“A Dwindling” and “Holding their Fates to the Fire”; “Mingle? Schmingle! Where’s the Pringles?!” Did a “Sea Change Change Yew?” One Cool Cat and One Hot Dog! “Take two anagrams, be(d)head, and call me in the morning” Midday menu: frothy fruity eggy veggie medley

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe² SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:

Midday menu: frothy fruity eggy veggie medley

Sal and Peg take a pre-midday break from their jobs to enjoy brunch at a diner.

Sal orders a frothy fruit drink and a “veggie medley.” 

Peg orders an entree with eggs and a blended tea-and-lemonade beverage. 

What historical figure does Sal’s order suggest?

What more recent historical figure does Peg’s order suggest?

This week we proudly present the following two-pronged Appetizer:

Subterfuge & Greek Creature Appetizer:

“A Dwindling” and “Holding their Fates to the Fire”

“A Dwindling”

1. 🎥📖The 4-word (4, 5, 4, 5) title of a not very well known movie, with not very well known cast members, contains 5 different consonants and 1 vowel. 

In the title, three consonants appear 3 times each; two consonants appear once each; and the vowel appears 7 times. 

The phrase formed by the movie title is preceded by a subterfuge – a kind of “misdirection” – in a very well known, very famous, and best selling, novel which has been adapted to stage and screen. 

The novel and adaptations have had various titles. 

The phrase formed by the “not very well known” movie title and the “misdirection” are parts of a mysterious countdown. The countdown ends with the title of the novel.

Identify and describe this “subterfuge/misdirection.”

Extra Credit: Name the title of the not very famous movie, and the best known title of the famous novel. 

“Holding their Fates to the Fire” 

2. 𐦐𐦉 Name a 21st Century Tony winning play which is a reworking of a Greek myth. 

Drop the last letter of the title. Divide the remaining letters unevenly into two groups. Rearrange the letters to form a word out of each group – two new words in all. Placing those two words in the correct order results in a two-word characteristic of a creature in Greek myth. What is the play? 

What is the characteristic and the creature it describes? 

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Predatory Hors d’Oeuvre:

“Take two anagrams, be(d)head, and call me in the morning”

Anagram the letters of a predator to name its possible prey. 

“Be(d)head” (actually, just “behead”) the prey to get a second predator. Anagram the letters of that predator to get a sound made by a second, larger prey that ends with the same two letters as the sound. 

What are these five words?

What are this predator, prey, second predator, sound and second prey?

59-26 Skidoo Slice:

One Cool Cat and One Hot Dog!

(Note: The following puzzle is a collaboration of sorts between LegoLambda and Nodd. Nodd came up with the ingenious “cool cat” portion of the puzzle.)

Take letters associated with 26 followed by letters associated with 59 to get a name
associated with both a cool cat and a hot dog. 

What is this name and its association with a hot dog and cool cat? 

How are its letters associated with 26 and 59?

Riffing Off Shortz Entrees:

Did a “Sea Change Change Yew?”

Will Shortz’s July 6th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:

This is a phonetic challenge in four parts. First, say a letter of the alphabet out loud – like B, C, or L. Then name something you might carry around in your pocket. Say it twice. Finally, name a variety of tree. Say these four things in order, and phonetically they’ll name a nice place in the United States to vacation. What is it?

Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Entrees read:

ENTREE #1

This is a phonetic challenge in five parts. 

First, say the first syllable of a two-syllable fish whose second syllable is “fish.” (The first syllable is also where in the fish the hook might
embed itself.); 

Second, say the collective term for Aspires, Contours, Couriers, Crestlines, Edges, Elites, Fairmonts, Freestars, Freestyles, Mainlines, Parklanes and Tempos;

Third, say a two-syllable word that sounds like a synonym of “criminal,” like Snidely Whiplash or Boris Badenov, for two examples. 

Fourth, say a letter of the alphabet out loud; and

Fifth, say what sounds like the palindromic name of a prophetess mentioned in the Gospel of Luke.

Say these five things in order, and phonetically they’ll name the hometown and home state of a puzzlemaster!

Who is this puzzlemaster, his hometown and home state?

What are the answers to the five clues?

(Note: Entrees #2 through #7 were composed and contributed by our good friend Nodd whose “Nodd ready for prime time” is featured regularly on Puzzleria!) 

ENTREE #2

Name a letter of the alphabet. 

Then name an interval of time. 

Finally, name a U.S. state. Phonetic
ally, you’ll name a popular two-word vacation destination in the Western U.S. What is it?

ENTREE #3

Name a letter of the alphabet. Then name a kind of throwing weapon. 

Phonetically, you’ll name a Western U.S. national forest offering tourist attractions that include an aerial tramway. 

Which national forest is it? 

ENTREE #4

Name a letter of the alphabet. 

Then name a synonym of “bewilder.” 

Phonetically, you’ll
name a Western U.S. city offering numerous tourist attractions, including one pictured periodically in Puzzleria! What city is it? 

ENTREE #5

Name a letter of the alphabet. 

Then name something you would need in your pocket to go on a vacation, followed by something you would take along if you planned
to go fishing. 

Finally, name another letter of the alphabet. Phonetically, you’ll name a Western U.S. national forest offering numerous recreational opportunities for hikers and mountain bikers. 

Which national forest is it?

ENTREE #6

Name a letter of the alphabet. 

Then name the first two syllables of a furniture brand name. Finally, name the last name of a famous U.S. lawyer. 

Phonetically, you’ll name a waterfront tourist attraction in a major city in the Western U.S. 

What is it?

ENTREE #7

Name a letter of an alphabet. 

Then name something you might want for vacationing at a lake. 

Finally, name an accessory you might want for
taking photographs. 

Phonetically, you’ll name a Southern U.S. city that is considered a nice place to vacation. 

What city is it?

(Note: Entrees #8 and 9 were composed and contributed by our good friend Tortitude whose “Tortie’s Slow But Sure Puzzles” is featured regularly on Puzzleria!) 

ENTREE #8

Name a famous musician of the past. Say the last name followed by the first name quickly. You’ll phonetically have a two-word phrase. 

Now think of the musician’s most famous song.
The title character does the two-word phrase in the title place. 

Who is the musician? What is the phrase? What is the song? 

ENTREE #9

Think of a current American politician. 

The first four letters of the first name sound like
a word associated with beaches. 

The first four letters of the last name spell another word associated with beaches.

Who is this politician, “littorally?”

ENTREE #10

Small oscines seeking solitude,

While singing hymns of gratitude...

Write a caption for this image in two five-letter
words.

Then rearrange those ten letters to name a nice place in the United States to vacation.

What are this caption and U.S. vacation spot?

Dessert Menu

Hungry Hovering Hummingbird Dessert:

“Mingle? Schmingle! Where’s the Pringles?!”

The nattily-attired ______ ____ at the party didn’t even attempt to mingle. Instead, this greedy ____ ______ hovered around the snack table... like
a hungry hummingbird hovers above sweet nasturtium nectar and nummy gnats. 

Those first and fourth missing words are identical except for their second letters. 

The second and third words are identical except for their third letters. What are these four missing words?  

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!

Our master chef, Grecian gourmet puzzle-creator Lego Lambda, blends and bakes up mysterious (and sometimes questionable) toppings and spices (such as alphabet soup, Mobius bacon strips, diced snake eyes, cubed radishes, “hominym” grits, anagraham crackers, rhyme thyme and sage sprinklings.)

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 Thursday.

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