If you change the fourth letter so it is two later in the alphabet (e.g. A becomes C) and rearrange, you get something rowdy.Q: Think of a nine-letter word naming a kind of tool that is mentioned in the Bible. Remove the second and sixth letters and the remaining letters can be rearranged to spell two new words that are included in a well known biblical passage and are related to the area in which the tool is used. What is the tool and what are the two new words?
Edit: You get HORSEPLAY
A: PLOWSHARE - LH = REAP, SOW
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DeleteYes, it works on Word Woman's "Partial Ellipsis of the Sun" blog.
DeleteI could not get it to work on Lego's Puzzleria!
DeleteThe issue seems to have started around the end of March. If I had already clicked "Notify Me" previously on someone's blog, then I was still getting email messages. But after that date, I can't get it working on new posts. I tested on Word Woman's blog and no email was sent (and the "Notify Me" setting did not stick).
DeleteI'm currently in Quebec Canada to witness the Total Ellipsis.
DeleteI like Ike.
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ReplyDeleteOver 2600 correct entries last week.
ReplyDeleteFirst tool I thought of. Easy.
ReplyDeleteSame here. Mediocre puzzle.
DeleteFirst tool that came to mind.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, "Notify Me" is not working.
ReplyDeleteGot it.
ReplyDeleteIt was easy after I realized Noah did not actually use an airhammer to build the ark. He did have hearing damage after that, and could not hear the ram.
DeleteRequires some research, but I have it now...
ReplyDeleteThink of a 5-letter term usually associated in an inflected form with the 9-letter tool in the Bible. Rearrange and get something that all of us love.
ReplyDeleteGood one!
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DeleteThanks, hohum!
DeleteI have never used the "Notify Me" feature, so I wouldn't know how it works when it does. 🤷♂️
ReplyDeleteRearrange the odd letters in the first word. You get a famous author.
ReplyDeleteOkay I get Blaine's clue, and I immediately thought of a connection but I won't say what it's to.
ReplyDeleteI think I get SuperZee's clue -- if I do then it has nothing to do with Eisenhower.
I get Dr. K's clue, and I'll add: anagram another word, the one you'd think of after your inflected one most likely, to get an inflected verb that would often appear in the general context.
And my own: a musical clue... well there are many, but I'll go with Bill Haley and his Comets.
I will explain…on Thursday. Doing so now might eclipse some of the fun.
DeleteTool came to mind instantly. I prefer a bit of a challenge.
ReplyDeleteSolved it using Tagalog. Blaine's anagram minus four is particularly appropriate.
ReplyDeleteGot it. Tool may predate the Bible but postdates the Flintstones.
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ReplyDeleteThe first tool I tried didn't work, but I got the correct answer with the second tool.
ReplyDeleteTrying to think of some neat, clever 7-letter hint.
ReplyDeleteHmm....
I give up!
In other words, "Beats me!" :
DeleteIsaiah 2:4
nine minus one is EIGHT.
ReplyDeleteYou can also anagram the remaining tool letters to name a part of a ship and an environment where that would be a common part of your vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteThe on air challenge was kind of tricky at times. I wouldn't have known the answer to the second item but for researching it to answer a weekly challenge from a while back. (And now I'm craving a tin of nuts!) Also, Mr. Foss from Illinois was an exceptionally good sport and I don't think I would have done much better...
ReplyDeleteInterestingly,, speaking of the Bible, my initial rearranging yielded two areas associated with a place of worship, before I came to the intended answers. An alternative reading of the original word yielded an Easter activity gone bad. Ps - I agree with JayB about the on air challenge - more difficult than this week’s puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI thinketh I solved it, but the spelling of one of the two new words can vary depending on which Bible translation is used.
ReplyDeleteUghhh can you revoke your answer and resubmit if you forgot to submit all three words? I was so proud of myself for getting it right away that I submitted without reading the instructions!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a bible person, but I guess I could order one of Trump's new, fixed, copies for only $59.99. Why has no one else thought of this yet?
ReplyDeleteDidn't get this one right away, but it's OK.
ReplyDeleteIf you change the first letter of the tool, delete the middle letter, and provide some rearrangement, you'll get two close-but-no-cigar stars of some cartoons. I'm not so smart to explain that correctly, but one of the jokes refers to an activity we do often.
Really sure about this one despite my lack of Biblical training.
ReplyDeleteSo, how long did it take you to get this puzzle?
DeleteWW, are you talking to yourself? :) If not, I was not one of the folks who got this right away. I think it was about an hour after airtime for me whilst performing some unrelated, mundane task. (I don't know how much of that hour my brain worked on it in the background.)
DeleteJayB, good catch. I meant to put my response under your 8:43 a.m post from today.
DeleteMy post did have a clue ;-).
Solar eclipsing in AR tomorrow. Weather is predicted to be excellent here.
I hope it was enjoyable! Here in central OH, we're about 30 miles from totality's edge. Didn't fight traffic to get there but still got 99.6% blocked in our back yard. Interesting lighting...
DeleteThe difference between 1 % sun shining and 0% was truly astounding. Bright to complete darkness in a moment. We also saw Venus at 2 p.m. Whoa!
DeleteIf this didn't get me to open a bible on a Sunday, nothing will.
ReplyDeleteDo we use the Gideon bible that can be obtained free along with bed bugs in most cheap motels, or is it the $60 Trump edition with Jesus's favorite American songs and documents?
ReplyDeleteI asked Jesus what some of his favorite American songs are, but he said it's a deeply personal question.
Delete(Standardly the possessive is Jesus', without the extra 's', because it is an ancient name; but somehow in this context Jesus's seems appropriate.)
I could say something but I won't until Thurs.
DeleteDon't put down the $59.99 Trump edition of the King James Bible (without the Apocrypha), because Jimmy Carter has a Life Lessons NIV Bible edition for $375.00. And another signed edition (NRSV) for $98.00.
DeleteThe last 5 letters of the tool can be rearranged into something that the tool does.
ReplyDelete"Share" is an anagram of "shear". A plowshare shears the grass.
DeleteI almost suffered the consequences of an alternative spelling!
ReplyDeleteSDB: I think you just had a birthday. Happy Birthday! Mine too. Went to SF Palace Hotel to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteI had mine at Ray's Boathouse. Happy birthday to you too.
DeleteSDB: What date was your BD?
DeleteApril 3.
DeleteWhat happened to your post and my response? What were you asking me about?
SDB: I thought you did not want to respond. Would like that person's name at U. Washington in psychology dept. ( I think). I am having those events.
Deletesdb: about the psychic you know.
Deletesdb: I did not know you responded.
DeleteNatasha, I know several psychics, not any who are UofW profs that I recall. What exactly do you want from a psychic. There are many different kinds. You need to be specific, as in saying what it is you mean, and not expecting me to read between the lines.
Deletesdb: Sorry, I was thinking about someone a friend knows at U of W. I had another psychic event last week. I verified the information from a person and now really know I have the gift. I would like to find someone who knows about this stuff. It is scary to have this gift or whatever it is.
Deletesdb: I thought you were psychic too and could read between the lines.
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DeleteI have told you before that I am not a psychic.
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Deletesdb: You mentioned one event you had I think about JFK. Do you recall that? Strange I do not ask for these psychic happenings they just happen. This last one confirms that there is something going on. Spiritual source perhaps.
DeleteNatasha,
DeleteYes, I talk about that experience all the time now. It is not a psychic experience. My spirit guide told me 4 times "The president has been shot." I did not do anything for this to happen. I since have had several different kinds of happenings that come from other dimensions, none of them are psychic. We all have spirit guides who watch over us, but most of us are unaware of this. More and more people are opening up about their experiences, but most scientifically trained persons who have not had such experiences are not likely to be open minded enough to take them seriously.
You might want to check out this fairly new online organization:
Spiritual Awakenings International
spiritualawakeningsinternational.org
sdb: I have a spiritual guide too, I think. Thanks for that website. I checked it out briefly. I will just keep saving lives and finding things for people and visiting people in my sleep. I do not need anyone to explain this to me, I decided. Last encounter blew me away though. I do feel special.
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DeleteNatasha, everyone has spirit guides. I do NOT read minds. I never have. And I do not feel special.
Deletesdb: Perhaps special not right word. I feel grateful is more like it. I have saved lives. One stranger I helped asked if I was like one of those psychics on TV. She told her church about what I did for her. I do not comprehend how it all works but glad I have helped people. Good you listen to your spirit guides. Not always good to read minds. lol.
DeleteI agree with grateful.
DeleteThanks. I am glad you at least agree about the guide. I wonder if you are resistant to being more involved.
DeleteThat site you gave me is for finding people who passed away. I do not need that.
DeleteI am not at all resistant. I am totally open about my experiences.
DeleteI do not know why the link is showing what it comes up with. That page is just promoting a conference or something. Try it again, and when it comes up click on VIDEOS and any of the other links. The videos are from Zoom presentations. You may watch any of them for free. Some of them our outstanding and I have learned a lot from them. The one last month did not excite me though. Most are excellent and well worth the time to watch.
This is one I highly recommend: You can find it by going to bottom of page and at Previous, hit #5 and you will see the link there.
May 21, 2022
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ReplyDeleteI have consulted every version of the Bible I own, (which meant re-assembling many stacks of books), as to the spelling of the first word, the tool. There are two spelling variations. One long, one short. The short variation, which seems to be the standard form in most Bibles printed in the U S., is the one that Baggy from Arlington wants us to use. In Bibles printed in the U.K., i.e., The Jerusalem Bible, The New Jerusalem, The Revised New Jerusalem, and the Douay-Rheims, the longer spelling is used, these are NOT recommended for consultation in this context. Just for a curiosity, consult the New English Bible and its revision, The Revised English Bible, because their translations of this word are idiomatic only in the U.K. We are separated by a common language. Neither of those two are recommendable for this puzzle. Moving on, the King James, (Authorized Version) contains the Baggy spelling. The Douay-Rheims does not, nor does the Douay-Confraternity. The ones to consult therefore are: the KJV, the RSV, the NRSV, the Catholic New American Bible, as well as its Revised version, the NABre. And, as I gather, most any Bible printed in the U.S. I am writing this in case there is any confusion as to spelling and to point the confused puzzle solver in the right direction, Biblically.
ReplyDeleteYep, I had the same issue!
DeleteIt's especially fun(?) to consult other translations like the New English or its updated version the Revised English. They use completely different words! Thursday stuff for sure!
DeleteNo, if you ALSO remove the first letter. So remove the first, second and sixth letters. 9-3=6
ReplyDeleteIt was the only nine lettered tool in the Bible I could think of. Since the New Testament isn't mine, it pleases me that a pig comes to mind
ReplyDeleteHow about BRICKKILN?
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ReplyDeleteI have long thought it very odd for NPR to go along with all these biblical puzzles and on air challenges. Why are they apparently assuming most of us are bible enthusiasts? There are many other religions and scriptures along with those, like myself, who are not religious, nor have read this silly tome. It seems a bit insulting to expect everyone to be into this religion.
ReplyDeleteAttempt to blunt Uri Berliner's whistle blow?
DeleteThe same argument can be made for almost any puzzle. "Think of an actor..." NPR must be assuming we are all movie/TV buffs. Think of a song... We are all music buffs. Think of a character from a novel... we must be voracious readers.
DeleteNPR is working with the puzzles that are submitted. If you think you have one based on another religion, submit it (under a pseudonym, if you are concerned that they won't like anything from you). I'm sure we would enjoy it.
Will Shortz also frequently uses biblical on air puzzles with his guests. Never any other religion, and this seems politically incorrect to me, not that I am really into PC.
DeleteJeopardy also has biblical questions. I guess they think an educated person knows about the bible whether religious or not.
ReplyDeleteThe tool is mentioned more than once in the Bible, in contradictory sections, one of which is kind of appropriate for the day of an eclipse.
ReplyDeleteVirgil Thomson
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ReplyDeleteAwsome - another puzzle by Steve Baggish, Neville Fogarty or Peter Collins ...
ReplyDeleteHmm... is there puzzle cronyism, or does nobody else submit puzzles?
DeleteAs soon as I hear the names of a few of the regular puzzle submitters I know it will be a lousy puzzle.
DeleteDon't look up at the eclipse. Look down instead! We're close to the maximum eclipse here and it's better to find filtered light coming through the leaves of the trees to see pin hole images of the eclipse
ReplyDeleteWatching the eclipse. The peak will be 3:23 p.m. Is eclipse in the Bible?
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Wizard: If I missed today's event, is it okay to use my eclipse glasses to view a nuclear explosion?
ReplyDeleteUse a shade 14 welder's glass, and don't stand too close.
DeleteI watched TV coverage of it. All three major networks were doing it, each with different parts of the country experiencing it one after another.
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ReplyDeleteSomeone's in an unfamiliar time zone?
DeleteOops, jan! You are right! In KS now.
DeletePLOWSHARE; REAP, SOW
ReplyDelete"Really sure about this one despite my lack of Biblical training." Really sure >>> reap sow
"So, how long did it take you to get this puzzle?" So >>> sow.
I thought of rating the puzzle "so-so," but I feared that it would be TMI by a factor of two.
DeleteThat's what I was hinting at when I posted "mediocre puzzle."
DeletePLOWSHARE -L & H = SOW & REAP
ReplyDeleteMy Hint:
"Virgil Thomson" Composer of, The Plow That Broke The Plains.
PLOWSHARE —> SOW and REAP
ReplyDeleteHint: “Think of a 5-letter term usually associated in an inflected form with the 9-letter tool in the Bible. Rearrange and get something that all of us love.”
—> “and they shall beat their SWORDS into plowshares” (KJV, Isaiah 2:4)
SWORD —> WORDS
PLOWSHARE, SOW, REAP
ReplyDelete> Sedan
Project PLOWSHARE was a U.S. program to develop techniques for using nuclear explosives for peaceful purposes, like widening the Panama canal, fracking for fossil fuel extraction and storage, and building I-40 in California. Really. The Sedan test in 1962, a 104 kiloton blast, created a crater a quarter mile across and over 300 feet deep, and exposed 13 million Americans to radioactive fallout.
> The tool is mentioned more than once in the Bible, in contradictory sections, one of which is kind of appropriate for the day of an eclipse.
Sure, Isaiah tells us to beat our swords into plowshares. But, in Joel, a vengeful God says exactly the opposite, shortly after setting the scene: "The sun and the moon are darkened".
> Dear Mr. Wizard: If I missed today's event, is it okay to use my eclipse glasses to view a nuclear explosion?
Partly, another nod to atmospheric nuclear testing, but also "Dear" sounds like "Deere", as in John Deere, as in PLOWSHARES, and also just expressing anxiety about the expanding wars involving nuclear states.
Plowshare, Sow, Reap
ReplyDeleteMy, “I like Ike,” comment was a reference to President Eisenhower, whose December 1953 speech, “Atoms for Peace,” lead to Project Plowshare. Plowshare was an effort to design atomic weapons which could be used for peaceful purposes, such as excavating ports, digging canals, etc. The Sedan test, alluded to by Jan, was detonated on July 6, 1962, leaving a crater 1280 feet in diameter, by 300 feet deep in the Nevada desert. The site is regularly open to visitors.
SuperZee, we just left Abilene, KS, Ike's boyhood home and library. Interesting stop on our way back from the eclipse.
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ReplyDeleteI wrote: Didn’t get this one right away, but it’s OK. This refers to J. J. Jackson’s song, “But It’s Alright.” That contains the line “got to reap what you sow.”
I also wrote: If you change the first letter of the tool, delete the middle letter, and provide some rearrangement, you'll get two close-but-no-cigar stars of some cartoons. I'm not so smart to explain that correctly, but one of the jokes refers to an activity we do often. For “plowshare,” change the first letter to “f” and delete the “s” to get “wolf” (“flow” backwards) and “hare.” Those two animals are related to “coyote” and “rabbit,” which reminded me of the Looney Tunes cartoons that featured Bugs Bunny and “super genius” Wile E. Coyote. In Operation: Rabbit, Bugs says at the end, “And remember, MUD spelled backwards is DUM!”.
I also initially wrote Gene and Roger give it two thumbs up!. This is referring to Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn (Jim at that time) of the Byrds, who sang “Turn! Turn! Turn!” The song was written by Pete Seeger, who based it on the Book of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; however, when I went back to listen to the lyrics, the Byrds never sing “reap and sow”. They sing of “plant & reap” and “rend & “sew.” In fact, I couldn’t find any version of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 that refers to “reap” and “sow” although those words do appear in close proximity in other parts of the Bible. Not sure if I’d classify any of those passages as “well known” however. Luckily, naming the biblical passage was not necessary for a successful entry.
DeletePuzzleria! is celebrating a birthday this week... no, not Puzzleria's birthday (although we do turn 10-years-old next month). Rather, we are celebrating our friend Patrick J. Berry's (aka "cranberry") 54th birthday. But it is he who is presenting us with a present: his 34th Cryptic Crossword to appear on P! So, come join us, help us celebrate "cranberry's" birthday. All 26 clues in his crossword puzzle are like cryptic gifts, from Patrick, just waiting to be unwrapped by you!
ReplyDeleteWe upload Puzzleria every Thursday-into-Friday at Midnight PDT at the very latest, but likely earlier than that.
Also on this week's menus:
* a Schpuzzle of the Week titled “Cap ‘n’ Ken”
* a Twenty-five-or-six-to-four Hors d’Oeuvre titled “Does Tim really know what time it is?”
* a Sequential Slice titled “The dozenth doesn’t come to light,”
* a Mammalian Dessert titled Prune a plant, plant a “p”, and
* nine riff-offs of this week's NPR puzzle titled “Beating plowshares into (s)words,” including one composed by Plantsmith (whose "Garden of Puzzley Delights" is a regular feature on P!) and six composed by our friend Nodd (whose “Nodd ready for prime time” is featured regularly on Puzzleria!)
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PLOWSHARE; REAP, SOW. “Solved it using Tagalog. Blaine's anagram minus four is particularly appropriate.” Galatians, which speaks of reaping what you sow, shares its first five letters with Tagalog. Blaine’s “horseplay” hint, minus “play,” is appropriate for a puzzle about plowshares.
ReplyDeletePLOWSHARE (1 Samuel 13:19-21) → We will REAP what we SOW (Galatians 6:7-8)
ReplyDeleteplowshare, reap, sow
ReplyDeleteLast Sunday I said, “You can also anagram the remaining tool letters to name a part of a ship and an environment where that would be a common part of your vocabulary.” “Powsare” also anagrams to “prow” and “sea.”
Plowshare Reap and Sow (Different pronunciation to get a female pig in re; my clue)
ReplyDeleteA silk purse from a sow's ear.
DeleteMy comment: I thinketh I solved it, but the spelling of one of the two new words can vary depending on which Bible translation is used.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of the KJ Bible which says "soweth."
plowshare->reap, sow
ReplyDeleteI got my quote from Isaiah 2:4. The well-known "swords into plowshares" verse. The New English Bible as well as its updated version have the word mattocks instead of plowshares.
ReplyDeleteAs I suggested, "plowshare" was what came to mind first, and after I found "reap" and "sow" worked, I didn't bother to compare different versions of the Bible.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, just generally speaking, I do use this Online Parallel Bible, which I have found to be very helpful.
It was entirely too easy to google biblical tools, and at least get to plow. From there, plowshare, and sow and reap were also easy. I'm thinking over 2000 correct answers this week.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand.
ReplyDelete'Ploughshare' .... is 11 letters, not 9 letters.
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I hope people realize that the British plan was to slow us Yanks down after 1776 by adding a lot of "u"s to words like humor, color, and ploughshare. Of course, American spelling is always
Deleterite.
My initial rearranging yielded apse and row, which are two areas associated with a place of worship. My alternative reading of the original word yielded an Easter activity gone bad. - ie, “plows hare”! And my use of a “p.s.” (postscript) comment was in tribute to plow share.
ReplyDeleteIs Will back?
ReplyDeleteIt seems so.
DeleteThat's good news.
DeleteThis week's challenge comes from Bruce DeViller, of Brookfield, Ill. Think of a popular online service. Change the first letter to a Y and rearrange the result to get what this service provides. What is it?
ReplyDeleteIt took a while, but I've got the answer. Now for a clue. . . .
DeleteI have an answer, too, but I don't like it.
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