DOMME = MODEM

RUBOR = BURRO

NYRCAN = CRANNY

FLAMEE = FEMALE

CARTOON ANSWER:

DEMRRORNNYALE = ORDERLY MANNER

Happy Tuesday everyone and I hope your week is off to a great start.  After solving yesterday’s puzzle in a flash I was hoping for a real brain teaser this morning — and I sure got what I wished for!  We’ve seen MODEM a few times recently so it was still fresh in my brain.  BURRO was a bit of a challenge but it wasn’t too difficult to solve as it was only five letters.  CRANNY was the word that gave me a headache and I had a real tough time deciphering it.  Since there was a Y, I figured it would be at the end of the word so that’s where I started.  I had to do a lot of “self jumbling” on my notepad to come up with the word.  With all of the clue words solved, it was on to the cartoon puzzle.  Nothing popped out at me upon first glance so I started looking for clues. The attendant was overly helpful so I knew it would be a play on that.  After reading the dialogue a few times I realized that the attendant didn’t have a title and he looked like an ORDERLY and sure enough it was there!  MANNER jumped out at me next to finish this super fun Jumble!  We received a touch of snow yesterday and my bird feeder was very active this morning.  I figured I’d share a pic of this beautiful Cardinal munching away on some bird seed.  I have a small solar owl at the bottom of the feeder to scare away squirrels but they could care less.  Take care and I’ll see you tomorrow!  😀