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).
Edit: I initially came up with Red-pepper red snapper.
A: PAN-SEARED RED SNAPPER
Not 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!
DeleteI suspected Leo was trying to avoid the word SNAP, so I went out of my way to avoid BEAN.
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.
ReplyDeletePansear is the 513th Pokemon.
DeleteThough 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
ReplyDeleteAnthony Bourdain visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to film season 6 episode 14 of No Reservations, in which he had pan-seared red snapper.
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteJohn Skelton / Red Skelton
DeleteEntree 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
ReplyDeletePAN-SEARED RED SNAPPER
ReplyDelete"109" >>> Snapper is a general term that references numerous fish species, predominantly from the family Lutjanidae, comprising approximately 109 species.
I very much enjoyed Snipper >>> Snapper's clue with an A grade. It was blog administered. It was my 3rd (?) deletion in 11 years here in Blainesville.
Thanks for the shout out - i enjoyed coming up with that one!
DeletePAN-SEARED RED SNAPPER
ReplyDeleteHint: “The hyphenated word can be rearranged to name a mammalian oracle.
The last two words can be rearranged to name a group I consider myself to be a member of.”
PAN-SEARED —> PANDA SEER (riffing off Blaine’s Nikola Tesla / “quiet animal” —> “silent koala” hint last week)
RED SNAPPER —> PAPER NERDS
HERE it is... PAN-SEARED RED SNAPPER
ReplyDeletePan-Seared Red Snapper
ReplyDeleteMy Hint:
"I won't stop raining here and I really need to mow the lawn before it snows." With my RED SNAPPER LAWN MOWER.
Our friend skydiveboy is this week again "parachuting in" with a pair of Appetizing puzzles on Puzzleria!
ReplyDeleteHis "Skydiversionary Appetizer" is double-titled:
~ "Chad do-si-does with Victoria?" (a geography puzzle), and
~ "Indy Spectator vs. State Patrol officer" (a "Fast Car" puzzle).
We will upload Puzzleria! this afternoon, very soon.
Also on this week's menus:
* a Schpuzzle of the Week titled “Terms of uncommon distinction,”
* a Stage And Screen Hors d’Oeuvre titled “Last names of past thespians,”
* a Woodworking Wordplay Slice titled “Carpentry tools create creature,”
* a Lake & State Dessert titled “Salt Lake” yields “hula tats?” and
* fourteen Riffing Off Shortz And Baggish Slices titled “Pans-Eared Red Snapper.”
So, come dive with us, down from the sky-blue yonder into our "world of ponder!"
LegoWhoHopesThatskydiveboyRemembersToPullHisRipcord!
PAN-SEARED RED SNAPPER
ReplyDelete> The 6-letter word is interesting, in the context of the puzzle.
It can be bisected into SEA (which I initially guessed would be the 3-letter word) and RED (which is the 3-letter word).
> My cryptic 3-digit clue: 185
I have no idea what Word Woman's 109 or Bobby's 513 mean, but USS SNAPPER (SS-185) was a World War II-era fleet submarine.
> If I say any more about the 6-letter word, Blaine might get mad.
He might SEE (homophone) RED.
> Will described Dover sole as an expensive entrée , but I think $6.5 million beats that!
That's the price of the Indianapolis Colts' contract with Luke Rhodes, the highest paid SNAPPER in the NFL.
> (Weak) movie clue: "Father Goose".
"I got me ten fine toes to wiggle in the sand,
Lots of idle fingers SNAP to my command."
The added nicety about the wordplay for this puzzle is that all the letters of PANDERS appear in both the 3-6 part and the 3,7 part. This would not be true for such near-miss answers as red-pepper red snapper and pan-seared sea snapper.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Snipper's hint was one of the all-time greats. Word Woman had a cute riposte, but Blaine was clearly right to remove it.
ReplyDeleteSDB, my family used to have a red Snapper when I was a kid, and it was my job to mow the lawn! I'd forgotten all about that thing.
Thanks for the shout out - among the all-time greats? I’ll take it!
DeleteOh, and to Jan's hint about "seared" being decomposable into 'sea' and 'red', I added that I didn't think you could find the thing in the place -- no red snappers in the Red Sea.
ReplyDeleteAccording to my sources:
DeleteYes, there are red snapper in the Red Sea, including:
Mangrove red snapper: (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
Bengal snapper: (Lutjanus bengalensis)
Two-spot red snapper: (Lutjanus bohar)
Pan-seared red snapper. "One of the words is particularly apt." (Red, as in Nov. 5.)
ReplyDeletePan-seared red snapper
ReplyDeletePan Seared Red Snapper.
ReplyDeletePan-seared red snapper. I've never had it, but it took me 4 minutes to figure it out. I was so disgusted with the loser tone, after the election, I didn't even offer a clue this week.
ReplyDeleteI wrote, “Rearrange the last letters of the four words. You get something you might say if the puzzle is too easy.” This works if you are having sea snapper, not red snapper: DARN.
ReplyDeleteAh, that explains why it didn't work for me. Good one though!
DeletePan-seared red snapper
ReplyDeleteLast Sunday I said, “I’ve not only eaten the answer, I’ve made it myself.” My daughter and I went out on one of the rental fishing boats while she was a student in Sarasota. We caught several kinds of snapper. Back in port, the captain cleaned it and then we brought it home and slapped it in a skillet. Did you know snapper comes in different colors?
I remember enjoying yellow snapper in Florida years ago (yum), but I think it might be endangered now.
DeleteOn the previous page I posted:
ReplyDelete"The 3-6 3 7 ... how is that 8?"
Diners often ask how a dish is PREPARED ... which would seem kind of silly in this case.
PAN-SEARED RED SNAPPER
ReplyDeleteMy musical clue of Bob Marley was because Red Snapper is a very common fish in Jamaica and a favorite for Jamaican seafood preparations.
My favorite is Jamaican Escovitch Red Snapper. It's not quite pan-fried, really. More fried in oil and then sauced in vinegar and vegetables. You won't forget it, though.
THE RED & SEA - likely both will compute?
ReplyDeleteI solved quickly but it took me a little while to realize the coincidence of the answer and my blog handle! Glad WW and Crito (and others?) enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteSnipper, I was one of the "others." It was a nifty hint. Before you posted it, I considered posting, "Someone here should have an easy time of it," but I thought it might steal your thunder.
DeleteSorry I'm late with this, but I just flew cross-country and am just catching up.
Count me also among the others, Snipper. The coincidence was wonderful enough, but you played it perfectly!
DeleteFolks, I was just notified that my puzzle will be the challenge for this Sunday
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Clark. Is this a three-peat?
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DeleteCongrats, Cap!
DeleteSuper, man!
DeleteThanks K. I'm not sure, I think my first acceptance too many years ago may have been the first of 4. My wife thinks it was the third. In any event, I'm really pleased
ReplyDeleteI live in a landlocked state and typically don't see Pan-seared red snapper on local restaurant menu's.
ReplyDeleteGood goin' Cap. Congrats! We'll look forward to hearing your creativity on Sunday morning.
ReplyDeleteLegoHappyForCap
That's great Cap! Can't wait to hear it.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all of you
ReplyDeleteI've been busy, and haven't had a chance to explain my Batman and Robin comment. I was thinking that a villain called the Red Snapper would wear a red outfit, and constantly snap his or her fingers to annoy people.
ReplyDeleteRobin: Augh! That snapping noise! Make it stop!
Batman: Here Robin, put these Bat-plugs in your ears.
Red Snapper: It's no use, my snapping is too loud! You'll never defeat me!
(Batman gets something out of the Bat-belt)
B: I guess you're right, Red Snapper. Let me give you a high five for defeating us so easily.
(They high-five)
B: And the other hand!
(They high-five again, using their other hands)
B: Now it's time to deliver you to Commissioner Gordon.
RS: Never! I'll disappear in a snap! Wait! My fingers are too slippery! Why can't I snap my fingers?
R: Wow Batman, how did you do it?
B: Well Robin, I just took some Bat-grease out of the Bat-belt, and put it on my hands. I knew the Red Snapper would not be able to snap with slippery fingers!
R: Brilliant!
B: Now, the Bat-grease has made my hands too slippery. You'll have to tie up the Red Snapper, and drive the Batmobile back to the Batcave.
R: Holy Rollers, Batman! You never let me drive! This is the best day ever!
(scene)
Brilliantly creative stuff, Jaws. Somebody ought to hire you as a scriptwriter!
DeleteLego(ComingUpNext:GreenHornetConfrontsTheRedSnapper!)
I agree and am nominating you for a Golden Guano.
DeleteThis week's challenge: Think of a classic American author, whose first and last name's are each one syllable. The last name, when said aloud, sounds like part of the body. Insert the letters "A-S" into the first name and you have the location of this body part. Who is the author?
ReplyDeleteI was unfamiliar with this author until it was an answer in a previous puzzle
DeleteGood one, Clark! Fun to wrestle with over coffee.
ReplyDeleteThe author was born in America, but died, in England.
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle, Clark! Educational for me. :)
ReplyDelete