Self-Referential I

Series I : "...in other words..." : Puzzle 3

 

PUZZLE:

Carrol muse Liddell | “Habits” singer Lo | Watergate figure John | CIA mole Aldrich | “Danny and the Dinosaur” author Syd | “Firefly” star Glau | Jazz singer Fitzgerald | A-Team member Mr. | 60’s idol Frankie | Baseball commissioner Vincent | “The Matrix” star Carrie-Anne | Pragmatist Charles S. | Yat-Sen and Myung Moon.

…in other words…

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…in other words…

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HINT/CLUE:

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A self-referential puzzle is one in which the solution defines or refers to the clues, and/or vice versa.

SOLUTION: Available Thursday, November 5.

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SOLUTION to I, 2

 (1)  Luciferian Love, i.e. Sympathy for the Devil, which begins with the lyric...

(2)    Plea | salami | twin| terra | deuce | mice | elf. 

(3)    Please allow me to introduce myself...

Luciferian Love (Lyrics)

Series I : "...in other words..." : Puzzle 2

 

PUZZLE:

Guilty or Not Guilty | Genoa or pepperoni | Mary Kate or Pollux | incognita or firma | lowest in poker or even in tennis | Mickey and Minnie or Town and Country | Elrond or Legolas.

... in other words...

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... in other words...

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HINT/CLUE:

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The title... is there a song called Luciferian Love? In other words...? Perhaps a song who's lyrics open with a line appropriate to a very early post on a new blog?

SOLUTION: Available Thursday, October 29.

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My name is Dan. This is my dog, Nacho, who is often called Nacho-Pacho. (“Pacho” is pronounced to rhyme with Nacho.)

He's a handsome devil.

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SOLUTION to I, 1

(1)   “…in other words..” is a two-step puzzle, with a preliminary and a final solution, as signaled by the two sets of blanks below the puzzle text.

(2)  We might want to look for ‘other words’ for the original text words and phrases.  

        We will be guided by the number of letters in the first set of blank spaces (for example, we need a five-letter word for 'sea snail'. etc.)

(3)  Some are not too hard:

          Denver height – mile (as in, the mile-high city)

          Quincy, M.E., for example – coroner

           biblical you – thee

           yang’s counterpart – yin

So…

          _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _   _ _ | mile | _ _ _ | _ _ _ | coroner | 

          _ _ _ _ _ | thee | yin | _ _ _ _ | _ _.  

(4)  coroner | _ _ _ _ _ | thee  suggests “corner of the.” So, ‘unrefined’ could be ‘rough.’

(5)  If you don’t know what to call sea snails and big deer you can always google them…

      That gets you...

           Whelk | _ _ _ _   _ _ | mile | _ _ _ | elk | coroner | 

             rough | thee | yin | _ _ _ _ | _ _.  

  

(6)  Whelk | _ _ _ _   suggests the title of the puzzle, "Welcome." (Always look at the title of the puzzle. It's another clue, and sometimes a big one!) And that puts you one or two easy guesses from the solution:

        Whelk | come to | mile | hit | elk | coroner | 

         rough | thee | yin | turn | et.  

(7)    Welcome to my little corner of the internet!