ASUPE = PAUSE

KKUSN = SKUNK

TOTOTA = TATTOO

LAPOWL = WALLOP

CARTOON ANSWER:

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM THE PORCUPINE BECAUSE THE PORCUPINE WAS A —

PESKOOWL = SLOWPOKE

Good Monday morning everyone and happy Columbus Day! I hope you’re one of the lucky ones that has the day off from work, and that you’re enjoying a nice long weekend.  TATTOO was the only word to give me a few extra seconds of PAUSE today making it my pick for the most difficult anagram of the group.  Moving along to the cartoon, we see a man and a woman taking a walk in the woods.  Reading the dialogue and sentence, we discover that they’ve come to an abrupt hault due to a porcupine that is taking a stroll as well.  The letter layout kept the solution to this puzzle well hidden, but it was an easy solve overall.  POKE came into view immediately which left SLOW for the finish and a very cute pun!  Have a magnificent Monday and I’ll see you tomorrow!