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A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:01 pm
by Vandal
This one is more like a Tangredi puzzle.
In this RASH puzzle, the elements correlate to four different, but related themes. The identifiers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th are used as placeholders for the four theme words. Most of the elements have an obvious correlation to the theme and some are more indirectly related. Each element correlates to only one theme.
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Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:29 pm
by mrkelley23
I can see where it's going to be tough, but I think I've got a few, including what the 4 theme words are:

3. is Club sandwich
4. is Country Club
9. is Mickey Mouse Club
14. is Old Maid
21. Might be Irons and Woods? (reference to golf?)
32. is Diamond Jim Brady
41. is Shoot the Moon
45. is Shine on, You Crazy Diamond
49. is Valentine

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:32 pm
by Bob Juch
It might help if you had added the rules:

RASH Puzzle Rules: The clues are mixtures of components (words or syllables) that, when verbally replaced with appropriate counterparts, will integrate into answers that correspond to the puzzle’s theme.

Relatives are like things. Apples and oranges are relatives in the fruit family; Cupid and Blitzen are relatives in Santa’s reindeer; Mars and Jupiter are relatives in the family of planets
.
Antonyms are opposites: black and white, will and won’t, now and then.

Synonyms are different words with similar meanings: yellow and amber, cold and brisk, trash and rubbish, near and close.

Homophones/homonyms Homophones are pronounced the same, have different meanings, and may or may not have the same spelling: merry, marry and Mary. Homonyms have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings: bank (edge of a river, carom, or depository).


Here are a few explanatory notes to help you solve: If you can get a part of a clue, you can usually reason through the twisted combination of “nyms” to get the whole answer.

Some of the homonyms are not exact. For example, “day” may be as close as we could get to “Dave.” Such rough homonyms are denoted in italics to alert the solver to beware.

Hyphens separate syllables (single or multiple) within a single word. For example, Gas-yuk could translate to Air (synonym for gas) – ick (synonym for yuk). This results in Eric (translating the appropriate homophones).

Multiple words with no space constitute a single syllable or word. (For example, foursidedfigure could be replaced by square, rhombus, rectangle, etc.)

Underlined words or letters are not replaced; they are left as-is. (For example, the stays as the.)

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:40 pm
by mrkelley23
Bob Juch wrote:It might help if you had added the rules:

RASH Puzzle Rules: The clues are mixtures of components (words or syllables) that, when verbally replaced with appropriate counterparts, will integrate into answers that correspond to the puzzle’s theme.

Relatives are like things. Apples and oranges are relatives in the fruit family; Cupid and Blitzen are relatives in Santa’s reindeer; Mars and Jupiter are relatives in the family of planets
.
Antonyms are opposites: black and white, will and won’t, now and then.

Synonyms are different words with similar meanings: yellow and amber, cold and brisk, trash and rubbish, near and close.

Homophones/homonyms Homophones are pronounced the same, have different meanings, and may or may not have the same spelling: merry, marry and Mary. Homonyms have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings: bank (edge of a river, carom, or depository).


Here are a few explanatory notes to help you solve: If you can get a part of a clue, you can usually reason through the twisted combination of “nyms” to get the whole answer.

Some of the homonyms are not exact. For example, “day” may be as close as we could get to “Dave.” Such rough homonyms are denoted in italics to alert the solver to beware.

Hyphens separate syllables (single or multiple) within a single word. For example, Gas-yuk could translate to Air (synonym for gas) – ick (synonym for yuk). This results in Eric (translating the appropriate homophones).

Multiple words with no space constitute a single syllable or word. (For example, foursidedfigure could be replaced by square, rhombus, rectangle, etc.)

Underlined words or letters are not replaced; they are left as-is. (For example, the stays as the.)
Yeah, you're probably right. This is only like the 36th one of these that he's posted. Maybe by the time he gets to 40 he can stop reposting rules.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:44 pm
by Bob Juch
mrkelley23 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:It might help if you had added the rules:

RASH Puzzle Rules: The clues are mixtures of components (words or syllables) that, when verbally replaced with appropriate counterparts, will integrate into answers that correspond to the puzzle’s theme.

Relatives are like things. Apples and oranges are relatives in the fruit family; Cupid and Blitzen are relatives in Santa’s reindeer; Mars and Jupiter are relatives in the family of planets
.
Antonyms are opposites: black and white, will and won’t, now and then.

Synonyms are different words with similar meanings: yellow and amber, cold and brisk, trash and rubbish, near and close.

Homophones/homonyms Homophones are pronounced the same, have different meanings, and may or may not have the same spelling: merry, marry and Mary. Homonyms have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings: bank (edge of a river, carom, or depository).


Here are a few explanatory notes to help you solve: If you can get a part of a clue, you can usually reason through the twisted combination of “nyms” to get the whole answer.

Some of the homonyms are not exact. For example, “day” may be as close as we could get to “Dave.” Such rough homonyms are denoted in italics to alert the solver to beware.

Hyphens separate syllables (single or multiple) within a single word. For example, Gas-yuk could translate to Air (synonym for gas) – ick (synonym for yuk). This results in Eric (translating the appropriate homophones).

Multiple words with no space constitute a single syllable or word. (For example, foursidedfigure could be replaced by square, rhombus, rectangle, etc.)

Underlined words or letters are not replaced; they are left as-is. (For example, the stays as the.)
Yeah, you're probably right. This is only like the 36th one of these that he's posted. Maybe by the time he gets to 40 he can stop reposting rules.
Not everyone here has a great memory and search doesn't work.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:58 pm
by mrkelley23
Bob Juch wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
Yeah, you're probably right. This is only like the 36th one of these that he's posted. Maybe by the time he gets to 40 he can stop reposting rules.
Not everyone here has a great memory and search doesn't work.
Really? Is it interface dependent? I entered RASH in the keyword field and vandal in the author field and immediately got several hits including this one for the very first one he posted.

Not trying to be snarky (for once) I just hadn't heard anything about search not working.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:20 pm
by Bob Juch
mrkelley23 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:
Yeah, you're probably right. This is only like the 36th one of these that he's posted. Maybe by the time he gets to 40 he can stop reposting rules.
Not everyone here has a great memory and search doesn't work.
Really? Is it interface dependent? I entered RASH in the keyword field and vandal in the author field and immediately got several hits including this one for the very first one he posted.

Not trying to be snarky (for once) I just hadn't heard anything about search not working.
Well it's working now. I did a couple last week that returned no results. :roll:

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:09 pm
by TheConfessor
17 Cloverleaf
25 nightstick

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:20 pm
by mrkelley23
Starting to get a little clearer now...

1. is Anti-Theft Device (The Club)
5. is The Tell-Tale Heart
7. is Ann and Nancy Wilson (from the group Heart)
11. is Heartbreak Hotel
12. Neil Young's only number one song (Heart of Gold)
15. is shovel (type of spade)
22. is Compressed carbon (which is what a diamond is.)
23. might be Open Heart Surgery (Everything makes sense to me except the open.)
29. is Heart attack
30. might be Good Old Boys' Club?
34. is Club Soda
43. is Sweet Caroline singer (or composer) (Neil Diamond)
47. is Clubhouse

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:25 pm
by Estonut
Bob Juch wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:It might help if you had added the rules:

RASH Puzzle Rules: The clues are mixtures of components (words or syllables) that, when verbally replaced with appropriate counterparts, will integrate into answers that correspond to the puzzle’s theme.

Relatives are like things. Apples and oranges are relatives in the fruit family; Cupid and Blitzen are relatives in Santa’s reindeer; Mars and Jupiter are relatives in the family of planets
.
Antonyms are opposites: black and white, will and won’t, now and then.

Synonyms are different words with similar meanings: yellow and amber, cold and brisk, trash and rubbish, near and close.

Homophones/homonyms Homophones are pronounced the same, have different meanings, and may or may not have the same spelling: merry, marry and Mary. Homonyms have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings: bank (edge of a river, carom, or depository).


Here are a few explanatory notes to help you solve: If you can get a part of a clue, you can usually reason through the twisted combination of “nyms” to get the whole answer.

Some of the homonyms are not exact. For example, “day” may be as close as we could get to “Dave.” Such rough homonyms are denoted in italics to alert the solver to beware.

Hyphens separate syllables (single or multiple) within a single word. For example, Gas-yuk could translate to Air (synonym for gas) – ick (synonym for yuk). This results in Eric (translating the appropriate homophones).

Multiple words with no space constitute a single syllable or word. (For example, foursidedfigure could be replaced by square, rhombus, rectangle, etc.)

Underlined words or letters are not replaced; they are left as-is. (For example, the stays as the.)
Yeah, you're probably right. This is only like the 36th one of these that he's posted. Maybe by the time he gets to 40 he can stop reposting rules.
Not everyone here has a great memory and search doesn't work.
I'm embarrassed that you claim to be a computer geek.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:57 pm
by Bob Juch
Estonut wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:Yeah, you're probably right. This is only like the 36th one of these that he's posted. Maybe by the time he gets to 40 he can stop reposting rules.
Not everyone here has a great memory and search doesn't work.
I'm embarrassed that you claim to be a computer geek.
Go right ahead.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:30 pm
by Vandal
Had I printed the RASH rules, they would have clearly stipulated:

No Cat Fights

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Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:43 am
by Pastor Fireball
mrkelley23 wrote:23. might be Open Heart Surgery (Everything makes sense to me except the open.)
In both the front and the back of this answer, open = airy.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:02 am
by Pastor Fireball
CONSOLIDATION

1st = spade, 2nd = heart, 3rd = diamond, 4th = cub

1. anti-theft device [Club]
2.
3. club sandwich
4. country club
5. The Tell-Tale Heart
6.
7. Ann and Nancy Wilson [Heart]
8.
9. Mickey Mouse club
10.
11. Heartbreak Hotel
12. Neil Young's only number one song [Heart of Gold]
13. Blue Diamond almonds
14. Old Maid [usually the Queen of Clubs, but could also be here for the overall theme of cards]
15. shovel [Spade]
16.
17. cloverleaf [Club]
18. Arizona baseball team [Diamondbacks]
19.
20.
21. irons and woods [Clubs]
22. compressed carbon [Diamond]
23. open heart surgery
24.
25. nightstick [Club]
26.
27.
28.
29. heart attack
30. good old boys club
31.
32. Diamond Jim Brady
33.
34. club soda
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41. Shoot the Moon [Hearts]
42.
43. Sweet Caroline singer [Neil Diamond]
44.
45. Shine on, You Crazy Diamond
46.
47. clubhouse
48.
49. Valentine [Heart]
50.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:15 am
by TheConfessor
38 Baseball diamond

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:32 pm
by Vandal
Could a mod please release this thread and put it out of its misery?

Thanks.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:47 pm
by plasticene
I can add a few more

CONSOLIDATION

1st = spade, 2nd = heart, 3rd = diamond, 4th = cub

1. anti-theft device [Club]
2.
3. club sandwich
4. country club
5. The Tell-Tale Heart
6.
7. Ann and Nancy Wilson [Heart]
8. 4 H Club
9. Mickey Mouse club
10. neutered [spayed/spade]
11. Heartbreak Hotel
12. Neil Young's only number one song [Heart of Gold]
13. Blue Diamond almonds
14. Old Maid [usually the Queen of Clubs, but could also be here for the overall theme of cards]
15. shovel [Spade]
16.
17. cloverleaf [Club]
18. Arizona baseball team [Diamondbacks]
19. cardiologist [heart doctor]
20. Tom Petty's group [Heartbreakers]
21. irons and woods [Clubs]
22. compressed carbon [Diamond]
23. open heart surgery
24.
25. nightstick [Club]
26.
27.
28.
29. heart attack
30. good old boys club
31.
32. Diamond Jim Brady
33. hearts of palm
34. club soda
35. one stone studs [kind of diamond earrings]
36. parallelogram [diamond-shaped]
37. John Hughes movie [The Breakfast Club]
38.
39.
40. acid reflux [heartburn]
41. Shoot the Moon [Hearts]
42. Rules of Engagement Actor [David Spade]
43. Sweet Caroline singer [Neil Diamond]
44. Seventh 007 movie [Diamonds Are Forever; triple-x is apparently the Russian equivalent of double-o in the Bond universe]
45. Shine on, You Crazy Diamond
46.
47. clubhouse
48.
49. Valentine [Heart]
50.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:45 pm
by Estonut
TheConfessor wrote:38 Baseball diamond
Not sure about this one. Diamond should have been clued as "4th." I think it's just "field." The writer(s) missed an opportunity to include both the diamond or the club theme.

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 9:44 pm
by plasticene
Got a few more:

2 Glass Cutter [Diamond]
16 Sierra Club
24 cubic zirconium [pseudo-diamond]
26 DeBeers [diamond company]
27 engagement ring [diamond]
31 I Love New York [heart]
46 artichoke heart
48 Humphrey Bogart role [Sam Spade]
50 Purple Heart

Only three left!

6 Wasp Legume X They
28 Forgot Scotland Statehouse
39 Fairytalecharacter Slice

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:50 am
by plasticene
Sorry for not letting it die, but got one more:

6. BPOE [club]

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:52 am
by Estonut
plasticene wrote:Sorry for not letting it die, but got one more:

6. BPOE [club]
This one was driving me nuts. I figured it had to be bee & pea, but the X really threw me. Now that I see this, I can't believe I didn't think of the Elle King song. At first, I couldn't get enough of it. Eventually, it was so overplayed here that I got a little sick of it. Still a great song, though.

Elle King - Ex's & Oh's (Official Video)

Re: A Nasty RASH Puzzle

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:25 pm
by winegreg
Hi: I'm Baaaack
39. Princess Cut (Diamond)