HNOYE = HONEY

BTORI = ORBIT

KAWENE = WEAKEN

VACRIA = CAVIAR

CARTOON ANSWER:

AFTER WATCHING THEIR TEAM BLOW A HUGE LEAD, THE BEER PUB TURNED INTO A —

HNBIWEAR = “WHINE” BAR

Good Monday morning everyone and welcome back to another week of Jumble fun!  The clue words were more difficult than usual for a puzzle so early in the week.  I goofed on WEAKEN and wrote down AWAKEN as my answer which gave me some trouble while solving the cartoon answer.  CAVIAR had me stumped for a couple of minutes but it finally came to me after a bit of self-jumbling.  With all of the clue words completed (at least I thought I had them solved correctly) I started the cartoon.  A couple of things jumped out at me right off the bat.  First of all, Jeff had David wearing a shirt with a “B” on it.  The man sitting next to him also had a “B” on his cap.  Was this cartoon taking a jab at my Red Sox???  There was a man pouring wine at the bar in the background which was odd as the cartoon sentence said it was a beer pub.  Looking at my letters, I found BAR straight away and jotted it down.  That left me with 5 letters that made no sense.  I went back to the clue words and found my mistake almost immediately.  A quick shuffle of the letters led me to find WHINE which solved the pun as well as the cartoon conundrum.  Even if Jeff was poking fun at the Red Sox, I thought the word choices and the cartoon made for a challenging puzzle that I’d enjoy seeing again in the Jumble App, calendar, or in one of the Jumble books that they publish.  Have a great day everyone and I’ll see you tomorrow!  😀⚾️