tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post843168679898561277..comments2024-03-27T19:58:14.682-07:00Comments on Joseph Young's Puzzleria!: Out of the Saloon, into the Pub; “_ham bam thank you mammal!” Hams reading for the part of sweet Danish prince; A “synpathetic” characterlegolambdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-9789681726142086782018-03-07T19:31:11.584-08:002018-03-07T19:31:11.584-08:00This week's answers, for the record, part 3:
...This week's answers, for the record, part 3: <br /><br />FIVE:<br />Consider the following creatures:<br />Birds: EAGLE, LOON<br />Mammals: ONAGER, MOOSE, MOLES<br />Fish: EEL, GAR, and ROE (potential fish)<br />Human mammals, good and bad: ANGEL, OGRE<br />All words in uppercase can be spelled using some of the letters from a state and its capital.<br />What are this state and capital?<br />Hint: The letters in just two of the uppercase words can be rearranged to spell the state and its capital.<br />Answer:<br />SALEM, OREGON; <br />Hint: The letters in ONAGER and MOLES can be rearranged to spell SALEM, OREGON<br />SIX:<br />Remove an E from the name of a reptile, and you can rearrange the remaining letters to name a small mammal, a large mammal, and insects. <br />What is the reptile, and what are the insects and two mammals?<br />Answer:<br />Rattlesnake; Ants; Rat; Elk<br />SEVEN:<br />Rearrange the letters in the names of an insect and two mammals to name, in two words, a mythical mammal you might see displayed on a human mammal. The second word is a U.S. slang term for a longer word.<br />What are the insect and two mammals and the two term for the mythical mammal displayed on the human mammal.<br />Answer:<br />Rat, Dog, Ant; <a href="http://nextluxury.com/mens-style-and-fashion/traditional-dragon-tattoo-designs-for-men/" rel="nofollow">Dragon</a> <a href="http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/tat" rel="nofollow">tat</a><br />EIGHT:<br />After supper Laminae cleared the dishes and helped tutor her stepdaughter Norba who was DOING ARITHMETIC at the kitchen table. Norba, as was her wont, insisted on using her roundabout way of doing long division, rebuffing her mother's attempts to streamline the process. “She does tend to INHERIT DOGMATIC tendencies from her father, Thanoddle,” Laminae thought to herself with a sigh. Laminae later retired to her boudoir where she fiddled a while with the alarm setting on her SkyScan digital clock before abandoning this ATOMIC DITHERING and shifting her attention to her prescription soporifics. “I've got to get my MEDICATION RIGHT,” she whispered while pouring the last remaining sleeping pills from her bottle, clenchng them in her claw like TITMICE HOARDING sunflower seeds. After fidgeting sleeplessly for an hour beneath the covers, Laminae pulled some MIDNIGHT EROTICA from her nightstand and in no time had drifted off to sleep.<br />In the paragraph above there are six pairs of consecutive words. The letters of each pair can be rearranged to spell the same U.S. state and its largest city. <br />What are this city and state? What are the six pairs of words?<br />Answer:<br />The letters in: Doing Arithmetic, Inherit Dogmatic, Atomic Dithering, Medication Right, Titmice Hoarding, and Midnight Erotica can all be rearranged to spell Detroit, Michigan.<br /><br />Dessert Menu<br /><br />Audition: Does Casting Sound Like Pastry? Dessert:<br />Hams reading for the sweet Danish prince part<br />Name what auditions or casting calls might lead to, in two words. Add an N someplace. Saying the result aloud will sound something like certain pastries. What pastries are these?<br />Answer:<br />Cinnamon rolls; Cinema roles (cinema + n = "cineman" sounds like cinnamon.)<br /><br />Lego...legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-31647609970128121782018-03-07T19:28:41.835-08:002018-03-07T19:28:41.835-08:00This week's answers, for the record, part 2:
...This week's answers, for the record, part 2: <br /><br />Riffing Off Shortz And Stuart Slices:<br />“_ham bam thank you, mammal!”<br />ONE:<br />Take a nine letter adjective. Move the first letter to the end. The result can be broken into two animal names. What’s the adjective, and what are the animals?<br />Answer:<br />Eponymous; Pony, Mouse<br />TWO:<br />Name two types of mammals, each in the singular form. Place then next to each other and replace one with a letter of the alphabet that is its homophone. You will form an adjective that Will Shortz might use to describe a puzzle from a listener that he chooses for his Sunday broadcast. <br />What are the mammals? What is the adjective?<br />Answer:<br />Ewe, sable (= u+sable); usable<br />THREE:<br />Name a state in the United States. Remove a letter, or letters, you might see on a package of batteries, and you can rearrange the remaining letters to name a young farm mammal. What is this mammal and what is the state?<br />Answer:<br />Lamb; Alabama<br />AlAbAma - AAA = lbma >> lamb <br />FOUR:<br />Replace the first word in a two word state in the United States with its antonym. You can rearrange the letters of these two words to name (in two words – an adjective followed by the brand name) a refreshing beverage popular in the U.S. especially during the early 1900s.<br />What is the state? What is the two-word description of the beverage?<br />Answer: <br />"Old Mexico"; <a href="http://thewildrobot.com/hes-got-moxie-refrigerator-fridge-magnet-soda-pop-cola-classic-baseball-ad-l21-sd0332" rel="nofollow">cold Moxie</a><br /><br />Lego... legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-42147874272335498242018-03-07T19:24:02.626-08:002018-03-07T19:24:02.626-08:00This week's answers, for the record, part 1:
...This week's answers, for the record, part 1:<br /><br />Bundooks Appetizer:<br />Out of the Saloon, into the Pub<br />As the ROYAL PATRON of the Wessex Youth Trust, the Earl of Wessex motors from Merseyside to Derbyshire after visiting students who benefit from his patronage. Alas, he soon becomes a MARKED VICTIM as blackguards piloting a Range Rover sidle up to his classic 1935 Bentley Saloon, brandishing bundooks. In Bond-like fashion, Prince Edward guns his 3.5-litre clean machine, watching his pursuers shrink in his wing mirror as the Rover slips out of range and shells RICOCHET off the MACADAM turnpike fecklessly. To calm his nerves after such an ordeal, the prince parks his saloon near a roadside pub for a few hours and imbibes a bit of gin and bitters at Ye Olde Watling before returning to his residence at Bagshot Park south of Windsor, and to the much awaited BELATED BEAUTY of his beloved Sophie, Countess of Wessex.<br />The four-sentence fake-news paragraph above contains eight words, two in each sentence, that share a somewhat unusual wordplay property. <br />What are these eight words and what property do they share?<br />Answer:<br />Royal, patron, marked, victim, ricochet, macadam, belated and beauty each consist of two names for boys:<br />Roy, Al, Pat, Ron, Mark, Ed, Vic, Tim, <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2017/09/25/detroit-lions-anthem-singer-rico-lavelle/699994001/" rel="nofollow">Ri</a><a href="http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/407354b9" rel="nofollow">co</a>, Chet, Mac, Adam, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu3ap8ASzXc" rel="nofollow">Bela</a>, Ted, Beau, Ty.<br /><br />MENU<br /><br />“Are We In Kansas Anymore?” Slice:<br />A “synpathetic” character<br />Spell an antonym of “synthetic” backward and divide it in two. The first part is a synonym of a metropolis. The second part is the first name of a fictional character who grew up in a relatively small version of that synonym, one that by most accounts is located in Kansas. What is this antonym? Who is the fictional character?<br />Answer:<br /><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analytic" rel="nofollow">analytic</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Lang" rel="nofollow">Lana Lang</a>, who grew up in <a href="http://kcur.org/post/kansas-town-renamed-smallvillefor-day#stream/0" rel="nofollow">Smallville</a>, Kansas<br /><br />Lego...<br /> legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-30213521092812812922018-03-07T16:31:38.594-08:002018-03-07T16:31:38.594-08:00Appetizer
The eight words are each made up of two ...Appetizer<br />The eight words are each made up of two male first names:<br />ROYAL(ROY, AL)<br />PATRON(PAT, RON)<br />MARKED(MARK, ED)<br />VICTIM(VIC, TIM)<br />RICOCHET(RICO, CHET)<br />MACADAM(MAC, ADAM)<br />BELATED(BELA, TED)<br />BEAUTY(BEAU, TY)<br />Menu<br />ANALYTIC, CITY, LANA(Lana Lang, Clark Kent's first girlfriend, from Smallville, Kansas)<br />Riff-Offs<br />1. EPONYMOUS(PONY, MOUSE)<br />2. USABLE(EWE, SABLE)<br />3. ALABAMA-AAA=LAMB<br />4. NEW MEXICO(OLD MEXICO), "COLD MOXIE"<br />5. SALEM, OREGON(ONAGER, MOLES)<br />6. RATTLESNAKE-E(ANTS, RAT, ELK)<br />7. DRAGON TAT(ANT, DOG, RAT)<br />8. DETROIT, MICHIGAN<br />(DOING ARITHMETIC<br />INHERIT DOGMATIC<br />ATOMIC DITHERING<br />MEDICATION RIGHT<br />TITMICE HOARDING<br />MIDNIGHT EROTICA)<br />Dessert<br />CINEMA ROLES, CINNAMON ROLLS<br />Funny, I've never considered the BOWTIE a symbol of BEAUTY!-pjbcranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-64924297999249659212018-03-07T12:06:38.113-08:002018-03-07T12:06:38.113-08:00APPETIZER: The word pairs each break up into FOUR...APPETIZER: The word pairs each break up into FOUR PROPER MEN'S NAMES --- <br /><br />ROYAL PATRON => ROY, AL, PAT, RON; <br />MARKED VICTIM => MARK, ED, VIC, TIM; <br />RICOCHET & MACADAM => RICO, CHET, MAC, ADAM; <br />BELATED BEAUTY => BELA, TED, BEAU, TY. <br /><br />MENU SLICE: ANALYTIC => CITY & LANA<br /><br />RIFF OFFS:<br /><br />1. EPONYMOUS => PONY & MOUSE [Post-hint] [How is Europe eponymous?]<br /><br />2. EWE and SABLE => USEABLE [Post-hint, never would have gotten it otherwise!]<br /><br />3. ALABAMA => LAMB <br /><br />4. OLD MEXICO => COLD MOXIE <br /><br />5. SALEM, OREGON [the Hint: ONAGER and MOLES] [Pre-hint]<br /><br />6. RATTLESNAKE => ANTS, RAT, ELK<br /><br />7. DOG & RAT & ANT => DRAGON TAT <br /><br />8. DETROIT, MICHIGAN; "DOING ARITHMETIC"; "INHERIT DOGMATIC "; "ATOMIC DITHERING"; "MEDICATION RIGHT"; "TITMICE HOARDING"; "MIDNIGHT EROTICA"<br /><br />DESSERT: CINEMA ROLES => CINNAMON ROLLSViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-84314226236954274522018-03-07T12:05:34.039-08:002018-03-07T12:05:34.039-08:00BA:
motors = most + OR
students = stunts + DE
pil...BA:<br />motors = most + OR<br />students = stunts + DE <br />piloting = opting + IL<br />bundooks = bounds + OK<br />machine = niche + MA<br />macadam = madam + CA<br />ordeal = oral + DE<br />saloon = soon + AL <br /><br />I never really believed that was right; after the hints I got:<br /><br />Roy Al Pat Ron<br />Mark Ed Vic Tim<br />Rico Chet Mac Adam<br />Bela Ted Beau Ty<br />[Lawyer Ty Cobb is from Kansas; ballplayer Ty Cobb was sometimes known as 'The Georgia Peach']<br /><br /><br />AWIKA: analytic > city lana [Lana Lang of Smallville, Kansas]<br /><br />ROSASS:<br />ONE: eponymous > pony mouse<br />TWO: ewe+sable > usable [Rachel Martin hosted WESUN before Lulu; a martin is feathered, but a marten is furry]<br />THREE: ALABAMA - AAA = LAMB<br />FOUR: New Mexico > Old Mexico > Cold Moxie<br />FIVE: Salem, Oregon [onager, moles]<br />SIX:<br />SEVEN:<br />EIGHT: doing arithmetic, inherit dogmatic, atomic dithering, medication right, titmice hoarding, midnight erotica > Detroit, Michigan<br /><br />A:DCSLP?D: cinema+n roles > cinnamon rollsPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-64223294519078786372018-03-07T12:00:02.515-08:002018-03-07T12:00:02.515-08:00RIP-OFFS:
1.EPONYMOUS → PONY + MOUSE. I had the s...RIP-OFFS:<br /><br />1.<b><b><b>E</b></b></b>PONYMOUS → PONY + MOUS<b><b><b>E</b></b></b>. I had the solution to Curtis' puzzle back when he first posted it on Blaine's Blog. <br /><br />2. EWE + SABLE → USABLE<br /><br />3. ALABAMA (-3A's) → LAMB<br /><br />4. ?<br /><br />5. SALEM, OREGON → ONAGER + MOLES<br /><br />6. RATTLESNAKE (-E) → RAT, ELK, ANTS.<br /><br />7. ?<br /><br />8. MIDNIGHT EROTICA<br />MEDICATION RIGHT<br />ATOMIC DITHERING →<br />DETROIT MICHIGANronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-70992608963202144122018-03-07T00:34:17.102-08:002018-03-07T00:34:17.102-08:00Well isn't this just peachy?!Well isn't this just peachy?!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-79551927680289771782018-03-06T19:54:35.071-08:002018-03-06T19:54:35.071-08:00He works for our prez.
LegoWhoHasAHallOfFameTiger...He works for our prez.<br /><br />LegoWhoHasAHallOfFameTigerInHisTank...TankYoulegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-40616748277792107112018-03-06T18:12:08.990-08:002018-03-06T18:12:08.990-08:00You're welcome as always, LegoYou're welcome as always, LegoViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-74229279564796428332018-03-06T18:11:51.941-08:002018-03-06T18:11:51.941-08:00I have the same question, re who is the 'corny...I have the same question, re who is the 'corny' one?ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-25160567693047313642018-03-06T16:49:38.945-08:002018-03-06T16:49:38.945-08:00Now I have it! Sorry you had to figuratively bop m...Now I have it! Sorry you had to figuratively bop me over the head with my own name to get the connection, Lego! But who is the "corny" counselor?cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-34622569646597644772018-03-06T08:28:13.810-08:002018-03-06T08:28:13.810-08:00There's always CHICK + N (HEN) = CHICKEN, not ...There's always CHICK + N (HEN) = CHICKEN, not mammals.ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-62793181199895331912018-03-06T07:11:21.956-08:002018-03-06T07:11:21.956-08:00cranberry,
ViolinTedditor is correct when she post...cranberry,<br />ViolinTedditor is correct when she posted above that the non-consecutive pair of words are in the THIRD, and not the second, sentence. (It is embarrassing when it becomes necessary to ViolinTeddit not only my puzzle texts but also my hints! But, thanks, VT.)<br />As for a hoped-to-be helpful hint, however, cranberry, the shortened form of your first name, Patrick, is one of the 16 Uppercase words that go into making up the lowercase eight words I asked for in the answer. Another of the 16 Uppercase words is the name of another valued contributing Puzzlerian! (but one whose name does not appear in Uppercase in our comments section).<br /><br />LegoAddsThatAnotherP!Contributor'sFirstNameIsAlsoInvolvedAsIsTheFirstNameOfA"Corny"Counselorlegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-35681289117437568722018-03-06T03:06:56.776-08:002018-03-06T03:06:56.776-08:00Happy day, I don't need the #6 hint anymore; I...Happy day, I don't need the #6 hint anymore; I finally figured it out, by sheer trial and error (and a certain hunch.)<br /><br />And even more happily, I believe I just solved, at last, the Appetizer, although I also believe you meant to hint that the non-consecutive pair are in the THIRD sentence, not the second.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-82930563834275844892018-03-06T02:17:33.874-08:002018-03-06T02:17:33.874-08:00If you meant to give a hint for #6 [which I certai...If you meant to give a hint for #6 [which I certainly need still] , I believe you accidentally did #5. instead.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-39765581945614272882018-03-06T02:00:43.122-08:002018-03-06T02:00:43.122-08:00Well, the Dessert sounds delicious(I've had th...Well, the Dessert sounds delicious(I've had them before, and they are!), and I also figured out #7. But I'm still a bit lost with the Appetizer. Got anything else?cranberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404075259072141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-27797411203658032262018-03-06T00:11:21.506-08:002018-03-06T00:11:21.506-08:00A few hints:
BA:
Three of the four pairs of words ...A few hints:<br />BA:<br />Three of the four pairs of words appear consecutively in their paragraphs. The two words do not appear consecutively in Paragraph #2. When you solve the puzzle you will have found 8 lowercase words... but also 16 uppercase words!<br />ROSASS:<br />#1 The adjective describes sideburns, loganberries, atlases and Europe.<br />#2 Both mammals are utilitarian: one gives us ugly holiday sweaters, the other gives us politically incorrect coats and stoles.<br />#6 ONAGER and MOLES will yield the capital and state, all by themselves.<br />#7 Stieg Larsson, David Fincher<br />ADCSLPD:<br />A synonym of what auditions or casting calls might lead to is "movie parts." A synonym of the certain pastries is "sweet and spicy buns."<br /><br />LegoAdds:"SinfullySweetAndSpicy"legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-81769753107071211792018-03-03T13:26:50.959-08:002018-03-03T13:26:50.959-08:00Nice work, ron. I suspected that you already had t...Nice work, ron. I suspected that you already had the answer. And, my puzzle text <em>was</em> a bit clunky. I appreciate your bringing it to my attention in your earlier post.<br /><br />LegoSays"HeyWillShortzSays'HavingFun'IsWhatOurBlogIsAbout!"legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-28312706656714830752018-03-03T13:03:08.919-08:002018-03-03T13:03:08.919-08:00Thanks. I have the answer; I was just having fun....Thanks. I have the answer; I was just having fun...ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-1899510030673893722018-03-03T11:07:41.761-08:002018-03-03T11:07:41.761-08:00ron,
The more mammals the merrier!
Let's prete...ron,<br />The more mammals the merrier!<br />Let's pretend "sea" is an animal (short for "seahorse," say). And "raven is an animal." The adjective formed would not be "searaven" but rather "craven."<br />Or let's pretend "<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gee" rel="nofollow">gee</a>" is something you say to an animal (to a "horse," say) and that "raven" is again the second animal. The adjective formed would not be "geeraven" but rather "graven."<br /><br />LegoWhoThinksItCuriousThat<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Craven" rel="nofollow">WesCraven</a>DirectedMoviesNotForThrFaintOfHeart<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-42301476477383152422018-03-03T10:10:59.605-08:002018-03-03T10:10:59.605-08:00So pig + n = pigeon and p + cock = peacock. I am c...So pig + n = pigeon and p + cock = peacock. I am coming up with other animals... not adjectives!ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-14375234206834543042018-03-03T09:29:02.725-08:002018-03-03T09:29:02.725-08:00Got it. Thanks, lego. One of Will's co-hosts...Got it. Thanks, lego. One of Will's co-hosts might have had an easier time with it, perhaps.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-61658560603010115432018-03-03T08:02:37.779-08:002018-03-03T08:02:37.779-08:00Sorry about the confusion with Riff #2. cranberry ...Sorry about the confusion with Riff #2. cranberry is correct. The homophone is like "bee "(B), "queue" (Q), or "sea" (C).<br />So, what one needs to do is to take the letter (B, for example, if a bee was a mammal instead of an insect) and place the spelling of the other mammal after it, for example "ox" to form a word like "box"... except that the word has to be an adjective descriptive of a puzzle Will Shortz would accept for his Sunday broadcast.<br /><br />LegoHints:AsForTheNonHomophonicMammal...ThinkFurrylegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930236368587920355.post-81375481620316470302018-03-03T02:53:20.653-08:002018-03-03T02:53:20.653-08:00I'm in the same boat, Paul. The letter hint c...I'm in the same boat, Paul. The letter hint clobbered me over the head fairly quickly, but then....then.....no inspiration.ViolinTeddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162884875089825084noreply@blogger.com