Schpuzzle of the Week:
MacBeth: Red King of Scotland
Appetizer Menu
Homographitity Appetizer:Transporting parts of speech
For example, the word “scale” appears twice in the following sentence – first as a verb meaning “climb,” then as a noun meaning “weigher”:
“After you scale a mountain, you may weigh less the next day when you step on a scale.”
or, for another example, “tilt vs roster” = LIST
Find the common word for each:
1. trim vs fruit
2. a “coming in” vs mesmerize
3. cry vs fat
5. mope vs children
6. weigh vs purposeful
7. to anger vs strong-smelling stick.
In #8, changing one vowel in a trisyllabic word changes its meaning but retains its part-of-speech – like, for example, “internal” and “infernal.
And, in #9, changing two letters in a trisyllabic word changes its meaning but retains its part-of-speech” – like, for example, “containing” and “captaining.”
9. Two nine-letter verbs are synonyms. Change the first two letters of the first verb to obtain the second verb thusly: ROT-7 the first letter of the first verb; ROT-8 the second letter.
MENU
Ruthlessly Yankee Hors d’Oeuvre
Fish parts depart from two pelicans
Yank a fish-part from the interior.
The result is a synonym of “yank.”
What are these bird-words, fish-part and yank-clone?
Unmerging A Merger Slice:
Pronoun emerges synonymous!
Change the last letter of the first part to
another letter.
The result is a pair of synonyms.
What are this pronoun and two synonyms?
Riffing Off Shortz And Smith Entrees:
Deep-sixing of end-parts leaves Doll Part
Will Shortz’s January 26th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge, created by Greg Smith of Roscoe, Illinois, reads:
second syllable from each name and you’ll be left with the piece of a toy. What singer is this?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Smith Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Name a puzzle-maker and the city from which he hails, in three words. Rearrange the combined letters in those words to spell:
~ a word that follows Buck or Will,
~ a word that precedes writer or Brewing (or -fish Brewing or Hawk Brewing or Town Brewing!
What are those three words?
Who is this puzzle-maker?
Note: Entrees #2 through #7 were created by our good friend Nodd, author of “Nodd ready for prime time.”
ENTREE #2
Drop the second syllable from each name and switch the order of the two first syllables.
You'll be left with something that is a necessary part of many toys.
Who is the singer, and what is the toy part?
A popular singer’s first and last names have five syllables in total.
Replace the last letter of the last name with an N and an A.
The first syllable of the first name, followed by the last name as modified, spell a popular dance.
Who is the singer, and what is the dance?
ENTREE #4
Take the first and last names of a popular singer.
history.
The singer’s first name is the same as the last name of another famous person in U.S. history.
There is a connection between the two historical persons. Who are the singer and the historical persons?
Think of a popular singer whose first and last names each have two syllables.
Change a double letter in the first name to a double letter in the last name to get a word for
an oppressive person.
Who is the singer, and what is the word for an oppressive person?
ENTREE #6
The first letter of the first name, followed by the first letter of the last name and the last two
letters of the last name, spell the title of a popular movie.
Who is the singer, and what is the movie?
Take the alliterative first and last names of a famous singer.
Together, the names describe someone you might see at a grocery store. Who is the singer, and who might you see at a grocery store?
Note: Entrees #8 and #9 were created by our good friend Plantsmith, author of “Garden of Public Delights.”
ENTREE #8
Drop last letter and replace a vowel with a different vowel to get a musical instrument that is likely often used in the production of the singer’s songs.
ENTREE #9
Name a popular singer, first and last names, in three and two syllables.
Who is this singer?
What is the toy piece?
ENTREE #10
Take either syllable of the last name followed by the first syllable of the first name to spell a festive celebration.
Who is the singer and what is the celebration?
Name a singer whose ____ of work is indeed impressive. The first two letters of this singer’s
first and last names spell the word that belongs in the blank.
Who is this singer?
ENTREE #12
Who is this writer?
What is this fly?
Remove from the name of a novelist six consecutive letters, leaving letters, in order, that spell the name of barnyard creatures.
Rearrange the removed letters to spell the surname of a Barry who scribbled down a ballad about berets.
Who is the novelist?
Who is the ballad scribbler?
ENTREE #14
From a novelist’s surname, remove a Second-Millennium year that is the product of two consecutive integers, leaving a Romance-language translation of “she.”
Who is this novelist?
What are the product of two consecutive integers and “she” in a Romance language?
What is the synonym of “adult male”?
Dessert Menu
Piscine Parts Dessert:
Fabrics non-fishy and fishy
Name also non-aquatic animals followed by a
hard animal part.
The result is a pair of fabric patterns.
What are they?
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QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteI think that the description for the first word to be found in Entree #1 is not quite correct. I believe it should say "the plural of a word that can follow Mortimer or Minnie". Unless you would prefer it to say, instead, "a word that follows 'Mortimer and Minnie'."
DeleteMerci Beaucoups, ViolinTedditor!
DeleteMy first "bullet-point" in ENTREE #1 now reads "~ a word that describes Mortimer and Minnie," not my erroneous "~ a word that follows Mortimer or Minnie."
LegoMortifiedAndMinimized!
Another small edit needed: Entree 10, which had me puzzled, until I figured it out, then realized it should read "followed by the first syllable of the FIRST name...."
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DeleteThank you for your February 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM post, ViolinTeddy. I believe I have now corrected my goof, thanks to you.
DeleteLegoWhoNotesThatSometimesInLife"TheFirstShallBeLastAndTheLastShallBeFirst"ButThatConceptDoesNotFlyInPuzzleMaking!
And thank you, Nodd, for your February 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM post about the "DoubleDessert" I somehow served up! I did not mean to.
DeleteI was scrambling earlier in the week to get Puzzleria! "all ready to go" before my scheduled Heller Myotomy Esophageal surgery which was scheduled for Wednesday late-morning. I did not, of course, scramble quickly enough, and medical preparations inevitably took precedence over Puzzleria! preparations. I recall trying to finish up this week's edition after I regained consciousness (or woke up from sleeping, probably at about 2 am Thursday morning). I was still a bit spacey but felt I could "wrap it up" and upload it later Thursday afternoon, which I did... albeit with a bit of glitchiness!
LegoWhoThanksAllForTheirPatienceAndUnderstanding
No worries, Lego. Thanks for the Double Dessert.
DeleteI hope the surgery went well.
Note:
DeleteI deleted Nodd's post above, but have reprinted it below (with the original Dessert Puzzle removed, which I may eventually publish).
Nodd February 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Did the Dessert morph into a different puzzle between the initial publication of the menu on Thurs. and now? When I originally downloaded the menu, the Dessert read:
(The original Dessert puzzle, now DELETED by Lego)
Now, the Dessert reads:
"Name a fish followed, without a space, by a hard fish part.
Name also non-aquatic animals followed by a hard animal part.
The result is a pair of fabric patterns. What are they?".
LegoWhoNotesThatThisIsNoBigDealButIsTheInevitableConsequenceOfTryingToUploadAPuzzleBlogWhilstStillAttemptingToWendOne'sWayOutOfTheFogOfSedation!
I see now (see, but not remember, alas) that I originally ran the Dessert that I mistakenly briefly posted a few days ago a few weeks earlier, as the January 16 Dessert! (This is the Dessert that Nodd noticed was posted this week before my "Piscine Parts Dessert: Fabrics non-fishy and fishy" Dessert somehow replaced it.
DeleteIt read:
Dessert Menu
Oral Parts Dessert:
“OH HUM OUT frOM My MOUTH, THOU MOTH!”
Remove a letter from a part of the mouth. Spell the result backward to name a second part of the mouth.
What are these mouth parts?
Answer:
Floor (of the mouth), roof (of the mouth)
LegoFoggyMentalBreakdown
I am completely confused re the above Dessert exchange between Lego and Nodd, but it doesn't matter, and I'm not going to spend any more time trying to understand what happened.
DeleteI DO want to send good wishes to you, Lego, on whatever that esophageal surgery was. If you'd care to share via email, I would like to know what actually took place!
Speedy recovery for Lego.
DeleteSame here. Didn't know Lego had surgery this past week. He could've mentioned it last week so we'd know Puzzleria! would be late this week.
DeletepjbDoesn'tEnvyAnyoneHavingToGoThroughAnyKindOfSurgery
I also wish Lego a speedy recovery! Nodd, are you now home from rehab?
DeleteTortie, yes, I am home now. I checked out of rehab on Jan. 30. Thanks for asking.
DeleteIt appears that, as with the Dessert, we have two versions of Entree 12. The original version said to ROT-10 the letters of an American city in a western state to get an adjective describing the northern half of the state. The second version says to write the three-letter monogram of a writer twice without a space to name a kind of fly. (I'm going with the second one, as I haven't been able to solve the first.)
DeleteThanks, Nodd. It seems that in my drug-induced stupor, I had somehow posted the Entree #12 from the January 16th edition of Puzzleria! It read:
DeleteENTREE #12
Think of a well-known American city in a western state.
ROT-10 its letters to get an adjective describing the northern half of the state. (The southern half might be described, geometrically, as triangular.)
The city is situated near the southern edge of this northern half.
What is this city?
What is this adjective?
The city was (and still is!) in Nevada.
(The adjective sometimes is used to describe "not-so-streamlined utilitarian automobiles.")
LegoSendsCongratsToNoddForSolvingThisWeek'sEntree#12
HINTS!
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DeleteMoving this comment to the correct posting spot for HINTS: I'm copy/pasting several hints that I erroneously (I suppose) put down in the 'Progress So Far' section, since I was responding to posts from Tortie and Nodd there:
Delete"Okay, Tortie, going at App #6 from a different hint-angle than Nodd did, I meant the clue "weigh" in the sense that a jury would do."
"And for App 9, I guess I could say that the term "wishy-washy" might apply."
Now, re Entree #12: I thought this was the easiest entree of them all, and knew the answer immediately. The term for the fly often appears in crossword puzzles. Once you id it, the author 's name becomes immediate.
Re Entree #14: this one is a bit more challenging.
I won't mention WHICH Romance language is involved, but I have mentioned in the past having studied it, and you can probably take a pretty good guess. Frankly, once you pin down the author's first name, his surname is a given. Then you can work backwards to figure out what letters to REMOVE from that surname to get the asked-for year. I had to actually factor the year to figure out which two consecutive integers were what Lego referred to. [That latter info assumes you will know what the word for 'she' is, since you will have identified which romance language is involved.]
SUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-7:
Delete2. The singer’s (battery-powered) heart will go on.
3. The singer’s first name is featured in an aeolian song by Harve Presnel.
4. Reverse the singer’s first and last names if you need your pants back in a hurry.
5. A love that’s bigger than an Escalade.
6. Matt Hooper says it’s not safe to go in the water.
7. You’d see the grocery store person when you pay.
Late Sunday/Early Monday Hints
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
MacBeth, Red King of Scotland
("There is no 'I' in 'TEAM'!"... " 'I' is the only vowel in the most natural beverage ever!)
Strad-Steiff Appetizer:
Transporting parts of speech
1. Trim vs Fruit
Behead the answer and you're left with Fehu, Uruz, or Raidho.
2. a coming in vs mesmerize
There is a Kurosawa flick title lurking within the answer.
3. cry vs fat
This is indeed a "crafty" clue! There is ammo lurking within the answer!
4. wrote vs calm
There is a model's posture lurking within the answer.
5. mope vs children
There is a Milne character lurking within the answer.
6. weigh vs purposeful
There is "a large division of geologic time usually shorter than an eon" lurking within the answer.
7. to anger vs. strong smelling stick
Lurking within the answer are letters of the alphabet spelled-out (like "Bees" or "Cees"), but actually just one of those spelled-out letters that is not spelled out.
8. Change one vowel in a nine-letter adjective to turn it from a word that means truthful into a word that means hungry.
There is no AFL in either adjective but there are three consecutive letters that often follow AFL.
9. Two nine-letter verbs are synonyms. Change the first two letters of the first verb to obtain the second verb thusly: ROT-7 on the first letter and ROT-8 on the second letter.
Take the two letters you change and the two you change them to. Only one of the four is an S. The other three, in order, spell a plural noun.
Ruthlessly Yankee Hors d’Oeuvre
The synonym of “yank” is a tool.
Unmerging A Merger Slice:
The indefinite pronoun contains 8 letters.
One of the synonyms, in reverse, spells Andy's buddy (no, not Barny!)
Riffing Off Shortz And Smith Entrees:
Deep-sixing of end-parts leaves Doll Part
ENTREE #1
The word that describes Mortimer and Minnie is an "essless" plural noun.
The word that follows Buck or Will also follows Roy
Note: Nodd has provided hints for his Entrees #2 through #7 in his post dated February 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM, above.
Note: Entrees #8 and #9 were created by our good friend Plantsmith, author of “Garden of Public Delights.” Here are some hints. Plantsmith, of course, is welcome to post hints also, as he sees fit.
ENTREE #8
The name of the singer can be rearranged to spell a pair of board games:
* A party-game with 390 cards on which are printed 780 questions and 2,340 answers, and
* A strategy game of diplomacy, conflict and conquest, for two to six players.
ENTREE #9
Rearrange the 11 letters in the singers name to get a "twilight achoo!"
If you double one of the letters in the toy piece, get the word in the following blank space: "_____ my Eggo!"
ENTREE #10
Take the missing words in this rock group: ___ ___ Dolls,
followed by the second word of our popular singer...
to ger "baby talk!"
ENTREE #11
The word in the blank is spelled "consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel." The consonants are in the first half of the alphabet, the vowels in the second half.
ENTREE #12
Take the first letter of this writer's first name, followed by his last name. Spell the result in reverse. The result is a synonym of the first name of a poet surnamed Donne.
ENTREE #13
My expectations are great that you will all solve this riff.
ENTREE #14
Take another look at the image that accompanies this entree #14.
Piscine Parts Dessert:
The fabric patterns begin with the same consonant, a consonant that does not appear in either of the two phrases "fabric patterns begin" or "same consonant."
LegoStillABitSpacedOutInTheWakeOfHis"HoldTheMayo"HellerMyotomyProcedure
Thanks for the hints. I had the wrong answer for the Slice. I was kind of thinking it might be wrong because it was too easy. Don't really understand the hint for App #3, but my answer is a good one (maybe it's an alt).
DeleteTortie, I look forward to seeing your good alt answer for App #3. My hint:
Delete3. cry vs fat
This is indeed a "crafty" clue! There is ammo lurking within the answer!
"'CRAFTY" is merely an anagram of CRY + FAT.
The " ammo lurking within the answer" is a very small sphere. It is usually gold in color. When you remove that ammo from the ANSWER, everything suddenly gets bluer.
LegoWhoGetsBluerWhenHeUploadsAnIncoherentEditionOfPuzzleria!
Lego, thanks! I had the right answer all along.
DeleteHmm, Tortie and Lego, now you have me wondering about the Slice. I, too, had gotten an immediate and seemingly "too easy" answer, but I fail to see how it does not fit the puzzle's description. [My indefinite pronoun has only six letters.] I hadn't even bothered to READ the Slice hint until now, since I had thought it unnecessary.
DeleteActually, I just looked up a list of 'indefinite pronouns" and saw that my chosen 6-letter one is NOT on the list. However the Slice directions didn't call for an indefinite pronoun, so I'm not going to worry about what the intended answer should be!
DeleteActually, I just figured it out. Had to look up the 'new' word as I had never head of it, let alone its being a synonym for the other word.
DeleteE8. Hint: the Grammies. Saw a music store marquee once advertising, " We sell musical instruments- (then below the line) also drums."
DeleteDrummers are children of a lesser God.
DeletePUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteCurrently missing the Schpuzzle, Apps #6 and #9 (#9 seems close to impossible), and Entree #2.
DeleteApp 6 breaks into a noun for a kind of casual restaurant and a verb meaning castigate.
DeleteI agree, App 9 is a pretty tough solve without more specificity as to the meaning of the synonyms.
In Entree 2, I should have clarified that the answer is phonetic. To get the singer's first name, think of the Moon Dragon God, but the spelling is different. To get the toy part, think of a bunny.
Besides App 9, I'm missing the Schpuzzle, Hors D'Oeuvre, Slice, and Entrees 12 and 14.
I realize, Tortie and Nodd, that I should step in here with some hints for the two Apps I'm responsible for (but I don't HAVE any yet), and also possibly to help you with Entrees 12 and 14, which I've solved. (I plan to try to study up on the above offered hints for Entree 2 and 9. I am also missing Entrees 3 and 4.). So as soon as I THINK Of any hints, I will post them for you.
DeleteOkay, Tortie, going at App #6 from a differnent hint-angle than Nodd did, I meant the clue "weigh" in the sense that a jury would do.
DeleteAnd for App 9, I guess I could say that the term "wishy-washy" might apply.
DeleteHurrah, I have Entree 2 now..but it wasn't easy. (The phonetic thing was really necessary to be able to solve it.)
DeleteOops, I get confused with all the mention of #9. I see that there is NOT YET any hint for Entree #9, which is Plantie's. I haven't been able to solve his #8 either.
DeleteThanks to paying attention to something Lego put on Entree 9, I have managed to get it, now. Must have been too tried last night by the time I got around to that puzzle.
DeleteSo I'm still stuck re the Hors D'O [despite a valiant effort] amd entrees 3, 4 and 8.
Oddly enough, I THOUGHT I had solved the Schpuzzle yesterday early on, and sent Lego an email asking if it WAS the right solution, but he never replied (possibly due to his surgery?), so I was led to believe that I must be wrong. However, I can't come up with anything else.
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DeleteVT and Nodd, thanks for the hints. I now have the two Apps. Somehow I also stumbled across the right phrase for the Schpuzzle, so now I've solved that, too.
DeleteFor Entree #2, I'm pretty sure I have the right singer; however, I have two answers for the toy part: one is phonetic, while the other works on spelling.
VT, for the Hors d'Oeuvre, the fish body part starts the name of a country. Entree #3 hint: you've seen this singer's name recently. :) Entree #4: the last name of the singer is a type of animal. Entree #8: the instrument is also the name of a member of a particular religious sect.
Thanks, Tortie. I had had all the 'yank' synonyms written down in a long list, as well as some bird names, but had never thought of the second bird name (and hadn't even understood properly from the directions that it was bird species we were supposed to write down...I had actually thought that "bird words" meant things like 'flying" or "feathers." Anyway, with your hint, I finally fell upon the correct second 'bird word' ,and then perusing again the 'yank' synonyms list, the answer hit me at last.
DeleteOn to my unsolved Entrees 3 and 4.
Tortie, my problem with Entree #8, altho I think I finally solved it, i that I don't consider that 'musical instrument' to actually BE a musical instrument. Only your hint made me even consider it!
DeleteStill missing Appetizers #6 and #9, the Schpuzzle, the Hors d'Oeuvre, the Slice, the Dessert, and Entrees #4 and #5. Got everything else.
DeletepjbCould'veSolvedAFewByTheHints,IfHeHadn'tAlreadySolvedThem
~ A relatively recent January holiday comes into play in the Schpuzzle.
Delete~ In the Dessert, both fabric patterns begin with a consonant that does not appear in DeSSeRT, FaBRiC, PaTTeRNS, BeGiN, CoNSoNaNT and MiLKY WaY... I guess that leaves:
H, J, Q, V, X and Z.
~ In App#6, what you "weigh" might be evidence... as a member of the jury might do.
In App#9, the 2nd and 3rd syllables in the synonyms sound like a window part and and a numerical cube that is not a die.
~ In the Hors d’Oeuvre, the synonym of “yank” is an adjustable tool. The fish-part sounds like a Sawyer chum.
~ In the Slice: Who Whitney Wanna dance with...
LegoLateHinting
Good February Eve y'all!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine. She found a lost earring today and broke her glasses, but she's still in good spirits. We didn't get to eat out tonight, but the others have said we could probably do it tomorrow night. Tonight, instead of going out just us two, she went to Wendy's because we just got some coupons a day or two in the mail. Three coupons could be used to get me honey BBQ saucy nuggs(nuggets)for $5, or free Baconator fries or a free Cinnamon pullapart. I cut out the nuggets one and gave it to Mom to use. Didn't know she was going elsewhere for her supper, but she also ordered flounder and shrimp, fries, and hush puppies from Captain D's. She didn't finish it, though. As usual, I have to be "the human garbage disposal".
As for my progress, I could only solve VT's puzzles(everything except #6, #8, and #9), and then the Entrees(#1,#3,#6, #9, #11, #12, and #13). As always, I'll be expecting some good hints for the rest of the puzzle. The toughest thing I've been working on tonight is the Prize Crossword, set by Paul. All the across clues use a form of the word "puzzle": puzzle, puzzled, puzzling. These clues are not available via Wordplays.com as of yet, but hopefully soon I can get some answers to the more "puzzling" clues.
Good luck in solving, please stay safe, and if we do eat out tomorrow, I'll mention it after we come back.
pjbKnowsViolinTeddyWasRightAboutThe"MortimerOrMinnie"PartOfEntree#1!
We did eat out earlier this evening. Me, Mom, Bryan, Renae, and Mia Kate. We went to Leo and Susie's Green Top Cafe in Dora, AL. I had a salad with Thousand Island dressing, a double cheeseburger, fries and a Diet Pepsi(and a few crackers the waitress put on the table). I think Bryan, Renae, and Mom all had BBQ sandwiches, and Mia Kate had a loaded baked potato topped with chicken. She also listened to a podcast on her phone for the whole meal. This was the first time we've eaten at the Green Top in Dora. It moved there after they had a fire in a location closer to home. The food was great, although their fries looked a little strange to me. Mom did have sweet potato fries. Last week, Mom, Daisy Aldredge, her sister Charlotte, and I ate at the BP station here in Jasper. They also serve great seafood there.
ReplyDeletepjbWondersAreWeGoingToStartEatingOutOnSaturdaysNow?(He'llNeedToShowerFridayNights)
I was saddened to hear Waffle house is adding a 50 cent per egg surcharge. How will folks survive? Missing the big W.
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE
ReplyDeleteTHE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS; THE MLK OF HUMAN JUSTICE
APPETIZERS
1. PRUNE
2. ENTRANCE
3. BLUBBER
4. COMPOSED
5. BROOD
6. DELIBERATE
7. INCENSE
8. VERACIOUS; VORACIOUS
9. OSCILLATE; VACILLATE
HORS D’OEUVRE
WREN, FINCH; FIN, WRENCH
SLICE
SOMEBODY; SOMA, BODY
ENTREES
1. MICE, ROGERS, GHOST; GREG SMITH; ROSCOE, IL
2. CELINE DION; D CELL
3. MARIAH CAREY; MACARENA
4. TAYLOR SWIFT; WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT; ZACHARY TAYLOR
5. BUDDY HOLLY; BULLY
6. JULIE ANDREWS; JAWS
7. CHUBBY CHECKER; CHUBBY CHECKER
8. IRON & WINE; SAMUEL ERVIN BEAM; FOLK; SAM ERVIN
9. UGLY, WIN, A
10. ROTATE; DIG, PIT
11. YUMA, AZ (MIAO)
12. T.S. ELIOT; TSE-TSE FLY.
13. CHARLES DICKENS; BARRY SADLER
14. HERMAN MELVILLE; MLV, ELLE; MAN
HER
DESSERT (FIRST VERSION)
FLOOR; ROOF
DESSERT (SECOND VERSION)
HERRINGBONE; HOUNDSTOOTH
Schpuzzle: THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS; THE MLK OF HUMAN JUSTICE
ReplyDeleteApp: 1. PRUNE; 2. ENTRANCE; 3. BLUBBER; 4. COMPOSED; 5. BROOD; 6. (Post hint: ) DELIBERATE; 7. INCENSE; 8. VERACIOUS, VORACIOUS; 9. (Post hint: ) OSCILLATE, VACILLATE
Hors d’Oeuvre: WREN, FINCH, FIN, WRENCH
Slice: (Post hint: ) SOMEBODY, SOMA, BODY (alt: MYSELF, ME, SELF)
Entrees:
1. GREG SMITH; MICE, ROGERS, GHOST
2. (Post hint: ) CELINE DION, DC (DEE CEE - direct current for batteries)) (alt: DICE - non phonetic answer)
3. MARIAH CAREY, MACARENA
4. TAYLOR SWIFT, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, ZACHARY TAYLOR
5. BUDDY HOLLY, BULLY
6. JULIE ANDREWS, JAWS
7. CHUBBY CHECKER
8. SHAKIRA, SHAKER
9. SELENA GOMEZ; LEGO
10. LADY GAGA, GALA
11. BOB DYLAN
12. T. S. ELIOT, TSETSE
13. CHARLES DICKENS (- ARLESD, leaving CHICKENS); BARRY SADLER
14. HERMAN MELVILLE; 1056 (32*33; MLVI in Roman numerals), ELLE; MAN
Dessert: HERRINGBONE, HOUNDSTOOTH
SCHPUZZLE: Intended answer, per Lego’s hint: THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS => THE MLK OF HUMAN JUSTICE
ReplyDeleteMy original answer was: "WHAT’S DONE CANNOT BE UNDONE" =>"WHAT’S DNE [does not exist] CAN NOT BE JUSTICE", or even better, "WHAT’S ‘DON' CAN NOT BE JUSTIC" [ i.e., Trump].
APPETIZERS: As Tortie said last week, I have the week off here! I’ll let Lego publish the answers.
HORS D’O: WREN/FIN/CH => WRENCH
SLICE: Original answer: ITSELF => ID & SELF; Intended answer: SOME/BODY => SOMA & BODY
ENTREES:
1. GREG SMITH ROSCOE => MICE, ROGERS, GHOST
2. CELINE DION => D-CELL
3. MARIAH CAREY => MACARENA
4. TAYLOR SWIFT =>. President TAFT =>. President TAYLOR
5. BUDDY HOLLY => BULLY
6. JULIE ANDREWS => JAWS
7. CHUBBY CHECKER => a Chubby Checker
8. SHAKIRA => SHAKER
9. SELENA GOMEZ => LEGO
10. LADY GAGA => GALA
11. BODY => BOB DYLAN
12. TSETSE => T.S. ELIOT
13. CH/ARLES D/ICKENS. => CHICKENS; Barry SADLER
14. HERMAN MELVILLE => remove MLVI [1056 = 32 x 33] = => ELLE [French for SHE]; MAN & HER (sa)
DESSERT: HERRINGBONE & HOUNDSTOOTH
From Tortie's and VT's answers to Entrees 8-11, it seems those Entrees also transmogrified between the original posting and currently. I answered the original versions because I didn't notice the new versions. This week's menu reminds me of The Metamorphosis by Kafka.
DeleteNodd makes an excellent point. The next time I have major surgery, I will take the week off!
DeleteLegoJustCallMe(NoNotJoe)Franz!
Lego, I very much hope you do not need major surgery, or any surgery, going forward. You did a great job to prepare the menu this week, and the additional puzzles you posted later in the week were just icing on the cake
DeleteOnce again, I'm confused. Did Lego completely CHANGE entrees 8 through 11 at some early point, but AFTER Nodd must have gotten different answers? If Lego was IN the hospital, how could he have changed them? (Unless he was on a laptop in his hospital bed?)
DeletePuzzleria 3 days of snow– is enough.
ReplyDelete2-4-25”
SchPuzzle.
The Milk of human kindness, The MLK of human justice.
Apps.
1peel
2.stare
3.blubber
4. composed
5.brood
6.deliberate,
7.incense
8. voracious- veracious
E1. mice, Rogers, ghost
Greg Smith Roscoe
8. Sharkira (at the Grammies), Shaker
9. Selena Gomez, Lego
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteTHE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS, THE MLK OF HUMAN JUSTICE
Appetizer Menu
1. PRUNE
2. ENTRANCE(2 pronunciations)
3. BLUBBER
4. COMPOSED
5. BROOD
6. DELIBERATE(2 pronunciations)
7. INCENSE(2 pronunciations)
8. VERACIOUS, VORACIOUS
9. OSCILLATE, VACILLATE
Menu
Ruthlessly Yankee Hors d'Oeuvre
WREN, FINCH-FIN=WRENCH
Unmerging A Merger Slice
SOMEBODY, SOMA, BODY
Entrees
1. GREG SMITH, ROSCOE, MICE, ROGERS, GHOST
2. CELINE DION, D CELL
3. MARIAH CAREY, MACARENA
4. TAYLOR SWIFT, (William Howard)TAFT, (Zachary)TAYLOR
5. BUDDY HOLLY, BULLY
6. JULIE ANDREWS, JAWS
7. CHUBBY CHECKER
8. SHAKIRA, SHAKER
9. SELENA GOMEZ, LEGO
10. LADY GAGA, GALA
11. BODY, BOB DYLAN
12. TSE(T.S.Eliot), TSETSE FLY
13. CHARLES DICKENS, CHICKENS, SADLER
14. HERMAN MELVILLE, MAN, MLVI, ELLE, HER
Piscine Parts Dessert
HERRINGBONE, HOUNDSTOOTH
See y'all again tomorrow night!-pjb
This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
MacBeth, Red King of Scotland
Take a five-word phrase from Shakespeare’s “MacBeth.”
Delete “a letter that is not in ‘team’” from the second word.
Replace the fifth word with a word between “truth” and “the American way.”
The result is a fitting phrase for the month of January.
What are these phrases?
Answer:
"the milk of human kindness"
"the 'mlk' of human justice"
("There is no 'I' in 'TEAM'!")
Superman fought for "truth, JUSTICE, and the American Way!"
(We celebrate the Martin Luther King (MLK) holiday annually on January 20.)
"Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way." (spoken by Lady MacBeth to MacBeth)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteStrad-Steiff Appetizer:
Transporting parts of speech
Each pair of words hinted at in #1 through #6 below are spelled the same, but are different parts of speech and have different meanings. For example, the word “scale” appears twice in the following sentence – first as a verb meaning “climb,” then as a noun meaning “weigher.”
“After you scale a mountain, you may weigh less the next day when you step on a scale.”
So, “climb vs ‘weigher’” = SCALE...
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scale
or, for another example, “tilt vs roster” = LIST
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/list
Find the common word:
1. trim vs fruit
2. a “coming in” vs mesmerize
3. cry vs fat
4. wrote vs calm
5. mope vs children
6. weigh vs purposeful
In #7, changing one letter in a trisyllabic word changes its meaning but retains its part-of-speech – like, for example, “internal” and “infernal.
7. to anger vs strong-smelling stick.
8. Change one vowel in a nine-letter adjective to turn it from a word that means truthful into a word that means hungry.
And, in #8, changing two letters in a trisyllabic word changes its meaning but retains its part-of-speech” – like, for example, “containing” and “captaining.”
9. Two nine-letter verbs are synonyms. Change the first two letters of the first verb to obtain the second verb thusly: ROT-7 the first letter of the first verb; ROT-8 the second letter.
ANSWERS:
1. Trim vs Fruit
Answer:
PRUNE
2. a coming in vs mesmerize
Answer:
ENTRANCE
3. cry vs fat
Answer:
BLUBBER
4. wrote vs calm
Answer:
COMPOSED
5. mope vs children
Answer:
BROOD
6. weigh vs purposeful
Answer:
DELIBERATE
7. to anger vs. strong smelling stick
Answer:
INCENSE:
8. Change one vowel in a nine-letter adjective to turn it from a word that means truthful into a word that means hungry.
Answer:
VERACIOUS VS VORACIOUS
9. Two nine-letter verbs are synonyms. Change the first two letters of the first verb to obtain the second verb thusly: ROT-7 on the first letter and ROT-8 on the second letter.
OSCILLATE vs VACILLATE
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
ReplyDeleteMENU
Ruthlessly Yankee Hors d’Oeuvre
Fish parts depart from two pelicans
Place two words for two birds side-by-side.
Yank a fish-part from the interior.
The result is a synonym of “yank.”
What are these bird-words, fish-part and yank-clone?
Answer:
Wren, finch; Fin; Wrench
WrenFinch – Fin = Wrench
Unmerging A Merger Slice:
Pronoun emerges synonymous!
Divide an indefinite pronoun into two parts.
Change the last letter of the first part to another letter.
The result is a pair of synonyms.
What are this pronoun and two synonyms?
Answer:
Somebody; soma, body
Riffing Off Shortz And Smith Entrees:
Deep-sixing of end-parts leaves Doll Part
Will Shortz’s January 26th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge, created by Greg Smith of Roscoe, Illinois, reads:
Think of a popular singer whose first and last names each have two syllables. Drop the second syllable from each name and you'll be left with the piece of a toy. What singer is this?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Smith Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Name a puzzle-maker and the city from which he hails, in three words. Rearrange the combined letters in those words to spell:
~ a word that describes Mortimer and Minnie,
~ a word that follows Buck or Will,
~ a word that precedes writer or Brewing (or -fish Brewing or Hawk Brewing or Town Brewing!
What are those three words?
Who is this puzzle-maker?
Answer:
Mice, Rogers, ghost; Greg Smith, Roscoe (Illinois)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 5:
ReplyDeleteNote: Entrees #8 and #9 were created by our good friend Plantsmith, author of “Garden of Public Delights.”
ENTREE #8
Take a popular singer who goes by one name.
Drop last letter and replace a vowel with a different vowel to get a musical instrument that is likely often used in the production of the singer’s songs.
Answer:
Shakira; Shaker
(Note: Plantsmith (who is a very talented singer and musician, and who is proficient at playing many instruments) is a percussionist who has bought several shakers, including a wooden one that looks like an egg and is filled with BB's. There are also natural shakers like the type of bean pod that when dried sounds like a shaker. He has also made some shakers out of empty Pringle's cans that he pours beads into.)
ENTREE #9
Name a popular singer, first and last names, in three and two syllables.
Drop first two and last two letters of the first name and the last three letters of the last name. The result is a toy piece.
Who is this singer?
What is the toy piece?
Answer:
Selena Gomez; Lego
ENTREE #10
Think of a popular singer whose first and last names each have two syllables. Take either syllable of the second name followed by the first syllable of the first name to spell a festive celebration.
Who is the singer and what is the celebration?
gala?
lady gaga
Think of a popular singer whose first and last names each have two syllables. Take either syllable of the surname followed by the first syllable of the second name to spell a festive celebration.
Who is the singer and what is the celebration?
Answer:
Lady Gaga; Gala
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 6:
ReplyDeleteENTREE #11
Name a singer whose ____ of work is indeed impressive. The first two letters of this singer’s first and last names spell the word that belongs in the blank. Who is this singer?
Answer:
Bob Dylan
ENTREE #12
Write the three-letter monogram of a writer twice without a space to name to name a kind of fly.
Who is this writer?
What is this fly?
Answer:
Thomas Stearns Eliot; Tsetse
ENTREE #13
Remove from the name of a novelist six consecutive letters, leaving letters, in order, that spell the name of barnyard creatures. Rearrange the removed letters to spell the surname of a Barry who scribbled down a ballad about berets.
Who is the novelist?
Who is the ballad scribbler?
Answer:
Charles Dickens; Barry Sadler
ENTREE #14
From a novelist’s surname, remove a Second-Millennium year that is the product of two consecutive integers, leaving a Romance-language translation of “she.”
From the novelist’s first name, remove a synonym of “adult male,” leaving the English translation of the Romance-language pronoun “son.”
Who is this novelist?
What are the product of two consecutive integers and “she” in a Romance language?
What is the synonym of “adult male”?
Answer:
Herman Melville;
MLVI (or 1056, which is the product of 32 and 33), "she" in French is "elle")
"man" is an "adult male," “her” is the English translation of the French pronoun "son"
Dessert Menu
Piscine Parts Dessert:
Fabrics non-fishy and fishy
Name a fish followed, without a space, by a hard fish part.
Name also non-aquatic animals followed by a hard animal part.
The result is a pair of fabric patterns.
What are they?
Answer:
Herringbone, Houndstooth
Lego!