Mixing Meals “Pictures”-Perfectly; A Bird Nests in the Rocks; One Whale of a Romantic Tale!; Three 5s follow 3 3...Is it ‘alphibonacci?’; “Our Legendary Labour Leader”; “Collard greens are green, right?”; “Similar-sounding sidereal sidewinding snake-species”; Seeking low-fat? Run not slow, fast!”

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Schpuzzle of the Week:

Three 5s follow 3, 3... Is it “alphibonacci?”

How does the sequence of numbers 3, 3, 5, 5, 5 pertain to the alphabet?

It is true that 3 and 5 are consecutive numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21...) 

But that may be irrelevant.

Happily however, filling in the following blanks
may be helpful:

_u_e_ (third power)

_u_e   _ee! (getting overcharged)

_ i_ _   i_   _u_e (Dairy Month)

_ui_ _ _e_ (wisecracker)

_a_e   a_!   “_o_ _a!” (Paul Bunyan action & Babe’s bellowed reaction)

Appetizer Menu

EnLightning Electric Eclectic Appetizer:

Mixing Meals “Pictures”-Perfectly; A Bird Nests in the Rocks; A Whale of a Romantic Tale

Mixing Meals “Pictures”-Perfectly

1.  🍵🍵Start with two T’s. 

Then add the names of two common foods that rhyme. 

Delete two letters that are used only once. Rearrange the result to find two images. Name all the foods and images.

Bird Nests in the Rocks

2. 🪨🪹🪺🪨Merge the first names (6, 4) of two famous movie stars that have rock names. 

Delete the first letter of one name and any letters used twice. 

Rearrange the result and find a bird that rhymes with one of the names. 

Name the stars’ full names and the bird.

One Whale of a Romantic Tale!

3. 🏝 💘🐳🐋This popular European island (7 letters) is a great place to find romance. 

You may also spot a whale or two. 

What place is this?

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A “Labour-not-Balfour-Brit” Hors d’Oeuvre:

“Our Legendary Labour Leader”

An appropriately surnamed past 20th-Century British Labour Party leader, journalist, and peace campaigner is considered a legend by many Brits.

Who is this British politico?Explain why he is appropriately surnamed.

“Seemingly Synonymous Slice”:

“Similar-sounding sidereal sidewinding snake-species”

A “slice of the calendar year” sounds synonymous with and  and similar to a species of snake. 

What are this “slice of the calendar” and snake species? 

Why do they seem synonymous?

Riffing Off Shortz, Picciotto & Kosman Slices:

“Seeking low-fat? Run not slow, fast!”

Will Shortz’s July 9th Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle challenge was created by puzzle-makers Henri Picciotto and Joshua Kosman, who are, along with Will, are attending the 186th convention of the National Puzzler League in Bloomington, Indiana. Their joint effort reads:

Name two words that are opposites. They share a single letter. Remove that shared letter from each word, put a hyphen between the two starting words, and you’ll get a term you sometimes see in food ads. What are the two words?

Puzzleria’s Riffing Off Shortz, Picciotto & Kosman Slices read:

ENTREE #1

Name two words related to creativity that often are paired together as “___ and ______.”

Place an identical letter at the beginning ofBeach to  spell two forms of transportation.

What are these creative words and forms of transportation?

ENTREE #2

Name two words – a “confused noisy clamor” and a common contributor to such clamor – in 3 and 5 letters. 

Remove the first letter from the first and the
first two letters from the second. The result is a pair of antonyms.

What are these noisy words and two antonyms?

ENTREE #3

Name a meteorological phenomenon, and what some people in its midst might quickly seek. 

Remove a total of three letters from the beginnings of these words to form, in 5 and 4 letters, a pair of antonyms.

What are this phenomenon, what people may seek, and antonyms? 

Note: Riffs #4 through #9 are the handiwork of our “resident riffmeister” Nodd.

ENTREE #4

Name two words that are opposites. Remove the first letter of the first word. The remaining letters of that word will sound like the main ingredient in a familiar food. 

Change the second letter of the second word to a different vowel to get a food typically served with the familiar food. 

What are the opposite words, the ingredient, and the two foods?

ENTREE #5

Name two words that are opposites. Move the first letter of the first word two places later in the alphabet and then swap the first and third letters of that word. Then remove the first letter of the second word. 

You’ll name a place where food is cooked and a place where it is served. What are the opposite words and the two places?

ENTREE #6

Name two verbs that describe opposite actions. If you remove a letter from the first word you’ll name a cooking utensil. If you instead change the first letter of the original first word to a P, the original first and second words together will name a kind of meat dish. 

What are the opposite words, the cooking utensil, and the dish?

ENTREE #7

Name two words that are opposites. 

Remove the first letter of the first word and the last two letters of the second word. Put a
hyphen between the words and you’ll get a term you might see on food labels. 

What are the opposite words and the hyphenated term?

ENTREE #8

Name two opposite words that are often applied to food. Change the last letter of the first word to an E and the last letter of the second word to a K. You’ll name two ingredients in a popular drink. 

What are the opposite words, the ingredients, and the drink?

ENTREE #9

Name two words that are opposites. Add a letter to the start of the first word and a different letter to the end of that word, and add a punctuation mark somewhere. 

Change the first letter of the second word to the letter one place earlier in the alphabet. The
two words together will now name a term for a kind of dessert. 

What are the opposite words and the kind of dessert?

ENTREE #10

Name two body parts – one above the belt, the other below. 

Remove letters from both words that can be arranged to spell something you may lay or stake. What remains spells a pair of antonyms.

What are these body parts?

What may you lay or stake?

What are the antonyms?

Dessert Menu

“A Horse of a Different Collar” Dessert:

“Collard greens are green, right?”

Name a noun associated with the color of a collar. 

Take a synonym of that noun. Transpose its first and fourth letters.

The result is a verb that, by definition, the noun would never do. 

What are this noun, synonym and verb?

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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