the four-word, 17-letter statement (in 9, 2, 2 and 4 letters) about something that is about to happen.
Hint: A poet penned a poem in 1919 used this statement about “some revelation” that is about to happen.
Answer:
Christmas Island; "Christmas is at hand!"
Hint: See "The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats
Dessert Menu
Evergreen Dessert:
“Name that Tannenbaum title!”
Note: LegoLambda’s sister, an artist named Mary Young Heimann, conjured this graphic puzzle.
The question she poses is:
“What is the title of the image?”
Answer:
“Noël” ("No L", or “No el. All 26 letters of the alphabet appear except for an “L.” There is “No el.”
Lego!