Q: Think of a seven-letter hyphenated word for a kind of cooking. Change the middle letter to get a new word describing a kind of music. What words are these?There are many variations of this type of cooking.
Barbecue, Bar-B-Que, BBQ, etc. This "new" puzzle is a variation of Monte's puzzle that aired 12/4/2011.
A: BAR-B-QUE --> BAROQUE
Here's my standard reminder... don't post the answer or any hints that could lead directly to the answer (e.g. via a chain of thought, or an internet search) before the deadline of Thursday at 3pm ET. If you know the answer, click the link and submit it to NPR, but don't give it away here.
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.
I hear a connection to a previous puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI always try solving these puzzles backwards. :)
DeleteThere are also "many variations" in this type of music...
DeleteThat kind of gave it away for me...
DeleteThis puzzle was used several years ago. It was submitted by my friend Monte, who was a participant on this blog in the past.
ReplyDeleteTasty, even if recycled.
ReplyDeleteFor a follow-on, take a six letter hyphenated word for a kind of cooking, change one letter and get something every kitchen needs.
I'm too lazy su....
DeletePan-fry, Pantry
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ReplyDeleteI got Blainesmacked!
DeleteOops. Just saw that I kind of duplicated Blaine’s clue. This puzzle shouldn’t be tough to handle.
ReplyDeleteBaby, here I am, I'm the man on the scene
DeleteI can give you what you want but you got to come home with me
Let me light your candle
DeleteThere’s a generally perceived difference in time and space between the two answers. Whether the difference is accurate or not is another story.
ReplyDeleteTypo above. Substitute "place" for "space."
DeleteThis was a nice puzzle the first time around. I guess a new generation deserves a chance to enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteKansas State University
ReplyDeleteThis year's "New Names in the News Quiz" was quite easy. Anyone have suggestions for other names Will could have used?
ReplyDeleteRandy Arozarena
DeleteMackenzie Scott
DeleteAnd Jeffrey Toobin of course.
DeleteToobin is hardly a new name this year.
DeleteChang'e 5.
DeleteFunny how Toobin has disappeared from CNN . Rumor has it that he was not the master of his domain.
DeleteNew year, new puzzle? More like deja vu all over again. The style of music may resonate with our lame (duck) president.
ReplyDeleteEric Yuan.
ReplyDeleteGood one!
DeleteI thought of X Æ A-Xii.
Excellent.
DeleteHow about Mackenzie Scott?
DeleteI was glad that none in Trump’s cadre of wingnuts made the list.
DeleteSadly, the list should include George, Rayshard, Breanna, Ahmaud and countless others. “Say their names!”
Yes. So glad Ms. Scott is doing such good things with her billions.
DeleteLorenzo, I agree.
DeleteHe would never use those names because he will not use anything he considers to be a downer. I know this because of a puzzle I sent him once that he liked, but rejected for that reason.
DeleteWe should also mention new names to Blaine’s Blog in 2020, including (I think) Sheep Launcher, Lancek and Italo Svevo.
DeleteLorenzo, I also agree, but I also thought exactly what skydiveboy did: that because the puzzle is primarily for entertainment, not for edification or political preaching, Will tends to shy away from controversial topics. Here's a small, if nonpolitical, example: When I was on last year, two of the four-letter rhyming anagrams that I solved at the taping but didn't make the final edit were "weld" and "dune." When I solved them, I recall from Will's response that he seemed surprised by the answer (almost as if he himself had been unaware of it) and said something like, "Oh, those belong together." As I said, that was omnitted from the broadcast.
DeleteHere is my puzzle that I knew Will would not use, but sent him anyway:
DeleteHi Will,
I have no idea what you will think of this one, but I can't resist sending it on anyway.
Say the name of a well known movie of the past and phonetically it will describe what was done, at the end of his life, to the president who followed JFK into office. What was this movie?
Answer: Barry Lyndon
Ooh, that's too dark for me to use on the air!
But thanks for asking.
--Will
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DeleteDr. K, is there something edifying or political about dune and weld?
DeleteThey anagram to nude and lewd.
DeleteWW, no, good point. There isn't. However, I did mention "controversial" as well and, loosely anyway, the rhyming anagrams for those two words might have led Will or Lulu into an embarrassing moment on air. But I thought it was funny when it happened at the taping, and I suspect both Will and Lulu, unseen, had a smile on their faces.
Delete(Following up on SDB's rejected puzzle) 25 year old joke: Did you hear that Ben and Jerry has a new flavor to honor the Grateful Dead? Bury Jerry.
Delete(Told to me by the most unlikely deadhead ever, an ERISA lawyer who looks and talks like Ned Flanders.)
Emily Murphy.
DeleteYes, WayWordy, another good name for the list. Sad to say she is a fellow Smithie.
DeleteSpeaking of Smith, RoRo, are you lurking about round here?
DeleteThanks WW! Your comment made me think of a couple more
DeleteAmy Cooper and Christian Cooper (Amy is an alum of my grad school) :-(
Elliot Page
DeleteCori Bush
...I really like this game.
I forgot about the Cooper names in Central Park.
DeleteSo, I'm running through styles of music in my head, and I come across one and think, "Wow, using the same instructions, that would make a good future puzzle" Then I realized it is this week's solution... Kids, always remember: Caffeine first, then puzzle!
ReplyDeleteCoffee can, in fact, be found in both the kind of music and in some version of the kind of cooking.
DeleteThumbs up on Blaine's cooking/music photo selection.
ReplyDeleteI remember making the same mistake on a similar (or perhaps the same) puzzle a while ago.
ReplyDeleteI just looked up the previous incarnation of this puzzle. I could not have made the same mistake back then.
DeleteThis wasn't the first time I was slow to consider the possibility of more than one hyphen in a word, but the last time wasn't December 4, 2011, because that puzzle made no mention of hyphenation.
DeleteGot it but it took a while. After 3 long days of unpacking and shelving books (more to come), my brain must be fried.
ReplyDeleteAn afterthought: If the answer were "refried" (unhyphenated, admittedly, and maybe not even "a kind of cooking"), then the 2nd answer--a neologism for "a kind of music" that doesn't actually exist--could mean "an umpire's song."
DeleteWith apologies to Buffalo Springfield:
Paronomasia strikes deep
Into your mind it will creep
It starts with words always at play
Pull out a line, the pun come, and take you away.
Hey, Doc, I think I know the answer to your umpire puzzle. I think it involves another word for "song" and a shortened version of "umpire" in a sort connotative sense. I wish I had the brain cells to supply funny lyrics to the chorus of your punny song.
DeleteYou got it, Wordsmythe. I think I may have way too much time on my hands, though I must admit after 40-50 years of higher ed teaching, etc., retirement is good. On the other hand...there are all those books still unpacked and unshelved. Fortunately, in the words of Genesis (KJV, not the band), I am fortunate to have "an help meet." After my three days of unpacking and shelving, she's unpacking and shelving as I write this. God bless her. My big thrill of the day: For the first time in almost three years, I got to look something up in my OED.( I know: I don't get out much.) Best wishes for the new year.
DeleteThanks, Doc. Just by hearing from you I think the pain in my shoulder has subsided. Maybe I should make appointment just to be on the safe side. ;-)
DeleteThere is an ingredient used extensively in Asian cooking that I am tempted to name, but I don't want to spend my Sunday in puzzle prison.
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DeleteI've never heard of the type of cooking I found, but it easily works to get a type of music. Sooo, I guess I'll send it in. I'm not sure its right.
ReplyDeleteUnless you are going for an enigmatic clue of some sort, your reply is giving me a direct hint that you may not have the intended answer. If you've never heard of it, you definitely have the wrong answer.
DeleteI remember this exact puzzle from years ago. Deja vu.
ReplyDeleteI solved this hours ago in seconds. It is the first word that came to mind for several reasons, some of which would be a giveaway.
ReplyDeleteIf you remove the middle letter and do not replace it you have a means of transportation that has nothing to do with dogs.
skydiveboySun Dec 04, 12:18:00 AM PST
DeleteWho is the jerk who came up with this turkey? This is worse than leftovers in the school cafeteria.
Some things never change.
That was a hint if you recall.
DeleteYou beat me to it. I was going to post here that when i drop the changed letter I hear some carnivores; also, it floats.
DeleteI hoped that the "Puzzlemaster" would admit that he posed a palindrome puzzle without a palindrome.
ReplyDeleteInstead he inexplicably emphasized his mistake.
What to think?
Today's challenge was just as easy as the last time he used it. And just as weak.
Monte Montgomery here, I sent in the original in 2011. What's your beef? I thought it was a good 'un then and I still think it's a good 'un.
DeleteWill thought your first name ended with an I, Monti!
DeleteYes thankyou Monte.
DeleteRon Sun, I suppose Will has created so many crossword clues in his life that he accepts all sorts of oddball spellings. I forgive him.
Delete"What's your beef" -- or pork, or sometimes chicken ...
DeleteDue to the pandemic there is no way I would attend a Ted Talk. That being said I would recommend Republican senators assail on a Ted Cruz.
ReplyDeleteSBD, is that you doing the foot hang in the jpeg?
DeleteYes, it is I.
DeleteI used to do it occasionally after dropping a load of advanced students. When you try to swing your legs up you reach a point where they seem stuck and you must struggle to get past that place. Then you hook your feet and let go with your hands and you are now hanging.
I have never seen anyone else who could do it and stay up. Most could not get there at all, and those who could fell off the instant they let go with their hands. That photo was taken over Issaquah. One time I was hanging like that and figured it was about time to go when the pilot shut the door. I couldn't resist staying a little longer and giving him the finger. When in that upside down position you cannot tell where you are in relation to the ground, so you just have to guess at how long to hang before letting go and still being able to make it back to the DZ. The exit, after letting go, is remarkably stable.
I'm impressed. I was wondering, when you gave the pilot the bird from that position, did you rotate your wrist so that your finger was pointing in the correct direction?
DeleteYes. And we were both laughing.
DeleteThe last 4 letters of the last name of a famous musician of this type of music spell the name of a store that I just went to.
ReplyDeleteNice hint, Bobby. But...
Delete...LegoAdds"Don'tForgetTheTwoBits!"
I went to Aldi, the last 4 letters of Vivaldi, a baroque musician.
DeleteMusk
ReplyDeleteRemember when people would go to brick-and-mortar stores before Christmas and line up for hours for the latest fashion doll?
ReplyDeleteHistory rhyming
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DeleteThe time that doll was dressed up in a crevette?
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Delete{Nevermind}
DeleteO.k. o.k. I just now got it. Yes it took me long enough, especially since my training is in music.
ReplyDeleteHere's a hint: Leo Kottke.
Back during the Writers Guild strike in 1988 some wags in the Guild created what they called their "Pitch Tent." If you entered one door you were escorted into a room where a seven-year-old sitting behind a desk insulted you and then had you kicked out. If you chose the other door the exec behind the desk not only greenlighted your proposal, but gave you more money than you asked for. The only catch was that you could go into this room only once in your entire life.
ReplyDeleteWhat does this have to do with cooking and music? Maybe nothing but quidquid latine dictum, altum videtur.
I that must be on Reginald Foster's tombstone. Anyway, add him to Word Woman's New Names in the News wish list.
DeleteAin't that sit altum videtur?
DeleteLovely addition--I had never heard of him, but wish I had. He had the second best gig in the Vatican, after Father Guido Sarducci.
DeleteYes, Reginald Foster would be a good addition to the 2020 list. From the NYT obit: "He looked like a stevedore, dressed like a janitor and swore like a sailor." and "He was LXXXI." I'd like to know more about swearing in Latin.
DeleteI had to look up Reginald Foster. A good choice, Jan. I was reminded of a female grad school mate, who, in her own words, "swore like it was 1968."
DeleteStarting with "if it ain't baroque don't fix it" takes us to the Latin word "fixit," often translated as "pitch" (as in "ibique Israhel fixit tentoria" or "there Israel pitched its tents"). Don't know whether anyone barbecued anything under those tents.
DeleteKermit?
ReplyDeletePiggy?
DeleteDifferent Kermit.
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DeleteWas it the Kermit associated with Sonny Tufts?
DeleteSonny Tufts?!
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DeleteEven saying I can't say more about the Kermit in question was Three Mile Island!
DeleteRhymes with kinds of birds or pastries?
DeleteI have a story I'll tell late Thursday.
DeleteEarly in the pandemic, whenever people had "socially distanced" birthday parties, Mr. Kermit Ruffins, whose band is the Barbecue Swingers, would turn up and play "Happy Birthday" (solo, on his horn) out in front of their house. Some neighbors had such a party, and we heard Kermit playing, so went outside. His truck was parked near our house and he greeted my husband and me in such a way that our neighbors thought he was a friend of ours. (We are friends with some local musicians, but not Mr. Ruffins)
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1gVOmRW4Bk
https://www.hearthandhome.com/magazine/2020-02-20/kermit_ruffins_the_barbecue_swingers.html
> Rhymes with kinds of birds or pastries?
DeletePuffins, muffins.
If you don't understand Blaine's clue, check out Richard Scarry's "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go".
ReplyDeleteFor those of you have have submitted puzzle *ideas* to NPR, do you include the answer in your submission? This week's puzzle gave me a beauty of an idea.
ReplyDeleteYes, include the answer.
DeleteWas up drafting all night so it took a while to get my mind off of architecture and focus on the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteMy musical clue - 'Tiny Dancer'
BAROQUE architecture and ’BAROQUE pop’ – yes, it’s a thing. Who knew?
DeleteDrop the middle letter to get a kind of ship.
ReplyDeleteDid you not see my 9:43am post?
DeleteMissed it, but looks like we're on the same wavelength.
DeleteYes, but don't you think it makes my post too revealing?
DeleteAnd also a particular kind of 6/8 musical form.
DeleteMy great-great-grandfather sailed one around Cape Horn in 1848. Which is how my Baltimore ancestors became Californians.
DeleteItalo Svevo,
DeleteHave you read Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.? If not you absolutely must.
Here's a book someone may like i started. "Always looking up" Confessions of an eternal optomist" Michael J.Fox
DeleteSDB--Thanks. That book was on my father's bookshelf for years but I never took it down to read it. I will go hunt down a copy.
DeleteIf I remember correctly there are some editions that do not include the follow up Dana wrote. You will enjoy those parts too, which include his return to California years later.
DeleteAnother warning: Hollywood made a so called film version in 1946. It is not what it presents itself as being. It is a fictional story with Dana's title that has nothing to do with the book.
If anyone's interested, it's online at Project Gutenberg.
DeleteWhen Warner Bros. gave Al Jolson a private screening of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" he reportedly said, "Nice movie. Who's it about?"
DeleteI love it!
DeleteIN 2009 NPR kept promoting the Hollywood movie, John Rabe, about the unsung hero of the infamous Rape of Nanking.
I couldn't wait to see it, which I did in the theater with a friend who is from China. He knew all about John Rabe, but all I knew was what the producers were telling NPR in their interviews about his story and how they had thoroughly researched it before making the film in order to get his amazing story accurately presented.
I really enjoyed the movie. It was very well done in all respects and it made me want to read John Rabe's extensive diary in order to learn more about it. I obtained a copy from the library and found it far more interesting than the movie, and that the movie was a complete fabrication of the actual events. They just made up everything and ignored the actual things that happened.
On that topic, my father eventually refused to go to any movie made from a work of literature if he had already read the book. It may have been the film version of "Ulysses" that pushed him over the edge.
DeleteI generally avoid Hollywood movies because they are mostly dishonest and unrealistic. Occasionally there are surprises. One of these is Serpico.
DeleteI mostly watch foreign movies from all over the world. The better ones tend to have better stories, acting, direction and do not depend on special effects, which do nothing for me.
I saw part of an interesting film last night. It was live coverage of the Georgia senate race results coming in at the Republikan venue. Lots of people, mostly in dark suits and very long in the tooth. Rarely did I see someone wearing a mask, and a few of those had them pulled down below their mouth. I thought it was very realistic.
This [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shaun-of-the-dead-protesters/] was funny, sort of, a month ago. Today, not so much.
DeleteI thought it was interesting that the person who submitted this week's challenge(or merely repeated an earlier one, as I too believe)has the surname Flood and is from Texas. I had to check this myself, but it is true that "Texas Flood" was the debut album by the late Stevie Ray Vaughan and his group Double Trouble, in 1983.
ReplyDeleteAs for this week's challenge, I do believe as I said earlier, like many others here so far, that it has been used before. Pretty much explains why I got it in mere seconds.
pjbAlsoThinksDejaVuWasAGreatCrosbyStillsNashAndYoungAlbumTheYearIWasBorn
You're right, it was.
DeleteI won't give more info because it's google-able, but: here at Blaine's, you (Cranberry) didn't post a comment the first time, and the puzzle's author did.
What are you talking about?
DeleteSonny Tufts or Lemon Curry?
DeleteLemon curry?!
DeleteI really don't understand? This puzzle is a repeat" So all those who are bragging about solving it in a wink of an eye have already done it before? So every ten years the puzzle starts over and begins to repeat itself? Huh?
DeleteI'm a little confused now. Cranberry, you suspected this is a repeat. It is. I gave a tiny bit of (what I hope is) useless information about what happened the first time WS used it. I don't understand what you're saying about Tufts and Curry.
DeletePlantsmith, WS often repeats a puzzle, typically when someone sends it to him and (apparently) he's forgotten it, and nobody checks to see whether it's already been used.
The other "Kermit" Iris hinted at I assumed to be Kermit Schafer, a well-known collector of classic radio bloopers, such as the one involving actor Sonny Tufts. Schafer actually restaged or recreated many of the bloopers he "collected" from the early days of radio, as many of the original bloopers turned out to be mere urban legends and, going out live(if at all), could not therefore be easily transcribed for use on Schafer's many compilations. To hear Schafer's side of it, actor Joseph Cotten appeared one week on Lux Radio Theater, and at the episode's end, he supposedly announced the next week's broadcast with a big buildup of Tufts, only to sound very surprised at having to read Tufts's name at the end. As it turned out, though both actors had appeared on the program at different times, Cotten was not even on the show prior to Tufts, and the actor who did announce Sonny Tufts simply said his name with no noticeable show of emotion whatsoever. Nevertheless, the name Sonny Tufts ended up becoming sort of a punchline, particularly on TV shows such as "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "My Mother the Car"(starring Dick's brother Jerry), and "Rocky and Bullwinkle"(the reference I actually remember having seen). As for the "Lemon Curry" reference, any Monty Python fan knows one episode of their TV show featured various cast members interrupting certain sketches by incredulously asking "Lemon curry?", and I think that show actually ended with a BBC newscaster doing the line as well. I finally took both phrases, seeing as how they were both pronounced in such an unusual manner, and put them together in one post, hoping someone else would reply whether they got the references or not. And of course, I couldn't resist repeating "Sonny Tufts" and "Lemon Curry" and trying to sound as though I didn't even understand it either(with only a "?" and a "!" to express any sort of emotion while commenting on a blog, as that's the only way one can here). Call it a joke that just fell flat.
DeleteAs for the first time WS had used this challenge, I can't even remember what I might have said back then(and I don't intend to do the detective work to find out, either). All I can really say is I recall it being used before, and if you think about it, it's definitely one of Will's easier challenges anyway, especially if I can solve it that fast.
pjbWhoDidGrowUpWithASonnyCurryWhoNowSellsLemonTufts
Say what??
DeleteRather than try to explain my explanation, I'll just say
DeleteBAR-B-QUE, BAROQUE
and leave it at that.
pjbDoesNotChewHisCabbageTwiceBecauseHePrefersLettuce
Pro Wrestling Clue for the Week - Boomer Sooner
ReplyDeleteThe Pro wrestlers I know are from another era:ie. Antonino (Argentina) Rocca, Gorgeous George, Andrea the Giant.
DeleteAndrea the Giant? She must have been huge!
DeleteAll great stars!
DeleteName another kind of cooking, consisting of two four-letter words. You can change one letter in each word and get two kinds of music.
ReplyDeleteSide walk??
DeleteNot sure how that would work, but no.
DeleteIt has to be really hot out and it helps to live close to the equator.
DeleteSecond word is an anagram (change 3rd letter) and first is in order?
DeleteFirst term that entered my mind when solving the original puzzle, too many letters I know, but then again I was relaxing in the bath.
DeletePlantsmith, I think you're still cold, but Howie appears to be appropriately hot.
Deletei thought i had same answer as Howie. I think these are French terms?
DeleteBut i could be cooked.
DeleteThe official Lancek answer to this follow-up puzzle is SOUS VIDE --> SOUL, VIBE. I looked up "vibe music," and it's apparently a thing. (I was originally thinking of music played on a vibraphone.)
DeleteOk. And i had soul and Jive-with B to a V and scramble. FUn
DeleteVibe music - right up there with baroque pop!
DeleteAnd Baroque be-bop.
DeleteI think they are kind of doing this on "Bridgerton."
DeleteI meant D to a J for Jive.
DeleteMy son cooked a Turducken on Thanksgiving. First time i had had this. It was from the Cajun meat company in Marietta, Ga.The cooking term- is engastration and i suppose that may also be the way they make Haggis?
ReplyDeleteInteresting. For the first time ever, I saw one these contraptions that are made for frying an entire turkey! They had them at this Wal-Mart I go to. They look like big coffee urns. I guess you just load 'em with oil.
DeleteTo e, or not to e, that is the question--William Shakespare
ReplyDeleteLoch him up?
ReplyDeleteThose who grew up on a certain nautical cartoon may remember a gag featuring a particularly pointed letter.
ReplyDeleteA reference to Spongebob Squarepants, specifically the "Texas party" Spongebob throws: "Check it out, Sandy! We've got square dancing! Hot, barby Qs! Homemade peas-in-a-can pie!"
Deletehttps://www.facebook.com/spongebob/videos/texas/10155176305721366/
Are there any reports indicating how Trump's golf game is going now?
ReplyDeleteHe's in the rough.
DeleteSDB,
ReplyDeleteI can't even laugh about what the Orange one has incited today. Where is the 25th amendment when it's truly needed?
The 25th Amendment can only be invoked by the Vice President or a majority of the Cabinet, his sycophants and enablers. Don't count on it.
DeleteWhere is the 25th amendment? It is hiding behind those who are in power to invoke it, but are too cowardly and depraved to even acknowledge its existence. Why would anyone expect integrity now after 4 years of unfairness, sleight, underhandedness, meanness, chicanery, duplicity, fraud, roguery and rascality?
DeletePoint taken
DeleteWhat we saw yesterday were the actions of a 'basketful of deplorables'. It really is the appropriate term.
DeleteActually it is far more than that. It is the latest escalation of what will be the total downfall of any real democracy this country has if Trump is not removed now. But I see the carpet is raised and the broom is moving.
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ReplyDeleteBAR-B-QUE >>> BAROQUE
"Musk" as in Elon Musk, a business czar or biz czar, which sounds like bizarre, the meaning of BAROQUE.
"Kansas State University" is a personal reflection. When I met the geology chair of the department at KSU, I connected his name, Ken, to a Ken doll, as he was quite good-looking, as a way to remember his name. I burst out laughing that evening when he introduced me to his wife, Barbie. I believe jan was also pointing to a Barbie-Queue (a reprise of his clue a decade ago.)
Funny. Upon seeing your post, I immediately thought of Kansas style BBQ
DeleteNever had Kansas style BBQ. I had my first calamari in Manhattan, KS, though on my KSU visit as a visiting geologist. It was delicious. I’ve not had any to compare to that Kansas delicacy.
DeleteBar-B-Que —> Baroque
ReplyDeleteAs a number have pointed out, an oldie but goodie.
In response to Ben's post ``e,'' I posted, ``To e, or not to e, that is the question--William Shakespare.''
ReplyDeleteThis is obviously a play on William Shakespeare's, ``To be, or not to be, that is the question.''
This alludes to two spellings of the puzzle answer: barbeque and bar-b-que, where the latter drops an ``e'' relative to the former. I also dropped an ``e'' from Shakespeare, making it end in ``spare,'' as ``not abundant or plentiful,'' or ``meager,'' another allusion to the lack of one ``e'' in the answer. After posting, I noticed that my post might have been a giveaway if ``spare'' led to ``spare ribs,'' which are commonly barbecued.
BAR-B-QUE -> BAROQUE
ReplyDelete> Remember when people would go to brick-and-mortar stores before Christmas and line up for hours for the latest fashion doll?
A Barbie queue.
> If you don't understand Blaine's clue, check out Richard Scarry's "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go".
This little guy is hidden in a different place on every page. That's the Gold Bug variations.
(If you're gonna pun, go for baroque.)
(I remember once discussing Bach's Goldberg Variations with someone, who said, "I'm not familiar with Goldberg's work.")
DeleteBach in the day when I was in the army I witnessed numerous goldbrick variations.
DeleteBar-B-Que, Baroque
ReplyDeleteLast Sunday I said, “There’s a generally perceived difference in time and place between the two answers. Whether the difference is accurate or not is another story.” A dual affection for Bar-B-Cue and Baroque music would not generally be assumed.
BAR-B-QUE → BAROQUE.
ReplyDeleteThis is a variation on an old Puzzle of Dec. 4, 2011.
BAR-B-QUE>>>BAROQUE
ReplyDeleteThe solution to my riff on this puzzle (take a six letter hyphenated word for a kind of cooking, change one letter and get something every kitchen needs) is PAN-FRY>>>PANTRY.
I wrote, “I hear a connection to a previous puzzle.” That’s phonetically the QUE in “bar-b-que" and last week’s “queue up.”
ReplyDeleteBAR-B-QUE -> BAROQUE
ReplyDeleteI forgot about today's deadline due to all the news.
I did too! But I had also come up with Bar-b-que and Baroque.
DeleteMy hint:
ReplyDelete"I solved this hours ago in seconds. It is the first word that came to mind for several reasons, some of which would be a giveaway.
If you remove the middle letter and do not replace it you have a means of transportation that has nothing to do with dogs."
If you remove the middle letter you get BARQUE, which is a large sailing ship, but has nothing to do with barking dogs.
What are two smart times to wear a mask?
ReplyDelete1. When you are part of a large crowd, especially when there is a lot of shouting.
2. When that large crowd breaks into the US Capitol, a place very rich in surveillance and press photography.
BAR-B-QUE -> BAROQUE
ReplyDeleteMy clue was "e" in homage to previous posts on this board, and because the letter "e" is silent in both BAR-B-QUE and BAROQUE.
My clue
ReplyDeleteNew year, new puzzle? More like deja vu all over again. The style of music may resonate with our lame (duck) president.
The first part referred to the 2011 edition of this puzzle and the “que” from last week’s challenge. The Trump part referred to him going “baroque “ (broke).
There is an alternative answer. There is a form of cooking known as RAG-LIME. Look it up. RAG-LIME becomes RAGTIME.
ReplyDeleteRIP Neil Sheehan.
ReplyDeleteBar-b-que, baroque
ReplyDeleteOn tonight's Puzzleria! (which will be uploaded this night at midnight PST) we will feature five fantastic puzzles created by our friend geofan in his recurring "Worldplay by Ken Pratt" puzzle package.
ReplyDeleteThe first of geofan's five puzzles is a timely challenge which asks the solver to create the shortest possible word ladder from TRUMP to BIDEN.
Also on the Puzzleria! menu this week are:
* a Happy Talk TV-news-team Schpuzzle of the Week,
* a “ 'Pray' is just a four-letter word” puzzle,
* a "Stalking a shifty city critter" dessert, and
* Nine Riffing-Off-Shortz-And-Flood(-And-Monte!) Bar-b-que puzzles.
Speaking of which...
Here is a hint that jan posted back in 2011 when Lorenzo's friend Monte first came up with this week's NPR BAR-B-QUE => BAROQUE puzzle:
janSun Dec 04, 04:23:00 PM PST
What do you call the long line of Christmas shoppers waiting to buy a popular fashion doll?
I suspect that, had jan posted that hint this past week Blaine might have blog-administered it... especially so because "que(ue)" was so fresh in our brains after last week's QUEUE UP puzzle!
LegoGoingForBaroque
I think this marks the first time, upon seeing a Puzzleria! preview here, that I already know one of the puzzles will be way too hard before I even see the website itself. Shortest word ladder from TRUMP to BIDEN? It ain't gonna be really short!
ReplyDeletepjbGotTramp,Thump,OrGrumpToStartWith,ButThen...?!
It is deeply disappointing that Pence has refused to perform his duty and invoke the 25th Amendment in order to protect out country. I dared to hope it would happen today, but now I see it will not happen. This only means we are now in for an escalation of our complacency created situation. It will only get worse because of our refusal to act responsibly to what happened yesterday and before. Please do not tell me about your hope for our future. Your reliance on hope and little or nothing more is what has got us here in the first place. Hope is just fine AFTER we act. Have you acted today and even so much as sent an email demanding he be removed? Or did you simply hope?
ReplyDeleteI am asking myself how it is I can now be found on the right side of history and the left side as well.
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