Take another item that might be worn while sleeping, increment the last letter so it is one later in the alphabet and move it to the 4th position. Change the first vowel sound and you have the last name of the person's most famous character role.Q: Think of a classic television actor — first and last names. Add a long-E sound at the end of each name and you'll get two things that are worn while sleeping. What are they?
Sunday, December 01, 2024
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 1, 2024): The Cat's Pajamas
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 1, 2024): The Cat's Pajamas
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I got a chuckle out of this puzzle
ReplyDeletePlease no clowning around.
DeleteBlaine, your hint could have been, uh, shorter.
ReplyDeleteIt took me longer to figure out Blaine's clue than the answer to the puzzle itself.
DeleteCould have been shorter, sure, but Blaine's clue was "roomy."
DeleteMerely art.
DeleteThe actor and I have some things in common.
ReplyDeleteThat’s easy for you to say!
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DeleteI expect more answers this week. The days are getting shorter.
ReplyDeleteOne of the actor’s better known rolls used his/her first name.
ReplyDeleteParker House or Dinner 😉?
DeleteOops. Roles.
DeleteRolls was more fun 😀.
DeleteMy report card…
DeletePuzzle solving…..A
Spelling……….……..D
I got the attire first. Rearrange the even letters in the name and you get what those should take who give unchallenging puzzles.
ReplyDeleteAdd a letter to the end of the word, and get the surname of a renowned TV writer and producer.
DeleteSports fans will appreciate your clue, Rob!
DeleteAbout 2000 correct entries last week.
ReplyDelete...as predicted!
DeleteHuh, that's sort of a clue for this week.
DeleteLike Rob, I worked backwards from the sleepwear, and I got lucky, the first sleepwear I thought of was part of the correct answer. I wonder if we will get over 3000 correct answers this week. Hard to say whether the holiday weekend will mean less people playing (travel, etc.), or more people playing (more time to relax).
ReplyDeleteI just noticed that my comment is longer than usual. Sorry for rambling on, sometimes I talk too much.
DeleteBlaine: curious… how did you know about Pyle Hall at IU.. — I am from Purdue!
ReplyDeleteI didn't actually, until I googled.
Delete👍
DeleteAlso a Purdue alum (grad school.) Boiler up and thank goodness their football season has ended.
DeleteIU grad here
DeleteSnore
ReplyDeleteI tried to get Timmy Allenee to work with no luck.
ReplyDeleteI tried Woody Allen.
DeleteWhat's with all the extra space in people's comments this week?
ReplyDeleteOne of our fellow puzzlers, in particular, should have no trouble with this one.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I have the right answer as I added a silent letter to the actor's name...
ReplyDeleteYou have the same answer as I do
DeleteMe too
DeleteWhen I was a kid I would sometimes go to bed wearing red buttons, but that's another puzzle.
ReplyDeleteWith jam or marmalade...how should I have my toast this morning?
ReplyDeleteI have two answers, using a somewhat relaxed interpreation of "name".
ReplyDeleteinterpretation
ReplyDeleteWe should have more puzzles like this.
ReplyDeleteShe had nine buttons on her blouse but she could only fascinate.
ReplyDelete😉
DeleteI know everyone is pausing with bated breath. I'll let you know as soon as I have it
ReplyDeleteHats off to Peter Gordon on getting his puzzle on the air!
ReplyDeleteYes, cheers! It's no easy feat if your last name isn't Baggish, Foggerty or Collins.
DeleteBlaine, the dates for the puzzle and the NPR link now say November 30 instead of today, December 1.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this person, but I worked it out. Clothing of course, is my specialty.
ReplyDeleteThis actor's stage name shares little with his/her given name beyond the initials
ReplyDeleteWith a mighty interesting middle name
DeleteFür Elise...
ReplyDeleteLikely a new PR for me, but instead of a nice warm feeling, I'm getting a wet, bubbly feeling deep in my trousers.
ReplyDeleteDoing the puzzle starting from the nightwear backwards is definitely the way to go.
ReplyDeleteThe proximity of these TV-themed puzzles does not put me at ease.
ReplyDeleteTo tell the truth, this is a hard puzzle.
ReplyDeleteI hurried here to see whether others would post similar clues.
ReplyDeleteWW – I think I may have finally understood one of your hints!
ReplyDeleteDarn. 😉
DeleteAlabama beat Auburn yesterday. That and an easy puzzle today to boot(no hints here)!
ReplyDeletepjbKnowsAMovieTheActorWasIn,ButToSayWhatTheMovieWasAboutWouldBeSuchA[TMI]GiveawayHeJustCouldn'tRevealIt
My best friend is from China. He tells me his elderly mother likes eating cat. He says he does not care for it. Now I realize most of us living in this part of the world do not eat cats or dogs, but I still want to ask if you might happen to know what the most tender part of a cat is? Feel free to answer now.
ReplyDeleteI never did a neurosurgery rotation, but I've read that the human brain has the consistency of oatmeal, which is pretty tender. Can't imagine a cat brain is much tougher, so I'll go with that.
DeleteWhoa, and what can make a tender brain even tenderer? Brain rot, Oxford's Word of the Year. (I like Thoreau's take on the subject.)
Delete(I guess brain rot is what causes one to think "Brain Rot" is a word.)
DeleteSorry, jan. Think humorously.
DeleteT_ _ _ _ _ V_ _ _ _ _ S?
DeleteLegoAnsweringAPuzzleThatGives"CatFood"AWholeNewMeaning
???
DeleteTender Vittles?
DeleteNope. PURRLOIN, of course.
Delete"They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats..." And they voted for this guy again?!
DeletepjbSatWithHisFamilyOnThanksgivingEveningAndHadToSufferThroughThemSayingPositiveThingsAboutThatIdiot,MuchLikeOnlyAHandfulOfOtherRelativesForceTheirFamiliesToHearSuchGarbage,Too!
I got the puzzle answer—-but, as is often true for ME, it’s harder to get the answer to Blaine’s “hint!
ReplyDeleteI see some others may agree!
Or perhaps I’m just obtuse!
ReplyDeleteMusical hint: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
ReplyDeleteMusical hint: Queen
ReplyDeleteCrito's and Pandemonium's musical hints have inspired one of my own: Sonny Curtis.
ReplyDeleteHooray! Biden just pardoned Hunter. I was hoping he would.
ReplyDeleteI am glad, too, SDB. Of course, the enemy will make a huge deal of it; never mind the contemptible CRIMES their electee has committee for years and years, and never been convicted until lately....and how. he plans to squeak out of the all, and pardon the violent criminals from Jan 6. Grrr, I just seethe...
DeleteYou are right. And some so called Democrats are also on their self-centered bandwagon and decrying the pardon, which would have been a crime had it not been bestowed.
DeleteI think this was planned a long time ago. Glad.
DeleteSuch an easy story for the media to cover while they mostly ignore Trump and Friends working day and night to destroy our country.
DeleteI agree with every word you just wrote, SDB. What is WRONG with most of this nation?
DeleteI have nightmares about this country and where it is headed.
DeleteNatasha, Can you be more specific? Do they seem more like visions? Is it famine or civil war?
DeleteJust one more late evening post (at least on the east coast) to say that I never knew this actor’s real name!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not easy to find a personalized coffee mug for!
DeleteI get Blaine's clue. Here's a clue: one of this actor's costars is directly related to a classic American novelist.
ReplyDeleteRoman Numerals MI & MC
ReplyDeleteThis week's NPR Challenge by Peter Gordon is very clever but kinda easy. So try this, the present "Schpuzzle of the Week" on Puzzleria! (But no answers, please, before Noon PST on Thursday. Subtle Hints are OK though.):
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
“Such fine turkey-day tableware!”
All interior letters of two complementary tableware items are identical. These identical letters, however, are not-so-much in the same order.
The first-and-final letters of these two tableware items are four different letters that appear within within a consecutive five-letter string in the alphabet – like E-F-G-H-I, for example.
What are these two tableware items?
Note: Although the identical interior letters “are not-so-much in the same order,” the fourth letter in each tableware item indeed is the same letter.
LeGobbLeGobbLeGobbLeGobbLeGobbLeGobbLe!!!!!!
A cute puzzle, Lego! ; )
DeleteFor certain demographic reasons, this was a real challenge! My clue: Wace.
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ReplyDeleteLet me talk to ya!
ReplyDeleteI think it is time for a Spoonerism. And I just happened to make one up.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference between a roadbuilder and a politician who refuses his salary?
One paves the way, the other waives the pay.
DeleteExactly!
DeleteMoose and Rocco!
ReplyDeleteRocko, actually. Careful…you don’t want to get on his bad side.
DeleteOkay, let's see if we can tolerate one more Spoonerism.
ReplyDeleteThink of a place where old folks are sometimes sent to die. Now Spoonerise that name to describe a diminutive person whose job it is to pick up a deceased person at one of these facilities. Don't hold back; submit now.
Nursing home, hearse-ing gnome.
DeleteOf course!
DeleteNow, Spoonerise a place where you might try your luck and you will discover what Scarlett O'Hara tried.
Gaming table, taming Gable.
DeleteRight! This is the last one I just came up with:
DeleteWhat do a lost dog and a urinating panhandler have in common?
I don't know, but it makes me think of Diogenes and the Cynics.
DeleteWell, one is a missing pooch...
DeleteI knew someone would know the answer.
DeleteHow about a lost mooch and a urinating dominatrix?
DeleteAll I got is a wiz dom.
DeleteStart with the synonyms for urinating and mooch that you used originally. : )
DeleteI should have got that right away, but was too busy overthinking it and looking for a different type of solution. Can't think of how to use wiz-dom though.
DeleteHere's one that was rejected. It's sort of a Spoonerism: think of a body part. Switch the first and last letters. (That is, if the word was toenail, it would become loenait.) The remaing word, phonetically, yields something crunchy that's not uncommon this time of year.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm.
DeleteAre you sure?
I have an answer that almost works, but not if I follow your instructions...
I think Crito's right. You just need to turn the instructions around and start with the crunchy thing.
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