PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe2 SERVED
Schpuzzle of the Week:
Reginald, Lester, Lowell & Harry
Reginald, Lester, Lowell and Harry are the first names on the birth certificates of four future groundbreaking musicians associated with rock ‘n’ roll.Two of the four men each retained his “birth-
certificate first name and surname” throughout his career and life. The other two each performed under first names and surnames that differed from that on his birth certificate. Two of these four musicians are still alive.
Take the surnames that these four musicians used as performers.
What musical group do those four names suggest?
(Hint: Those four surnames appeared on the birth certificates of the members of the musical group in question.)
Appetizer Menu
Greg (or Ian?) Chant Appetizer:
“Come Pound Your Feat!”
There are many compound words in the language, made from two or more words or stems that combine to make a new word with a distinct meaning. Everyone within eyesight cannot bellyache otherwise. Stonewalls overcome cobwebs!This puzzle features eight compound words that are made from combinations never imagined by Merriam or Webster. Your task is to break them down and rebuild. Letter counts
are provided.
For example: Many will be _________ (9) this puzzle’s ___, __ ____ (3,2,4) cheers at the very least.
ANSWER: Many will be ENDORSING this puzzle’s END, OR SING cheers at the very least.
PUZZLES:
1.
When the out-of-shape man couldn’t find __________ (10) in his church he went to the gym to find an __ ________ (2,8).
2.
The editor acted more like a __________ (10) when she told the poet she needed her _____ ___ __ (5,3,2) she wouldn’t be published.
After the disappointing pastrami sandwich the diner ___________ (11) how could the ____ __ _____ (4,2,5) so highly on Yelp?
4.When their daughter’s grades started to flag, the parents decided to work ________ (8) __ ___ ___ (2,3,3) to study more.
5.
The pompous _______ (7) said “My ___ __ __ (3,2,2) important element of today’s culture.”
6.
“Easy come easy go” is a favorite, ____________ (12). As someone who is ___-____, _ ____ (3-4,1,4) myself with it naturally.
7.In the privacy of my ___ _ ______ (3,1,6) my teeth after I was ruthlessly __________ (10).
8.
Worried about global climate change, activists try to ____ ___ _______ (4,3,7) in to understand what ______________ (14) of their past patterns will do.
MENU
An Anagramatic Hors d’Oeuvre:
Blankety-blank-times-three
“When you are ____ ____, the head of ____, you ____ to assume a ____ ____!”
Anagram the combined twelve letters in the first three blanks to spell the words in the last
three blanks.
All six words contain four letters.
Fill in the blanks.
A More Disastrous Slice:
Weaponization & “Pollutions”
Name a weapon and the pollution it produces.
Rearrange these eight letters to spell a more disastrous weapon and pollution it produces.
What are these two weapons and pair of “pollutions?”
Riffing Off Shortz, Picciotto And Kosman Entrees:
Jackson & John: Stonewall & Stall(worth)
Will Shortz’s March 30th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Henri Picciotto and Joshua Kosman, the creators of “Out of Left Field” cryptic crosswords, reads:
Think of a word meaning “delay.” Remove one W from it and you’ll be left with another word meaning “delay.” What words are these?
ENTREE #1
Take the first and last names of a pair of puzzle-makers, in 26 letters.
Remove two consecutive letters from one of puzzle-maker’s names. Rearrange the remaining 24 letters to name two-word caption for Image A and a two-word caption for either Image B or for Image C.
Now rearrange the 14 letters of something they created.
The result is:
A. what many athletes did (in two words ending in the word “out”) to Carl Yastrzemski (“Yaz”) in front of “the Green Monster,”
B. a body part used in a sport that is not
baseball (although the body part can be found at the base of the body), and
C. an instrument you might see and hear during halftime of that sport.
Who are these puzzle-makers?
What did they create?
What are these two captions?
The word that precedes “out,” the body part, and the instrument all begin with the same letter. What are those three words?
(Entrees # 2 through #7 were written by our friend Nodd. Our thanks to him.)
ENTREE #2Think of a word meaning “delay.”
Rearrange its letters to spell a word for a person or thing that does not delay, but does the opposite.
What words are these?
(Hint: These words can also be rearranged to spell part of a common punishment in British colonies in North America in the late 1700s.)
ENTREE #3Think of a word that means “delay.” Change its last letter to a B.
Rearrange to spell a word for where you might find yourself if you delay too much.
What words are these?
(Hint: The second word is also a body part.)
ENTREE #4Think of two two-word phrases meaning “delay” that have the same first word, but have
second words that are the opposites of one another.
What phrases are these?
(Hint: Remove the first letter from one of the phrases and delete the space to get a word often applied to cheaters.)
ENTREE #5
Think of a word meaning “delay” and divide it into two equal parts.Each part can be rearranged to spell a different word you might say if you wanted to delay or impede someone.
What are these three words?
(Hint: The first half of the word meaning “delay” is what people do on Puzzleria! The second half is baked or fried.)
ENTREE #6Think of a word for a method of delaying official action.
Move its third letter to the sixth position and remove what are now the first three letters. You’ll be left with a word for what is frequently heard when this method of delay is used.
What words are these?
(Hint: In D.C., the second word is also frequently heard even when the method of delay is not being used.)
ENTREE #7
Think of a word meaning “delay.”
Remove the first and fifth letters and rearrange
to get a verb describing what is often necessary when solving puzzles.
What words are these?
(Hint: The second word rhymes with a creator of mediocre puzzles.)
ENTREE #8
Remove an X from an adjective that describes people who are extremely uneasy, lacking peace of mind or worried... about satisfying an
obligation, for example.
The letters that remain spell a plural word for examples of one such debt or obligation for which they may be responsible.
What are this adjective and examples of such a debt?
ENTREE #9
Remove two C’s from a three-word phrase that means either:
1. an opinion offered on a topic under
discussion, or
2. a sum or object of very small value; practically nothing.
Transpose the first two letters of the result.
The final result is a two-word term that means “the excess of the value of assets over liabilities.”
What is the three-word phrase?
What is the two-word term that means “the excess of the value of assets over liabilities?”
ENTREE #10Remove two C’s from an informal British term for “carjackings” or the plural form of “the act of breaking into a motor vehicle, taking it without owner’s consent and driving it away.”
What is the result?
Dessert Menu
Domestic Dessert:
Breed of critter, brand of vittles
Name a two-word breed of domestic creature that is often a pet.Remove four letters, in order and nearly consecutive, that spell a brand of food this creature may eat.
Also remove the creature itself, which is the second word of the “two-word breed of domestic creature.”
What remains is a word you can see in the text of this puzzle.
What are this two-word breed, brand, and word you can see when all else has been removed?
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DeleteTackling the Schpuzzle, about which I became immediately 'dubious' when I saw it was about rock and roll (you know me)....the four guys I came up with, well, I found only ONE who actually used his birth name, although a second guy used a shortened version of his first name, and a 'change' of surname that was both shorter and with two different vowels.
DeleteWith the exception of the above 'wrinkle', the band the first names suggest becomes easy. But have I made a mistake somewhere given that, of the four whom I picked out, only ONE actually maintained the exactly same name for his career?
VT, I think I have the same answer as you. Only one has exactly the same name.
Delete↗↘↙↖
DeleteI got Elton John, Les Paul, and Lowell George, but couldn't figure out the Ringo that Harry referred to, so I posted some arrows: https://clip.cafe/yellow-submarine-1968/how-it-ringo-arrowing/
DeleteQUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteHINTS!
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle. "I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes."
DeleteAPPETIZER HINTS:
DeleteWith the exception of #7, the components have no relation to the single word. I confess this was harder than I initially imagined, especially to get something with a reasonably clean reading.
We’ll do it again if folks like them.
1. For most of us both answers involve getting something off our chest! Liam Neeson did this recently.
2. The editor was a bit snippy.
3. Was the food digested?
4. I think the parents were Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim.
5. This puzzle needs a skilled and crafty solver.
6. This might require Solomonic wisdom, but the best we’ve got is George Strait.
7. Lately this has been happening to immigrants and the poor, who often have neither the space nor the oral assistance.
8. There’s a certain irony for Born-Again Christians.
Yes like them. These are pretty rad, trippy, cool.
DeleteOddly enough, I just now got App #2, but without the hint.
DeletepjbWondersIfTheSameThingThatMadeGeorgeStraitMadeMarvinGaye?
SUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 2-7:
Delete2. This Entree is R-rated.
3. The first word rhymes with Ella’s predecessor.
4. Art and Paul were feelin’ groovy.
5. The first word anagrams into Glenn Scobey’s nickname and Oliver’s surname.
6. Record just set.
7. The first word happens on the Calico Railroad every day.
Well, that just got me Entree #5. So far so good.
DeletepjbSaysThere'sNo"Twist"ToFiguringOutOliver'sSurname
Actually, Nodd, what 'just happened' wasn't really the word we are meant to find for your Entree 6....
DeleteRight. I took out my literary license, dusted it off, and used it so I could post a hint that was timely. I'm hoping it won't get revoked.
DeleteThanks for the hints. I have Entree #7 now.
DeleteSome Day-Late Monday Hints
DeleteNote: See Eco's hints on his post at
ecoarchitectApril 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
and see Nodd's hints on his post at
NoddApril 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A big THANKS to both!
Here are my belated hints:
Schpuzzle of the Week:
Reginald, Lester, Lowell & Harry
Reginald's surname is the first name of a guy nicknamed "Ike"... no, not Ike Turner.
Lester was a guitar genius.
Lowell had "little feat."
An Anagramatic Hors d’Oeuvre
Blankety-blank-times-three
STPEASCLEAX
A More Disastrous Slice:
Weaponization & Pollutions
Chester, Festus, Doc, etc. ...
Riffing Off Shortz, Picciotto And Kosman Entrees:
Jackson & John: Stonewall & Stall(worth)
ENTREE #1
Caption #1: the color is reddish, the garment is worn inside rather than out side.
Those two women in the photo look like they are the "Bee's Knees," out-on-the-town, "with-it," and "in with the in crowd!"
The letter the three words start with is an F.
ENTREE #8
People who are extremely uneasy, lacking peace of mind or worried experience anxiety.
ENTREE #9
How much do those two perfumes in the photo cost, anyway!?
ENTREE #10
The informal British term for “carjackings” is an acronym. If you come up with "nothing" when you solve this puzzle... well, congrats!
Dessert Menu
Domestic Dessert:
Popeye, who ate spinach, said "I yam what I yam..."
He also had a pet... named Jeep: a yellow creature about the size of a dog who walks on his hind legs, has a bear-like head and ears and a large nose and long tail, and protruding belly... probably not a feline.
LegoLoverOfSpinachAndYams!
I finally got the first half of your Entree 1, Lego (already had the second half), but BROTHER, was that the most DIFFICULT Entree #1 ever!!!!
DeleteI don't understand the Hors D'O hint, however. ARe those supposed to be the 12 letters, because there are only 11?
DeleteViolinTeddy,
DeleteRegarding the Hors d'Oeuvres hint:
Every other letter.
LjeogeoProvidingAHintExplanationToVtieodldiyn
I'm also confused by the Hors d'O hint. Got the Slice, at least. I also see that I must have a variant of the intended word for Entree #10, as my initial entry doesn't leave "nothing."
DeleteTortieWhoIsUsingADoubleNegativeForGoodReason
Lego, obviously, I was posting at the same time as you. Now I have something to go on for the Hors d'Oeuvre. Thanks!
DeleteWell that Schpuzzle was easier than I thought. Your hint about Lowell, especially, started putting the pieces together for me.
DeletepjbWouldHaveToBeLivingUnderARockAllThisTimeNotToGetTheSchpuzzle
I also got the Slice and Entree #8. Re the latter: Cute, Lego. No "stonewalling" here. Or was there...?
DeletepjbStillDoesn'tKnowWhat[STPEASCLEAX]Means,Though
Just read your hint, Lego, for the Hors D'O. Thank you so much! It was really bugging me, but I NEVER would have come up with the answer but for the hint.
Deletepjb, STPEASCLEAX means the U.S. is not being run by the nominal head of state!
DeleteThe original version of Entree 1 didn't say to remove the two consecutive letters and work with the remaining 24. It said rearrange all 26. I'd been proceeding from that till I looked back at the instructions again. Perhaps when something is changed after the initial publication we could include a notice to that effect in the Hints section.
DeletePUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZER RIFF: The engineering student considered himself an inveterate materialist until he ___ _ ______ (3, 1, 8) science professor who showed him the advantages of applying ___________ (12) reasoning to his field of study.
DeleteENTREE #8 RIFF: Think of an adjective that describes people who are extremely uneasy, lacking peace of mind or worried... about satisfying an obligation, for example. Replace the first letter with a three-letter expression of disapproval and rearrange to spell an adjective that often describes people who are enforcing an obligation.
Deepak Chopra doesn't scare me.
DeleteWell he should. Or am I thinking of RFK Jr.
DeleteGot the first Riff. Should've been one of the actual Appetizer puzzles, or I'd have solved five of them by now.
DeletepjbWouldBeScaredToHaveAWormEatingHisBrain,ComeToThinkOfIt
Laughing hard at your crack about RFK Jr, Plantie!
DeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteI have everything but the Hors d'Oeuvre, Slice, and Entree #7.
DeleteYou can probably get #7 from the hint I just posted. If not, I'll elaborate on it a bit.
DeleteI, too, am stuck on the Hors d'O and the Slice (I'm glad I'm not the only one.). But I also can't make sense out of Appetizer 6 [despite Eco's hint] or in a MOST unusual case, the first half of Entree 1, which is usually a giveaway! And my answer to Entree 8 doesn't make a lot of sense to me (singular AND plural?), either!
DeleteI'm still flailing away on Dessert (tho I think the four-letter food is pretty obvious.)
As a refreshing chance of pace, I have solved all of Nodd's. Let blue snow fall!
For Entree #1, the first caption contains a color followed by a type of clothing. For the Dessert, think of the Lady and the Tramp movie, but not Lady or the Tramp, ♩if you please ♩.
DeleteHeh heh, Tortie, I am singing the song right now. IN fact, I think I have it on a very old childhood record.I was clearly aiming at the WRONG type of pet. Which means my four-letter food is also wrong.
DeleteIF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT DO NOT PERTAIN TO ANY OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES ABOVE, YOU MAY WRITE THEM BELOW THIS POST. THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteEntree # 1, Image A -- 442 inches?! It sure doesn't look that big!
DeleteAnother good Friday to you all!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are still trying to get over our collective cold, and as a result of my poor health I had to miss another 80s trivia night at Tallulah's here in town last night. I'm sure Matt Mitchell, who runs the trivia nights there must've wondered where I was, as did my oldest niece Morgan who works as a waitress there. We also haven't been eating out as much lately due to my hiatal(why does this thing always change that word to "nostalgia"?) hernia. Surprisingly, fast food doesn't really seem to affect it at all. Neither does pasta. Some of our Hello Fresh meals have been spaghetti and, just last night and this afternoon, cavatappi. I had no trouble getting them down at all. Luckily I haven't had any vomiting episodes after the fact, just while I'm still eating. Hopefully Dr. Packet will prescribe me something to help. I'd even be willing to go in for surgery. I've already had some for a double hernia operation a few years back, so it wouldn't be my first rodeo. Anyway, I still have a bad cough, and my left ear is still stopped up. Currently as I'm writing this I'm also listening to American Top 40 reruns from the 70s and 80s(1984 at the moment, with Culture Club's "Miss Me Blind" just ending now). I found an iheartradio station that plays them 24 7, so I've been listening more often lately. So far I've only solved Appetizers #3, #4(the easiest), and #5, as well as the Dessert. I can see there's going to be a lot of consulting synonyms for the word "delay" in the Entrees later on, but I won't do it just yet.
Good luck in solving to all, and please stay safe, and don't worry too much about us. We'll be fine(just keep praying). Cranberry out!
pjbWillMoveOnToThePrivateEyeCrosswordAfterHe'sThroughHere
Sending you thoughts and prayers for wholeness and healing. I must add Dr. Packett to my list of interesting Dr. names. Some I have met but not all: Dr. Needle, Dr. Pain and Dr. Murder. Does Dr. Packett prescribe in bottles or packets?
ReplyDeletePlantie, are you saying there is AN ACTUAL "DR. MURDER" that you have met or know of?
DeleteApparently I made a typo with the doctor's last name which I didn't notice until just now. His name is Dr. Packer. I don't think I'd trust a Dr. Murder. Sounds like a villain out of James Bond or something. Anyway, we're still having trouble getting in touch with Dr. Packer. Something about referrals taking up to two weeks. I certainly don't want to wait that long for treatment.
DeletepjbSaysIt's"Murder"JustTryingToGetToSeeADoctorInThisCase
Dr. Packer sounds better. With Dr. Murder I may have b een referring to that show, "Dr. Death." Here in REnton we have not far from us- Monster Rd. named after a family -who had a farm near here- the Monsters.
DeleteYou may have to send that Dr. packing, if you can't get a hold of him.
DeleteSCHPUZZLE – THE BEATLES (ELTON JOHN, LES PAUL, LOWELL GEORGE, CLIFF RICHARD(?))
ReplyDeleteAPPETIZER
1. ABSOLUTION; AB SOLUTION
2. PROSECUTOR; PROSE CUT OR
3. DELIBERATED; DELI BE RATED
4. TOGETHER; TO GET HER
5. ARTISAN; ART IS AN
6. PROVERBIALLY; PRO-VERB, I ALLY
7. DEN I GRATED; DENIGRATED
8. REIN CAR NATIONS; REINCARNATIONS
HORS D’OEUVRE ??
SLICE – GUN, SMOKE; NUKE, SMOG(?)
ENTREES
1. HENRI PICIOTTO, JOSHUA KOSMAN; “OUT OF LEFT FIELD”; CRIMSON HOUSECOAT, HIP JOINT; FLIED, FOOT, FLUTE
2. RETARD; DARTER (HINT – TARRED)
3. HINDER; BEHIND
4. SLOW DOWN; SLOW UP (HINT – LOWDOWN)
5. POSTPONE; “STOP”; “NOPE.”
6. FILIBUSTER; BLUSTER
7. HOLDUP; PLOD
8. ANXIOUS; IOUS
9. TWO CENTS’ WORTH; NET WORTH
10. NOTHING (The informal term for carjackings is TWOC (taking without owner’s consent and the plural form would be TWOC’S.)
DESSERT – SIAMESE; IAMS; SEE
NODD APPETIZER RIFF – MET A PHYSICAL; METAPHYSICAL
NODD ENTREE #8 RIFF: – ANXIOUS; OBNOXIOUS
Schpuzzle: BEATLES (ELTON JOHN, LES PAUL, LOWELL GEORGE, CLIFF RICHARD (RINGO))
ReplyDeleteApp:
1. ABSOLUTION, AB SOLUTION
2. PROSECUTOR, PROSE CUT OR
3. DELIBERATED, DELI BE RATED
4. TOGETHER, TO GET HER
5. ARTISAN, ART IS AN
6. PROVERBIALLY, PRO-VERB I ALLY
7. DEN I GRATED, DENIGRATED
8. REIN CAR NATIONS, REINCARNATIONS
Hors d’Oeuvre: (Post hint: ) ELON, MUSK, DOGE; NEED, SMUG, LOOK
Slice: (Post hint: ) GUN SMOKE, NUKE SMOG
Entrees:
1. HENRI PICCIOTTO, JOSHUA KOSMAN; OUT OF LEFT FIELD; CRIMSON HOUSECOAT, HIP JOINT; FLIED, FOOT, FLUTE
2. RETARD, DARTER (hint: TARRED; Alt: LOITER, TOILER)
3. HINDER, BEHIND
4. SLOW UP, SLOW DOWN (LOWDOWN)
5. POSTPONE, STOP, NOPE
6. FILIBUSTER, BLUSTER
7. (Post hint: ) HOLDUP, PLOD
8. ANXIOUS, IOUS
9. TWO CENTS WORTH, NET WORTH
10. (Pre hint: ) TWOCKINGS, KING (Post hint: TWOCS, NOTHING ???)
Dessert: SIAMESE, IAMS, SEE
Nodd riff 1: MET A PHYSICAL, METAPHYSICAL
Riff 2: ANXIOUS (-A + BOO), OBNOXIOUS
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteREGINALD KENNETH DWIGHT=SIR ELTON JOHN
LESTER PAUL=LES PAUL
LOWELL GEORGE
HARRY WEBB=CLIFF RICHARD
The surnames suggest JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, and RICHARD(Ringo's real name), otherwise known as THE BEATLES.
Appetizer Menu
1. ABSOLUTION, AB SOLUTION
2. PROSECUTOR, PROSE CUT OR
3. DELIBERATED, DELI BE RATED
4. TOGETHER, TO GET HER
5. ARTISAN, ART IS AN
6. PROVERBIALLY, PRO-VERB, I ALLY
7. DEN I GRATED, DENIGRATED
8. REIN CAR NATIONS, REINCARNATIONS
Menu
An Anagramatic Hors d'Oeuvre
ELON MUSK, DOGE, NEED, SMUG, LOOK
A More Disastrous Slice
GUN, SMOKE, NUKE, SMOG
Entrees
1. HENRI PICCIOTTO, JOSHUA KOZMAN, OUT OF LEFT FIELD, (a.)CRIMSON HOUSECOAT, (b.)HIP JOINT, (c.)(A.)FLIED, (B.)FOOT, (C.)FLUTE
2. RETARD, DARTER, TARRED(and feathered)
3. HINDER, BEHIND
4. SLOW UP, SLOW DOWN, LOWDOWN
5. POSTPONE, STOP, NOPE
6. FILIBUSTER, BLUSTER
7. HOLDUP, PLOD(unsure about the connection to puzzles here)
8. ANXIOUS-"an X"=IOUS
9. TWO CENTS WORTH-"two C's"=NET WORTH(with slight rearranging)
10. NOTHING(Taking Without Owner's Consent=TWOC, which when pluralized, would be TWOC'S)
Domestic Dessert
SIAMESE(cat), IAMS, SEE
Nodd's #1 Riff: MET A PHYSICAL, METAPHYSICAL
#2: ANXIOUS-A+BOO(rearranged=OBNOXIOUS
Masked Singer Results:
Tonight was "Decades Night".
YORKIE=ERIKA JAYNE(another one of those "Real Housewives" that Mom and I don't know)
NESSY and MAD SCIENTIST'S MONSTER(the obvious country singer, if you ever heard his singing voice)go on to compete against others from the previous groups next week.
Status Of My Doctor's Appointments This Month:
LAST WEEK: DR. LARISSA ROBINSON(actually another doctor named Cassie saw me)
EARLIER TODAY: DR. TERRY BENTLEY(my therapist)
NEXT WEEK: MRI @Kirklin Clinic in Birmingham, then I'll see another doctor
APPOINTMENT TO SEE DR. PACKER: still not arranged
BIRTHDAY PLANS THE WEEK OF THE 15TH: still up in the air
See y'all tomorrow night!-pjb
Puzzleria -4-9-25”” 58 Degrees- some sun showers expected..
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle: Beatles, John, Paul, George,Ringo,(Richard Starkey:(Elton John, Les Paul, Lowell George, Cliff Richard.)
App:
1. absolution, ab solution
2. Prosecutor, prose cut or
3. Deliberated, deli be rated
4. Together, to get her
5. Artisan, art is an
6. Proverbally, pro-verb i ally
7. Nodd riff 1: Met a physical, metaphysical
Riff 2: ?
This week's official answers for the record, part 1:
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Reginald, Lester, Lowell & Harry
Reginald, Lester, Lowell and Harry are the first names on the birth certificates of four future groundbreaking musicians associated with rock ‘n’ roll.
Two of the four men each retained his “birth-certificate first name and surname” throughout his career and life. The other two each performed under first names and surnames that differed from that on his birth certificate. Two of these musicians are still alive.
Take the surnames that these four musicians used as performers.
What musical group do those for names suggest?
(Hint: Those four surnames appeared on the birth certificates of the members of the musical group in question.)
Answer:
The Beatles: John Paul, George & Ringo
(Reginald Dwight, whose stage name was Elton John) John (Lennon);
(Lester, known as Les Paul) Paul (McCartney);
(Lowell) George (Harrison);
(Harry Webb, whose stage name was Cliff Richard) Richard (Starkey, also known as Ringo Starr)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_George
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Richard
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 2:
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Menu
Nuclear Econfusion Appetizer:
Come Pound Your Feat!
Greg (or Ian?) Chant Appetizer:
“Come Pound Your Feat!”
There are many compound words in the language, made from two or more words or stems that combine to make a new word with a distinct meaning. Everyone within eyesight cannot bellyache otherwise. Stonewalls overcome cobwebs!
This puzzle features eight compound words that are made from combinations never imagined by Merriam or Webster. Your task is to break them down and rebuild. Letter counts are provided.
For example: Many will be _________ (9) this puzzle’s ___, __ ____ (3,2,4) cheers at the very least.
ANSWER: Many will be ENDORSING this puzzle’s END, OR SING cheers at the very least.
PUZZLES:
1.
When the out-of-shape man couldn’t find __________ (10) in his church he went to the gym to find an __ ________ (2,8).
2.
The editor acted more like a __________ (10) when she told the poet she needed her _____ ___ __ (5,3,2) she wouldn’t be published.
3.
After the disappointing pastrami sandwich the diner ___________ (11) how could the ____ __ _____ (4,2,5) so highly on Yelp?
4.
When their daughter’s grades started to flag, the parents decided to work ________ (8) __ ___ ___ (2,3,3) to study more.
5.
The pompous _______ (7) said “My ___ __ __ (3,2,2) important element of today’s culture.”
6.
“Easy come easy go” is a favorite, ____________ (12). As someone who is ___-____, _ ____ (3,4,1,4) myself with it naturally.
7.
In the privacy of my ___ _ ______ (3,1,6) my teeth after I was ruthlessly __________ (10).
8.
Worried about global climate change, activists try to ____ ___ _______ (4,3,7) in to understand what ______________ (14) of their past patterns will do.
ANSWERS:
1.
When the out of shape man couldn’t find ABSOLUTION (10) in his church he went to the gym to find an AB SOLUTION (2,8).
2.
The editor acted more like a prosecutor (10) when she told the poet she needed her PROSE CUT OR (5,3,2) she wouldn’t be published.
3.
After the disappointing pastrami sandwich the diner DELIBERATED (11) how could the DELI BE RATED (4,2,5) so highly on Yelp?
4.
When their daughter’s grades started to flag, the parents decided to work TOGETHER (8) TO GET HER (2,3,3) to study harder.
5.
The pompous ARTISAN (7) said “My ART IS AN (3,2,2) important element of today’s culture.”
6.
“Easy come easy go” is a favorite, PROVERBIALLY (12). As someone who is PRO-VERB I ALLY (3-4,1,4) myself with it naturally.
7.
In the privacy of my DEN I GRATED (3,1,6) my teeth after I was ruthlessly DENIGRATED (10).
8.
Worried about global climate change, activists try to REIN CAR NATIONS (4,3,7) in to understand what REINCARNATIONS (14) of their past patterns will do.
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There was so much going on today, that despite my having remembered in the wee hours, before I hit the hay, I totally forgot, once again. Sigh...
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REGINALD DWIGHT = ELTON JOHN;
LESTER POLSFUSS = LES PAUL;
LOWELL GEORGE;
HARRY WEBB = CLIFF RICHARD => JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE and RICHARD [Ringo] => THE BEATLES
APPETIZERS:
1. ABSOLUTION => AB SOLUTION
2. PROSECUTOR => PROSE, CUT, OR
3. DELIBERATED => DELI, BE, RATED
4. TOGETHER => TO, GET, HER
5. ARTISAN => ART, IS, AN
6. ???-???? I ????
7. DEN, I, GRATED => DENIGRATED
8. REIN, CAR, NATIONS => REINCARNATIONS
HORS D’O: . When you are ELON MUSK, the head of DOGE , you NEED to assume a SMUG LOOK.
SLICE: GUNSMOKE => NUKE, SMOG
ENTREES:
1. HENRI PICCIOTTO and JOSHUA KOSMAN , remove AK => CRIMSON HOUSECOAT & HIP JOINT; OUT OF LEFT FIELD => FILED, FOOT, FLUTE
2. RETARD => TRADER => TARRED
3. HINDER => BEHIND
4. SLOW UP & SLOW DOWN
5. POSTPONE => POST / PONE => STOP & NOPE
6. FILIBUSTER => BLUSTER
7. HOLDUP => OLDP => PLOD [ Rhymes with NODD, who is hardly ‘mediocre.']
8. ANXIOUS => AN IOUS? [This just doesn’t make sense to me]
9. TWO CENTS WORTH (minus ’TWOCS’) => NET WORTH
10. TWOCS minus TWOCS => NOTHING
DESSERT: SIAMESE CAT minus ‘IAMS' => ‘SEE' [“We are Siamese if you ple-ase, We are Siamese if you don’t please, We are looking over our new domicile, If we like it we may stay for quite awhile.” Thanks, Tortie, for reminding me of this!]
NODD’S APPETIZER RIFF: MET A PHYSICAL => METAPHYSICAL
This week's official answers for the record, part 3:
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An Anagramatic Hors d’Oeuvre
Blankety-blank-times-three
"When you are ____ ____, the head of ____, you ____ to assume a ____ ____!"
Anagram the combined twelve letters in the first three blanks to spell the words in the last three blanks.
All six words contain four letters.
Fill in the blanks.
Answer:
"When you are ELON MUSK, the head of DOGE, you NEED to assume a SMUG LOOK!"
A More Disastrous Slice:
Weaponization & Pollutions
Name a weapon and the pollution it produces.
Rearrange these eight letters to spell a more disastrous weapon and pollution it produces.
What are these two weapons and “pair of pollutions?”
Answer:
GUN SMOKE
NUKE SMOG
Riffing Off Shortz, Picciotto And Kosman Entrees:
Jackson & John: Stonewall & Stall(worth)
Will Shortz’s March 30th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by Henri Picciotto and Joshua Kosman, the creators of “Out of Left Field” cryptic crosswords, reads:
Think of a word meaning “delay.” Remove one W from it and you’ll be left with another word meaning “delay.” What words are these?
ENTREE #1
Name a pair of puzzle-makers, in 26 letters. Remove two consecutive letters in one of puzzle-maker’s names. Rearrange the remaining 24 letters to name two-word caption for Image A and a two-word caption for either Image B or for Image C.
Now rearrange the 14 letters of something they created.
The result is:
A. what many athletes did (in two words ending in the word “out”) to Carl Yastrzemski (“Yaz”) in front of “the Green Monster,”
B. a body part used in a sport that is NOT baseball (although the body part can be found at the BASE of the body), and
C. an instrument you might see and hear during halftime of that sport.
Who are these puzzle-makers?
What did they create?
What are these two captions?
The word that precedes “out,” the body part, and the instrument all begin with the same letter. What are those three words?
Answer:
Henri Picciotto; Joshua Kosman; "Out of Left Field"
Crimson Housecoat; Hip Joint;
FLIED out; FOOT(ball); FLUTE
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This week's official answers for the record, part 4:
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ENTREE #2
Think of a word meaning “delay.” Rearrange its letters to spell a word for a person or thing that does not delay, but does the opposite. What words are these?
(Hint – These words can also be rearranged to spell part of a common punishment in British colonies in North America in the late 1700s.)
Answer:
RETARD; DARTER (HINT – TARRED)
ENTREE #3
Think of a word meaning "delay." Change its last letter to a B. Rearrange to spell a word for where you might find yourself if you delay too much. What words are these? (Hint: The second word is also a body part.)
Answer:
HINDER; BEHIND
ENTREE #4
Think of two two-word phrases meaning “delay” that have the same first word, but have second words that are the opposites of one another. What phrases are these? (Hint: Remove the first letter from one of the phrases and delete the space to get a word often applied to cheaters.)
Answer:
SLOW DOWN; SLOW UP (HINT – LOWDOWN)
ENTREE #5
Think of a word meaning “delay” and divide it into two equal parts. Each part can be rearranged to spell a different word you might say if you wanted to delay or impede someone. What are these three words? (Hint : The first half of the word meaning “delay” is what people do on Puzzleria! The second half is baked or fried.)
Answer:
POSTPONE; “STOP”; “NOPE.”
ENTREE #6
Think of a word for a method of delaying official action. Move its third letter to the sixth position and remove what are now the first three letters. You'll be left with a word for what is frequently heard when this method of delay is used. What words are these? (Hint: In D.C., the second word is also frequently heard even when the method of delay is not being used.)
Answer:
FILIBUSTER; BLUSTER
ENTREE #7
Think of a word meaning "delay." Remove the first and fifth letters and rearrange to get a verb describing what is often necessary when solving puzzles. What words are these? (Hint: The second word rhymes with a creator of mediocre puzzles.)
Answer:
HOLDUP; PLOD
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This week's official answers for the record, part 5:
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Remove an X from an adjective that describes people who are extremely uneasy, lacking peace of mind or worried... about satisfying an obligation, for example. The letters that remain spell a plural word for examples of one such debt or obligation they may owe. What are this adjective and examples of such a debt?
Answer:
Anxious, IOUs
ENTREE #9
Remove two C’s from a three-word phrase that means either:
1. an opinion offered on a topic under discussion, or
2. a sum or object of very small value; practically nothing.
Transpose the first two letters of the result.
The final result is a two-word term that means “the excess of the value of assets over liabilities.”
What is the three-word phrase?
What is the two-word term that means “the excess of the value of assets over liabilities?”
Answer:
Two cents’ worth; Net worth
TWO CENTS’ WORTH – TWO C’S = ENT WORTH => NET WORTH
ENTREE #10
Remove two C’s from an informal British term for “carjackings” or the plural form of “the act of breaking into a motor vehicle, taking it without owner’s consent and driving it away.”
What is the result?
Answer:
Nothing at all! (TWOCS – TWO C’S = (NOTHING AT ALL!)
Dessert Menu
Domestic Dessert:
Breed of critter, brand of vittles
Name a breed of domestic creature that is often a pet.
Remove four letters, in order and nearly consecutive, that spell a brand of food this creature may eat.
What remains is a word you can see in the text of this puzzle.
What are this breed, brand and word you can see?
ANSWER:
Siamese (cat); Iams (pet food) (iams); ("See" is "a word you can "see" in the text of this puzzle")
SENT 2/18/25
2/1/25
Name a domestic creature breed. Remove four letters, in order and nearly consecutive, that spell a brand of food this creature may eat. What remains is a word you can see in the text of this puzzle. What are this breed, brand and word?
Answer:
Siamese (cat); Iams (iams); see
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