I got the first two words and the last two words. I didn't think there was a dish that put them together. Update: I had the incorrect first two words... no wonder it didn't make sense. As a hyphenated word it makes more sense.Q: Using only the letters of PANDERS, and repeating them as often as desired, spell a certain entrée at a seafood restaurant (3-6 3 7).
Sunday, November 10, 2024
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 10, 2024): Panders for Seafood
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 10, 2024): Panders for Seafood
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Well, Blaine, I've got the first two. Now for the second two.
ReplyDeleteNot much of a challenge this week...two weeks in a row.
ReplyDeleteI solved this puzzle in a . . . short period of time.
ReplyDeleteWay to use the old ... thinking apparatus!
DeleteAh, got it. Now for a hint...
ReplyDeleteThe hyphenated word can be rearranged to name a mammalian oracle.
ReplyDeleteThe last two words can be rearranged to name a group I consider myself to be a member of.
As Jan noted at the end of the last thread, one of the words is interesting in this context. Although, I don't think you can find the thing in the place.
ReplyDeleteHo hum. That was easy.
ReplyDeleteOne of the words is particularly apt.
ReplyDeleteThe last letters of each word refer to a certain state and a certain professional.
ReplyDeleteAbout 2000 correct entries last week.
ReplyDeleteI found lots of recipes online, but am having trouble finding it on the menu of any seafood restaurants!
ReplyDeleteYou probably made the same mistake I did initially.
DeleteAh, I think I made that same mistake.
DeleteJan, I've found it on an online menu, but I can't think of a good way to search the web for phrases restricted to restaurant menus.
I think I also made the mistake. The mistaken answer could describe a restaurant dish, but it would be like onions and NY steak. Yes, you might get a steak with onions, but the menu would be unlikely to emphasize the onions. I found another answer that makes more sense as a menu item.
DeleteGot it in less than a minute. The limited letters made this easy.
ReplyDeleteFinding a clue that is not TMI is a greater challenge.
Since Batman and Robin were mentioned in the on-air puzzle, I will note that part of the answer sounds like the lamest villain Batman and Robin might encounter.
DeleteRearrange the last letters of the four words. You get something you might say if the puzzle is too easy.
ReplyDeleteHmm... doesn't work with my answer.
DeleteAh! I have found that the third word has an alternate that works.
DeleteYes that works with the less common dish as third word.
DeleteWell it's not dover sole.
ReplyDeleteThank God!
DeleteMusical Clue: Bob Marley
ReplyDeleteDuh?
DeleteThat clue is more challenging that the puzzle - thanks for giving me the work-out
Sorry, Larry. I never post "straight line" Clues in Blainesville if I can help it.
DeleteI may get the clue. What about Pink Floyd?
DeleteEasier to solve than to clue. As a seafood lover, I think I’ll be having this soon.
ReplyDelete109
ReplyDeleteIf you eliminate all repeated letters from the 3-6 part and then do the same for the 3,7 part, you'll discover an additional nicety about the wordplay in this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI think I've figured out the near-miss answers that first occurred to Blaine, Rob, and probably jan, but my observation would not apply to those.
DeleteThis is not working for me at all. I must be misunderstanding your directions. Looking forward to Thursday to see what you mean.
DeleteIt did not work for me either, until I figured out that only one occurrence of each duplicated letter is removed.
DeleteWow, the Lancek/Nodd observation is a lot more interesting than the puzzle.
DeleteA big nod to Nodd for the clarification! I hope that clears it up for JAWS.
DeleteAh, now it makes sense! Thanks!
DeleteI have it, but it isn't obvious to me...
ReplyDeleteI believe that 513 people will get this.
ReplyDeleteThough 513 is likely a cipher,
ReplyDeleteIf I got in two minutes , figure far more.
Surely from two to three thousand.
( yes, between two people and three thousand ;-/ )
Cute puzzle. Quick to solve. Dish looks pretty delicious. I would need to be in a different place to see this on local restaurant menu's.
ReplyDeleteWell, that was a cinch. I had the hyphenated part before end of the segment
ReplyDeleteI’ve not only eaten the answer, I’ve made it myself. No clue here.
ReplyDeleteMy cryptic 3-digit clue: 185
ReplyDeletePoor reviews for a bawdy section of town?
ReplyDeleteIf I say any more about the 6-letter word, Blaine might get mad.
ReplyDeleteThat said, if you switch the two halves of the word, you get a place you can find the animal.
DeleteMy cryptic 3-digit clue: 6-14
ReplyDeleteI give this puzzle an A.
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DeleteDepending, of course, on just what the A stands for.
DeleteOops, sorry, Blaine. 3rd time's the charm.
DeleteHi Word Woman - I read your post (about my post) before it got ‘administered’ and I appreciated it!
DeleteI give this thread a ?
DeleteHi Snipper, glad you got to see it. Truly enjoy the creativity of your post.
DeleteI don't go out for seafood very often, but it sure sounds delicious.
ReplyDeletepjbPrefersChicken,Actually
I Love Lucy comes to mind
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ReplyDeleteSORRY BLAINE
DeleteHmmm, Chinese panders or Chinese pandas?
ReplyDeleteSolved it too quickly. Very easy
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle caused me to look in the basement for my old Bass-O-Matic.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of an entertainer who shares part of his name with a poet.
ReplyDeleteEntree considered to be one of the tastiest by those in the know
ReplyDeleteWill described Dover sole as an expensive entrée , but I think $6.5 million beats that!
ReplyDeleteI won't stop raining here and I really need to mow the lawn before it snows.
ReplyDeleteCan you send some rain to the Northeast USA? Multiple states could use it.
DeleteYes, I can do that, but I will only do so if you give me your word of honor to reciprocate and send me some sunshine and blue sky.
DeleteWe finally got lovely moisture in the form of two snowstorms here in CO. We could send some white stuff. My oldest peach tree took a hit and lost a large branch. Hoping it rallies.
DeleteIt really is appalling how ignorant Americans are regarding our national history. This afternoon as I was out for a walk I ran into a handful of high school students who were walking home. We got into a friendly conversation about how they felt about the election results and learning from history. When I asked them if they knew what Eli Whitney"s cotton gin is, they all agreed that it was 80 proof.
ReplyDeleteRepublican strategist Sarah Longwell, who studies focus groups, told NPR, “When I ask voters in focus groups if they think Donald Trump is an authoritarian, the #1 response by far is, ‘What is an authoritarian?’”
DeleteI’m reminded of Ambrose Bierce as well as something George Carlin once said in response to a question about America’s dope problem.
DeleteWas it PT Barnum who said, “No one has ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of the public,”?
DeleteEither he or H. L. Menken said it. I tend to go with HLM who also said:
Delete“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
jan, I too have heard that quote lately. Any fool knows it is an Aryan who writes the way Trump would prefer.
DeleteOf course, you're right. Not Bierce, but Mencken. Sorry about that.
DeleteThe quote "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people" is attributed to H. L. Mencken:
DeleteThe full quote is:
“No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the record for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people”.
Thanks for the proper attribution…. But the images of circuses and the master of humbug, seemed timely.
DeleteApparently Barnum is incorrectly credited with it by many people.
DeleteSitcom hint - Arthur Fonzarelli
ReplyDeleteCouldn't figure out why a certain tune I hadn't thought of for decades chose this week to pop into my head. Then....
ReplyDelete(Weak) movie clue: "Father Goose".
I loved "Father Goose," starring Archibald Leach.
DeleteThe second half of the answer could be my new drag name!
ReplyDeleteRobert Palmer
ReplyDelete