tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post5453485964296395548..comments2024-03-29T04:50:38.638-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 27, 2022): Common Eight-Letter NounBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28724991789073637022022-12-04T05:24:46.214-08:002022-12-04T05:24:46.214-08:00I'm not especially fond of reused corn.I'm not especially fond of reused corn.Dr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157699599935073938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25259382513800127402022-12-04T05:16:03.557-08:002022-12-04T05:16:03.557-08:00Yes, congratulations, Lego!
I buy tomatoes from...Yes, congratulations, Lego! <br /><br />I buy tomatoes from a Mexico plantation.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27822071591401032202022-12-04T04:55:28.387-08:002022-12-04T04:55:28.387-08:00This week's challenge: This week's challen...This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn. who runs the website Puzzleria! Name a symbol punctuation mark on a computer keyboard. Anagram it to get the brand name of a product you might buy at a grocery, in two words. What is it?<br /><br />Congrats, Lego!Dr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157699599935073938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-35846532303497739902022-12-03T19:46:11.675-08:002022-12-03T19:46:11.675-08:00I see you have once again missed the entire point ...I see you have once again missed the entire point to my post. And just so you won't miss this one, it is that he has no way of knowing what alternative answers may be if they are not forwarded to him by the NPR interns who know little or nothing about what they are doing. He has explained this to us in the past, but you refuse to accept his explanations. However, I do agree with you that he is indeed arrogant.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7211286819046328242022-12-03T17:50:26.448-08:002022-12-03T17:50:26.448-08:00Nope, no phobia and I'll just bet his "No...Nope, no phobia and I'll just bet his "Not bad!" cleared up your foolish error for you. What were you thinking?<br />I just got off the boat, so "zine" is not "'familiar'" to me even though I've heard of it.<br />I'd say his answer to you is simply arrogant.Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25300348505860910552022-12-03T14:23:58.121-08:002022-12-03T14:23:58.121-08:00JAWS:
No, I do not believe he does. On Monday I e...JAWS:<br /><br />No, I do not believe he does. On Monday I emailed him this heads up:<br /><br />Will,<br /><br />Thought you might want to know there are two answers to this week's NPR puzzle.<br /><br />MAGAZINE minus A = MAG & ZINE<br /><br />KINSFOLK minus S = KIN & FOLK<br /><br />M/W accepts both kinfolk and kinsfolk.<br /><br />Mark<br /><br />Will replied:<br /><br />Thanks, Mark.<br />Not bad!<br />I said the answer was a "familiar item," tho, so only MAGAZINE really works.<br />(I'll probably mention both on the air next Sunday.)<br />--Willskydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62211706966607361302022-12-03T10:22:47.420-08:002022-12-03T10:22:47.420-08:00Does WS really have a phobia about alternative ans...Does WS really have a phobia about alternative answers? One of my favorite parts of GAMES magazine was the Eureka! column, where you could win a t-shirt for providing an alternate solution.<br /><br />I would greatly prefer to hear Will and the WeSun host discuss the alternative answers submitted.JAWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853305806335490947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39282795646716038372022-12-03T04:55:58.021-08:002022-12-03T04:55:58.021-08:00Two thumbs up.Two thumbs up.Plantsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702415046558107399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13998511145308805432022-12-02T12:02:23.506-08:002022-12-02T12:02:23.506-08:00There's a seven-letter word that can be shorte...There's a seven-letter word that can be shortened to either its first four or last three letters. Both shortened forms are used pretty much interchangeably; the long form is used relatively rarely.Dobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01432606304362779582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-2051713390011307662022-12-01T21:17:24.551-08:002022-12-01T21:17:24.551-08:00(Which means Dr. K is on the money too!)(Which means Dr. K is on the money too!)Dr. Awkward https://www.blogger.com/profile/04842916134737387767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-55236957260498211632022-12-01T21:15:58.760-08:002022-12-01T21:15:58.760-08:00Thanks, Dr. K! And for what it's worth, I'...Thanks, Dr. K! And for what it's worth, I'm a big fan of the Byron hint.Dr. Awkward https://www.blogger.com/profile/04842916134737387767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13038074135067558032022-12-01T21:13:43.020-08:002022-12-01T21:13:43.020-08:00Howie is on the money—"magazine" rhymes ...Howie is on the money—"magazine" rhymes with "teen." Partial credit for a certain Sir Mix-a-Lot classic, too: "I'm tired of magazines / Saying flat butts are the thing." Dr. Awkward https://www.blogger.com/profile/04842916134737387767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-84371609331472295252022-12-01T17:22:08.530-08:002022-12-01T17:22:08.530-08:00Nodd: Will Shortz has a true phobia about alterna...Nodd: Will Shortz has a true phobia about alternative answers. One would think he would rejoice in them.<br />This pathology has ruined many NPR Sunday Puzzles over the past thirty years and come close to doing so to hundreds more.<br />He says he doesn't see them. If that is so, then he has chosen not to.<br />I hope you have success in changing it. Mendo Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481821676197739907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-17068724402001677442022-12-01T16:51:09.393-08:002022-12-01T16:51:09.393-08:00"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" fi..."It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" fits the bill for the first song. "Bennie and the Jets" is clearly the latter. BTW, if you catch the live stream from Dodger Stadium on Disney+, I'm the tall guy in the front row.Howie Roarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922025974419719932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-70875166115340905012022-12-01T16:35:14.338-08:002022-12-01T16:35:14.338-08:00I said it took me only 60 minutes to solve this pu...I said it took me only 60 minutes to solve this puzzle. I was alluding to the news magazine show "60 Minutes". It actually took me longer than that, but the clue about the street in New Orleans led me right to it. Never knew about that street before I checked a list.Scarlett https://www.blogger.com/profile/00728693990643604469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-82356343298671048412022-12-01T16:35:11.550-08:002022-12-01T16:35:11.550-08:00I think alternative answers should be encouraged b...I think alternative answers should be encouraged because they demonstrate creativity and add to the fun, which is what the Sunday Puzzle is supposed to be about. I'm unclear whether "one answer only" means you can't submit both what you think is the intended and an alternative; you must submit one or the other. Anyone know?Noddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435407334945079665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-23496252019433749732022-12-01T16:32:31.544-08:002022-12-01T16:32:31.544-08:00I was alluding to the news magazine show "60 ...I was alluding to the news magazine show "60 Minutes". It actually took longer than that, but the clue about the street in New Orleans led me right to it.Scarlett https://www.blogger.com/profile/00728693990643604469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-79929834900410138912022-12-01T15:15:52.605-08:002022-12-01T15:15:52.605-08:00I was going to post something like "Look peop...I was going to post something like "Look people, this is making us mad. Life is too short to waste time on this." (containing 6 magazine names)Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246059125125085392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-15173124404818092882022-12-01T14:57:54.404-08:002022-12-01T14:57:54.404-08:00Sometimes folk is used as a plural. At least some ...Sometimes folk is used as a plural. At least some folk would say so.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-47649774990009874202022-12-01T14:52:21.419-08:002022-12-01T14:52:21.419-08:00I actually like it better than the intended answer...I actually like it better than the intended answer. It is more sophisticated and elegant than simply using syllables as hip words. Kin and folk are true words, not to mention, nouns too. After I discovered the intended answer I was disappointed and felt it to be more sophomoric than kinsfolk. But, then, that is how most of these NPR puzzles tend to be in my opinion.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-33509762375797275352022-12-01T14:46:41.811-08:002022-12-01T14:46:41.811-08:00Had the same thought.Had the same thought.Tommy Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373838653732634600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-64668639816439685572022-12-01T14:46:14.480-08:002022-12-01T14:46:14.480-08:00Same here. That's why Blaine eventually oblite...Same here. That's why Blaine eventually <i>obliterated</i> the whole <a href="https://puzzles.blainesville.com/2022/11/npr-sunday-puzzle-nov-27-2022-common.html?showComment=1669585954545#c4130954618520902518" rel="nofollow">thread</a>.<br /><br />I thought perhaps that was what jan meant by <a href="https://puzzles.blainesville.com/2022/11/npr-sunday-puzzle-nov-27-2022-common.html?showComment=1669892002713#c7539702717971528199" rel="nofollow">"And yet again!"</a><br /><br />(It turned out he <a href="https://puzzles.blainesville.com/2022/11/npr-sunday-puzzle-nov-27-2022-common.html?showComment=1669924802203#c5494407124907294615" rel="nofollow">meant something else</a>.)Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700971115994061654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-43509608091610067042022-12-01T13:59:31.459-08:002022-12-01T13:59:31.459-08:00I was given a copy of Blood Meridian many years ba...I was given a copy of Blood Meridian many years back by my brother, and I tried 2 or 3 times to read it, but hated it and could not finish. I hate the way he writes. skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29314626596333662052022-12-01T13:56:29.639-08:002022-12-01T13:56:29.639-08:00I think it's very good.
'kin' clearly ...I think it's very good.<br />'kin' clearly has a sense that's almost identical to 'kinsfolk', and 'folk' is often used with that same meaning even if its most common meaning is just 'people'.Critohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148286208951622056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13106384443785653562022-12-01T13:54:05.318-08:002022-12-01T13:54:05.318-08:00Magazine --> mag, zine
Earlier this week I sai...Magazine --> mag, zine<br /><br />Earlier this week I said, “Lots of news stories use this word,” like the ones that concern high-capacity gun magazines.<br />Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.com