tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post2399379793634308379..comments2024-03-27T19:58:14.682-07:00Comments on Joseph Young's Puzzleria!: Moisture on the half-shellter; Transglobal Groundhog Day; States of mischief, chiefs of state; Belly-dancing, bottom-pinching & main squeezinglegolambdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-25412625543282888962017-11-28T20:03:00.884-08:002017-11-28T20:03:00.884-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.harada57https://www.blogger.com/profile/06015023155124017905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-58539840614815326802017-11-22T19:10:01.577-08:002017-11-22T19:10:01.577-08:00This week's official answers, for the record, ...This week's official answers, for the record, Part 3:<br />Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices:<br />States of mischief, chiefs of state (continued) <br /><br />SIX:<br />Take the name of a U.S. state. Remove its final two letters, and move the new final letter to the beginning. If you have the right state, the last name of a would-have-been U.S. president will emerge... would have been, that is, in an Electoral Collegeless nation. What is this state and who is this would-be president?<br />Answer:<br />Oregon; (Al) Gore;<br />SEVEN:<br />Take the name of planet from our solar system. Immediately to the right of it write the name of a world nation. If you have the right ones, the last name of a U.S. president will be embedded in consecutive letters within that letter string. What planet, nation and president are these?<br />Answer:<br />Earth; Uruguay; (Chester A.) Arthur<br />EIGHT:<br />Take the names of two months and place them side-by-side wihout a space. Duplicate the initial letter of one of the months and place it at the end, forming a string of consecutive letters. The first six letters of that string will form the name of a U.S. state capital, and so will the final seven letters of the string.<br />What are these months and these state capitals?<br />Answer:<br />June, August;<br />Juneau (Alaska), Augusta (Maine)<br /><br />Dessert Menu<br />Dehydrate Hydrate Dehydrate Hydrate Dessert:<br />Moisture on the half-shellter<br />Name something found in the home, in two words, that might add moisture as it works. <br />Remove its first letter and you'll name something found in the home, in two words, that might remove moisture as it works. <br />What are these products?<br />Answer:<br /><a href="https://wiki2.org/en/Hair_conditioner" rel="nofollow">hair conditioner</a>; <a href="http://www.davidgrayheatingandair.com/articles/how-do-air-conditioners-remove-humidity" rel="nofollow">air conditioner</a><br /><br />Lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-77079422002918666662017-11-22T19:07:07.846-08:002017-11-22T19:07:07.846-08:00This week's official answers, for the record, ...This week's official answers, for the record, Part 2:<br /><br />Appetizer Menu<br /><br />Half A World Away Appetizer:<br />Transglobal Groundhog Day<br />If you dig a hole directly through the center of the Earth you would break through on the other side, literally half a world away. <br />If you dig such a hole anywhere along much of the border between two particular countries you will pop up in a country that begins with the first three letters of one of the border countries and ends with the final three letters of the other border country. <br />What three countries are these?<br />Answer:<br /><a href="a" rel="nofollow">https://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com/antipode-map/#.WgeNEGiPLIU>Chile; Argentina; China</a><br />For more than half (the northern portion) of the 3,200-mile long <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93Chile_border" rel="nofollow">border</a> between Chile and Argentina, digging a hole through the center of the Earth would result in a re-emergence in China. When you dig beginning about 100 miles south of San Carlos de Bariloche, you would wind up in Mongolia. Digging further on down south on the border will have you eventually popping up in Russia.<br /><br />MENU<br /><br />Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices:<br />States of mischief, chiefs of state <br />ONE:<br />Take the name of a U.S. state capital. Immediately to the right of it write the name of a Canadian province. If you have the right ones, the last name of a U.S.president will be embedded in consecutive letters within that letter string. What two places and president are these?<br />Answer:<br />Phoenix, Ontario; (Richard) Nixon<br />TWO:<br />Take the name of a U.S. state capital. Immediately to the right of it write the name of another U.S. state capital. If you have the right ones, the last name of a U.S. president will be embedded in consecutive letters within that letter string, and the last name of another U.S. president will appear at the end. What two capitals and two presidents are these?<br />Answer:<br />Columbus (Ohio), Hartford (Connecticut); <br />(George H.W. or George W.) Bush, (Gerald) Ford<br />THREE:<br />Take the name of a U.S. state. Immediately to the right of it write another state’s postal abbreviation in lowercase. If you have the right ones, the last name of U.S. presidents will appear in consecutive letters at the end of that letter string. What two states and presidents are these?<br />Answer:<br />Nevada, ms (Mississippi);<br />(John and John Quincy) Adams<br />FOUR: <br />Take the final letter of a U.S. state. Immediately to the right of it write the final two syllables of another U.S. state. If you have the right ones, the last name of a U.S. president will emerge. What two states are these? Who is the president?<br />Answer: Idaho (or Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio), Alabama;<br />Barack Obama<br />FIVE:<br />Take the name of a U.S. state capital. Immediately to the right of it write the name of another U.S. state capital. Remove a string of consecutive letters within this result and close the gap that results. If you have the right ones, the last name of U.S. presidents will emerge. What two capitals are these? Who are the presidents?<br />Answer:<br />Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), Madison (Wisconsin) (also Boston, Charleston, Jackson, Trenton);<br />(Benjamin and William Henry) Harrison<br /><br />Lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-11609077331865898222017-11-22T19:01:33.685-08:002017-11-22T19:01:33.685-08:00This week's official answers, for the record, ...This week's official answers, for the record, Part 1:<br /><b>We will begin this week's official answers with the solution to Patrick's fine Cryptic Crossword. He supplied me with the explanations for his cryptic clues. I have posted the crossword grid (filled in with Patrick's answers) on this week's Puzzleria!... just below the crossword clues and above the Patrick's cryptic crossword tutorial.</b><br /><br />MENU<br /><br />Cryptic Crossword Slice:<br />Belly-dancing, bottom-pinching & main squeezing<br />ACROSS<br />7. Ran wild without a little naptime (7) <br />8. Cool automobile requiring special fuel (7) <br />10. A ploy made up to get some airplay! (6) <br />11. Dances, trying to cut in line (8) <br />12. Story that’s a delight to recall? (4) <br />13. Is independent woman, slippery one to keep inside (4-6) <br />14. Typo rather unusual, right, for one who’s good at spelling? (5, 6) <br />19. Woman getting into belly-dancing has nowhere to turn (5, 5) <br />22. Woman who’s part of the United Nations? (4) <br />23. Main squeeze initially hugged by another jerk (5, 3) <br />24. Teacher about to drink good whiskey? (6) <br />25. Go by fashion, as nobility (7) <br />26. Candidate not yours before primary election? (7) <br /><b>Answers:</b><br />7. MANAGED (N+AGE in MAD)<br />8. CAREFUL (CAR+FUEL anagram)<br />10. PAYOLA (A PLOY anagram+A; cryptic & lit.)<br />11. ANCESTRY(hidden in dANCES, TRYing)<br />12. SAGA(A GAS reversed)<br />13. FREE-LANCES (EEL in FRANCES)<br />14. HARRY POTTER (TYPO RATHER anagram+R)<br />19. BLIND ALLEY (LINDA in BELLY anagram) <br />22. EDNA (hidden in UnitED NAtions)<br />23. NORTH SEA (S in ANOTHER anagram)<br />24. ROTGUT (G in TUTOR reversed)<br />25. PEERAGE (PEE+RAGE)<br />26. NOMINEE ("NO, MINE"+E)<br /><br />DOWN <br />1. Fool gets up, having a problem with sleepwear (7) <br />2. View of the country taking four seconds? (8) <br />3. Represent not the whole side? (6) <br />4. Knight, sort of clean sort (8) <br />5. Think one’s a mess after last summer? (6) <br />6. Fight for equal rights getting out of control? (7) <br />9. Act strange – flippin’ unusual – taking medication for bug (11) <br />15. Change rule to accommodate fool? (8) <br />16. Quite shocking for boy standing around allowed to catch cold (8) <br />17. Surprised to find couple of reptiles in swamp (7) <br />18. Continued bottom-pinching – awfully rude! (7) <br />20. Character, a nut, dancing about (6) <br />21. Herb uses back trouble to hide bad heart (6)<br /><b>Answers:</b><br />1. PAJAMAS (A JAM in SAP reversed)<br />2. PANORAMA (every second letter in fOuR in PANAMA)<br />3. BEHALF ("BE HALF")<br />4. LANCELOT (CLEAN anagram+LOT)<br />5. REASON (R+ONE'S A anagram)<br />6. QUARREL (anagram of EQUAL R, R)<br />9. CATERPILLAR (ACT anagram+PILL in RARE reversed)<br />15. REASSIGN (ASS in REIGN)<br />16. ELECTRIC (C in LET in ERIC)<br />17. FLOORED (RE in FLOOD)<br />18. ENDURED (RUDE anagram in END)<br />20. NATURE (A NUT anagram+RE)<br />21. YARROW (A in WORRY reversed)<br /><br />Lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-18530481421145576672017-11-22T17:01:19.630-08:002017-11-22T17:01:19.630-08:00I almost forgot NEW MEXICO IN #4! Thanks, VT!I almost forgot NEW MEXICO IN #4! Thanks, VT!cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-11607309209715727972017-11-22T16:58:17.232-08:002017-11-22T16:58:17.232-08:00Appetizer
CHILE, ARGENTINA, and CHINA
I'll let...Appetizer<br />CHILE, ARGENTINA, and CHINA<br />I'll let Lego handle explaining the cryptic clues in my puzzle.<br />Ripoffs<br />1. PHOENIX(Arizona), ONTARIO, (Richard)NIXON<br />2. COLUMBUS(Ohio, Mississippi, or Georgia), HARTFORD(Connecticut), (George)BUSH, (Gerald)FORD<br />3. NEVADA, MS(Mississippi), (John and John Quincy)ADAMS<br />4. COLORADO(or OHIO or IDAHO), ALABAMA, (Barack)OBAMA<br />5. HARRISBURG(Pennsylvania), MADISON(Wisconsin)or BOSTON(Massachusetts)or TRENTON(New Jersey), (Benjamin and William Henry)HARRISON<br />6. OREGON, (Al GORE)<br />7. EARTH, URUGUAY, (Chester A.)ARTHUR<br />8. JUNE, AUGUST, JUNEAU(Alaska), AUGUSTA(Maine or Georgia)<br />Happy Thanksgiving to all, and good luck to anyone who gets the call tomorrow to play on-air with Will Shortz!-pjbcranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-64395772273332857752017-11-22T16:55:43.006-08:002017-11-22T16:55:43.006-08:00Dessert: Wash CLOTH? Ash CLOTH? (would that be a...Dessert: Wash CLOTH? Ash CLOTH? (would that be a dust rag? Never heard of ash cloth.)ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-50905583354655213792017-11-22T16:51:13.132-08:002017-11-22T16:51:13.132-08:00I did NOT see the 11th hour hint re the Dessert (o...I did NOT see the 11th hour hint re the Dessert (or the Appetizer).ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-26069030203500715792017-11-22T16:50:19.214-08:002017-11-22T16:50:19.214-08:00APPETIZER: CHILE & ARGENTINA => CHINA
...APPETIZER: CHILE & ARGENTINA => CHINA<br /><br />RIFF OFFS:<br /><br />1. PHOENIX & ONTARIO => NIXON<br /><br />2. COLUMBUS & HARTFORD => BUSH & FORD<br /><br />3. NEVADA & MS => ADAMS (es)<br /><br />4. "O" from OHIO or COLORADO or NEW MEXICO or IDAHO & "BAMA" from ALABAMA => OBAMA<br /><br />[Paul's aside: COIN]<br /><br />5. HARRISBURG & MADISON => remove "BURGMADI" => HARRISON (s)<br /><br />6. OREGON [I say proudly!] => GORE<br /><br />7. EARTH & URUGUAY => ARTHUR<br /><br />8. JUNE & AUGUST & A => JUNEAU AND AUGUSTA<br /><br /><br />DESSERT: WASH/ ASH (Board, Tray, Machine?)ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-45377325980513437232017-11-22T12:23:41.672-08:002017-11-22T12:23:41.672-08:00CHILE, ARGENTINA; CHINA [Thanks, Lego, for the lin...CHILE, ARGENTINA; CHINA [Thanks, Lego, for the link to the Antipode Map; it's a fun gadget]<br /><br />In order of solving:<br />LANCELOT<br />FREELANCES<br />BEHALF<br />REASON<br />CAREFUL<br />CATERPILLAR [flutter by]<br />ANCESTRY<br />QUARREL<br />HARRY POTTER<br />ELECTRIC<br />EDNA [St.Vincent Millay]<br />PAJAMAS<br />PAYOLA<br />PANORAMA<br />SAGA [jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas]<br /><br /><br />PHOENIX, ONTARIO; NIXON<br />NEVADA, MISSISSIPPI; (John & John Q.) ADAMS<br />{Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, or New Mexico}*, Alabama; OBAMA<br />OREGON; GORE<br />EARTH, URUGUAY; (Chester A.) ARTHUR<br /><br />*Three Coins in the (Trevi) Fountain<br /><br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-78827288541487140602017-11-22T00:57:34.611-08:002017-11-22T00:57:34.611-08:0011th-hour hints:
HAWAA:
One of the three countries...11th-hour hints:<br />HAWAA:<br />One of the three countries is the cliche hole-digging spectator's waggish question: "Hey, whatcha doin', diggin a tunnel to ____?" But the spectator would likely not be speaking English.<br />All 3 countries are relatively large.<br />DHDHD:<br />The thing that adds moisture is very probably to be found in the bathroom and could be held in one's hand. The moisture remover, on the other hand, could be anyplace (or every place) in the house and could be held (maybe) in Ahhnold's or Charlie Atlas's hand. <br />Each thing contains 5 syllables.<br /><br />LegoHourEleventhing legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-61507851481682457082017-11-21T18:22:43.005-08:002017-11-21T18:22:43.005-08:00Hey Lego, I still haven't been able to solve t...Hey Lego, I still haven't been able to solve the Appetizer or the Dessert. How about a few good hints?cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-74655154254534872602017-11-20T21:42:58.423-08:002017-11-20T21:42:58.423-08:00Yes DE, since the trial must now be over if you...Yes DE, since the trial must now be over if you're speaking of it in the past tense, surely you might be allowed to discuss it now. Every time I hear about jury duty it happens to someone on a sitcom. Either they're the one keeping everyone there because they disagree on the verdict, or they have somewhere else important to be and someone else is keeping them there. It never fails. If I really had to do jury duty, I'd probably bring puzzle books too.cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-49963141008685105342017-11-20T20:42:36.070-08:002017-11-20T20:42:36.070-08:00Hmmm, DE...but what *I* like is applying logic.......Hmmm, DE...but what *I* like is applying logic....which I like doing very much, even while looking things up. That 's just how my particular brain happens to work. THose Cryptic hints make absolutely NO sense to me, and all they do is annoy me. I wish everyone would quit trying to pressure me into them. Thanks for listening.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-57015149972038001582017-11-20T20:39:26.843-08:002017-11-20T20:39:26.843-08:00That sounds extremely interesting, DE...the fact t...That sounds extremely interesting, DE...the fact that you were a foreman on a trial jury, I mean. Are you allowed to talk about what KIND of crime it was? (And if the right verdict was G or NOT G?)ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-54748906833198643322017-11-20T19:45:33.277-08:002017-11-20T19:45:33.277-08:00pjb and lego -- I'm much too old to be a prin...pjb and lego -- I'm much too old to be a princess, unless you count Margaret or Mrs Wallace. Please don't apologise. I do not appreciate kowtowing, though my rank should demand respect, since the junta consists of a Duchess, a Prince, a Minister of Defence, a Court Jester and a Grand Pajandrum. <br />, <br />I had my first introduction to cryptics when I was called for jury duty, and by golly was called to serve. Knowing that this service would entail interminable breaks and stops in the trial. I brought along a couple of Penguin editions of the Times Cryptic Puzzles. Over the course of the trial I taught myself how to solve them and have been addicted ever since. By the way, I was the foreman, and we brought in the right verdict,. DEDowager Empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335592182138383501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-17524142805896536492017-11-20T19:03:16.585-08:002017-11-20T19:03:16.585-08:00VT-- I'm with pjb when he regrets your attitud...VT-- I'm with pjb when he regrets your attitude regarding these puzzles. They're infinitely more fun than looking up lists of bands you had never heard of or lists of songs, or baseball players. That's drudgery, which nobody likes. -- especially when you could be having fun figuring out ridiculous, and often very literate wordplay on your own. (But lego has to please his clientele.) Try it sometime... Usually, I just skip those puzzles too, Best to you -- you're a lovely lady -- DE<br /><br />Dowager Empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335592182138383501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-80002946466996117232017-11-18T21:17:47.352-08:002017-11-18T21:17:47.352-08:00I'm sorry you feel that way, VT. I figured as ...I'm sorry you feel that way, VT. I figured as many times as there have been anagram puzzles on P!, solvers might enjoy that and many other forms of wordplay all in one puzzle. Oh well.cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-53219203539908232492017-11-18T11:20:27.252-08:002017-11-18T11:20:27.252-08:00In a flash, I'm 3/5 of the way there!In a flash, I'm 3/5 of the way there!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-28435409385696895492017-11-18T11:18:53.257-08:002017-11-18T11:18:53.257-08:00Yes.
My apologies to both Dowager Empress and to c...Yes.<br />My apologies to both Dowager <em>Empress</em> and to cranberry for my goof.<br /><br />LegoWhoAgreesWithcranberryThatTyposTendToCreepIntoThisBloglegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-57252475055247844262017-11-18T09:46:18.760-08:002017-11-18T09:46:18.760-08:00Thanks to St. Vincent, I've finished another f...Thanks to St. Vincent, I've finished another fifth.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-69095539333089241812017-11-18T03:19:35.098-08:002017-11-18T03:19:35.098-08:00Just fluttering by to mention that I'm more th...Just fluttering by to mention that I'm more than a fifth of the way through these clues.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-52420875400923674322017-11-18T01:34:38.208-08:002017-11-18T01:34:38.208-08:00I've worked through all the Riff Offs (some ho...I've worked through all the Riff Offs (some hours ago) and the Appetizer. The Dessert, however, I'm not at all sure of; I can come up with only the two first words, and no second words seem to make much sense, at least to me.<br /><br />Will NOT be tackling the Crossword, as I feel about those the same way that pjb feels about math puzzles.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-48279751982207972142017-11-17T22:41:58.406-08:002017-11-17T22:41:58.406-08:00Yeah, I think what happened was I read Lego's ...Yeah, I think what happened was I read Lego's post where he called her Dowager PRINCESS, not Empress, and that's what confused me. Sorry again!cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-75489370345054006592017-11-17T20:47:35.435-08:002017-11-17T20:47:35.435-08:00Sorry, DE! In my haste to reply I misread your scr...Sorry, DE! In my haste to reply I misread your screen name and called you by the wrong initials! I really should know better! It's DE for Dowager Empress! Cute name, BTW!cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.com