tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post8076738412340417655..comments2024-03-29T01:19:44.124-07:00Comments on Joseph Young's Puzzleria!: Fanfare for the common ground; Emily’s transplanted ancestree; It’s in Anna’s or Hannah’s hands; Great baseballs of fire? “Squeezing” corporate America ’til it sings; legolambdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-52533989228542514272018-08-16T19:50:40.411-07:002018-08-16T19:50:40.411-07:00This week's official answers for the record, p...This week's official answers for the record, part 2:<br /><br />MENU<br /><br />Riffing Off Shortz And Oshin Slices:<br />Fanfare for the common ground<br /><br />Will Shortz’s August 5th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle reads:<br />These four words have a very interesting and unusual property in common. What is it?<br />NEANDERTHAL<br />EMBARRASS<br />SATURATION<br />CONTEMPTUOUSNESS<br />In the six Entrees below, the number in parentheses after each UPPERCASE WORD may help you solve them. Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz Slices read: <br />ENTREE #1:<br />These five words – and one word pair – have a very interesting and unusual property in common. <br />What is it?<br />TURMERIC CURRY (7)<br />FLUORIDE (4)<br />HODGEPODGE (5)<br />HOLLANDAISE (5)<br />SKIDMARK (3)<br />Answer: The words contain, in order, the letters of the following automobile brands:<br />Mercury; Ford; Dodge; Honda; Kia <br />ENTREE #2:<br />These five words have a very interesting and unusual property in common. <br />What is it?<br />ADVENTURESOME (5)<br />TRANSCENDENTALISM (6)<br />CUSPIDORS (5)<br />JUNKANOO (4)<br />DIAGONAL (5)<br />Answer: The words contain, in order, the letters of the following Roman mythological figures:<br />Venus; Aeneas; Cupid; Juno; Diana<br />ENTREE #3:<br />These four words have a very interesting and unusual property in common. <br />What is it?<br />HEARTACHE (5)<br />SOCIAL (4)<br />ADMIRATION (4)<br />CLOAKROOM (4)<br />Answer: The words contain, in order, the letters of the following synonyms for the substance of "terra firma":<br />Earth; Soil; Dirt; Loam<br />ENTREE #4:<br />These four words have a very interesting and unusual property in common. <br />What is it?<br />METAMORPHOSIS (4)<br />DUMBFOUNDS (6)<br />CRYPTOLOGY (4)<br />TREEHOUSES (6)<br />Answer: The words contain, in order, the letters of the following candy brands:<br />Mars; Mounds; Rolo; Reese's<br />ENTREE #5:<br />These four words have a very interesting and unusual property in common. <br />What is it?<br /><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scaturient" rel="nofollow">SCATURIENT</a> (6)<br />UNSPEAKABLE (4)<br />HEADMASTERLY (5)<br />DESOLATION (6)<br />Answer: The words contain, in order, the letters of defunct car brands:<br />Saturn; Saab; Edsel; DeSoto<br />ENTREE #6:<br />These five words have a very interesting and unusual property in common. <br />What is it?<br />SUPERANNUATES (6)<br />INSTITUTIONALIZE (6)<br />COLUMBINES (5)<br />MISTREATMENT (6)<br />EXPENDABLE (5)<br />Answer: The words contain, in order, the letters of <a href="https://www.scoopwhoop.com/humor/dirty-sounding-words/#.2d94fkv0z" rel="nofollow">words that sound dirty, but are not</a>:<br />Uranus; Tittle; Cumin; Seamen; Penal<br />ENTREE #7:<br />These four words have a very interesting and unusual property in common. <br />What is it?<br />PLURALIZATION (5)<br />LEPIDOPTEROLOGY (5)<br />DIABOLIC (3)<br />GLOOMFULLY (5)<br />Answer: The words contain, in order, the letters of Disney characters:<br />Pluto; Dopey; Doc; Goofy<br /><br />Is Today’s Date “August” Or Not? Dessert:<br />It’s in Anna’s or Hannah’s hands<br /><br />Today is Friday, August 10th, 2018.<br />Anna believes a day like today is not so special, especially during this month of August in which there are ten other days like today.<br />Hannah believes a day like today is quite special; indeed, there won’t be another day like it for another thirteen months.<br />Explain Anna’s and Hannah’s beliefs about this Friday in August.<br />Answer:<br />When August 10th, 2018 is written with five digits (like one of Anna's three hands) it is palindromic: 8/10/18, with the digits reading the same written forward or backward. Other such four-or-five-or-six-digit palindromic dates this August were/are: 8/1/18, 8/11/18, 8/12/18, 8/13/18, 8/14/18, 8/15/18, 8/16/18, 8/17/18, 8/18/18 and 8/19/18.<br />When August 10th, 2018 is written with seven digits (like one of Hannah's three hands) it is also palindromic: 8/10/2018. Such six-or-seven-or-eight digit palindrominity will not occur again until September 10th, 2019 (9/10/2019).<br /><br />Lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-29700473367019031272018-08-16T19:46:57.245-07:002018-08-16T19:46:57.245-07:00This week's official answers for the record, p...This week's official answers for the record, part 1:<br /><br />Schpuzzle of the Week:<br />Great baseballs of fire? <br />“The pitcher hurls the ball homeward from atop the hill at the heart of the diamond.’’ <br />Consider three nouns in that statement: ball, hill and diamond. <br />According to the Bible, which of the three is greatest?<br />Answer:<br />Of the three nouns – ball, hill and diamond – ball is the greatest.<br />Hill is associated with Faith, Faith (Hill), the singer.<br />Diamond is associated with Hope, the Hope (Diamond). <br />Ball is associated with Charity, Charity (Ball), the fundraiser.<br />1 Corinthians 13:13 King James Version reads:<br />"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8EamHKpdrM" rel="nofollow">Faith Hill</a><br /><a href="https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hope-diamond/history" rel="nofollow">Hope Diamond</a><br /><a href="https://www.realbuzz.com/articles-interests/fundraising/article/whats-a-charity-gala-ball-and-what-to-expect/" rel="nofollow">Charity Ball</a><br /><br />Appetizer Menu<br /><br />Homeland And Hometown Appetizer:<br />Emily’s transplanted ancestree<br />Emily was born, raised and still lives in a United States capital city. She is a native American citizen who can trace her family tree back several generations to a homeland across the sea. <br />Take the name of a native of that homeland – one of the Emily’s ancestors, for example – and place it in front of it the rearranged letters of a tree that is native to that homeland. The result is the name for what Emily, or any other native of her hometown is called. <br />What are these two names?<br />Answer: Estonian; Charlestonian<br />Charl (which anagrms to <a href="https://www.visitestonia.com/en/loodi-larch-stand-hiking-trail" rel="nofollow">"larch"</a>) + Estonian = Charlestonian, a native of Charleston, West Virginia.<br /><br />Lushous Appetizer:<br />“Squeezing” corporate America ’til it sings <br />Remove the first letter from the beginning and add three letters to the end of a prominent American company to name a singer who appeared in a well known award-winning movie. <br />Hint: The letter you removed and the three you added, in order, spell a 4-letter synonym of “lush”. <br />Who is this singer?<br />Answer:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpgYHyc34XU" rel="nofollow">Al Martino</a><br />(Walmart - W + ino = almartino = Al Martino. A <a href="https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/wino.html" rel="nofollow">"wino"</a> is a "lush".<br /><br />Lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-40744060142075858612018-08-16T19:37:28.725-07:002018-08-16T19:37:28.725-07:00cranberry,
See verses 12 and 13 in this Chapter of...cranberry,<br />See verses 12 and 13 in this <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13&version=KJV" rel="nofollow">Chapter</a> of 1 Corinthians.<br />"Through a glass, darkly" in verse 12 is echoed in the Stones' album title <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQl73Gj0N1Q&list=PLKv4aUcP0VUckhB01gq1NLWPjkECGpb4C" rel="nofollow">"Through the Past, Darkly</a>.<br />Verse 13 reveals that of these three -- Faith, Hope and Charity -- Charity is the Greatest.<br /><br />LegoNowSurryingDownToARollingStonedSoulPicnicWhereHeWillLookThroughHisRedWineGlassDarklylegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-60090560922879410412018-08-16T19:16:07.436-07:002018-08-16T19:16:07.436-07:00Nothing original in my Entree answers that haven&#...Nothing original in my Entree answers that haven't already been posted above, i.e. nothing like Ron's [or Paul's] ideas. Oh well.<br /><br />EVERY ENTREE BEGINS WITH A PLANET!<br /><br />ENTREE #1: Brands of cars: MERCURY in TURMERIC CURRY; FORD in FLUORIDE; DODGE in HODGEPODGE; HONDA in HOLLANDAISE; KIA in SKIDMARKS<br /><br />ENTREE #2: Names of Roman Gods: VENUS in ADVENTURESOME; AENEAS in TRANSCENDENTALISM; CUPID in CUSPIDOR; JUNO in JUNKADOO; DIANA in DIAGONAL: <br /><br />ENTREE #3: Synonyms for dirt: EARTH in HEARTACHE: SOIL in SOCIAL; DIRT in ADMIRATION; LOAM in CLOAKROOM<br /><br />ENTREE #4: Candy: MARS in METAMORPHOSIS; MOUNDS in DUMBFOUNDS; POLO in CRYPTOLOGY; REESES in TREEHOUSES.<br /><br />ENTREE #5: Cars again, defunct this time: SATURN in SCATURIENT; SAAB in UNSPEAKABLE; EDSEL in HEADMASTERLY; DESOTO in DESOLATION<br /><br />ENTREE #6: Legit words that sound, um, well.....URANUS in SUPERANNUATES; TITTLE in INSTITUTIONALIZE; CUMIN in COLUMBINES; SEAMEN in MISTREATMENT; PENAL in EXPENDABLE<br /><br />ENTREE#7: Disney cartoon characters: PLUTO from PLURALIZATION; DOPEY from LEPIDOPTEROLOGY; DOC from DIABOLIC; GOOFY from GLOOMFULLY;<br />ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-8746252615034724032018-08-16T18:28:23.547-07:002018-08-16T18:28:23.547-07:00ron,
I love your idea for ENTREE #8! Wish I would ...ron,<br />I love your idea for ENTREE #8! Wish I would have thought of it.<br />Thanks also for your one-word MERCURY suggestions: “MAGNETOSTRUCTURALLY,”or “METROCURRENCY” would have been much more elegant than "TURMERIC CURRY."<br /><br />LegoWhoIsPrintingOutThisCommentOnHisJUNBOPRINTER! legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-5415208691025929822018-08-16T15:55:36.299-07:002018-08-16T15:55:36.299-07:00Appetizer Part 1
LARCH anagram+ESTONIAN=CHARLESTON...Appetizer Part 1<br />LARCH anagram+ESTONIAN=CHARLESTONIAN(one from Charleston, SC or WV)<br />Appetizer Part 2<br />WALMART, AL MARTINO, WINO<br />Menu/Riff-Offs<br />1. Automobile brands<br />MERCURY<br />FORD <br />DODGE<br />HONDA<br />KIA<br />2. Roman names in mythology<br />VENUS<br />AENEAS <br />CUPID<br />JUNO<br />DIANA<br />3. Synonyms for "ground"<br />EARTH<br />SOIL <br />DIRT<br />LOAM<br />4. Candy brands<br />MARS<br />MOUNDS<br />ROLO<br />REESE'S<br />5. More automobile brands<br />SATURN<br />SAAB<br />EDSEL<br />DE SOTO<br />6. Words containing or sounding like dirty words(I need not elaborate)<br />URANUS<br />TITTLE<br />CUMIN<br />SEAMEN<br />PENAL<br />7. Disney characters<br />PLUTO<br />DOPEY<br />DOC<br />GOOFY<br />Dessert<br />August 10, 2018, written entirely in numbers, would look like a numerical palindrome, reading the same backward and forward:<br />8102018<br />A year from now, the palindromic date would be in September:<br />9102019<br />The Schpuzzle and the Sunday Puzzle proved tougher than I had expected. If I seemed a little angry about either, I apologize. Still don't get the Rolling Stones reference, but then "You can't always get what you want."-pjb<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-32854217856166328382018-08-16T12:00:11.151-07:002018-08-16T12:00:11.151-07:00ROSS: Planets.
Entrée #1: Makes of cars.
MERCURY [...ROSS: Planets.<br />Entrée #1: Makes of cars.<br />MERCURY [You could have used “<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/magnetostructurally" rel="nofollow"><b><b>MAGNETOSTRUCTURALLY</b></b></a>,”or “<a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Unit-Conversion/MetroCurrency.shtml" rel="nofollow"><b><b>METROCURRENCY</b></b></a>”]<br />FORD<br />DODGE<br />HONDA<br />KIA<br />Entrée #2: Romans of Myth.<br />VENUS<br />AENEAS<br />CUPID<br />JUNO<br />DIANA<br />Entrée # 3: Earth.<br />EARTH<br />SOIL<br />DIRT<br />LOAM<br />Entrée #4: Candy Bars<br />MARS<br />MOUNDS<br />ROLO<br />REESE'S<br />Entrée #5: Cars<br />DESOTO<br />SATURN<br />SAAB<br />EDSEL<br />Entrée #6: Cities?<br />URANUS, Missouri<br />INTONE/IONIZE<br />CLUBS/LINES/CUBES/COINS<br />STREAM/STREET<br />PENAL/EXPEL/PEDAL<br />Entrée #7: Disney Dogs & Dwarves<br />PLUTO<br />DOPEY<br />DOC<br />GOOFY<br />Entrée #8: New Technology<br />3D JUMBOPRINTER (7) → JUPITER<br />IMPAIRED (4) → IPAD<br />I am sure you can fill in a few more...ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-85771007237719897982018-08-16T07:06:54.508-07:002018-08-16T07:06:54.508-07:00I love the way make you make connections (sweet et...I love the way make you make connections (sweet eternal blindness + wino!) between my puzzles, Paul, where no obvious connections would seem to exist. <br />Congrats on solving the Schpuzzle also. That is my intended answer, with the "BALL" being the greatest thanks to its Pauline association with "charity" (which, I discovered to my surprise/chagrin, was not as strong a link as FAITH + HILL or HOPE + DIAMOND).<br /><br />LegoSaysHere'sAnIdea:HowAboutAnAlbumOfAlMartino<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQI1l6OdAXU" rel="nofollow">Covers</a>Of<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1CfSgsvqJE" rel="nofollow">LauraNyro</a>Songs!legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-64752570366392355422018-08-16T05:04:49.025-07:002018-08-16T05:04:49.025-07:00CHARITY BALL
FAITH HILL
HOPE DIAMOND
My alternati...CHARITY BALL<br />FAITH HILL<br />HOPE DIAMOND<br /><br />My alternatives:<br />SWEET CHARITY<br />HOPE (SPRINGS) ETERNAL<br />BLIND FAITH<br />Mashing it all together made me think about the Laura Nyro song which just happens to be about the activity a WINO engages in.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-9793969468456387602018-08-15T23:30:30.861-07:002018-08-15T23:30:30.861-07:00I'm eagerly awaiting YOUR intended answer on t...I'm eagerly awaiting YOUR intended answer on the Schpuzzle, Lego. As for my 'sports nugget", I just got lucky on Google. I'd never heard of the guy before, of course! But am pleased you were pleased.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-38172557203106205832018-08-15T21:48:48.644-07:002018-08-15T21:48:48.644-07:00Nice solving on the non-ENTREES, VT.
Your answer ...Nice solving on the non-ENTREES, VT. <br />Your answer to the Schpuzzle is not my intended, but it is darn good! Indeed you taught me something I did not know about baseball. I had never before heard of Edward Haughton "Slim" Love (August 1, 1890 – November 30, 1942, doncha love the old-time nicknames).<br />Very interesting fellow... or should I say <em>Longfellow</em>: 6'8" and weighing in at 195! That is Slim!<br />Thanks for your sports nugget.<br /><br />LegoSaysAHurlerOfSlim'sStatureWouldNotEvenNeedAHillToPitchFrom!legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-32344591041604808282018-08-15T20:21:36.456-07:002018-08-15T20:21:36.456-07:00Indeed, NO entrees!
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SCHPU...Indeed, NO entrees!<br />-----------------------<br /><br />SCHPUZZLE: HILL? Baseball pitcher SLIM LOVE would have stood on the pitcher's mound.... "the greatest of these is LOVE".<br /><br />APPETIZER #1: ESTONIAN & LARCH = CHARLESTONIAN [I didn't finally solve this until the wee hours of Tuesday, because all along I'd been putting the supposed tree AFTER the demonym for the country, instead of in front of it.]<br /><br />APPETIZER #2: WALMART minus W plus INO => AL MARTINO [in the GODFATHER movies]<br /><br />DESSERT!!: HANNAH's perspective: PALINDROME DATE -- 8102018; NEXT ONE 9102019<br />ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-50270243934321264732018-08-14T19:13:55.913-07:002018-08-14T19:13:55.913-07:00Hee hee....to whom, exactly, would you be referrin...Hee hee....to whom, exactly, would you be referring? (i.e. MOI?)ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-80101951565007406102018-08-14T11:46:31.797-07:002018-08-14T11:46:31.797-07:00Got it, VT. Thanks.
Still, I would like to broade...Got it, VT. Thanks. <br />Still, I would like to broaden my interests... just as I am "forcing" or "allowing" (depending on one's perspective) Puzzlerians! to broaden theirs.<br /><br />LegoBroadly legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-68490298553367254312018-08-13T11:23:47.728-07:002018-08-13T11:23:47.728-07:00NOTICE TO PUZZLERIAN!S:
LET'S DELAY REVEALING...<b>NOTICE TO PUZZLERIAN!S: <br />LET'S DELAY REVEALING OUR ANSWERS THIS WEEK, FOR ONE DAY.<br />PLEASE DON'T POST ANSWERS THIS WEEK UNTIL <em>THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 AT NOON PDT</em> (WHICH IS THE SAME TIME FOR REVEALING ANSWERS OVER ON BLAINE'S BLOG).<br />I AM CONCERNED THAT OUR ANSWERS TO THE "RIFFING OFF SHORTZ" SLICES MIGHT COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF WILL SHORTZ'S TWO-WEEK NPR CHALLENGE. (ACTUALLY, YOU COULD REVEAL YOUR ANSWERS TO OUR OTHER PUZZLES ON WEDNESDAY IF YOU LIKE, BUT PLEASE WAIT ONE DAY BEFORE REVEALING YOUR ROSS ANSWERS.)<br />NEXT WEEK WE CAN RETURN TO OUR NORMAL WEDNESDAY REVEAL DATE FOR ALL OUR PUZZLERIA! PUZZLES. THANK YOU.<br /><br />lEGOtYPINGbOLDLYaNDiNuPPERCASE</b>legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-60099305897302497622018-08-13T00:39:15.828-07:002018-08-13T00:39:15.828-07:00Lego, I didn't mean my comment above as a '...Lego, I didn't mean my comment above as a 'tsk tsk' or any such thing (i.e. not even as feedback)...I was just making excuses for myself! [I forgot to include sports in the list, of course!) It's your blog, and a lot of work, so it's natural you would mine what you know most about.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-46302147038282219972018-08-12T19:59:37.782-07:002018-08-12T19:59:37.782-07:00ViolinTeddy,
You make an excellent point about the...ViolinTeddy,<br />You make an excellent point about the plethora of "religion, cars, the infamous rock music, etc." in my puzzles. I will work on broadening my scope somewhat. Thank you for your always astute feedback.<br /><br />LegoWhoIsAJackOfAFewTradesButMasterOfNone legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-68849737550551704212018-08-12T19:21:43.422-07:002018-08-12T19:21:43.422-07:00Whew, ok, I FINALLY pinned down the Transcendental...Whew, ok, I FINALLY pinned down the Transcendentalism answer. How pjb got that without the latest hint is beyond me. It never showed up in any lists *I* was finding.<br /><br />Thanks for all the hints; finally put together Entree #5, but I can see why it was difficult for me. although I had SORT OF figured out the 'category' before. Many subjects that you are obviously very familiar with, I am really NOT (i.e. religion, cars, the infamous rock music, etc.)ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-9961560235453915462018-08-12T15:17:39.907-07:002018-08-12T15:17:39.907-07:00Hints:
ENTREE #3 (TRANSCENDENTALISM):
The first na...Hints:<br />ENTREE #3 (TRANSCENDENTALISM):<br />The first name of one of Wyatt's five brothers is the name of the book author.<br />ENTREE #5:<br />UNSPEAKABLE (4) <br />A Swedish export with double-A's in the middle<br />HEADMASTERLY (5)<br />A first name that rolled off the assembly line and promptly became a punch line<br />DESOLATION (6)<br />A Spanish explorer who died on the banks of the Big Muddy<br /><br />LegoDefunct<br /><br /><br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-50793168519587525002018-08-12T05:45:23.602-07:002018-08-12T05:45:23.602-07:00I take it back about not being able (willing?) to ...I take it back about not being able (willing?) to solve the rest of #6. Somehow crazily, a webpage was sitting in a separate tab that was completely relevant, and helped me get all the rest. I have NO IDEA where that webpage came from!! Weird.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-57977267796350813682018-08-12T05:37:14.600-07:002018-08-12T05:37:14.600-07:00Oh, I also finally solved Entrees #4 and 7 yesterd...Oh, I also finally solved Entrees #4 and 7 yesterday, having realized that I had actually been MISSING the 'other' secret, re the first answer in each puzzle. I also think I know what your hint for the elusive #6 meant, but given what pjb said about it above, I have a feeling I am NOT going to get the rest of them, other than the first, and I think perhaps the last word.<br /><br />I'm still stuck on #5 except for its first word, as well as the infamous "transcendentalism." I simply could NOT find any book written at the time your hint indicated.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-40379372281744400532018-08-12T05:29:45.143-07:002018-08-12T05:29:45.143-07:00I'm sorry to say, Lego, that you indeed gave m...I'm sorry to say, Lego, that you indeed gave me too much credit. I hadn't listened to the You Tube of that song, so I was totally unaware of the lyrics. IN fact, I had meant to reply to your 'touche, VT" comment by telling you that it was NOT in any way a "rejoinder", merely an actual question to pjb as to what he meant.<br /><br />No, I didn't take offense, pjb, I was merely puzzled! I figured my well-known aversion to all this rock music was my closest guess as to what you might have been talking about.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-17301308145469952592018-08-11T23:53:01.612-07:002018-08-11T23:53:01.612-07:00cranberry,
In the hint I posted in Friday's co...cranberry,<br />In the hint I posted in Friday's comments, I wrote:<br /><em>"For the Schpuzzle of the Week, the watchword is not 'guilt by association' but 'greatness by association...'"</em><br />Greatness, that is, by <em>word</em> association.<br /><br />I interpreted ViolinTeddy's August 11, 2018 at 2:44 AM comment ("Hide my heart? You mean because it's rock music, so I should run?") as an indication that she was savvy to Laura Nyro's "Eli's Coming" song, which contains the repeated lyric "She walked, but she never got away." In her comment, VT seems to realize that <em>running</em> rather than walking would be the only means of eluding the wily Eli!<br /><br />LegoNotesThatWhenYouWalkAndDon'tRunItMayTurnIntoAMisad<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW21rcHiVU0" rel="nofollow">venture</a>legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-50212341050398966182018-08-11T21:21:46.436-07:002018-08-11T21:21:46.436-07:00BTW just got #6, and Lego, you should be ashamed o...BTW just got #6, and Lego, you should be ashamed of yourself! As for the Dessert, turned out it was easier than I thought. But the Schpuzzle is still kind of eluding me. While I may have found the Stones album, I haven't exactly found the Bible verses. Might there be another hint that can clear things up?cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-56615674779074592222018-08-11T20:40:15.298-07:002018-08-11T20:40:15.298-07:00The "hide your heart" line comes from th...The "hide your heart" line comes from the lyrics to "Eli's Coming". Because the singer is talking to a female(the full line is "Eli's comin'/hide your heart, girl"), I directed it toward you, VT. But you shouldn't take it so seriously. It is merely a lyric in a pop song. I just couldn't resist using it in my previous comment, that's all. No offense, if any was taken.cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.com