Puzzle for the day

[Prince Herb]

another classified ad said don't ruin your alothes [sic]
by drycleaning them yourself - let us do it

[Rakhal]

Quite right, sorry about the typo!

Getzeye: 28
Prince Herb: 25 + 2 muffins
Halbarad: 19
Edward: 11 + 2 muffins
Caliban: 6 + 1 muffin
Kpjam: 5
Kwok: 4
Onigiri: 4
Ragnar: 4
Rezantis: 4
Jon: 2 + 1 muffin
Asrana: 3
Carthrat: 3
Anastasia: 2
KLSymph: 2
Alviss: 1
Bean Bandit: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

[Rakhal]

1>
What is the number that's one-tenth of one-half of one-quarter of one-half of 8000

2>
The following anagram is missing a letter. Find the missing letter and solve the anagram

AEINOTT?

3>
The following descriptions are those of real book or magazine titles with only one letter changed.

a) Nobleman in charge of fat
b) An oblique sense of style
c) Big-city pig

[Halbarad]

1> 50

[Rakhal]

One cookie awarded, 2 to go!

Getzeye: 28
Prince Herb: 25 + 2 muffins
Halbarad: 20
Edward: 11 + 2 muffins
Caliban: 6 + 1 muffin
Kpjam: 5
Kwok: 4
Onigiri: 4
Ragnar: 4
Rezantis: 4
Jon: 2 + 1 muffin
Asrana: 3
Carthrat: 3
Anastasia: 2
KLSymph: 2
Alviss: 1
Bean Bandit: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

[Prince Herb]

2]With a D, I can get antidote ; I can get intonate with an N.

[Rakhal]

Both are fine. Cookie awarded! One to go

Prince Herb: 26 + 2 muffins
Getzeye: 28
Halbarad: 20
Edward: 11 + 2 muffins
Caliban: 6 + 1 muffin
Kpjam: 5
Kwok: 4
Onigiri: 4
Ragnar: 4
Rezantis: 4
Jon: 2 + 1 muffin
Asrana: 3
Carthrat: 3
Anastasia: 2
KLSymph: 2
Alviss: 1
Bean Bandit: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

[Rakhal]

One puzzle outstanding from yesterday, now worth a muffin

Replace the first letters of the words in each row to make two new words, both starting with the same letter. Place that letter in the blank between the two words. When you're finished, you'll have a new word reading down.

Remand ___ Swell
 Scorn  ___ Grid
Decent ___  Haven
 Single  ___ Meal

[Halbarad]

DART is the word.

[Rakhal]

Indeed it is. Another cookie for you

Prince Herb: 26 + 2 muffins
Getzeye: 28
Halbarad: 21
Edward: 11 + 2 muffins
Caliban: 6 + 1 muffin
Kpjam: 5
Kwok: 4
Onigiri: 4
Ragnar: 4
Rezantis: 4
Jon: 2 + 1 muffin
Asrana: 3
Carthrat: 3
Anastasia: 2
KLSymph: 2
Alviss: 1
Bean Bandit: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

[Rakhal]

No one got the magazines. The answers were:

Nobleman in charge of fat => The Count of Monte Crisco
An oblique sense of style => Vague
Big-city pig => The New Porker

And now for todays puzzle.

First unscramble the letters in each word below, then unscramble the word order to create a Tom Swifty sentence

FO MOT DSIA DROA HTTA OT IEPSEC LLFU SWA TUB FO LSSGA
INSAL NDA TI KETA ESSLYRTIEL DAH I.

[Prince Herb]

"That road was full of nails and pieces of glass," Tom said, "I had to take it tirelessly."

[Prince Herb]

"But that road I had to take - it was full of nails and pieces of glass," Tom said tirelessly

[Rakhal]

Cookie awarded!

(the answer I had was '"That road was full of pieces of glass and nails, but I had to take it", said Tom tirelessly' What you had works as well though :)

Prince Herb: 27 + 2 muffins
Getzeye: 28
Halbarad: 21
Edward: 11 + 2 muffins
Caliban: 6 + 1 muffin
Kpjam: 5
Kwok: 4
Onigiri: 4
Ragnar: 4
Rezantis: 4
Jon: 2 + 1 muffin
Asrana: 3
Carthrat: 3
Anastasia: 2
KLSymph: 2
Alviss: 1
Bean Bandit: 1
Itarien: 1
Sunhawk: 1
The Panda: 1

[Rakhal]

If six chicks and two hens cost $38, and six hens and two chicks cost $50, how much does one chick cost?