Normally I'd have something to add here, but today it's the opposite.Q: Name something in 10 letters that's found in a kitchen. Drop its sixth letter to name something on a keyboard. Then drop the new word's fifth letter to name something no one wants to get. What words are these?
A: BACKSPLASH, BACKSLASH, BACKLASH
There are many words that can be created from those letters, e.g. reminiscent, trespassers, creaminess, seamstress, etc.Q: Rearrange the letters of "NECESSARY MISPRINT" to spell a familiar phrase.
A: SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS ("Thus Always to Tyrants")
Clue: DolourQ: Name a classic song with a two-word title. Drop the first letter. Add an R after the new first letter. The result will be the names of two countries one after the other. What song is this?
A: PIANO MAN --> IRAN, OMAN
Q: Think of a famous female singer (eight and four letters, respectively). The first syllable of her first name, the second syllable of her first name backward and the last name forward again are all verbs associated with human desire. Who is this singer?Rearrange all the letters in her name to get an instrument and a type of belt.
A: COURTNEY LOVE --> COURT, YEN, LOVE
Q: Name a famous actor of the past, seven letter first name and seven letter last name. Remove three consecutive letters from his last name and the remaining letters in order will be the well known lead character from a long running series of films. What actor and character are these?Rearrange the letters of the actor and you'll get an animal and a fruit.
A: CHARLIE CHA(PLI)N --> CHARLIE CHAN
Q: Think of a popular film franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a place mentioned multiple times in the Bible. Replace that place with a single letter and you'll name a Major League Baseball team. What franchise and team are these?I was just reading about Dorothea Waley Singer who spent time arranging and cataloguing all medical and scientific manuscripts in Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Middle Ages to the early modern era. I don't know why I mention that, but I'll explain on Thursday.
A: T(HE AVEN)GERS --> TIGERS
Q: Name a well-known comic actor (4,5) whose name is an anagram of two terms in golf (4 and 5 letters, respectively). Who is it?It's been a few years since we've had a puzzle involving this actor. Surprisingly it didn't involve elements.
A: SETH ROGEN --> SHOT, GREEN
Q: Name an animal whose first five letters in order spell a religious figure. And if you change the animal's next-to-last letter, its last five letters in order will spell another religious figure. What animal is this?Is this a joke? So easy!
A: RABBIT --> RABBI, ABBOT
Q: Think of a popular movie of the past decade. Change the last letter in its title. The result will suggest a lawsuit between two politicians of the late 20th century — one Republican and one Democrat. What's the movie and who are the people?Maybe we should focus on what the politicians had in common rather than their differences?
A: FORD V. FERRARI --> FORD V. FERRARO
There was no actual lawsuit between these two.
I need to finish up my taxes, so I'll have to put solving on hold until then.Q: Name a famous foreign landmark (5,4). Change the eighth letter to a V and rearrange the result to make an adjective that describes this landmark. What landmark is it?
A: NOTRE DAME, RENOVATED
