EMACO = CAMEO

NDORF = FROND

YEGRES = GEYSER

TCWISH = SWITCH

CARTOON ANSWER:

AEOFRNGEYESWT = WASTE OF ENERGY

Happy Thursday folks!  Mr. Hoyt really challenged us this morning by picking some obscure clue words to keep us on our toes.  FROND and GEYSER were the two doozies that gave me the most difficulty which caused me to break out my notepad and work them out.  CAMEO came into view after a few seconds of thinking about it, leaving SWITCH to be an instant solve.  With all of the clue words complete, I made my way to the cartoon portion of the program.  Reading the cartoon dialogue and sentence, I figured the final solution would be a play on the conversion of garbage to energy.  Starting with the 2-letter word, OF was my first choice and it was neatly spelled out in the clue letter layout.  I paused a moment to ponder whether David would make it that easy to spot and ultimately chose to go with my gut instinct and fill it in.  ENERGY came into view surprisingly fast leaving WASTE right there for the finish.  Looking for details in the cartoon, I remembered back to when Mr. Knurek last drew a landfill. He put an alien head in amongst the garbage but it was nowhere to be found this time around.  The only fun detail I found was the young child that was looking down at his feet.  He appears to have Crocs on (with socks too — a fashion faux pas) and his feet must have been filthy after mucking around in all that rubbish!  Enjoy your Thursday and I’ll see you tomorrow.  😀