Change the last letter of the dinner entree to the letter directly to its right on a standard typewriter keyboard. Rearrange to name something we might fear.Q: Name a U.S. state capital. Then name a world capital. Say these names one after the other and phonetically you'll get an expensive dinner entree. What is it?
Sunday, September 15, 2024
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2024): A Fancy Capital Entree
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2024): A Fancy Capital Entree
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Remove two pairs of consecutive letters from the entree. Rearrange. You get something we do here every week.
ReplyDeleteVery clever!
DeleteSimple puzzle. Bring on the 1000 piece puzzles, please.
ReplyDeleteNearly 800 correct entries last week
ReplyDeleteJuneau, that was so easy we really needed a second puzzle this week, Dublin the challenge!
ReplyDeleteTripoli(t), even!
DeleteI guess it's not Philly Mignon
ReplyDeleteI wish it were. Let's go Phillies!
DeleteI would understand Blaine's clue if he'd said "Rearrange to name some things we might fear."
ReplyDeleteHm, so for many you get Blaine's clue, but not for one? Well, come back when you're alone.
Delete(... Ken Jennings might disagree.)
DeleteThe only thing right about this puzzle is that the meal would cost big bucks.
ReplyDeleteThe answer is not really the name of a prepared dish, but of an ingredient.
ReplyDeleteMove the first letter to the end to get (phonetically) a reason why the entree is expensive.
ReplyDeleteI solved it quickly...
ReplyDeleteI have two answers that seem to meet the criteria of the puzzle, but I don't really like either of them. Still looking.
ReplyDeleteI should clarify, one of the answers would be expensive, but probably not desirable.
DeleteOkay, now I have what I think is the intended answer, as it matches at least one of the clues posted, and I can make it work for Blaine's clue, where I now have multiple anagrams.
DeleteSwitch the first letter of the state capital with the last letter of the world capital. Rearrange each result to get something you might do with a partner.
DeleteDrop 2 letters from one of the city names, rearrange all remaining letters and you get something your Apple Watch may warn you about.
ReplyDeleteNPR's proofreading could use some work.
ReplyDeleteSo strange.
DeletePerhaps they just need to think it over.
DeletePerhaps the most amazing feat achieved by any living thing.
ReplyDeleteAfter getting to bed somewhat late last night, my girlfriend and I were feeling rather flat this morning. It took about a minute to solve this week’s puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI ate this dish on the S.S. United States many (>50) years ago.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the left coast, where I’ve just begun to adjust to the change in time zones.
ReplyDeletePretty easy puzzle. Given how easy, solved (or else).
What do you need if you're sad because you can't get this?
ReplyDeleteI haven't solved yet, but it occurred to me that in the handful of times we've eaten out the last couple years, ALL entrees are expensive. Now, get off my lawn! 😂
ReplyDeleteI considered asking where NPR is drawing the line for expensive. When I heard the puzzle on the air, I was initially thinking the price would be hundreds of dollars, like diamond encrusted gold nuggets.
DeleteSALEM + MANILA is something you DON'T want in your dinner entree!
ReplyDeleteI was on the precipice before finally solving it.
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ReplyDeleteLet me try again. This dish is basically a very simple piccata. Which I've made and eaten many times. However, I have never made nor eaten this dish.
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DeleteIsn't this much description too much description?
DeleteI'm gonna take the opportunity to shoehorn in an international complaint: entrees are starters, as far as I'm concerned! Is this just a U.S. thing?
ReplyDeleteWell, technically, Canada is a separate country, so no, not just a U.S. thing.
DeleteOne wonders what French Canadians have to say about this! :)
DeleteYeah, this occurred to me -- but it is, after all, a US show, and you dang foreigners should expect Will to be speaking American!
DeleteThere are quite a few potential 'culinary vocabulary' confusions. For instance, in the US we say 'broiler' for what most of the English-speaking world calls a 'grill' (that is, the heat-producer in the oven that cooks by radiation of high heat rather than conduction and convection by warming the air). And we're a lot more narrow in what we count as a 'pumpkin' in the USA too.
Of course there are lots of other cases where there are just distinct terms, but those wouldn't be as likely to confuse a puzzler.
All fair enough! Though I might have humbly suggested the unambiguous "main course," were I being consulted.
DeleteIn the UK, pudding can mean most anything. (I've only visited there once, but that was my experience.)
DeleteChange one of the letters of the food to an A. Rearrange to get two synonyms.
ReplyDeleteSomeone above asked for a better puzzle. Lego ran this one I coined. Here it is again:
ReplyDelete"Revenge is a dish best served cold" Food is often used as a metaphor.
Think of a specific Supreme Court justice, and then if you say the name out loud of a well known suburban city that is located near a major U.S. city everyone knows, you will phonetically describe how this judge might be served.
Who is the justice and what is the city?
Hints until Thursday please.
Literary Clue: King Lear
ReplyDeleteMusical hint: Mantovani
ReplyDeleteI already posted a musical hint. It was dynamite!
DeleteActually, there's a musical connection to last week's puzzle!
DeleteAnother failed attempt to assassinate Trump.
ReplyDeleteIf you post "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!", you gotta expect some blowback.
DeleteOf course.
DeleteSIgh....
DeleteMy wife points out that on Sunday, seven weeks before Election Day, while I was sending hundreds of texts to get people to register to vote in Michigan, and she was making dozens of phone calls to get people to canvass door-to-door in Pennsylvania, Trump was . . . golfing!
DeleteEasy puzzle - just requires good online searching techniques. I actually once paid my respects to the queen of the world capital.
ReplyDeleteI assume you're being funny, or at least phonetic.
DeleteYes, indeed!
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ReplyDeleteFigured it out but never heard of the dish. I'm a low brow. Music clue: SNL
ReplyDeleteThere are inexpensive entrees these days?
ReplyDeleteFlamenco dancers love their craft, but of course they have other interests as well. Some enjoy fishing. So today's burning question is: How do flamenco dancers catch fish?
ReplyDeletePretty much the same way Spider-Man catches villains, I suppose.
DeleteWith fishnet stockings?
DeleteMy answer seems to mesh with Paul's, but I do like HiHoQuicksilver's alternate.
DeleteClose, but no cigar so far.
DeleteI'm pretty sure Paul and I (and Quester below) can state the intended answer more directly, but we're holding off to let others solve it. If you catch my drift.
DeleteI was hoping that might be the case.
DeleteThey castanet.
DeleteSo the answer is a fish dish?
DeleteIf you like red herrings.
DeleteAlso hukilau
ReplyDeleteThey cast-a-net.
ReplyDeleteWhat do they call it when they repair valves on a Sousaphone?
ReplyDeleteI suspect my answer was removed by blogger???
DeleteWell, Denver Omelet just doesn't work on any level
ReplyDeleteI've never eaten this dish myself, but I've definitely heard of it.
ReplyDeletepjbPrefersChicken,Actually
Finally, I figured it out! Well, at least I have an answer and it seems to be recognisable as an entree. Now, here's the clue:
ReplyDeleteFor this music, clap on beats 2 and 4. Or, a Monkees episode where Davy gets schooled by a (then) an up-and-coming composer.
P S. I mean for you to locate and watch the particular episode, if possible. This clarifies the 2 and 4 clue.
DeleteI'm still stumped. Not much of a foodie, I guess.
ReplyDeleteSame here. Can't wait for Thursday's big reveal to put me out of my misery.
DeleteI hate to see people stumped by what should be an easy puzzle. The phonetic part is not that much of a stretch at all. However, I haven't seen this entree on a restaurant menu in decades, so it might well be that some people have never heard of it. If a couple of trips through a list of state capitals doesn't trigger the "aha" moment for you, then waiting for Thursday might be a good idea.
DeleteYeah, I guess I'll wait. If "hand basket" was a world capital, I'd be all set.
DeleteHaving been there myself (and like a former President), I feel your pain. I can think of another music hint, but Blaine might yank it: it all started with gospel....
ReplyDeleteWe've had some spectacular events involving the moon this year, including last night's harvest supermoon.
ReplyDeleteHmm, there's been a lot of interest in the lunar south pole lately -- Indian, Chinese, and U.S. probes and plans for crewed landings, e.g. If I expose my bare bottom, that's mooning. If the moon's bare south pole is exposed -- and there's no clouds or ice cap, so it's always bare -- is that a supermoon?
DeleteYes, jan, you've cracked it!
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