Schpuzzle of the Week:
Implements of Independence:
Don’t forget to pack forceps for the Fourth!
Name in two words, any one of many of the “fruits of agricultural labor” harvested annually across the American Heartland. The answer is a synonym of a eight-letter noun that appears a tad later in this puzzle.
What are these implements and celebratory
word?
What is the “any one of many of the fruits of agricultural labor harvested annually across the American Heartland?”
Hint: The spoonerism in this puzzle is somewhat rare. Most spoonerisms contain two pairs of rhyming words, like “jelly beans” and “belly jeans.”
However, the answer to this spoonerism contains only one rhyming pair, as well as a pair of non-rhyming words that are spelled identically except for their first letter... like, for example, the more “unusual” spoonerism “dashing my wishes” and “washing my dishes.” So, the answer to this puzzle is also “unusual.”
Appetizer Menu
Patrick J. Berry’s 43rd “Cryptic-Crossword” PuzzleriAppetizer!:
Just “For tea, two?” That just won’t do!
But “For tea, three?” Now THAT’S our new brew!
Befuddlement! This is Patrick’s 43rd gem that we are privileged and proud to present on Puzzleria!
Patrick J. Berry is truly “a Master of Cryptic Crossword letter-setting.” Indeed, there is no better setter of Cryptic Crossword letters than Patrick!
Patrick is both proficient and prolific. Need proof? It’s in the Puzzleria! Pudding!
Just take a gander, below, at the “clickable”
array of Patrick’s two-score-plus crosswords that have previously appeared on Puzzleria!
Open any number of them, at random. Then just sit back and bask in Patrick’s cryptic brand of mystery!
You can access Patrick’s previous 42 cryptic crossword by opening the links below:
For those of you who may be new to solving cryptic crossword puzzles, Patrick has compiled the following list of basic cryptic crossword puzzle instructions:
Regarding the Across and Down clues and their format:
Multiple numbers in parentheses indicate how letters are distributed in multiple-word answers.
For example, (7) simply indicates a 7-letter word like “stumper,” 5,3,2 5) indicates a 5-letter-plus-3-letter-plus-2-letter-plus-5-letter answer like “tough nut to crack,” and (4-9) indicates a four-letter-and-nine-letter hyphenated answer like “head-scratcher.”
For further insight about how to decipher these numbered cryptic clues, see Patrick’s “Cryptic Crossword Tutorial” in this link to his November 2017 cryptic crossword.
That Tutorial appears below the filled-in answer-grid in that edition of Puzzleria!
And so... sit back... sip on a “spot of tea...”
And, just enjoy Patrick J. Berry’s spot-on genius!
ACROSS
1. He wrote, “One, terribly fat, devours one of the farm animals”? (4,6)
9. Food from years ago, during one’s
boyhood?(5,5)
10. King not on top of ace(4)
15. Consideration for top person in secret organization(7)
16. Still, er, working for network(7)
19. Soldier was curious almost, getting in tank(7)
20. Ex-newscaster claims Lucy’s friend did something illegal(5,3,3)
(4)
24. Awfully evident in low part of Uruguay(10)
25. Throw dart(4)
26. Seems ‘e left? Foolish pride!(4-6)
DOWN
1. Going up before class? Not at all(4)
2. Simple answer in cryptic, yes?(4)
4. Now that could be where all the bric-a-brac goes(7)
5. Report about a detour(7)
7. I’m a fun sort of storyteller—could make novel!(10)
8. Put another way, is sans duet!(10)
13. Angry, spilled beer on duke’s mixture(10)
14. Perhaps I misspoke about everybody’s top frozen treats(6,4)
18. Irish town has a new hotel building(7)
21. Minor celebrity on the radio(4)
22. Average part of Michigan or Minnesota? (4)
MENU:
“Land Of Sky Blue Water” Hors d’Oeuvre:
“Be a Pepper, Do the Dew!”
Double the brand’s fourth letter. Insert three separate spaces.
The result is a possible five-word slogan for the beverage.
What is this slogan?
Revolutionary Slice:
“ ’76... but not trombones!”
The middle four of those letters indicate the number.
The four remaining letters can be anagrammed to spell either the temporal setting of the painting, or the title of a tune these heroes may play.
What are this subject, “hero-count,” temporal setting and tune-title?
Extra Credit: What is the painting's title?
Riffing Off Shortz And Sceinberg Slices:
“The City of Angels” and “The Lions of Teranga”
Will Shortz’s June 28th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, from Rawson Sheinberg of Plymouth, Michigan, reads:
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Sheinberg Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
Move the middle letter of this town to the
beginning. The result is the surname of a puzzle-maker.
The first name of that puzzle-maker can be rearranged to spell two words (in one & five letters) that may precede the word “testimony” during court proceedings.
What is this town? Who is this puzzle-maker?
What two words may precede the word “testimony” during court proceedings
Fill in the three missing words (five, six and four letters) in the caption that accompanies the image pictured here.
Rearrange these fifteen letters to spell the name of a puzzle-maker.
What is this caption?
Who is this puzzle-maker?
Entrees #3 through #8 are conundrummy rifs
drummed-up/dreamt-up by our friend and riffmeister extraordinaire, Nodd.
ENTREE #3
Rearrange all the letters to name a U.S. state and a foreign country.
What places are these?
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name.
Double the first four letters of the second word, and change an N to an I. Rearrange to name a country and an island. What are these places?
ENTREE #5
Double the first and last letters.
Rearrange to name two major European ethno-linguistic groups.
What are the city and the groups?
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name.
Change the first letter to the next letter of the
alphabet and add a G.
Rearrange all the letters to name a U.S. state and a foreign country.
What places are these?
ENTREE #7
Add a D and change an O to an A.
Rearrange to name a country in Africa and a
geographical region in South Asia.
What places are these?
Think of a Midwestern U.S. city with a six-letter one-word name.
Change the first and third letters, which are the same, to the letter that is eight places earlier in
the alphabet.
Add an R and rearrange to name a country. Change one letter of the country name to an S, and rearrange to name another country.
What are these cities and country?
Entree #9 is the ingenious brainchild of our friend and prolific riff-crafter Plantsmith.
ENTREE #9
Take a two-word U.S. city name.
another animal.
What is this city and two animals?
Entree #10 is an excellent riff contributed by our friend and brilliant puzzle-crafter Ecoarchitect.
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name.
Replace a letter in the first word, without rearranging letters, to name a body part. Then, replace a
letter in the second word with the same new letter, and move it to the end of that word to name an informal medical term often associated with that body part.
What are the city, body part, and medical term?
Dessert Menu
Connecting The Holidays Dessert:
“A holiday (or two) in the life...”
Name a fifteen-letter phrase associated with Independence Day.
Anagram these combined letters to form three five-letter words associated with a different holiday:
~ 🎄🥚🦃The name of a person associated with this holiday;
~ 💘🎆🥳What the person will likely do during the late evening of that of that prior day... or perhaps even during the wee hours of the holiday itself.
What is this fifteen-letter phrase?
Who are the person and what that person might do in the late evening or wee hours?
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ReplyDeleteLego...
QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteHINTS!
ReplyDeleteSUNDAY HINTS FOR ENTREES 3-8:
Delete3. Janis and Bobby, busted flat.
4. Go Blue!
5. You may have to roll the dice on this one.
6. The city’s most famous street is a drink.
7. CA, 450,000; NY, 35,000, but more in summer.
8. The city name is a boxing term, twice, followed by a U.S. state postal abbreviation.
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DeleteSolved all except #5, #9, and #10 so far!
DeletepjbFirstThoughtTheEasiestPartOfTheEntreesWouldBeToSimplyNameATwo-Word[US]City(Not#8,OfCourse!)
E9. In the second word the three letters you drop are consecutive and at the end of the city name.
DeleteOne animal might be able to eat the other -but not the other way around.
Cryptic Hints:
DeleteACROSS
1. One who's afraid of Christmas?
6. It's quite far down in the NATO Alphabet(very far down).
9. A box of this, made by the Reggano Company, ranch-and-bacon flavored, currently sits in our pantry here at the Berry home.
10. He ruled "Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in 796."(Wikipedia)
11. Where yours truly first learned about cryptic crosswords in college, possibly still available for perusal at the Mervin H. Sterne Library on the UAB campus in Birmingham, AL.
15. A word used by both Aretha Franklin and Rodney Dangerfield back when they were still with us.
16. The surname of a main character in the comic strip "On the Fastrack".(Look it up if you've never heard of it.)
17. A leading philosopher of the Dutch Golden Age, he wrote the book "Ethics", which was said to be a "superb cryptic masterwork" (not to be confused with the cryptic masterwork you're currently trying to solve!).
19. As an adjective, this word described the eyes of Daryl Hall & John Oates 45 years ago(when they were still speaking to each other, of course).
20. Based on the title of a Judas Priest song, only in the past tense, not the gerund form.
23. Austin Powers' nemesis, only without the title "Dr."
24. The surname of a screenwriter who created "Good Times" and "What's Happening!!" in the 70s+something MTV and VH1 used to broadcast on a regular basis some 40+ years ago(now, not so much).
25. It may follow "Mrs.", "50-yard", or "Stacey" for an actress who appeared in the film "Clueless".
26. The first half of this hyphenated answer is the name of a women's health magazine, which its publisher Conde Hast has discontinued this year, after 47 years.
DOWN
1. Not "yep", but...
2. Not a commonly used word to describe cryptic crosswords, it also precedes "Rider", "Reader", and "Lover".
3. Primarily known as a one-hit wonder, she has also written songs for other artists, such as George Harrison, Tina Turner, and Celine Dion, and she also co-wrote the hit song "Strut" for Sheena Easton, which peaked at No. 7 on the US pop chart, in 1984.
4. As a regular, uncapitalized word, it also means "any of various other things that might also be mentioned". Capitalized, it is the name of a digital marketplace and live-stream shipping platform.
5. It is "the visual, printed, or audio display of data from a scientific or electronic device", but it also sounds like a word that means "a place of retreat".
7. Capitalized, it is the title of a German spy thriller series currently on Netflix. As a regular word, it is a synonym for "new".
8. The best word to describe singer Bobby McFerrin on his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" (a lot of overdubbing).
12. See 19 Down, same as the clue itself.
13. Another word for "hybrid", it is also the name of an industrial metal band, formed in 1996 in Clearwater, FL.
14. The first word is a controversial term that would offend the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. Hopefully it is okay to use here.
18. One of Ireland's oldest pubs, Sean's Bar, is located here. It is also bisected by the River Shannon.
19. 3 Down's one hit, it peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard pop chart in 1979, and hit No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart the following year, in 1980.
21. The surname of a "Monty Python" member who actually performed with 3 Down in a duet on a song called "Harry", which was a "jokey birthday present" for singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson. The recording would later show up on Nilsson's 1980 album, "Flash Harry".
22. Capitalized, everybody knew his name at Cheers.
pjbMustNowGoGetReadyForBed('Night,Y'all!)
(SorrySoLate)Late Tuesday Hints:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Implements of Independence Hors d’Oeuvre:
Don’t forget to pack forceps for the Fourth!
"Fennel,” for example is a savory "fruit of agricultural labor." (It is a F__M S___e.)
Sweet or meaty morsels may be skewered on the "implements."
The "word associated with July Fourth celebrations" is "Ooh-and-Ahhable!"
Appetizer Menu
Patrick J. Berry’s 43rd “Cryptic-Crossword” PuzzleriA!ppetizer
I will rely on Patrick to provide any hints he may deem necessary.
“Land Of Sky Blue Water” Hors d’Oeuvre
“Be a Pepper, Do the Dew!”
The beverage brand begins with the same first four letters as a the title of a Jethro Tull album.
Revolutionary Slice
“ ’76... but not trombones!”
The painter's name
I believe they bestowed upon the nuptials of Prince Charles and Lady Dianna the "Bridal Chill Award!"
“The City of Angels” and “The Lions of Teranga”
Will Shortz’s June 28th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, from Rawson Sheinberg of Plymouth, Michigan, reads:
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Add a letter to the first word, without rearranging letters, to name a country. Then, without adding a letter, rearrange the letters of the second word to name another country. What places are these?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Sheinberg Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
I cannot believe that they allow such vile and inappropriate language to occur during court proceedings... especially when impressionable youths may be present!
ENTREE #2
the three missing words (in five, six and four letters) are:
* the color of what is bein applied,
* The "gunk" that is being appled, and
* The body part in question.
As I usually do (as is my wont... and my "want"), I shall allow Nodd, Plantsmith and Ecoarchitect the first crack at giving hints to their combined excellent Entrees #3 through #10.
* You will find Nodd's, above, in his July 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM post.
* You will find Plantsmith's, above, in his July 6, 2026 at 8:44 AM at 2:17 PM post.
* Eco would, I am sure, be williing to provide a hint for his Entree #10 upon request.
Connecting The Holidays Dessert:
“A holiday (or two) in the life...”
The fifteen-letter phrase associated with Independence Day is a synonym of "Old Glory..." (This synonym is "...Forever!)
Lego!
And, Patrick's Crypic Crossword Hints appear in his July 7, 2026 at 3:39 AM post, also above.
DeleteLego..
Based on the Hors d'Oeuvre hint, I believe the brand's FIFTH letter should be doubled, rather than the fourth. Lego?
DeleteGot all of the Schpuzzle except the "fruit of agricultural labor", but I got all of the Hors d'Oeuvre for sure. Still unsure about the verbs in the Dessert, but I know the person for sure.
DeletepjbHasNoIdeaWhatCharlesAndDianaHaveToDoWithTheSlice,ButHeDoesKnowHowHerNameShouldBeSpelled(15AcrossForTheDead,Please!)
PUZZLE RIFFS!
ReplyDeleteMY PROGRESS SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteIF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT DO NOT PERTAIN TO ANY OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES ABOVE, YOU MAY WRITE THEM BELOW THIS POST. THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteI'll do my darnedest to get this edition of Puzzleria! completed by somethime as-soon-as-I-can on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your patience.
Lego...
Are you okay, Lego? I know only too well what stress and health problems do to us, so I wanted to check in with you!
DeleteHappy Independence Day Eve to all!
DeleteLego has already told me as we were putting my latest puzzle together that he's been having trouble with his internet service, or his computer, something like that. I did get to look at some screenshots of what my puzzle would look like, including images and text. Obviously, as I see the finished product here just now, he never got my last email back to him. Just so you know, Lego, the way you would clue "tough nut to crack" should look like this:
(5, 3, 2, 5)
Luckily, everything else seems to look okay(I may have to go back after this and try to figure out how the images may pertain to any clue in my puzzle). No noticeable errors in any of the clues, and all of them are of the same size font(this was another thing I felt I had to bring up, based on what I had seen so far in the screenshots). Some of the screenshots hadn't even turned on, and the whole thing seemed more like a jigsaw puzzle with a few missing pieces. But I guess it turned out all right, for the moment anyway. Let's hope trying to solve all the puzzles when they finally appear here tomorrow won't interfere with anyone's chances to see fireworks tomorrow night. I know our annual fireworks show, called "Thunder on the Mountain", broadcast on WBRC Channel 6 in Birmingham, is set to air at 10:00pm. Unfortunately, this will come after a baseball game scheduled earlier, so there's no telling if the fireworks will still be on time. Mom and I will still be staying tuned. She's fine, but she hasn't been feeling well today. She did want to try something she saw on her Kindle for supper. There was some kind of offer from Sonic, involving a burger, onion rings, and chicken nuggets. That's what she came back with, anyway. I looked up their menu online, and ordered a bacon cheeseburger, the "Groovy Fries", a Diet Dr. Pepper, and an Oreo Sonic Blast. The bacon on the burger was a little hard to chew, and the fries required not just a fork(which they provided), but a knife as well. Should've got onion rings like Mom did. When Mom finally got dressed to go, she left just as the fireworks were starting on "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS. When she got back, we ate and watched the rebroadcast of the show, with Kool and the Gang performing their medley again, and Patti Labelled singing again, and then Mom fell asleep as Chicago played three of their hits again(one of them had to be "Saturday in the Park", which does mention the Fourth of July), and then came the fireworks again. So Mom missed them twice! I'll try to make sure she doesn't do that again tomorrow night during the 10:00pm show. Also, we were going to go out to eat(I guess)earlier this evening, but Mia Kate said she didn't really feel like doing it, and she said maybe Bryan might still feel like it, but he never did call back or text about that. When she was over here cleaning house yesterday, she said "maybe", and then I showered and did a little laundry, and then got ready to go, and then Mom heard from Mia Kate, and it all fell through. So we did Sonic, and it was okay.
The Schpuzzle looks a little difficult, probably going to need hints later on.
Good luck in solving, and please stay safe, and happy 250th to everyone upon this great American blog. Cranberry out!
pjbHopesThisCommentWon'tBe"TooLong"(WishHimLuck!)
I haven't started yet, but notice 4D includes the phrase "briac-a-brac"; should that be "bric-a-brac"?
DeleteI haven’t even started to look at the puzzles yet. It has been sweltering here in NJ, and today Comcast is out. I’m writing to you on my phone where I can use 5G.
DeleteI didn't even notice the misspelling in "bric-a-brac", and it's my own puzzle! Pretty sure I didn't type it out like that. I think that was on Lego's end. Just now I noticed the Schpuzzle appears to be the Hors d'Oeuvre, actually.
DeletepjbIsGladWeLiveInACountryWhereWeAreFreeToMakeMistakesAndPointOutOthers'MistakesAsWell
I had completely missed that, pjb, the subtitle about the Schpuzzle being the Hors D'O. Now I wonder which one that puzzle really IS?
DeleteI made a pdf of the cryptic - I can't imagine doing it on the screen. Download it from https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cbw4pgv3gihe7tusv6uoj/Patrick-Berry-Cryptic-2026-07-02.pdf?rlkey=jwq3h91g74d2jt3861ycicwvi&st=b9o9225g&dl=0
DeleteInteresting that you point that out, eco, because even IF I were to try to tackle PJB's crosswords, having NO printer, it would have been impossible...I don' t know how anyone else could do it without the puzzle being on a piece of paper in front of them!
DeleteYeah, I couldn't think of doing it without a printer. There is a puzzle format (.puz) for doing crosswords on your screen. I use it weekly for the "Out of Left Field" cryptics (https://www.patreon.com/c/leftfieldcryptics/posts), which are a lot of fun.
DeleteFor any doing PJB's, 10A and 18D seem pretty obscure. And the enumeration for 19D should be (5,2,3,8). The pdf has been updated at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d031sx6u7rbnelolejyw1/Patrick-Berry-Cryptic-2026-07-02.pdf?rlkey=doyco5vyp82op62dawf650kyw&st=6zt45biv&dl=0
I agree. It is supposed to be(5,2,3,8). Apparently my mentioning the enumeration for the phrase "tough nut to crack" in the example somehow got at the end of that clue.(BTW Thanks eco, for coming up with the word "enumeration" for that part of the clue. I couldn't come up with any better word for that part of a cryptic clue. To the best of my knowledge, no real term for that part has ever even been used on the Guardian Crossword Blog by anyone, whether they have written the blog or have posted anything in the comments section. But "enumeration" sounds perfect. I'll have to remember that.)
DeletepjbDoesRememberThePhrase"SurfaceReading"BeingUsed,Though(Basically,It'sHowTheClueLooksWhenYouReadItForTheFirstTime,SomethingLikeThat)
Yes Tortie. Sweltering. My son in East Harlem has all the lights off in the apartment and not supposed to run AC below 78 in the building.Too hot to go outside.
Delete(5,2,3,8). If Lego is trying to fix that mistake, he's not through yet. It now reads(5,2). All he needs now is the(3,8).
DeletepjbAlsoNoticedTheEntreesAreNowSlicesAndThereIsNoDessert.WhatonEarthCouldHaveHappenedWithHisComputerAnyway?
PJB: I can't claim any originality in "enumeration", I got that term from the two creators of Out of Left Field. They include brief narratives about cryptics in general and their process specifically when they publish their puzzle on Thursdays, and short discussions of their puzzles when they publish the solution on Mondays.
ReplyDeleteSympathies for all suffering in the sweltering summer heat; unfortunately all predictions are it's only going to get worse with this year's El Nino. We in the Bay Area are blessed with a community air conditioning system - very Communistic.
Winston Churchill once wrote: "We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us." The shape (actually the structure) of buildings in Italy and Spain gave rise to the popular pastime of the evening stroll and nightlife in general. Masonry and stone buildings absorb heat during the day and re-radiate that in the evening, so those houses are ovens until fairly late at night. Same with brick houses in the US without air conditioning.
Done well it's a great strategy for passive heating and cooling, do it badly and you spend the evening at a cafe.
Thanks for your patience, all!
ReplyDeleteI did fix my briAc-a-brac typo, thanks to Eco, and will try to correct other goofs I've made as they come to light! All of you, and especially cranberry (Patrick J. Berry), have been very understanding... of both my "computer problems" and of my cognitive problems.
Lego...
Because of my "delays," I plan to post my hints not on "Late-Sunday-Early-Monday" but on "Late-Monday-Early-Tuesday." And, I do plan to post a Dessert also ASAP. Thanks for your patience.
ReplyDeleteLego...
CORRECTION
ReplyDeleteThe paragraph in my Dessert that incorrectly began:
"What the person does during the late evening of that of that prior day..."
NOW READS:
"What the person will likely do during the late evening of that of that prior day..."
My profound apologies!
Lego(InNeedOfEditing!)
I’ll probably be taking this week off from solving puzzles, as I still don’t have proper Internet access. I think that I could use my iPhone as a hotspot for my computer but 5G is a lot slower, and at some point the data will be throttled.
ReplyDeleteHooray, the Internet came back some time late last night / early this morning, but I'm still taking the week off.
DeleteI never had a chance to make any comment about wha tyou were going through, but I had seen numerous reports (and got one via email from my sis-in-law in Westchester County, NY) about the damage that was done by storms. My hometown in NJ STILL has messages on Facebook about utilities being out and other problems. What on earth happened all over that area, Tortie?
Delete(Tom) BROKAW & ETHEL (Mertz) broke the law.
ReplyDeleteLONDON TIMES: no men sold it
SCHPUZZLE – WIRE FORKS, FIREWORKS
ReplyDeleteHORS D’OEUVRE – AQUAFINA, BOTTLE; “A QUAFF IN A BOTTLE”
SLICE – PATRIOTS, TRIO, PAST, “TAPS”; “THE SPIRIT OF ‘76”
ENTREES
1. HEINSBERG; RAWSON SHEINBERG; “A SWORN”
2. “APPLYING BROWN GREASE TO SHIN”; RAWSON SHEINBERG
3. BATON ROUGE; OREGON, CUBA
4. ANN ARBOR; IRAN, BORA BORA
5. LAS VEGAS; GAELS, SLAVS
6. NEW ORLEANS; OREGON, WALES
7. LONG BEACH; CHAD, BENGAL
8. KOKOMO; MOROCCO, COMOROS
9. NEW LONDON; NEWT, A LOON (?)
10. FORT WORTH; FOOT, ORTHO
DESSERT – “STARS AND STRIPES”; SANTA, DRESS (?), TRIPS (?)
SCHPUZZLE: WIRE FORKS => FIREWORKS. [Pre-hint]; only 8 letter nouns I can find are VICINITY and BONFIRES. F???M SPICE?
ReplyDeleteHORS D”O: AQUA FINA BOTTLE? No idea what to do with this
ENTREE 1: HEINSBERG. =>. SHEINBERG; RAWSON => A SWORN (testimony)
ENTREE 2: BROWN GREASE SHIN => RAWSON SHEINBERG [Pre-hint]
DESSERT: STARS AND STRIPES => SANTA, DRESS, TRIPS? [Pre-hint]
I see Nodd's complete answer for the Hors D'O. The directions had indicated to double the FOURTH (not the FIFTH) letter....which would be an "A", not an "F". Did that mistake get corrected somewhere in the comments, and I just never saw it?
ReplyDelete7-8-26" 91 degrees in Canton, Ga.
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle- Fireworks, wire-forks
E!. Heinsberg, Sheinberg, Rawson, a sworn
E9.New Orleans, Newt , Oriole
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteFIREWORKS, WIRE FORKS(I don't have the BONFIRES part of it, either.)
See Lego's official recap for all cryptic answers.
Menu
"Land Of Sky Blue Water" Hors d'Oeuvre
AQUAFINA BOTTLE, "A QUAFF IN A BOTTLE!"
PATRIOTS, TRIO, PAST, "TAPS", "THE SPIRIT OF '76"
Entrees
1. HEINSBERG, "A SWORN"=RAWSON SHEINBERG
2. BROWN GREASE, SHIN=RAWSON SHEINBERG(again)
3. BATON ROUGE(LA), OREGON, CUBA
4. ANN ARBOR(MI), IRAN, BORA BORA
5. LAS VEGAS(NV), GAELS, SLAVS
6. NEW ORLEANS(LA), OREGON(again), WALES
7. LONG BEACH(CA), CHAD, BENGAL
8. KOKOMO(IN), MOROCCO, COMOROS
9. I guess that is a picture of a young Newt Gingrich, but I don't know the ball player.
10. FORT WORTH(TX), FOOT, ORTHO
Connecting The Holidays Dessert
STARS AND STRIPES, SANTA(I couldn't get the verbs, but DRESS and TRIPS would be questionable enough for all other solvers here to add a question mark, as they have done so far, so I merely brought that up instead of also offering those as my answers, which they are not.)
BTW The artist who painted "The Spirit of '76" was Archibald MacNeal Willard, in 1875. Just thought you might like to know.-pjb
This week's official answers for the record, part 1
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Implements of Independence:
Don’t forget to pack forceps for the Fourth!
Name in two words, any one of many of the “fruits of agricultural labor” harvested annually across the American Heartland. The answer is a synonym of a eight-letter noun that appears later in this puzzle.
Name a two-word term describing Independence Day implements that Americans might use in the vicinity their bonfires. Spoonerize the words in the term and delete the space to spell a word associated with July Fourth celebrations.
What are these implements and celebratory word?
What is the “any one of many of the fruits of agricultural labor harvested annually across the American Heartland?”
Hint: The spoonerism in this puzzle is somewhat rare. Most spoonerisms contain two pairs of rhyming words, like “jelly beans” and “belly jeans.”
Hint: The answer to this spoonerism contains only one rhyming pair, as well as a pair of non-rhyming words that are spelled identically except for their first letter... like, for example, “dashing my wishes” and “washing my dishes.”
Answer:
"Wire Forks"; "Fireworks"
"Farm Spice"
Note: "Campfires" is a synonym of "bonfires" and anagram of "Farm Spice."
Lego...
Well, earlier this evening/afternoon (I can't keep anything straight anymore), when I had finally seen the hint for the Hors D'O, I had actually written down FARM SPICE, but then I googled, and they said there is 'no such thing.' SO I erased the A and the R. Somehow I completely missed that the phrase was supposed to be an ANAGRAM of a synonym of one of those two nouns.
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ReplyDeletePatrick J. Berry’s 43rd “Cryptic-Crossword” PuzzleriA!ppetizer:
“Just ‘For tea, two?’ That just won’t do!
But ‘For tea, three?’ Now THAT’S our new brew!”
Note: The completed filled-in-answer grid of Patrick crossword appears above this week's Commnets Section.
ANSWERS:
Across
1. He wrote, “One, terribly fat, devours one of the farm animals”? (4,6)
NOEL COWARD
ONE anagram+LARD containing COW
6. Where animals use the bathroom, we hear such language?(4)
ZULU
sounds like ZOO LOO
9. Food from years ago, during one’s boyhood?(5,5)
PASTA SALAD
"PAST AS A LAD"
10. King not on top of ace(4)
OFF A
OFF+A
11. Newspaper—no men sold it, surprisingly?(6,5)
LONDON TIMES
NOMENSOLDIT anagram
15. Consideration for top person in secret organization(7)
RESPECT
P inside SECRET anagram
16. Still, er, working for network(7)
TRELLIS
STILLER anagram
17. Piano’s playing to welcome unknown philosopher?(7)
SPINOZA
PIANOS anagram containing Z
19. Soldier was curious almost, getting in tank(7)
PRIVATE
VAT inside PRIED-D
20. Ex-newscaster claims Lucy’s friend did something illegal(5,3,3)
BROKE THE LAW
(Tom)BROKAW containing ETHEL
23. Be turning bad(4)
EVIL
LIVE reversed
24. Awfully evident in low part of Uruguay(10)
MONTEVIDEO
EVIDENT anagram inside MOO
25. Throw dart(4)
DASH
double definition
26. Seems ‘e left? Foolish pride!(4-6)
SELF ESTEEM
SEEMSELEFT anagram
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1. Going up before class? Not at all(4)
NOPE
ON reversed+P.E.
2. Simple answer in cryptic, yes?(4)
EASY
A inside YES anagram
3. Singer difficult to take, story breaking heart(7,4)
CHARLIE DORE
HARD containing LIE inside CORE
4. Now that could be where the bric-a-brac goes(7)
WHATNOT
NOWTHAT anagram
5. Report about a detour(7)
READOUT
ADETOUR anagram
7. I’m a fun sort of storyteller—could make novel!(10)
UNFAMILIAR
IMAFUN anagram+LIAR
8. Put another way, is sans duet!(10)
UNASSISTED
ISSANSDUET anagram &lit.
12. See 19 Down
13. Angry, spilled beer on duke’s mixture(10)
CROSSBREED
CROSS+BEER anagram+D (the 's, in this case, means the contraction of "is", not the possessive form)
14. Perhaps I misspoke about everybody’s top frozen treats(6,4)
ESKIMO PIES
IMISSPOKE anagram containing E
18. Irish town has a new hotel building(7)
ATHLONE
A+N(new)+HOTEL anagram
19. Song by 3 felt “too hip”—arranged differently, song gets one’s attention (5,2)
PILOT OF
FELTTOOHIP anagram+AIR+WAVES
21. Minor celebrity on the radio(4)
IDLE
sounds like IDOL
22. Average part of Michigan or Minnesota? (4)
NORM
hidden inside michigaNORMinnesota
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12 Down is not supposed to say "See 19 Down" here. The correct answer is THEAIRWAVES, as in "Pilot of the Airwaves".
DeletepjbWouldNotHave"See[19]Down"AsAnActualCrypticAnswer,AndNeitherWouldAnyOtherCrypticSetterAcrossThePond!
This week's official answers for the record, part 4
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“Land Of Sky Blue Water” Hors d’Oeuvre
“Be a Pepper, Do the Dew!”
Name a brand of beverage, followed by its container.
Double the brand’s fourth letter. Insert three separate spaces.
The result is a possible five-word slogan for the beverage.
What is this slogan?
Answer:
1. "A Quaff in a Can!" or "A Quaff in a Bottle"; Aquafina (water, in a can or bottle)
Answer:
that FEASTING, less two letters, is EATING!
Revolutionary Slice
“ ’76... but not trombones!”
A painting’s subject matter is a number of talented parading American heroes, in eight letters.
The middle four of those letters indicate the number.
The four remaining letters can be anagrammed to spell either the temporal setting of the painting, or the title of a tune these heroes may play.
What are this subject, “hero-count,” temporal setting and tune-title?
Extra Credit: What is the painting's title?
Patriots; Trio; "Taps"; Past;
Extra Credit: "The Spirit of '76" (originally titled "Yankeee Doodle")
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I'd still like to know HOW Nodd knew to double the FIFTH letter in Aquafina, rather than the fourth, as the puzzle stated...what did I miss?
DeleteOh, I just now went all the way to the top of these Comments, and finally found that [yesterday at 10:32 a.m. Pacific time] Nodd DID talk about the Hors D'O's letter to be doubled being the fifth, rather than the fourth. Wish I had see that.
DeleteOne too many E's in "Yankee", and I have to ask where did the FEASTING/EATING "answer" come from?
DeletepjbIsActuallySeeingAnswersWhereThereWereNoQuestions(?)
This week's official answers for the record, part 5
ReplyDelete“The City of Angels” and “The Lions of Teranga”
Will Shortz’s June 28th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, from Rawson Sheinberg of Plymouth, Michigan, reads:
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Add a letter to the first word, without rearranging letters, to name a country. Then, without adding a letter, rearrange the letters of the second word to name another country. What places are these?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Sheinberg Entrees read:
ENTREE #1
A nine-letter town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is situated near the border with the Netherlands on the river Wurm. Popular local attractions include St. Gangolf Church and the Lago Laprello recreational lake.
Move the middle letter of this town to the beginning. The result is the surname of a puzzle-maker.
The first name of that puzzle-maker can be rearranged to spell two words (in one & five letters) that may precede the word “testimony” during court proceedings.
What is this town? Who is this puzzle-maker?
What two words may precede the word “testimony” during court proceedings
Answer:
Heinsburg; Rawson Sheinberg; "A SWORN testimony"
ENTREE #2
Fill in the three missing words (five, six and four letters) in the caption that accompanies the image pictured here.
Rearrange these fifteen letters to spell the name of a puzzle-maker.
What is this caption?
Who is this puzzle-maker?
Answer
"applying BROWN GREASE to SHIN"
Rawson Sheinberg
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ReplyDeleteEntrees #3 through #8 are conundrums drummed-up/dreamt-up by our friend and riffmeister extraordinaire, Nodd.
ENTREE #3
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Change the third letter to a C. Rearrange all the letters to name a U.S. state and a foreign country. What places are these?
Answer:
BATON ROUGE; OREGON, CUBA
ENTREE #4
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Double the first four letters of the second word, and change an N to an I. Rearrange to name a country and an island. What are these places?
Answer:
ANN ARBOR; IRAN, BORA BORA
ENTREE #5
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Double the first and last letters. Rearrange to name two major European ethno-linguistic groups. What are the city and the groups?
Answer:
LAS VEGAS; GAELS, SLAVS
ENTREE #6
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Change the first letter to the next letter of the alphabet and add a G. Rearrange all the letters to name a U.S. state and a foreign country. What places are these?
Answer:
NEW ORLEANS; OREGON, WALES
ENTREE #7
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name. Add a D and change an O to an A. Rearrange to name a country in Africa and a geographical region in South Asia. What places are these?
Answer:
LONG BEACH; CHAD, BENGAL
ENTREE #8
Think of a Midwestern U.S. city with a six-letter one-word name.
Change the first and third letters, which are the same, to the letter that is eight places earlier in the alphabet.
Add an R and rearrange to name a country. Change one letter of the country name to an S, and rearrange to name another country.
What are these cities and country?
Answer:
KOKOMO; MOROCCO, COMOROS
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This week's official answers for the record, part 7
ReplyDeleteEntree #9 is the ingenious brainchild of our friend and prolific riff-crafter Plantsmith.
ENTREE #9
Take a two-word U.S. city name. Add a letter to the first name to get an animal, and in the second name drop three letters-repeat a vowel and add another vowel to get another animal. What is this city and two animals?
ANSWER:
New Orleans. New+T-= newt.
Orleans- ans= Orle +io= Oriole.
Entree #10 is an excellent riff contributed by our friend and brilliant puzzle-crafter Ecoarchitect.
Think of a U.S. city with a two-word name.
Replace a letter in the first
word, without rearranging letters, to name a body part. Then, replace a
letter in the second word with the same new letter, and move it to the
end of that word to name an informal medical term often associated with
that body part.
What are the city, body part, and medical term?
Answer: Fort Worth → foot oorth → foot ortho(pedics)
Dessert Menu
Connecting The Holidays Dessert:
“A holiday (or two) in the life...”
Name a fifteen-letter phrase associated with Independence Day.
Anagram these combined letters to form three words associated with a different holiday:
~ The name of a person associated with this holiday;
~ What the person does the morning prior to the holiday, and
~ What the person will likely do during the late evening of that of that prior day... or perhaps even during the wee hours of the holiday itself.
What is this fifteen-letter phrase?
Who are the person and what that person might do in the late evening or wee hours?
Answer:
"Stars and Stripes"; Santa (Claus), Dress, Strip
Lego!
I like TRIPS better than strip for Santa!
DeleteSanta somehow hasta get outta that sweaty red suit and and slip into his warm red-flannel jammies!
DeleteLegoSantaExpert
I'm sure nobody really wanted to picture St. Nick doing that, but it is strange that that's what you can get from rearranging the letters in STARS AND STRIPES!
DeletepjbCameUpWithACrypticClueFor[STARSANDSTRIPES]InAnotherCrosswordWhichActuallyUsesTheName"Streisand"InTheWordplay(YouMightJustSeeItHereLaterOn,ButProbablyNotRightAway!)