SHECS = CHESS

NUDOW = WOUND

ROWNDA = ONWARD

ITAXFE = FIXATE

CARTOON ANSWER:

HSSWOONIT = ON HIS “TOWS”

Happy Wednesday morning everyone!  What an excellent puzzle we had this morning so let’s get right to it.  The clue words were all jumbled very well and took some time to figure out.  I would say that ONWARD gave me the most trouble followed by WOUND and then FIXATE.  Today was day number two of trying to solve the cartoon without looking at the clue letters and I was unsuccessful again.  We had one word in quotes so I didn’t stand much of a chance.  After writing out the letters and reading the cartoon, the tugboat gave it away.  It was another great pun that you couldn’t help but smile at!  I wanted to share a picture of what I assume is a hawk of some sort sitting on an electric wire.  The picture makes him look smaller than he actually was because I was far away and didn’t want to scare him off.  Trust me, he was HUGE!  It was near the marsh and he seemed to be waiting patiently for some food to catch his eye.  It wasn’t a busy area so I pulled over and snapped a quick picture.  If anyone can help identify the species it would be greatly appreciated.  Be well and I’ll see you tomorrow!