Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 31): Indian Wrestle Anagram...

Geri, I'm sure you're right but I bet ther...

2009-06-07T06:48:02.088-07:00

Geri, I'm sure you're right but I bet there will BE!

Rain, wind, and sleet got "around 1200 correc...

2009-06-07T06:28:30.296-07:00

Rain, wind, and sleet got "around 1200
correct answers."

There should be NO QUESTION about the
FAME of this week's celebrity.

My "breathless" clue was a reference to ...

2009-06-05T07:55:41.522-07:00

My "breathless" clue was a reference to Jerry Lee Lewis' song, "Breathless." One line is, "Rain, wind, sleet of snow, I'm gonna getcha wherever you go."

I submitted "RAIN SLEET WIND," i.e., in ...

2009-06-05T07:45:55.269-07:00

I submitted "RAIN SLEET WIND," i.e., in alphabetical order.

Wolftone's "salt wine diner" answer goes to show it really didn't have to come down to just this supposedly "correct" answer.

I got the "blown away" and "breathless" hints, but I also noticed the mentions of "restrain" and "contain" for one and "no opinion," "wondering," and "not sure" for another. (Am I getting WS's and Lorenzo's puzzles mixed up again?)

NPR still didn't call me }:[

The full quote is, "Neither snow nor rain ...

2009-06-04T18:26:52.037-07:00
The full quote is, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds". The saying is derived from Herodotus' Histories referring to the ancient courier service of the Persian Empire and is an inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City.

P.S. There's no mention of sleet or wind, nonetheless, I believe the answer to the puzzle is Sleet, Wind and Rain (in any order).

I did sleet first to get the 5-4-4 order. Not sure...

2009-06-04T18:14:03.006-07:00
I did sleet first to get the 5-4-4 order. Not sure it matters.

Will might have wanted that order from "appoi...

2009-06-04T17:40:54.718-07:00
Will might have wanted that order from "appointed rounds" stated by Blue.

equines' reins = Pony Express mail, rains wou...

2009-06-04T17:06:23.523-07:00
equines' reins = Pony Express mail, rains

wound = past tense of verb: to wind

laws = Laws of Nature

sunshiny, storm = weather – related

1936 = THE worst, recorded, 20th Century, Iowa winter

United States Postal Service = USPS mail

to foment = to cause turbulence, tempestuousness, a whipping up of

mail = "neither sleet nor wind nor rain" re the "appointed rounds"

I didn't pay any attention to the order. Now ...

2009-06-04T15:05:20.221-07:00
I didn't pay any attention to the order. Now that the deadline has passed, did everybody submit rain, wind, sleet?

Wolfgang, Lorenzo submitted an additional puzzle on the blog and Cookieface, Hugh and I dropped some hints. Sorry if you thought that those hints were for Will's puzzle.

By the way, we welcome submission of more puzzles if you can come up with some.

I was wondering about the 5-4-4 word length clause...

2009-06-04T14:28:50.719-07:00
I was wondering about the 5-4-4 word length clause too. It implied a definite order of words. Since this week's on-air challenge was a "Before and After" quiz, I thought WS was going for a similar concept with the "Indian Wrestle" puzzle. I tried to find three words to make a before-and-after series, but I could not do it. So I submitted the answer everyone else here submitted, which does not seem to depend on any order.

All: What is W S's purpose with "word le...

2009-06-04T14:15:29.191-07:00
All:

What is W S's purpose with "word lengths are five, four and four letters, respectively?" ... the "respectively" part?

Did Mr S want the three words submitted in a specific five - four - four format?

Cuuuuz ... re the w and the r words, which to submit before or after the other one?

Blue

wolfgang - I'm glad you noticed that I misspel...

2009-06-04T13:40:46.717-07:00
wolfgang - I'm glad you noticed that I misspelled "whether" intentionally as a clue. I've been feeling dirty about that all week.

Now that the deadline has passed, can we openly state the answer? I had a few candidates and picked the one I thought was most relevant, but I can't say I'm entirely happy with the result.

Here is my runner-up which might work but isn't as good as my preferred answer:

salt wine diner

Oof, that took me some time. Dave, Lorenzo, and C...

2009-06-04T10:31:36.688-07:00
Oof, that took me some time.

Dave, Lorenzo, and Curtis, your clues seem to point in the same direction, but I think they got me adrift a bit. On the other hand, I may or may not have interpreted the signs correctly.

Wolftone, I gush at the cornucopia of different possibilities you have come up with. It goes to show it really can turn out one way or another. I can see that posting was made with intent.

I thought I had it and submitted but reading Geri&...

2009-06-03T17:33:57.170-07:00
I thought I had it and submitted but reading Geri's post now has me wondering........

Just looked up "Blainesville" and "...

2009-06-03T08:12:24.466-07:00
Just looked up "Blainesville" and "Blainesville puzzles" on

www.bing.com

No opinion yet

Lorenzo, Cookieface's and Dave's clues along with ...

2009-06-02T08:08:32.731-07:00
Lorenzo, Cookieface's and Dave's clues along with Google Maps gave me the needed portion of of the Italian name.

radiohead00725, Of course this week's puzzle woul...

2009-06-02T04:59:03.911-07:00
radiohead00725, Of course this week's
puzzle would apply to e-mail but probably not so much as would an earthquake.

Cookieface, nice hint. I didn't catch it the firs...

2009-06-01T19:22:48.917-07:00
Cookieface, nice hint. I didn't catch it the first time that I read it. Lorenzo, thanks for submitting the puzzle. I thought of one in the middle of the night, but I forgot it. I'll post it as soon as I remember it.

Dave, that was qwick! Splendid!

2009-06-01T16:02:50.383-07:00
Dave, that was qwick! Splendid!

Lorenzo, it took me about thirty seconds to get th...

2009-06-01T15:56:42.646-07:00
Lorenzo, it took me about thirty seconds to get the answer. Just think about a small town in British Columbia, por exemplo.

Cookieface, nice hints! Clearly you know the answ...

2009-06-01T15:50:15.748-07:00
Cookieface, nice hints! Clearly you know the answer. We'll give Dave and others a few more days.

Lorenzo--I have no great thoughts or clues on your...

2009-06-01T14:36:09.898-07:00
Lorenzo--I have no great thoughts or clues on your puzzle so I may just go out the door, take a walk, and try to think of what the answer might be(that's how I do my finest thinking).
No, I have not been to these places altho I have been to Italy.

Am blown away that anyone would fall for this week...

2009-06-01T11:56:19.814-07:00
Am blown away that anyone would fall for this week's clues. Found an interesting puzzle site that doesn't have the same wit and wisdom as this one, although there is a Natasha on it...http://www.crosswordmanblog.com/

Other Ben, Ogden Nash wrote a poem about a senato...

2009-06-01T10:05:05.057-07:00
Other Ben, Ogden Nash wrote a poem about a senator from the state in 1931. I suppose your rhyme for the state is something up with which the good senator would not put.

I think I have the right answer, but with thousand...

2009-06-01T07:31:46.711-07:00
I think I have the right answer, but with thousands of possible anagrams it's hard to know weather or not mine is the best. These aren't related, but do tell good stories:

dine, wiles, rant - a progression of a bad date
risen, want deli - a typical morning state
twins need lira - euro-backpacker conundrum
idle wine rants - pinot vs merlot
nerd waist line - too much jolt and oreos
alien rids newt - amphibian stowaways on the saucer