Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 24): Famous Person Puzzle

Rearrange the 13 letters in Indian Wrestle to make...

2009-05-31T08:03:51.554-07:00

Rearrange the 13 letters in Indian
Wrestle to make three related words
of five, four, and four letters.

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The phone rang during today's so all I heard was "...

2009-05-31T07:18:38.298-07:00

The phone rang during today's so all I heard was "Indian" something and make three words of it. Only 300 entries? Wow, I thought there would be more. It was not difficult. Perhaps because it came out on a holiday weekend and people missed it.

Evidently Galileo Galilei was not easy because "We...

2009-05-31T07:03:03.342-07:00

Evidently Galileo Galilei was not
easy because "We only received about
300 correct entries."

What's not to understand? I get Blue's thinking, ...

2009-05-30T16:12:59.126-07:00

What's not to understand? I get Blue's thinking, at least once it is explained. It tells me that Blue has an abundance of clues in what she writes so we should pay attention.

Cookieface, I'm glad that I'm not the only one who...

2009-05-30T14:39:45.381-07:00

Cookieface, I'm glad that I'm not the only one who doesn't understand.

wow! That's a mouthful...too way out for my thinki...

2009-05-29T08:12:29.498-07:00

wow! That's a mouthful...too way out for my thinking

The mother of all and the father of all monkeys, i...

2009-05-28T19:12:45.339-07:00

The mother of all and the father of all monkeys, in italicized scientific nomenclature, are each a Gorilla gorilla, fitting W S's seven - letter rule with giggly sound alike to seven - letter Galileo Galilei. 'n', well, fitting ... not much else.

Martin Luther, of one generation afore GG and northern European neighbor, more or less, to Europe's south, Italy, is the blatherer.

witchy, inquisitive, scientific = all clues of the Burning Times (a most terrible period wherein women for 300+ years, generations and generations and generations, in "civilized" (read that: NOT in barbaric other areas such as the so - called Dark Continent) woke up every day in fear of being named a witch from someone else suffering herself ... "the third degree" of torture = death ... after "the second degree" was administered against her) and what happened to folks such as G G ... IF ... the magical thinking of the men in long dresses did not prevail! See paragraph 3 of the Life section re G G in wikipedia.

Blue

I was stuck on Charlie Chaplin and have no recolle...

2009-05-28T18:49:13.831-07:00

I was stuck on Charlie Chaplin and have no recollection how I got to Galileo. Oh wait! It was the reference to a zodiac sign :)

The answer is posted above. If anyone got stuck, i...

2009-05-28T16:58:06.069-07:00

The answer is posted above. If anyone got stuck, it was probably from thinking too much about famous people of the present.

MyLittleFamily- My post regarding our large fresh ...

2009-05-28T15:39:14.614-07:00

MyLittleFamily- My post regarding our large fresh water lake was a clue for large(st) fresh water lake especially a sea in the middle east. The name fits right in with this persons 1st and last name...And since it's after the deadline...

Blue, I'm not sure I'd so readily admit to echoing...

2009-05-27T20:35:30.083-07:00

Blue, I'm not sure I'd so readily admit to echoing others' kudos; I'll get back to you after I consult a dictionary...

Blaine, much thanks for what you do and for a place to meet folks as divergent as myself.

Thanks ever, too, Blaine. I echo others' kudos....

2009-05-27T19:34:27.824-07:00

Thanks ever, too, Blaine.

I echo others' kudos.

Blue

I was on the trail of a trampy actor so the clues ...

2009-05-27T18:42:26.543-07:00

I was on the trail of a trampy actor so the clues here didn't give it away for me. Took me a while because I'm not accustomed to using this person's surname.

Carl and Blaine, I agree with you. The first few ...

2009-05-27T17:49:26.417-07:00

Carl and Blaine, I agree with you. The first few clues were pretty vague, but the clues at the end pretty much give it away, especially if you're a music buff.

Blaine, I really appreciate the work you do to maintain this blog. I feel fortunate to have discovered it a few months ago and certainly don't expect you to be a 24/7 monitor. Keep up the great work!

I could turn on comment moderation and check every...

2009-05-27T16:22:47.239-07:00

I could turn on comment moderation and check every post prior to it going up on the blog, but I don't have the energy/time to do that and it would slow down the conversation that I enjoy seeing here. Instead I rely on self-moderation and it usually works.

I also felt that many comments this week were too revealing, but it was too late to do anything. Partly that was my fault because I was busy over the 3 day weekend and didn't put up the puzzle right away. I also didn't put up my standard reminder to not give the puzzle away.

It's a little late this week, but everyone, please try to keep that in mind for future weeks' comments.

I thought the clues this week were a little too re...

2009-05-27T10:21:51.806-07:00

I thought the clues this week were a little too revealing. I've noticed this time and a few times in the recent past that people unthinkingly revealed the gender of an individual when it's not stated in the clues provided by W. S. I think (for what my opinion is worth) people should be a little more cryptic; the idea, it seems to me, should be to offer little nudges toward the answers... not to hire a plane to drag a banner across the sky with a message of THE ANSWER IS.....

These comments pretty much give it away. Aren't th...

2009-05-27T09:38:41.689-07:00

These comments pretty much give it away.
Aren't these comments moderated for that?

Kasey Kasem says "Keep your feet on the ground and...

2009-05-26T22:29:55.305-07:00

Kasey Kasem says "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars."

Great clues everyone, THANK YOU! Answer submitted....

2009-05-26T17:34:49.939-07:00

Great clues everyone, THANK YOU!
Answer submitted.

It's my sign too!!!! LOL

2009-05-26T16:53:29.235-07:00

It's my sign too!!!! LOL

"shall i say-o" that i finally got this one? a "pa...

2009-05-26T16:39:19.510-07:00

"shall i say-o" that i finally got this one?
a "pal o me" figured this one out.

Good Heavens! All these fancy clues.....

2009-05-26T16:34:48.076-07:00

Good Heavens! All these fancy clues.....

Welcome, wolftone. I lurked for awhile before ring...

2009-05-26T15:52:56.510-07:00

Welcome, wolftone. I lurked for awhile before ringing in, also. I find it ironic that the person in this week's answer has a sign of the zodiac embedded in his first name.

Kip, let's hope Brecht used his writing acumen to ...

2009-05-26T15:26:36.972-07:00

Kip, let's hope Brecht used his writing acumen to make the person a round character, not a flat one.

I believe Bertolt Brecht knew this person intimate...

2009-05-26T15:05:09.152-07:00

I believe Bertolt Brecht knew this person intimately.