BLACE = CABLE

RAWEY = WEARY

GREDDE = DREDGE

PLAWOL = WALLOP

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN THE CARTOONISTS SKETCHED PEOPLE IN THE COMIC SHOP, THEY —

CAEWRDRDWO = DREW A CROWD

Good Saturday morning and I hope your long weekend is off to a fantastic start!!!  DREDGE was the most difficult word for me today.  No matter how many times I looked at it, all I saw was “degree”.  A few minutes of self-jumbling did the trick and I moved right along to my favorite part, the cartoon!  I was SHOCKED when I saw that the setting was a comic shop, and what a delightful surprise it was!  There’s no better place to visit on a Wednesday morning when new books hit the stands and you get the next installment of a wonderful story.  With top notch art and a weaving tale of suspense and intrigue, what’s not to love about comics!  SKETCHED was the key word in the sentence and looking at my clue letters, I found “draw” first.  CROWD came next leaving me an E.  With a quick switcheroo (yes it’s a word!) of the A in draw to an E, I had the solve and could finally admire what has become my favorite cartoon to date.  In a unique twist, Jeff drew himself being the sitter while his likeness along with his beloved Wilco t-shirt where transformed into a cherished keepsake.  Oh what I wouldn’t do to be featured in one of his cartoons!  I’ll have to wait until the cartoon is published online so I can zoom in and gobble up all the delectable details of the comics in the background — the newspaper version just doesn’t do this piece justice!  Count on a close up sometime mid-morning, and until then, enjoy the start of summer and I’ll see you tomorrow!  😉

TIDOT = DITTO

ATING = GIANT

SREDYS = DRESSY

DROVEN = VENDOR

CARTOON ANSWER:

ONCE HER CAR WAS REPAIRED, SHE SAID THIS IN REGARDS TO THE DAMAGE —

DIOGNTDESDOR = GOOD “RID-DENTS”

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!  I was bored yesterday so I took the opportunity to spruce up the website a bit and I hope you like what you see.  I also made a change to the comments section so you no longer need to enter your name and email to leave your thoughts.  Hopefully this will encourage you to post what you liked or maybe disliked about the puzzle.  With all that out of the way, here’s how I solved today’s game.  All of the clue words came into view quickly and I didn’t stumble at all which was a nice break after having some difficulty yesterday.  With all of the clue words solved, I cruised on to the cartoon portion.  Noticing that part of the solution had quotes, I took no chances and wrote out all of the clue letters before reading the sentence and dialogue.  Repaired and damaged were the two words that stuck out like a sore thumb so I had a feeling that they would somehow be included in the answer.  The letter layout was pretty nifty in that it didn’t give anything away.  For some reason, GOOD was the first word I found and it was 4-letters so I wrote it down and crossed out the letters.  DENTS came next and RID was right there to complete the puzzle giving us a funky play on words and an overall delightful Jumble finish.  Jeff did a great job on the cartoon, especially with all of the little dents on the car in the background.  That same car had three cracks on the windshield which was also a nice touch and I couldn’t help but notice that the front grill looks like an eye!  Have a great long holiday weekend and I’ll see you tomorrow.  😀