Q: Name a well-known comic actor (4,5) whose name is an anagram of two terms in golf (4 and 5 letters, respectively). Who is it?It's been a few years since we've had a puzzle involving this actor. Surprisingly it didn't involve elements.
Edit: The other Seth Rogen puzzle was from December 2015. I think there could have been a puzzle where you change his first name to "Hyd" or "Nit" and get an element.
A: SETH ROGEN --> SHOT, GREEN
Remove a two-letter company and rearrange the remaining letters to name a different game.
ReplyDeleteClever!
DeleteThanks, Lancek.
DeleteAnd it also rearranges to the nickname of a different game's pro sports team
DeleteGood one, Dr. K.
DeleteHint explanation -- remove GE, rearrange to get THRONES.
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ReplyDeleteIf a letter repeats in the star’s name, remove all instances of that letter. Rearrange. You get something that might come to see his next blockbuster.
Cute
DeleteRemove one letter from the comic actor’s name, rearrange, and get a term for something male golfers score consistently lower on than their female counterparts.
ReplyDeleteA fact that should give men pause.
DeleteAs the professor said to her student who mistakenly thought Virgil had written the Iliad, “No, Homer.”
DeleteI wanted to see if my audio system was working okay, but I had no stereo test.
DeleteNodd, I was tempted to reply, “Go, Nodd!” but thought better of it.
DeleteOh, very good choice.
DeleteBlaine’s wonderful site is a blessing for all serious puzzle solvers and writers. So much so it’s easy to forget that Will doesn’t produce his Sunday segment just for us. It’s targeted toward the Weekend Edition Sunday general audience – not for our small group.
ReplyDeleteMy preferred version of this week’s puzzle was considerably harder than what you see here. Will preferred a version that was easier to solve. Not that it wouldn’t be fun for this group to tear into something more challenging. But would it be more fun for a family sitting around the breakfast table? I think Will does a pretty good job targeting his puzzle selections appropriately. Even though they’re not aimed at us in particular.
Anyway, I hope all here have fun solving this, though it probably won’t take all day :)
Congratulations, Chuck!
DeleteYou aced this one, Chuck!
DeleteCongrats, Chuck!
DeleteOh it's Chuck!
DeleteCongrats, Chuck, nice puzzle at either difficulty level.
Congrsts, Chuck!
DeleteCongrats!
DeleteI do sense that Will likes to mix up the difficulty of the puzzles. Last week's was so easy that it wouldn't be unusual to have a harder puzzle this week. Well, this was harder (would have been difficult not to be harder than last week's puzzle), but I'm a bit surprised Will didn't go with the even harder version.
Once again, a "Newer Post" link that fails to deliver.
ReplyDeleteDarn Blogger! Is it better now?
DeleteYep, thanks!
DeleteOver 1900 correct entries last week.
ReplyDeleteNo good clue ideas are coming to mind. The puzzle is easy enough that I guess I won't bother. (And no, this is not a tricky hidden clue. [Nor is this.])
ReplyDeleteGot the answer, working on a clue...
ReplyDeleteRearrange the name of the actor to get someone that you might find at the Kentucky Derby.
DeleteNumerical clue: 38
ReplyDeleteThe Basin
ReplyDelete➡ABSINTHE = GREEN SHOT
DeleteI see a connection to last week’s puzzle. Anybody else?
ReplyDeleteI guess nobody wants to acknowledge this connection or else it’s not too familiar.
DeleteGeography Clue: Blaine himself!
ReplyDeleteI thought John Wayne was pretty funny in "Green Beret."
ReplyDeleteThe actor has some connections with one of the words.
ReplyDeleteActually, a similar connection with both of the words!
DeleteSeth Rogen played the Green Hornet, and there is another actor named Seth Green.
DeleteI thought I was ...
ReplyDelete... GHOST RENE (Descartes.
DeleteMovie clue: Caddyshack 😂🤣
ReplyDeleteI guess I have an alternate solution, but I won't make a spectacle
ReplyDeleteI have an alternate solution also. One of the golf terms is the first name of an Instagram golf personality with surname Odle. Will would probably not accept it.
ReplyDeletesTRUMPet forever
ReplyDeleteI'd like to come up with a clever clue but I'm just not able to think of one.
ReplyDeleteWell then just stay chipper.
DeleteI was really hoping there was a comic actor named Chip Eagle
ReplyDeleteThen you must know the pain I felt when Hump Bogey did not work.
Delete"Humping" (often referred to in golf as "goat humping") is a slang term for early extension in the golf swing. It occurs when a golfer’s hips thrust forward toward the ball during the downswing, rather than rotating backward, causing them to lose their posture and move closer to the ball at impact.
Natasha, where are you hiding? I attended the opening night of Carmen saturday evening and thought of you. It was sold out and excellent.
ReplyDeleteSkydiveboy: Thanks for message! Glad you saw Carmen. Just busy with my nursing dept. work. Miss our chats. Do you go to the ballet performances?
DeleteYes, and I am looking forward to an upcoming one.
DeleteA new puzzle! Gave it my best try...
ReplyDeleteWhy do we all have to pay high gas prices because Trump has a straight whore muse?
ReplyDeleteAfter solving I had a short nip of some Creme de Menthe! Yum.
ReplyDeleteSETH ROGEN (—> SHOT, GREEN)
ReplyDelete“Remove one letter from the comic actor’s name, rearrange, and get a term for something male golfers score consistently lower on than their female counterparts.”
—> Seth Rogen -h —> estrogen
That may have been TMI, since I was able to get to estrogen from your hint, and then got to shot and green. But I spent a day unable to get past Gene Short before it finally dawned on me that it was Seth somebody.
DeleteMy initial wording of the hint, I thought, was tmi, so I reworded it, though in your case evidently not enough.
DeleteSETH ROGEN --> SHOT, GREEN
ReplyDelete> The actor makes popular types of movies.
His name also anagrams to HOT GENRES.
Josh Rogen >>> shot & green
ReplyDeleteSurely you Josh?
DeletePerhaps confusing with Josh Groban?
Deletejan, you beat me to it. Josh or jest, there's no J in SHOT or GREEN.
DeleteMy bad. I did not submit that error. I am not at all familiar with either these men or golf.
DeleteInterestingly, this week's puzzle is by Joshua Green.
DeleteMy post - “I see a connection to last week’s puzzle. Anybody else?” …..followed by….”I guess nobody wants to acknowledge this connection or else it’s not too familiar.” - these were references to Seth Rogen’s recent role as Rabbi Neil in season 2 of the hit series “Nobody Wants This”.
ReplyDeleteI thought maybe it was a reference to the fact that both rabbits and golf courses have holes. I'm not familiar with the series.
DeleteHey Nodd - interesting interpretation! Anyway, it’s one of my favorite shows in a long time so give it a try.
DeleteI wrote, “If a letter repeats in the star’s name, remove all instances of that letter. Rearrange. You get something that might come to see his next blockbuster.” That’s THRONGS.
ReplyDeleteSeth Rogen->shot, green
ReplyDeleteSETH ROGEN, GREEN, SHOT
ReplyDeleteI used Blaine as a geography clue because Blaine lives in California (yet somehow manages to solve and post by 8am Eastern Time EVERY DAMN SUNDAY morning) and I loved Seth Rogen's role as Cal in The 40 Year Old Virgin.
According to the Interweb: The GREEN Hornet is a 2011 superhero film ... Seth Rogen stars as the Green Hornet. Long SHOT is a 2019 romantic comedy film ... Seth Rogen stars as a journalist.
ReplyDeleteThis week's edition of Puzzleria! celebrates Mother's Day. It features our friend, master puzzlemaker Bobby Jacobs, who has composed a Valentine-themed loving pair of puzzles for our solving enjoyment.
ReplyDeleteIt is a “Merry Month-Of-‘Mayternal’ two-part-from-the-heart Appetizer,” dedicated to his mother, and titled, “My Mother is my Friend, my Mommy is my Buddy” (“Mother” & “Mommy” and “Friend” & “Buddy” are two pairs of words with which Bobby challenges us to find commonality (in the first part of this two-part Appetizer).
We guarantee, and promise, that you will just love this Valentine gift-offering from Bobby to his mother... and to us!
We shall "deliver" these "loving arrows from Cupid's quiver" via Puzzleria!.... very soon and spoonily, this very lovin' afternoon!
Also on this week's menus:
~ a Schpuzzle of the Week (“...Back to the Few shooters?”) titled “Voiding the ‘Chase’, Avoiding a chase... Voiding banks of all portraits of Salmon P. Chase?”;
~ an "Up On The Hill, Down On The Farm" Hors d’Oeuvre titled "Political tactics vs creature comforts";
~ a Shakespearean Slice titled "Breakfast with the Bard";
~ a Bold & Brassy Dessert titled "Time on your fingers but not on your hands?" and
~ a Mediocre-Baker's Dozen (Eleven!) riffs of this week's excellent National Public Radio Challenge Puzzle created by our friend "Chuck" (aka Chad Graham), titled “...It’s good to reach the green green Bermuda/Bentgrass of Augusta.”
'Twill be and especially fun-packed-full Puzzleria!, packed with Bobby's St. Valentine's crimson blended with Chad's "Masterful Green!"
LegoSt/Valentine'sLovingly
My alternate answer involves an instagram golf pro named Zaire Odle. DESI ARNAZ --> SAND + ZAIRE
ReplyDeleteWhen I said I'm not able to come up with a clue, that was a reference to Genesis 4:25, which states that Seth was born to Eve as a replacement for Abel after his murder.
ReplyDeletehow 'bout Cary Grant - Cart, Angry. many golfers get angry!
ReplyDeleteSETH ROGEN, SHOT, GREEN
ReplyDeleteLittle bit of a stretch with CARY GRANT/CART, ANGRY. CART makes a little more sense than ANGRY, I think. Still I must congratulate you, Wendy, for coming up with a fairly decent alternative answer. I saw Mr. Grant's name as well while trying to find the right answer, but I couldn't get anything out of it myself. But CART is in there!
pjbAlmostConsideredRevealingAsAPossibleHintThatMr.RogenAndIShareTheSameBirthDate(Apr.15),ButIfAnyoneHereRememberedTheLastTimeIMentionedMyBirthDate(WhichI'veAlreadyForgottenIfIMentionedItHereBeforeAnyway),TheyProbablyCouldHaveGotHisNameFromThat(Perhaps)AndItWould'veBeenConsidered[TMI]!
I finally got a response from NPR technology that thanked me for letting them know about the problem with submitting puzzle ideas. They are to have it repaired by Sunday!
ReplyDeleteI had said, "Rearrange the name of the actor to get someone that you might find at the Kentucky Derby." That would be a HORSE GENT
ReplyDeleteThis week's online challenge comes from Joshua Green, of Columbia, Md. Think of a popular film franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a place mentioned multiple times in the Bible. Replace that place with a single letter and you'll name a Major League Baseball team. What franchise and team are these?
ReplyDeleteHey, Josh Green! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteHm. I don't have the answer yet, though. I have to admit I'm never totally sure I know what a 'film franchise' is.
I have the answer. :) My hint on last week's puzzle referred to the 38th parallel that separates North and South Korea--Seth Rogen starred in "The Interview", which was set partially in North Korea.
ReplyDeleteMusical clue for this week's puzzle: Talking Heads
DeleteI think I'll go back to sleep on this one. Maybe I'll have an aha moment when I wake up.
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