August 8, 2024 • 12 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hello puzzlers, and welcome to the Puzzler Podcast The Tablespoon
of Starch in your Puzzle, Load of laundry linens. I
am your host, AJ Jacobs, and I am here at
the beautiful iHeart Studios, and we are live, well not
(00:27):
really live. We are recording with Greg Pliska, your chief
puzzle officer. Hello Greg, Hello AJ.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
We are we're live in the sense that we are
in the same room instead of on zoom.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
That's kind of what I meant. Thank you for clarify.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
iHeart Studios. I'm confused about the starch. You put starch
in your laundry.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Well, according to the Internet, I should if you want
like nice and stiff.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Like some little corn starch or that's what it said.
That's yeah, it's.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Not eating, it's not it's not for edible laundry to.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Make it crisper.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Crisp.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, like you would start your shirts back in the
day when we war shirts instead of T shirts and
shorts and things like that.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Some people like a crisp, uncomfortable cloth. I am not
one of them.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Well, today today we're having Cryptic Clue Class Great in
which if people don't want to participat in class you
can get a hall pass and go down the hall.
But those of us who are here to play, we're
going to talk about We've done a series of these
on different ways that clues are written for cryptic crosswords, and.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Cryptic crosswords are the British crosswords that are super tricky.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Super tricky, super fun well and traditionally, especially in the
American version of cryptics, but even in the British. The
clue has two parts. It's got like a regular definition,
just like a crossword clue, and then it's got some
wordplay part got it. And in this case, the wordplay
is all going to be charades like we do sometimes
where you take a word and divide it into components,
(01:59):
and then each of those components.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Ah okay, because sometimes the wordplay is anagrams. Sometimes one
of those.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
We did some hidden ones where there's a phrase with
a word hit it inside it. In this case, it's
just charade. So the clue is going to give you
a definition for the answer and then the parts, you know,
definitions for parts of God. Yeah, I mean I can
give you. I give you an example.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
I would love an example.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Uh. Military headquarters costume party is a kind of sporting event.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Oh my goodness, okay, military headquarter.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
So yeah, I'll work this one through. It's the example, right,
military headquarters costume party is a kind of sporting event.
So you split the clue into two parts. Kind of
sporting event is the straight cluek Right, So you're looking
for a kind of sporting event, and then this is
the charade part, Military headquarters costume party interstic Right, military
(02:57):
headquarters is a base and costume party is a ball.
So base is a kind of sporting events.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Very clever, okay.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Right, And typically in cryptics, you also get the length
of the answer, so you would know that that's an
eight letter answer you're looking for.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
So are you going to give us Yeah, I'll give
the length to like that.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Well, we'll work through these. The key is always looking
for where's the straight definition either the beginning of the end, right,
and then the rest is just the word.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Well, I like that you're on my side or pretending to.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
I like to pretend to be on your side. Also,
as a celebration of summer, all of these answers are
going to be things associated with summertime. Okay, fun, So
all right, your first one taxi available for vacation accommodation
and it's a five letter answer.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Okay, So taxi available for what was vacation accommodation. So
I'm guessing that vacation accommodation is the straight.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yep, yep, very good. And I'll also add that four
is just a linking word stuck in the middle. Okay,
sometimes they have these extra words. You can ignore that.
So anyway, go on, why did you think vacation accommodation
was the.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Well, because taxi I think went immediately to cab and
I'm like, that's a good that's a good syllable. So wait,
what was the middle part?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Taxi available for vacation accommodation. Okay, five letters.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
So cab, well, cab in is a vacation accommodation but
available in Oh I guess if you're in here.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Available Yeah, the doctor is in. The doctor is available. Perfect.
Well done, See you got these.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
I am wiping my brown with really.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Adding one hundred. We should stop right there. Thanks for playing.
Now come on, all right, we can do some more.
Here the chief puzzle officer yell for summer dessert.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Okay, And here the chief puzzle officer yell for summer dessert.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yes, and it's a two words, three letter word, and
a six and a five letter word, three letter word
and a five letter word.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Oh, okay, a three letter because I was hoping for
a four letter word, because.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
We're going to get some four letter words. I see,
because the chief is a.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Chief puzzle officer. Wait, I'm gonna I need to hear
it again. I should have written.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Here the chief puzzle officer yell for summer dessert.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
All right, Well, I'm guessing summer dessert is the straight ahead.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yep, yep. It's three letters and five letters. The other
thing I will tell you is by putting here in there,
that usually indicates it's finetic. So where the other one
was spelling the words cab and the letters for in,
this one's going to be the sound of the words matters.
Got it?
Speaker 1 (05:46):
All right? Well, I think I reverse engineered it. I
guessed a summer dessert that's three and five letters. But
now let me try to figure out why that works. Right,
So it's.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Here, the Chief puzzle Officer yell.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Oh, ice scream, very clever, scream, very good. So ice
cream and ice cream there it.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Is, yeah, good one, all right? Here from the sublime
to the ridiculous, turd large in body of water.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Turd large in body of water.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yes, as it happens in the summer. Sometimes it's a
four letter word. You're looking for you.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Of course it is uh, okay, well, I'm guessing body
of water is the straight ahead go so and a
four letter one is there's lake, there's poo Oh.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah it is turd large in body of water.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
So pooh, I like how you laugh at pooh automatically funny,
and L is often for large, like on a T shirt.
So pooh l h and pool pool exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Very good. Oh good, we should do we should do
some more of these. Here we go. React to the
heat in southwest.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Gorge hmm, okay, react to the heat in southwest gorge.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Yes, and it's five letters.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Okay, Oh, I think I got it. Okay, very clever,
very clever. I thought react to the heat might be
because I'm thinking summer like that is something, and so
southwest is often sw right straight up and gorge. Of course,
I always thinking you wanted me to think of the
(07:34):
sort of.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
The canyon, grand canyon or something, right, But no.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
It also means, oh, yes, you are very tricky. It
also means to eat, so s w eat.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Or sweat sweat to react to the heat. Brilliantly done,
and brilliantly explained that you should do crossword class all
the time.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Thank you for my gold star.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
You've done so well. We're going to do two more.
All right, gold Rush in a summer month?
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Okay, okay, okay, And it's six letters. Well, well, the
good thing is there only three summer months, yes, fair,
or maybe three and a half September count.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Well, technically it probably goes, but we think of yeah,
there are three months we think of as the summer months.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
So I was thinking July, no, June no, But August
starts with au, which is the chemical symbol for gold goal.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Yeah. So and what was the middle gold rush in
a summer month?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Interesting? So gushed, I guess is a synonym for rush.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Like a gust of wind. That could be a rush
of wind.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Oh, very so. But it also, I mean, it's such
a the clue itself is actually makes sense as a
which is the art of it.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
That is the art of good crypto clues, is that
what we call the surface sense makes sense. Right, gold
rush in a summer month sounds like a thing you
could actually say, it's not too absurd, it's not crazy.
Similar react to the heat in a Southwest gorge. That
feels like, yeah, you could do that.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
And it is sweat, sweat exactly, love it.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Okay, last one, Live with a German exclamation at the shore.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Okay, Live with a German exclamation at the shore. So
I'm guessing at the shore is the straight ahead clue?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Well and in fact, no, you're you're guessing right. But
act isn't even at is just an extra linking words.
It's just the shore. It's a five letter answer you're
looking for.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Ah. Okay, Well now now I'm confused. So it was Live.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
With a German exclamation at the shore.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Oh okay. It took me a second because the pronunciation
is different. Pronunciation is so German exclamation. The only one
I know is act is spelled a C H and
then reverse engineered. So it's like what ends with ach
(10:05):
beach b each So live is b ah b ach
becomes beach.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Brilliantly done, brilliantly well done. You're ready for the summer.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Ready to turn off my brain? That is yeah, that's well,
that was fantastic. Do you have an extra credit?
Speaker 2 (10:26):
I do In fact, I think I'm going to use
two because I've got two here that I like that
are summer themed. We're going to use them both. So
here's your first. One place for bouncing streetcar colliding with
post office train.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Okay, I don't have it.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Place for bouncing streetcar colliding with post office train. And
that is a ten letter answer. And the other one
also ten letters. Washington has a period in office with musk.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Fruit, okay, And are these summer related?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
They're both some are related?
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Good, yes, all right, well I'm going to have to
work on those. So I am lucky. I have a
day and all of you come back. And before you do,
if you do have thirty eight seconds, please go rate
the Puzzler on your favorite podcast platform because it makes
a big difference in helping us to get out there
(11:23):
and people discover us. And we'll meet you here tomorrow
for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you puzzlingly.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Hey, puzzlers, it's Greg Pliska up from the Puzzle Lab
with the extra credit answer from our previous episode. We
played a game with win Aloo that we called New
York Tides, where every answer is a letter change from
the name of a famous newspaper or other periodical. Your
extra credit clue was the DC periodical for MC's and
(11:57):
dinner party Officionados.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
That, of course, is the Washington Host, a very niche
version of the Washington Post, which, by the way, has
an excellent crossword puzzle. You should be doing that one
every day, along
Speaker 3 (12:11):
With the rest of your daily puzzle fix that you
get here on the Puzzler
Hello puzzlers, and welcome to the Puzzler Podcast The Tablespoon
of Starch in your Puzzle, Load of laundry linens. I
am your host, AJ Jacobs, and I am here at
the beautiful iHeart Studios, and we are live, well not
(00:27):
really live. We are recording with Greg Pliska, your chief
puzzle officer. Hello Greg, Hello AJ.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
We are we're live in the sense that we are
in the same room instead of on zoom.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
That's kind of what I meant. Thank you for clarify.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
iHeart Studios. I'm confused about the starch. You put starch
in your laundry.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Well, according to the Internet, I should if you want
like nice and stiff.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Like some little corn starch or that's what it said.
That's yeah, it's.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Not eating, it's not it's not for edible laundry to.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Make it crisper.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Crisp.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, like you would start your shirts back in the
day when we war shirts instead of T shirts and
shorts and things like that.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Some people like a crisp, uncomfortable cloth. I am not
one of them.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Well, today today we're having Cryptic Clue Class Great in
which if people don't want to participat in class you
can get a hall pass and go down the hall.
But those of us who are here to play, we're
going to talk about We've done a series of these
on different ways that clues are written for cryptic crosswords, and.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Cryptic crosswords are the British crosswords that are super tricky.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Super tricky, super fun well and traditionally, especially in the
American version of cryptics, but even in the British. The
clue has two parts. It's got like a regular definition,
just like a crossword clue, and then it's got some
wordplay part got it. And in this case, the wordplay
is all going to be charades like we do sometimes
where you take a word and divide it into components,
(01:59):
and then each of those components.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Ah okay, because sometimes the wordplay is anagrams. Sometimes one
of those.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
We did some hidden ones where there's a phrase with
a word hit it inside it. In this case, it's
just charade. So the clue is going to give you
a definition for the answer and then the parts, you know,
definitions for parts of God. Yeah, I mean I can
give you. I give you an example.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
I would love an example.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Uh. Military headquarters costume party is a kind of sporting event.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Oh my goodness, okay, military headquarter.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
So yeah, I'll work this one through. It's the example, right,
military headquarters costume party is a kind of sporting event.
So you split the clue into two parts. Kind of
sporting event is the straight cluek Right, So you're looking
for a kind of sporting event, and then this is
the charade part, Military headquarters costume party interstic Right, military
(02:57):
headquarters is a base and costume party is a ball.
So base is a kind of sporting events.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Very clever, okay.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Right, And typically in cryptics, you also get the length
of the answer, so you would know that that's an
eight letter answer you're looking for.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
So are you going to give us Yeah, I'll give
the length to like that.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Well, we'll work through these. The key is always looking
for where's the straight definition either the beginning of the end, right,
and then the rest is just the word.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Well, I like that you're on my side or pretending to.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
I like to pretend to be on your side. Also,
as a celebration of summer, all of these answers are
going to be things associated with summertime. Okay, fun, So
all right, your first one taxi available for vacation accommodation
and it's a five letter answer.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Okay, So taxi available for what was vacation accommodation. So
I'm guessing that vacation accommodation is the straight.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
Yep, yep, very good. And I'll also add that four
is just a linking word stuck in the middle. Okay,
sometimes they have these extra words. You can ignore that.
So anyway, go on, why did you think vacation accommodation
was the.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Well, because taxi I think went immediately to cab and
I'm like, that's a good that's a good syllable. So wait,
what was the middle part?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Taxi available for vacation accommodation. Okay, five letters.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
So cab, well, cab in is a vacation accommodation but
available in Oh I guess if you're in here.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Available Yeah, the doctor is in. The doctor is available. Perfect.
Well done, See you got these.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
I am wiping my brown with really.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Adding one hundred. We should stop right there. Thanks for playing.
Now come on, all right, we can do some more.
Here the chief puzzle officer yell for summer dessert.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Okay, And here the chief puzzle officer yell for summer dessert.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yes, and it's a two words, three letter word, and
a six and a five letter word, three letter word
and a five letter word.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Oh, okay, a three letter because I was hoping for
a four letter word, because.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
We're going to get some four letter words. I see,
because the chief is a.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Chief puzzle officer. Wait, I'm gonna I need to hear
it again. I should have written.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Here the chief puzzle officer yell for summer dessert.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
All right, Well, I'm guessing summer dessert is the straight ahead.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yep, yep. It's three letters and five letters. The other
thing I will tell you is by putting here in there,
that usually indicates it's finetic. So where the other one
was spelling the words cab and the letters for in,
this one's going to be the sound of the words matters.
Got it?
Speaker 1 (05:46):
All right? Well, I think I reverse engineered it. I
guessed a summer dessert that's three and five letters. But
now let me try to figure out why that works. Right,
So it's.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Here, the Chief puzzle Officer yell.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Oh, ice scream, very clever, scream, very good. So ice
cream and ice cream there it.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Is, yeah, good one, all right? Here from the sublime
to the ridiculous, turd large in body of water.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Turd large in body of water.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yes, as it happens in the summer. Sometimes it's a
four letter word. You're looking for you.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Of course it is uh, okay, well, I'm guessing body
of water is the straight ahead go so and a
four letter one is there's lake, there's poo Oh.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah it is turd large in body of water.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
So pooh, I like how you laugh at pooh automatically funny,
and L is often for large, like on a T shirt.
So pooh l h and pool pool exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Very good. Oh good, we should do we should do
some more of these. Here we go. React to the
heat in southwest.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Gorge hmm, okay, react to the heat in southwest gorge.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Yes, and it's five letters.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Okay, Oh, I think I got it. Okay, very clever,
very clever. I thought react to the heat might be
because I'm thinking summer like that is something, and so
southwest is often sw right straight up and gorge. Of course,
I always thinking you wanted me to think of the
(07:34):
sort of.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
The canyon, grand canyon or something, right, But no.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
It also means, oh, yes, you are very tricky. It
also means to eat, so s w eat.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Or sweat sweat to react to the heat. Brilliantly done,
and brilliantly explained that you should do crossword class all
the time.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Thank you for my gold star.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
You've done so well. We're going to do two more.
All right, gold Rush in a summer month?
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Okay, okay, okay, And it's six letters. Well, well, the
good thing is there only three summer months, yes, fair,
or maybe three and a half September count.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Well, technically it probably goes, but we think of yeah,
there are three months we think of as the summer months.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
So I was thinking July, no, June no, But August
starts with au, which is the chemical symbol for gold goal.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Yeah. So and what was the middle gold rush in
a summer month?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Interesting? So gushed, I guess is a synonym for rush.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Like a gust of wind. That could be a rush
of wind.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Oh, very so. But it also, I mean, it's such
a the clue itself is actually makes sense as a
which is the art of it.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
That is the art of good crypto clues, is that
what we call the surface sense makes sense. Right, gold
rush in a summer month sounds like a thing you
could actually say, it's not too absurd, it's not crazy.
Similar react to the heat in a Southwest gorge. That
feels like, yeah, you could do that.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
And it is sweat, sweat exactly, love it.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Okay, last one, Live with a German exclamation at the shore.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Okay, Live with a German exclamation at the shore. So
I'm guessing at the shore is the straight ahead clue?
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Well and in fact, no, you're you're guessing right. But
act isn't even at is just an extra linking words.
It's just the shore. It's a five letter answer you're
looking for.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Ah. Okay, Well now now I'm confused. So it was Live.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
With a German exclamation at the shore.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Oh okay. It took me a second because the pronunciation
is different. Pronunciation is so German exclamation. The only one
I know is act is spelled a C H and
then reverse engineered. So it's like what ends with ach
(10:05):
beach b each So live is b ah b ach
becomes beach.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Brilliantly done, brilliantly well done. You're ready for the summer.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Ready to turn off my brain? That is yeah, that's well,
that was fantastic. Do you have an extra credit?
Speaker 2 (10:26):
I do In fact, I think I'm going to use
two because I've got two here that I like that
are summer themed. We're going to use them both. So
here's your first. One place for bouncing streetcar colliding with
post office train.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Okay, I don't have it.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Place for bouncing streetcar colliding with post office train. And
that is a ten letter answer. And the other one
also ten letters. Washington has a period in office with musk.
Speaker 1 (10:57):
Fruit, okay, And are these summer related?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
They're both some are related?
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Good, yes, all right, well I'm going to have to
work on those. So I am lucky. I have a
day and all of you come back. And before you do,
if you do have thirty eight seconds, please go rate
the Puzzler on your favorite podcast platform because it makes
a big difference in helping us to get out there
(11:23):
and people discover us. And we'll meet you here tomorrow
for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle you puzzlingly.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Hey, puzzlers, it's Greg Pliska up from the Puzzle Lab
with the extra credit answer from our previous episode. We
played a game with win Aloo that we called New
York Tides, where every answer is a letter change from
the name of a famous newspaper or other periodical. Your
extra credit clue was the DC periodical for MC's and
(11:57):
dinner party Officionados.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
That, of course, is the Washington Host, a very niche
version of the Washington Post, which, by the way, has
an excellent crossword puzzle. You should be doing that one
every day, along
Speaker 3 (12:11):
With the rest of your daily puzzle fix that you
get here on the Puzzler
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