HLIEW = WHILE

LRUBB = BLURB

RATEHH = HEARTH

FRIDTA = ADRIFT

CARTOON ANSWER:

WLELBEARDIF = BID FAREWELL

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday!  HEARTH was the only clue word that had me stumped!  With all the words solved it was on to the cartoon answer. After reading the cartoon I was hoping that the answer didn’t have anything to do with Bridge as I’ve never played.  At first I thought the solution had ALL as the three letter word.  I couldn’t come up with an eight letter word to fit with the remaining letters.  I saw WELL and then BID and then it all clicked.  Is BID FAREWELL a bridge term?  Either way I had fun with only moderate difficulty.  Take care and I’ll see you tomorrow!  😀