The hardest part is coming up with a clue that is relevant.Q: Think of two five-letter words that are opposites. One of them begins with E, the other ends with E. Drop both E's. The remaining eight letters can be rearranged to spell a new word that is relevant. What are these three words?
A: ENTER, LEAVE, RELEVANT
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ReplyDeleteYou may provide indirect hints to the answer to show you know it, but make sure they don't give the answer away. You can openly discuss your hints and the answer after the Thursday deadline. Thank you.
Those of us who are old enough may find this puzzle easy as duck soup.
ReplyDeleteOh, horse feathers!
DeleteOMG – yes!!
DeleteComing through Alabama . . .
DeleteIf the puzzle is written out with proper grammar rules, the answer is obvious.
ReplyDeleteCan I quote you on that?
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA
ReplyDeletehttps://www.britannica.com/science/levanter
DeleteAnother one of these!
ReplyDeleteYes, ho hum.
DeleteI think Will should have said: "What are these two words?"
ReplyDeleteI see Will went with UE for last week's puzzle although he has one too many Ds and not enough Ts.
I suspect an intern is hooked on phonics.
DeleteWhoosh
ReplyDeleteGRETA GARBO comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteJM's bio.
ReplyDeletePut together two familiar names in the publishing trade to get a musical clue.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Publishing
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Press
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1eU_lDQaVM
You're the bus driver
ReplyDeleteOn the way to St IV(es). . .
DeleteWhat germane clue can I provide without giving away the answer? And, BTW, this is one of those puzzlers where I just groaned when I found the answer...
ReplyDeleteAfter submitting my answer, the response I received back included a form of one of the answers.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteThis reminds me of the first nose joke one of my sons pulled on me when he was a young teenager. It was the start of a whole series of nose jokes through his adolescence....and I was the butt of each!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget that tomorrow Mercury acts, well, very mercurial.
ReplyDeleteBut unlike the mercurial stable genius (who has no horse sense), do not look directly at the sun without protective filters. Even with them Mercury is too small to see. A pinhole projector might work, but won't be impressive.
DeleteMercury's (formerly hydrargyrum's) atomic number is AT. How's that for cross-pollinating with last week's puzzle?
XLN!
DeleteOne of the many things I thought was fascinating about the 2017 solar eclipse was how, at its peak, Mercury could be seen almost right next to the blacked out sun. And this was in the early afternoon!
DeleteUnfortunately, around here tomorrow, we are supposed to have overcast skies, with a chance of rain.
Thanks 68C, I didn't know the little white dot +/- 2 moon widths to the lower left of this photo I took was Mercury. But that's the location per the sky charts.
DeleteClear skies here, no rain or fire in the forecast. I've got my solar shades ready, but they only have 2x magnification, probably not enough to see the little orbiting orb today.
eco, that's an impressive white dot.
DeleteNo Hg sightings here either due to snow.
Eco: Great picture! Prior to the peak of eclipse, I made a bookmark on my phone to "Heavens Above" so I could capture the moment. So, at the right time, I was able to grab a screenshot of what was happening.
DeleteWW: All we've had today is rain, turning to light snow, and 19° right now. Oh well!!
Clear and sunny here, temps in the 60's. It's why we tolerate fires, earthquakes, traffic, bad drivers, and outrageous housing prices.
DeleteMaybe I saw a speck of little Mercury, hard to tell. Definitely not dramatic.
It would've been fun to try and spot Mercury.
DeleteI'm afraid that today, this is as close as I will get to see Mercury or a sunset!
Yesterday it was a sunny 60° day!
Not Instagrammable.
DeleteJan - That was a neat picture! Hope that person's telescope won't need an expensive fix.
DeleteLooking at the sun incorrectly can have serious side effects!
During the eclipse I saw websites with pictures of what happens if you point a digital camera at the full sun.
DeleteGood news: no need for an expensive fix.
Bad news: need for an expensive new camera.
Wonder if a 5th grader can answer this.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not 'eager' then I'm 'blase,' especially from all the 'algebras.'
ReplyDeleteI am not a number, I am a free man!
DeleteIs UE in the mw online dictionary?
ReplyDeleteNo it is not! However, while the online Merriam-Webster dictionary does list VIEW as being one syllable, its audible rendition has a slight two syllable sound, as do some of the others.
DeleteAnyway I don't care what WS says; I like my solution best.
me too. Was that you who took out the Baby Trump Balloon?
DeleteNo, it twern't me. It is fake news anyway. The Baby Trump Balloon burst because it was so full of sh*t.
DeleteI agree with SDB that VU = view. UE = u-ey or uey. Click on either one for reference.
DeleteSDB: The posting of the answers on NPR did not give the words the letters represented. Could one just have sent in UE and been counted correct? Good you believe in your answer?
Delete"uey" four matching dictionaries. Click on euy.
DeleteUE = uey was my SECOND answer. I submitted both answers, one with "uey" and the other with VU = "view."
DeleteThe other thing I find interesting is that Will kept saying "sounds like", and VU sounds like view, even if it is not how I pronounce view. It does not sound at all like PANORAMA.
DeleteSDB: Was the rule that it had to be 2 syllables?
DeleteHe never mentioned syllables until this morning. All he said was "sounds like."
DeleteMy understanding is that "phonetically" means each syllable has a separate sound so each letter must then have a separate sound. VU blends into one phonetic sound while UE is two distinct phonetic sounds matching the two distinct letters.
DeletePhonetic (Merriam-Webster): using a system of written symbols that represent speech sounds in a way that is very close to how they actually sound
Deleterepresenting each speech sound with a single symbol
DeleteWW. Thanks for illucidation of this muddy puzzle.
DeleteGood news. Baby Trump balloon slasher in custody.
DeleteBorrowing from last week's puzzle, I'd say this week's sure was EZ.
ReplyDeleteI think Will was just flat-out wrong in his answer for last week's puzzle.
ReplyDeleteAgree!
DeleteRemove the second letter of one of the 5-letter words and rearrange to get something that contains the other 5-letter word with a letter at the end.
ReplyDeleteElegant, Bobby!
DeleteEnter-n=tree, which has leaves.
DeleteSome people own a mountain. Others ____ a ____.
ReplyDelete"Peter, Paul and Mary"
ReplyDeleteEnter-leave-relevant
Delete"song leaving on a jet plane."
Not much to say about this easy puzzle so I am just going to go.
ReplyDeleteThere's a whole lotta relephants in the circus.
ReplyDeleteYes, and someone who takes care of them is a Pachydermatologist.
DeleteOnly if they have skin in the game.
DeleteI'm afraid to even wade into the comments this week.
ReplyDeleteSince we are in our fourth week without a challenge, I figured this sentence might help pass the time. It may have been around for years, but I never came across it.
ReplyDeletePack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
A bit quicker, and certainly more enjoyable than getting exercise.
DeleteOne of the best short pangrams. I also like "Sphinx of black quartz: judge my vow."
DeleteCARTOONS OF THE WEEK. Veterans' Day.
ReplyDeleteSome of the clues here, including Blaine’s image, really had me barking up the wrong tree, but the only relevant word I could come up with had 4 letters and they were all from the same word!
ReplyDeleteRiddle me this....
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ReplyDeleteIn last night's Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions semifinal game, in the category FAMOUS AMERICANS, the $1600 clue was "This New York Times crossword editor graduated from Indiana with a degree in enigmatology (the study of puzzles)".
ReplyDeleteI got that on my third guess.
DeleteThis is going to be a good finals.
I am rooting for Joaquin.
Joaquin?
DeleteJames for me.
DeleteJust seeing if you were paying attention, i.e. I meant Francois.
DeleteENTER, LEAVE, RELEVANT
ReplyDeleteENTER, LEAVE—>RELEVANT
ReplyDeleteJM’S BIO: One of many biographies of Julius—“Groucho”—Marx is entitled Hello, I Must Be Going.
I thought any direct reference or even oblique allusion to Captain Spaulding or Animal Crackers might be TMI.
ENTER - LEAVE - RELEVANT
ReplyDeleteENTER ≠ LEAVE
ReplyDeleteNTER+LEAV → RELEVANT
Will should have said: “What are these two words?” as he had already given us the third word: RELEVANT !
I wrote, “If the puzzle is written out with proper grammar rules, the answer is obvious.” Using the word “relevant” as a textual element would require quotation marks.
ReplyDeleteEnter, Leave → Relevant
ReplyDeleteSTRAP is taking a vacation" or going on leave
"tomorrow Mercury acts, well, very mercurial" as in it will quickly enter and leave the sun's sphere.
I'd like to put together a justification for EXUDE & STORE, but I'm not that handy.
ReplyDeleteDEXTROUS
DeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteAm I really the only one that tried to make ERECT and PRONE work? Especially after reading comments by Blaine, Sheep Launcher, and Eco...
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DeleteSome people own a mountain. Others RENT a VALE.
ReplyDeleteRENT and VALE derive from the respective four remaining letters after dropping the two Es and rearranging.
Enter, leave->relevant
ReplyDeleteThe relevant word is "relevant".
ENTER + LEAVE, RELEVANT
ReplyDelete"Whoosh" refers to the LEVANTER wind, another anagram of RELEVANT. I think Paul was also hinting at the wind with his Bob Dylan clue.
ENTER, LEAVE, RELEVANT
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ReplyDeleteI am pleased and proud to announce that SuperZee has generously contributed a package of five excellent puzzles to tomorrow's edition of Joseph Young's Puzzleria! (see Blaine's PUZZLE LINKS).
DeleteAs is my weekly ritual, I plan to upload Puzzleria! at midnight, tonight, Pacific Standard Time.
Thanks, SuperZee!
LegoSaysThatLookingForSuperZee'sPuzzleria!PuzzlesOnTheWebIsWellWorthTheEffort
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ReplyDeleteHere is a repost of my earlier typo laden mess.
ReplyDeleteEnter/Leave...Relevant
My comment about being too busy to come up with a comment was because I didn't know if I was, coming or going.
My, "duck soup," comment, which several Blainesvillians recognized, was a pointer to the Marx Brother's classic movie, "Duck Soup." In the courtroom scene, Groucho and Chico's wordplay turns the challenge, "...that's irrelevant into an elephant. It can be seen here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddhrz0XKySQ
Shouldn't Trump be sworn in if he is going to tweet during hearings?
ReplyDeleteI've been swearing him in so many ways for so many days.
DeleteI still think DT's mind should be checked thoroughly!
DeleteIt looks like Edwards has won re-election!
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ReplyDeleteI'll wait for Blaine to post the new puzzle. I wouldn't want things to get out of control.
ReplyDeletePaul, does your cryptic post mean you got the call?!
DeleteNo.
DeleteThis week's challenge: The city of Mobile, Ala., has the interesting property that the name of the city has exactly the same consonants as its state (M, B, and L), albeit in a different order. What is the next-largest U.S. city for which this is true?
ReplyDeleteAll in all, pretty easy. No clue here.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle gives us something to think about. But the answer is not Chula Vista, California.
ReplyDeleteI have the answer...but there was not a lot of thinking involved.
DeleteReally hard to come up with a clue. Maybe after a quick shower and teeth brushing.
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