tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post1163670532268999154..comments2024-03-18T19:20:51.036-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 1, 2020): Wrong TrousersBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-89246192178905449712020-03-08T06:09:41.287-07:002020-03-08T06:09:41.287-07:00Solved, but I can't seem to settle on a clue.Solved, but I can't seem to settle on a clue.SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23175282143824697112020-03-08T05:52:28.719-07:002020-03-08T05:52:28.719-07:00Cute puzzle Lego. Cute puzzle Lego. SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-85306587223170342932020-03-08T05:46:05.489-07:002020-03-08T05:46:05.489-07:00Congrats, Lego!Congrats, Lego!janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-26158374809363555442020-03-08T05:45:15.677-07:002020-03-08T05:45:15.677-07:00This week's challenge: This week's challen...This week's challenge: This week's challenge is something different. It comes from Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn. It involves Pi Day, which is this coming Saturday, March 14 — commonly written as 3/14. That's been designated Pi Day because 3-1-4 are the first three digits of pi. Well, the letters of "Pi Day" also have a curious mathematical significance. What is it?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-92098998428705877292020-03-08T05:42:54.326-07:002020-03-08T05:42:54.326-07:00150 correct responses last week.150 correct responses last week.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67226834255132111892020-03-07T16:54:53.898-08:002020-03-07T16:54:53.898-08:00Sight, -cyte, cite, site
Beyond that, I'm afra...Sight, -cyte, cite, site<br />Beyond that, I'm afraid your efforts are wasted on me.<br />In other words: TL/DCPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-80805826178727189102020-03-07T12:59:50.655-08:002020-03-07T12:59:50.655-08:00Remember, we all just have to get along!Remember, <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JzAKEtVyH60/TG9JvVQXQVI/AAAAAAAABGo/GQAo_Xym0to/s1600/bride+frank+and+hermit+good.jpg" rel="nofollow">we all just have to get along</a>!68Chargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08752278586155221236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-32123558073677856852020-03-07T10:47:15.287-08:002020-03-07T10:47:15.287-08:00Will Rogers must have been thinking about the Iowa...Will Rogers must have been thinking about the Iowa Caucus vote tabulation when he said, “I am not a member of any organized political party — I am a Democrat”. ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302749761931016101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49794202981637654282020-03-06T12:25:31.823-08:002020-03-06T12:25:31.823-08:00Homofunia, a story and puzzle of a Woman of Words....<b><b>Homofunia,</b></b> a story and puzzle of a Woman of Words. The blanks in each sentence are homophones, <b><b>each spelled differently</b></b>, and consisting of 2 words when a (2) is shown. <br /><br />There are at least 4 homophones in each sentence, and as this is a lot harder to do than you think, any criticisms of pronunciation latitudes taken will be duly ignored.<br /><br />During her investigation the aspiring biology student lost __ of a particular -__, and didn't __ that mistake on her web __. What to do? Her father, who saw education and grades as __, was __ in charge of her finances, and a __ report card with bad grades was something on the __ (2) could not tolerate.<br /><br />As the morning ___ sat on her bottle of ___, she pondered what she would __ about the money that was ___. She could __ her father, or could run away and become a ship's __, but not knowing the __ choice, she decided to try a traditional __. She spent her last few ___ on some herbal ___ to ___, hoping this would help her make ___. She never wanted to be someone who __ herself in some __ office; she wanted to stay away from the __ of people, and hoped she could __ her money for better opportunities.<br /><br />She decided that before he ___ her report card with all ___, she would ___ the opportunity travel the ___. __ she fled, the fresh __ made her worry she would ___ ___ and never claim her place as ___. Thinking __ the time lost, __ perhaps after pulling on the __ too many times, she realized her place was investigating the __ that is found in the earth.<br /><br />The fall from grace didn't __ her enthusiasm, and she (with her trusty __), climbed many a __ to __ at geology. This was a __ path, but with her dog __, she was able to navigate the __ (2) led her through, with help from the __ (2) dropped along the way.<br /><br />She __ through the English countryside, and would ___ her hammer through many a ___; but afterwards her arms raw and __ from the shattered rocks. Soon her life __ took her to investigating rock __, which while __ work at least allows her to enjoy a __ at the end of the day. <br /><br />She now ___ on rocks, and ___ that her work on ___ will earn her great ___.<br />ecoarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824602705492756728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-85577160671609981522020-03-06T12:15:22.565-08:002020-03-06T12:15:22.565-08:00Been both, big difference.Been both, big difference.Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-90153384176745538002020-03-06T10:32:38.546-08:002020-03-06T10:32:38.546-08:00Yeah, the OED gives no restriction as to (differen...Yeah, the OED gives no restriction as to (different) spelling.<br /><br /> 1. Philology. (Usually in plural.) Applied to words having the same sound, but differing in meaning or derivation; also to different symbols denoting the same sound or group of sounds.<br />----<br /><br />The American Heritage is likewise permissive:<br /><br />---<br />One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling.<br />---<br /><br />When those two dictionaries agree, I consider that authoritative.<br /><br />(I considered 'slim fit' but I don't think they're synonyms -- many people are slim without being fit, and even more are fit without being slim.)Critohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148286208951622056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-5620137018457431782020-03-06T10:31:31.084-08:002020-03-06T10:31:31.084-08:00Well Merriam-Webster is the source Will Shortz use...Well Merriam-Webster is the source Will Shortz uses, and it is considered the gold standard by most people in this country, so what do you base your observation on?skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-87155229898723304382020-03-06T10:11:50.871-08:002020-03-06T10:11:50.871-08:00Doesn't change my mind.Doesn't change my mind.Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-16849357442571359362020-03-06T10:02:30.488-08:002020-03-06T10:02:30.488-08:00Merriam-Webster lists them both:
Synonyms & A...Merriam-Webster lists them both:<br /><br />Synonyms & Antonyms of drunk - Merriam-Webster<br />www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › drunk<br />skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-6822023378813424202020-03-06T09:55:59.232-08:002020-03-06T09:55:59.232-08:00It will be interesting to see if Will disregards s...It will be interesting to see if Will disregards some of the alternate answers in the mistaken belief that homophones have to be spelled differently. They do not.<br /><br />I don't think "wasted" and "high" are synonyms in the worlds of either alcohol or hallucinogen use.<br />Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-21328916041046869822020-03-06T05:55:05.359-08:002020-03-06T05:55:05.359-08:00Ditto to that number.Ditto to that number.Plantsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702415046558107399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-70999555806878172512020-03-06T05:24:49.337-08:002020-03-06T05:24:49.337-08:00My clue -
My answer’s first word is also homopho...My clue - <br /><br />My answer’s first word is also homophonic (thankfully fixed the autocorrect feature for that word) for a common English word and for an equally common foreign word. I’m thinking it’s right based on what I see so far.<br /><br />High = Hi = Hai (Japanese “yes”) Snipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976998203399531869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-56391419022855196582020-03-06T03:55:46.453-08:002020-03-06T03:55:46.453-08:00When I first saw your comment I thought you might ...When I first saw your comment I thought you might be referring to Pedal-Pushers. Add a letter to the first word and delete one from the second to get Pedals and Pushes, then replace Pedals with it's homonym Peddles leaving <b>PEDDLES...PUSHES</b>.SuperZeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024610786525654860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-21763607313454450262020-03-06T02:28:52.451-08:002020-03-06T02:28:52.451-08:00It's the time (4:20) the Waldos met at the Pas...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)" rel="nofollow">It's the time (4:20) the Waldos met at the Pasteur statue outside San Rafael High School in 1971 to find, and then smoke, weed.</a>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54117415939147731782020-03-05T22:50:26.668-08:002020-03-05T22:50:26.668-08:00I submitted HIGH-WAISTED >>> HIGH, WASTED...I submitted <b>HIGH-WAISTED >>> HIGH, WASTED</b><br /><br />And my clue was <b>"Dude is thatreallytheanswer?"</b><br /><br />Besides the fact that I lived in California for a decade, where everyone who said "dude" seemed like they were stoned, I also put my clue into <4> <2> <20> characters.<br /><br />I'm still not certain how "4 / 20" became synonymous with pot, but some young person will have to educate me. <br /><br />I'm way too old for this. Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413159675811227325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76155741437038813032020-03-05T19:32:43.614-08:002020-03-05T19:32:43.614-08:00Did anyone else submit all-holey (wholly)?Did anyone else submit all-holey (wholly)?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359746462038374457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-53568087093287252602020-03-05T18:13:47.613-08:002020-03-05T18:13:47.613-08:00After verifying that homophones do not have to be ...After verifying that homophones do not have to be spelled differently, I submitted slim-fit.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22703708735116448552020-03-05T16:33:56.777-08:002020-03-05T16:33:56.777-08:00My hint was in the italicized words in my Tue Mar ...My hint was in the <em>italicized</em> words in my Tue Mar 03, 07:07:00 AM PST Sign-off:<br />"LegoPerchedOn<em><b>Pike</b></em>'sPeakJustSittin'InThe<em><b>Catbird'sSeat</b></em>OfHisPants"<br /><a href="https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/highway" rel="nofollow">Pike</a> = HIGHWAY<br /><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stead" rel="nofollow">Catbird seat</a> = STEAD<br />HIGHWAY+STEAD = HIGH WAISTED<br /><br />LegoWhoIsNowSittin'InThe<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuiuT_QXT0Y" rel="nofollow">BirdDog</a>Seatlegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68724957192480435642020-03-05T14:30:46.463-08:002020-03-05T14:30:46.463-08:00I had thought SHORT-SHORTS>>>>>>...I had thought SHORT-SHORTS>>>>>>>SHORT SHORTZ.....How tall is Will anyway? Clark a pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757879715819610091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39259568600073665902020-03-05T13:52:05.143-08:002020-03-05T13:52:05.143-08:00Ripped-fit is another answer. You can get ripped a...Ripped-fit is another answer. You can get ripped at the gym, which means that you are getting fit.<br />Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494993285385932051noreply@blogger.com