Q: Take the first and last names of a major film director. Drop the last six letters of his name, and rearrange what remains. You'll get the name of a major film award -- for which this director has been nominated six times. Who is he and what is the award?Technically, the director has one more name.
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Riddle me this .
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ReplyDeleteOuch! TMI
Deleteoops! sorry Blaine! It was my first time commenting and I might have been too hasty
DeleteI’m just gonna cruise today
ReplyDeleteGot it! But it wasn’t easy. I’m having trouble thinking of a clue that’s not TMI.
ReplyDeleteLa Virgen no less. Good puzzle.
ReplyDeleteSnipper says that (amazingly!) you can remove four letters from one of the leading actors in one or more of this major film director's movies, then rearrange the remaining letters in the actor's name, and you can get the name of the same major film award!
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ReplyDeleteKinda busy this morning so I had sardines with my eggs instead of bacon.
ReplyDeleteRearrange the first x letters of the director’s name. You get a word that describes a type of person he has depicted in some of his films.
ReplyDeleteMoxie and I went running this morning through downtown Dayton; it was very hot and we walked more than ran. In a city park, sitting on a bench, was a disheveled man, complete with big black plastic bag which I assume held his worldly possessions. He was doing the crossword from the newspaper. We need our puzzles!
ReplyDeleteAre we sure we are looking at "only" six nominations? I have a director who perfectly matches the Drop six letters—rearrange—get a major film award terms of the puzzle, but I believe the director was nominated more than six times for that award.
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DeleteOr perhaps we should qualify—nominated six times in such-and-such century? That would work.
DeleteInteresting, I see exactly 6 nominations for this award in IMDB's page for this director. The first letter of the first name plus first four letters of the last name equals a body part. --Margaret G.
DeletePhew! Long and winding road to get there. And it wasn’t Picabo Street.
ReplyDeleteI think Wolfy is right about the number of times this director has been nominated for this particular award. We'll have to categorize it to be "as of this century." Also, this is another NPR bring-your-own-punctuation puzzle.
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ReplyDeleteWhile in a stupor in my hospital bed, I still somehow managed to solve it. Nice puzzle.
ReplyDeleteHint: “Take the surname of one of the directors who’ve won the most of these awards, rearrange, and you’ll get a word for a type of beverage and a term for its generic category.”
What are you doing laying around in a hospital bed? There is no time for that.
DeleteHe is one of my favorite directors.
ReplyDeleteActually, knowing your taste in films, that might eliminate too many possibilities.
DeleteTroo enuff.
DeleteStill working, but I'm encouraged that all but the last 6 letters of Godard's name anagrams to "Jan clue".
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DeleteLast week I received a quick NPR acknowledgment email after I submitted my answer, but not this week.
ReplyDeleteI have not received an acknowledgement since they went to the new submission system...?
DeleteI'll start by noting an anomaly in the dates of invention of a pair of common household items.
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