tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post8784298734742275376..comments2024-03-18T16:27:44.295-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 4, 2010): Good Child / Bad ChildBlainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-14620605193188227412010-07-11T05:48:16.492-07:002010-07-11T05:48:16.492-07:00Way to go Ben!Way to go Ben!Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082558454100876726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68682366569564659242010-07-08T20:27:24.454-07:002010-07-08T20:27:24.454-07:00My clues were:
Musical clue: "Rapture",...My clues were:<br /><br />Musical clue: "Rapture", by Blondie - The lyrics refer to Subarus (as in Subaru BRAT).<br /><br />TV Show Clue: "My Name is Earl" - One character in that show drove a BRAT with an American Flag paint job, appropriate for an Independence Day puzzle.<br /><br />The Carpenters' "An Old-Fashioned Christmas" had a song called "Little Altar Boy."Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05685055278145414455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-74330936278695895352010-07-08T16:55:29.168-07:002010-07-08T16:55:29.168-07:00amenable
bane
anagrams thereof = bean able - ...amenable <br />bane<br /><br />anagrams thereof = bean able - name<br /><br />rewarding = synonym of amenable<br /><br />scourge, lame, competitor = synonyms of bane <br /><br />gain = rhyming <br /><br />Hallelujah, Sistah! = flip / reversed is Amen, Brother!Blue of Central Iowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390169381894607875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-74219495815629855392010-07-08T16:07:38.503-07:002010-07-08T16:07:38.503-07:00At the end of FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN, the KGB oper...At the end of FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN, the KGB operative notes the wildy different characters of Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton and asks how the two met.<br /><br />They were ALTARBOYS together, Hutton replies.<br /><br />-- Other BenBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00600537639204656778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3106227659446730062010-07-08T15:09:35.030-07:002010-07-08T15:09:35.030-07:00My reference to a "modifier key" was to ...My reference to a "modifier key" was to the ALT key, as was my subsequent (deleted!) request for someone in CONTROL to DELETE an inadvertently repeated post.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-71952298936542473212010-07-08T13:13:26.511-07:002010-07-08T13:13:26.511-07:00alTAR Boy & brat.
Anyone else think the good ...alTAR Boy & brat.<br /><br />Anyone else think the good "child" clue was misleading, implies it can be a boy or a girl to me. (maybe I'm just jealous 'cos Will never picks my puzzles !)DaveJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386638780058713432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-85137590916026199292010-07-08T10:57:15.877-07:002010-07-08T10:57:15.877-07:00Sharon,
Snuff out all those flickering distracting...Sharon,<br />Snuff out all those flickering distracting thoughts and focus on what is normally in front of you in black and white.Robin Thomas Poponnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703107344880425239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-53226909573235331212010-07-08T08:43:36.437-07:002010-07-08T08:43:36.437-07:00Man oh man, all these clues and I still have no id...Man oh man, all these clues and I still have no idea what the 8 letter term is.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046983434407100990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-11230120456642149672010-07-08T04:53:34.322-07:002010-07-08T04:53:34.322-07:00Another musical clue: The Carpenters' "An...Another musical clue: The Carpenters' "An Old-Fashioned Christmas"Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05685055278145414455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-61802161961900516012010-07-06T20:16:39.219-07:002010-07-06T20:16:39.219-07:00One of my answers would have limited applicability...One of my answers would have limited applicability in Lincoln, NE.suzyqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13615726819074710542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22837203389470442712010-07-06T14:44:51.933-07:002010-07-06T14:44:51.933-07:00Good to be back on the puzzle bandwagon.... I'...Good to be back on the puzzle bandwagon.... I've been gone a couple weeks merging 2 locations into a main branch at work. Definitely one of the most trying times in my life, 100+ hour weeks for almost 3 weeks in a row. Definitely got through it with Red Bull and prayer. Didn't help that the little one is going through his terrible twos and getting calls from an angry wife.Sam Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121113921852782775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13433768136558845202010-07-06T11:55:36.659-07:002010-07-06T11:55:36.659-07:00Anyone know how to submit a puzzle suggestion?Anyone know how to submit a puzzle suggestion?Tommy Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373838653732634600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-52771164280703421502010-07-05T20:55:44.093-07:002010-07-05T20:55:44.093-07:00I got it!
It was definitely one of those moments o...I got it!<br />It was definitely one of those moments of staring and sudden enlightenment.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069249434546322194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-52588187085990977522010-07-05T20:15:21.926-07:002010-07-05T20:15:21.926-07:00Modifier keyModifier keyLorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116815111532628378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-35624306267678718912010-07-05T19:36:28.909-07:002010-07-05T19:36:28.909-07:00Last comic standing judge just gave me the answer ...Last comic standing judge just gave me the answer when critiquing Tommy Johnigan. After doing their routines the comics have to stand around waiting near those bright lights hoping that they wowed the congregation of people who paid to see them doing their fun-ae-robe-ics.Robin Thomas Poponnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703107344880425239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-45445515742480271482010-07-05T14:57:52.143-07:002010-07-05T14:57:52.143-07:00I also started with the first 4-letter word that c...I also started with the first 4-letter word that came to mind, and finally got the 8-letter term.<br />I will refrain from posting tidbits of results found by Googling the answer.<br />I should refrain altogether, because I can't hold a candle to Blue's clues.Barnes_Durcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075302911008163089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-31870360768312589632010-07-05T12:24:07.206-07:002010-07-05T12:24:07.206-07:00Mario, You need to define term and word carefully....Mario, You need to define term and word carefully.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-62550992366766807322010-07-05T10:19:50.069-07:002010-07-05T10:19:50.069-07:00Natasha, could you please be more specific?Natasha, could you please be more specific?Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363831109323605124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25212193565859160382010-07-05T10:15:14.189-07:002010-07-05T10:15:14.189-07:00Changed my approach and got it!!Changed my approach and got it!!Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139505187498448200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-82268474606958164152010-07-05T07:53:58.251-07:002010-07-05T07:53:58.251-07:00George Carlin was one and probably both.George Carlin was one and probably both.hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914509834442545746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-79042732155074357052010-07-05T05:39:58.821-07:002010-07-05T05:39:58.821-07:00Talking about the good child, Jimmy Buffett and a ...Talking about the good child, Jimmy Buffett and a lineup of stars including Kenny Chesney, Zack Brown and others have a free concert planned on July 11 to help support residents and businesses struggling because of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.phredphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693838112369650021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25117966856383787712010-07-05T05:20:31.154-07:002010-07-05T05:20:31.154-07:00Note the wording: "term" vs "word.&...Note the wording: "term" vs "word."Larry Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474995679072112344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-53641576228749109162010-07-04T22:41:31.926-07:002010-07-04T22:41:31.926-07:00Sipped some great microbrews on the Fourth of July...Sipped some great microbrews on the Fourth of July. I don't care for those mass produced beers.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359746462038374457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39807893772669883912010-07-04T16:01:37.061-07:002010-07-04T16:01:37.061-07:00Chinese on Christmas.....
one of those might be th...Chinese on Christmas.....<br />one of those might be there after services.....larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07015749022170837307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48365108201979683122010-07-04T15:22:57.898-07:002010-07-04T15:22:57.898-07:00Since this was the week we learned the exciting de...Since this was the week we learned the exciting details of the takedown of a Russian spy network, I decided to rent Falcon and the Snowman. Great ending.<br /><br />-- Other BenBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00600537639204656778noreply@blogger.com