NIHKT = THINK

EOMSO = MOOSE

OTNINO = NOTION

TREWET = WETTER

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE TRUMPET PLAYER WITH THE BIG EGO WOULD OFTEN —

THNOOOONWTR = TOOT (HIS) OWN HORN

Good morning and happy Tuesday!  Another day, another Jumble so let’s get straight to work.  The first two words were no problem at all as I saw them instantly.  NOTION was, in my opinion, the most difficult anagram to decipher of the bunch.  So much so that I skipped it, solved WETTER and the cartoon and had to patch it together by backing into it.  The gentleman in the cartoon sure does have a braggadocious look and Jeff nailed it perfectly.  Mr. Knurek also wrote POi on the drum for a reason, but being musically challenged, I couldn’t figure it out.  Poi is a Hawaiian food so that couldn’t be it so my only other guess is that it’s a band he’s familiar with.  Fill us in if you can solve the riddle and get your gold star for the day!  I’ll see you tomorrow.  😀 🥁

PROEA = OPERA

DESYE = SEEDY

RILAPS = SPIRAL

SUREVS = VERSUS

CARTOON ANSWER:

HE WAS LATE FOR THE EXORCISM BECAUSE HIS CAR HAD BEEN —

OESEDSPRESS = REPOSSESSED

Good Monday morning my friends and welcome back to another week of Jumble fun!  OPERA gave me some pause right out of the gate, but we’ve seen it before and it came after a few extra seconds.  The rest of the words came instantly and I was at the cartoon in a flash.  Reading the cartoon dialogue and sentence, I had the answer immediately and didn’t bother writing out the clue letters.  Filling in the boxes, I ended up one letter short so I figured that I spelled it incorrectly.  Going back and writing out the clue letters, I did indeed miss that extra S and it was a quick fix but a delay nonetheless.  Overall an easy solve for a Monday with a great answer layout and fun cartoon of The Exorcist movie.  Did you find any details in Jeff’s drawing that made your head spin?  Nothing caught my eye, so let me know if you did.  Have a great Monday and I’ll see you tomorrow!

SOVHEO = HOOVES

NAIYVT = VANITY

DOYIDT = ODDITY

NIWMON = MINNOW

ELAGIO = GOALIE

BUSTIM = SUBMIT

CARTOON ANSWER:  DID HIS WIFE THINK HE’D BE ABLE TO REACH THE GREEN MORE THAN 300 YARDS AWAY?

HOOANYOTNNGOLSBT  =  NO…NOT BY A LONG SHOT

Have a wonderful Sunday, and see you bright and early Monday morning.

KERYP = PERKY

SRIVO = VISOR

YNERDT = TRENDY

LUBDOE = DOUBLE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE COLLEGE TENNIS STAR PLANNED TO JOIN THE ARMY AND WAS —

PERVSOTREDOU = PROUD TO SERVE

Have a super Saturday everyone!!!

RAHHS = HARSH

KARDN = DRANK

AHOBIP= PHOBIA

CEBMEO = BECOME

CARTOON ANSWER:  THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE MOUNT RUSHMORE SCULPTURES WAS THE =

HHDNHOACOE = HEAD HONCHO

Good morning, Mike, good morning, Everyone.

Mike, This one’s for you! ⚾️💤💤

TGIF! Today we’re in the Black Hills of South Dakota, visiting Mount Rushmore. You know, the only ROCK group, with four men who don’t sing! If there’s any connection between today’s date and today’s puzzle, may the historians amongst us please step forward. Personally I don’t know much about it, except that it’s huge, it’s iconic, it’s “America”. Kind  of like our Jumble. So, let’s get to it.  Nothing here today of any great SCALE.  No word in particular that could CHIP away at our thoughts.  Easy, breezy, good jumbling of everyday words. The answer: Really a give away, with those big heads looming large in the cartoons background. For those of us who write the letters down to solve, we saw the answer words as we wrote. For those of us who wing it, easy guess. Why Lincoln’s portrayed with the same mustache as the guy holding the specs…? Imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Talk about CHIPping away… Look where it got him…You know this undoing is putting them way over budget! Even back then! Jeff gave us a lot of little stone masons in the background; the two tiny ones atop Roosevelt’s head, HILLarious! All in all, an over the top puzzle to end the week.

Hoping Everone has a great day, and let’s not take anything for GRANITE! 🙋🏻

CUONE = OUNCE

YUPPP = PUPPY

OMTTSU = UTMOST

RIGLEB = GERBIL

CARTOON ANSWER:

IN THE 1880’S, FARMS IN THE MIDWEST WERE —

NCPPPUOGRI = CROPPING UP

Good Thursday morning everyone!  UTMOST and GERBIL were my downfall today as they both took quite a long time to decipher.  I’m talking minutes here which caught me by surprise and also got me very frustrated.  Just when I solved UTMOST, I got stumped on GERBIL and labored to solve it.  In the end, I was victorious and moved along to the cartoon with hopes of an instant solve.  Reading the dialogue and sentence as well as writing out my clue letters, I first thought POPPING UP would be the answer but there weren’t enough P’s.  A quick change from POP to CROP was all it took for the solve which ended another great Jumble puzzle!  The farm scene was well drawn and I took a few minutes after all was said and done to soak it in.  A smile quickly returned to my face and now I’m ready to conquer the day.  Be well and I’ll see you tomorrow.  😀

SUYFS = FUSSY

EYEND = NEEDY

DIRZWA = WIZARD

EBELET = BEETLE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM WAVING TO THE DEPARTING TRAIN WERE —

SSYNEARDBTE = “BYE – STANDERS”

Happy Wednesday everyone!  No trouble with any of the clue words this morning, although BEETLE caused me to pause for a couple of seconds.  We’ve seen WIZARD recently so that was probably the easiest of the bunch.  With all of the clue words solved, it was full steam ahead to the cartoon!  When I read the cartoon sentence, I had a feeling that BYE would be the 3-letter word in the solution.  Writing out the letters, BYE was there leaving STANDERS for an instant solve and a quick finish to another great Jumble.  Looking at the cartoon, Jeff gave us two great clues to figure out the locomotive’s location.  The first was the sign on the train that said “Nickel Plate Road” and the second was the station sign of “Fishers”.  Not being a train enthusiast, I had to google both clues together to come up with Fishers, Indiana.  Hopefully our friends near that location can give us some insight into it’s history and importance.  Enjoy your day and I’ll see you tomorrow!

SEYZT = ZESTY

UYTIN = UNITY

ONEPIG = PIGEON

GARNDO = DRAGON

CARTOON ANSWER:

AFTER RIDING THE UNICYCLE FOR MILES, THE RIDER WAS —

ETYUIGENDRO = ONE TIRED GUY

Good Tuesday morning everyone!  Mr. Hoyt has been choosing some excellent clue words lately and he continued the trend this morning with more unique and fresh material that didn’t disappoint.  DRAGON would be my pick for the most challenging word, with PIGEON a close second.  Both gave me a few seconds of a delay but were quickly solved and allowed me to move along to the cartoon.  Reading the dialogue and sentence, I picked up on the unicycle clue and had ONE in my head but wasn’t sure about the rest.  Writing out the clue letters, I saw ONE and crossed it out.  GUY came next leaving TIRED for a split second solve and another great Jumble.  The letter layout was fantastic and it would have been a more difficult solve if I didn’t have ONE to start with.  Poor Lenny looks exhausted and I hope he didn’t ride too far on that unicycle without a helmet!  Perhaps he just took it off because he was done cycling for the day.  Enjoy your Tuesday and I’ll see you tomorrow.  😀

NUYGO = YOUNG

GENBA = BEGAN

HBLEAR = HERBAL

PEIRLP = RIPPLE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE NEW RESTAURANT IN BUDAPEST DID WELL, THANKS TO ALL THE —

YOUGEANHELRPP = “HUNGARY” PEOPLE

Good Monday morning my friends and welcome back to another week of Jumble fun!  Jumping right into the clue words this morning, HERBAL gave me the hardest time and wouldn’t give itself up.  I saw that one word of the final solution contained quotes so I decided it would be best to solve it now rather than take my chances backing into it.  Breaking out my trusty notepad, I self-jumbled the anagram 4 times before it became visible.  With palm to face I moved along to the cartoon portion of the program.  Good thing I chose to do my newspaper version of the game this morning because the online paper that I usually use to see the fantastic detail had the 5/22 (next Monday’s) puzzle!  I’ll have to check back later to see if they published next Monday’s lottery numbers as well while they were at it.  Reading the cartoon sentence, I knew the answer immediately and filled in the boxes.  Just to double check my work, I went ahead and wrote out my clue letters and was pleased to see that all was in order.  I apologize that I can’t offer much insight into the cartoon details because I was stuck with the tiny print version.  If you saw something interesting, please leave a message in the comments section.  Have a marvelous Monday and I’ll see you tomorrow!  

BONGLO = OBLONG

TREELT = LETTER

LIBEVA = VIABLE

CASESC = ACCESS

IQIDUL = LIQUID

GCYANE = AGENCY

CARTOON ANSWER:  THEY  WERE SHOCKED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THEY HAVING QUADRUPLETS.  IT SEEMED:

ONLEVBCEIIANC  =  INCONCEIVABLE

Mike, This one’s for you!  💤 ☕️🍩 💤

Good morning, Everyone!      💐❤️ Happy Mother’s Day! ❤️💐

Some of us were hoping for a Mother’s Day themed puzzle…well, I guess this is as close as we’ll get! Conception!  (At least Jeff and Dave didn’t make today’s venture LABORious)! Our words were pretty much CHILD’S play: OBLONG, AGENCY, LIQUID, ACCESS, leaping right off the page; we’ve seen these words before.  I’m sure we’ve seen LETTER and VIABLE also, but the scrambling of them seemed to give off a kind of re-BIRTH!  Viable’s a funny word for this Jumble though, because broken down, VItA means “life”,  and Able, “to be possible”.  Could they have CONCEIVED this on purpose? Gentlemen, care to comment? Anyway, on to the solve…Once again, the proof’s always in the pudding! The doctor stating, ‘…this would be unthinkable‘, the Mom stating, “I don’t believe it”, the Father… Well, the Father pulling his hair out!…LOL…You read it, you see it, you solve it! INCONCEIVABLE!  You recite the, “I before E, except after C” mantra, and there you go!..As always, good graphics, better dialogue, best of puns! A blessing!

And so, holding true to the theory, ‘the more things change, the more they remain the same’: Mike will be back tomorrow, the woman’s shirt is purple!!!, and life goes on!

VITA BREVIS!  Life IS short; Make the most of today!

(And here’s to you, Mom💔)

Wishing  everyone a beautiful Sunday!  💐 🙋🏻

SOREA  = AROSE

ORDPO = DROOP

TSELET = SETTLE

APFOYF = PAYOFF

CARTOON ANSWER:   HE ASKED HER TO MARRY HIM, AND SHE SAID “YES”.         THEN HE:

AOSDROPSTTEPAO:  PROPOSED A TOAST

Mike, This one’s for you: 🍾

Good morning, Everyone.   🍎 Happy National Apple Pie Day: 🍎                                    Mike has the morning off,  I’m here to welcome you to the weekend.

Our words today are as easy as pie, the one exception maybe being PAYOFF. Those two-in-one words can sometimes be tricky, and I blinked once or twice before I saw the word. Very good scramble. Letters at the ready, on to the cartoon! Not sure if it was intentional, but Jeff has taken some poetic license here, and given us a poem within the dialogue! “Life…wife!” How cute is that? I’m reading it and thinking back to English 101 and iambic pentameter comes to mind. Iambic pentameter! It’s a word game, it’s a cartoon…it’s 6 o’clock on a Saturday morning…get over it! The cartoon: We have a man, Raised glass in hand, A ring we see…Ah, there’s the key!  (Yes, yes, I know. Sorry, I just couldn’t resist)!  It’s a PROPOSAL!…And we see he’s making a toast…And there you have it! PROPOSED A TOAST!  How cute is THAT? The couple, along with the waiter are raising champagne flutes.  The other diners, (which OF COURSE includes the requisite blonde woman dressed in purple – Seriously,  what’s up with this?),  seem to be joining in with a wine and perhaps a scotch on the rocks? Smiling faces all around! Really good graphic, exceptional dialogue. Kudos! Cheers! Congratulations!  I think today, Jeff has shown us that..To some, marriage is just a WORD…To others….it’s a SENTENCE!

Wishing Everyone a wonderful day, and to those of us here in the Northeast, I hope you’re 🎶”Singin’ In The Rain…🎶  ☔️ 💦🙋🏻

HNICC = CINCH

DOEMM = MODEM

LOGMOY = GLOOMY

SOKERH = KOSHER

CARTOON ANSWER:

GEORGE V RULED BRITAIN FROM 1910 UNTIL HE LEFT FOR THIS IN 1936 —

CINODMGOMKE = KINGDOM COME

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!  Did anyone else think that clue words were amazing this week?  Looking back through the blog, my favorites in no particular order were CAVIAR, TROPHY, SYMBOL, BEYOND, SYRUPY and ACCENT.  After today’s puzzle, I would add CINCH and MODEM to the list and there are enough words there for one heck of a JUMBLE!  No problems with any of the anagrams this morning and I was at the cartoon in seconds.  I didn’t even read the sentence and dialogue after I wrote out the clue letters as I saw KING right away and the rest fell into place for the finish.  Have a wonderful Friday and an early Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there.  See you bright and early Monday morning!  🤴🏼

CITHH = HITCH

REEMG = MERGE

PURYYS = SYRUPY

CNECAT = ACCENT

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE FLOCK OF BIRDS WAS SELLING ITS ROOSTS AND HOPED THAT OTHER BIRDS WOULD —

HHMEESRPCET = “PERCHES” THEM

Good morning everyone and happy Thursday!  The clue words have really impressed me so far this week as fresh words make the puzzle more satisfying to solve.  ACCENT gave me a hint of trouble causing me to pause just for a moment before it came into view.  Moving on to the cartoon answer, Mr. Hoyt decided to give us another word in quotes for the third time this week which is unusual yet appreciated.  Looking at the 11 clue letters, I noticed RESPECT was clumped together at the end but surely he wouldn’t make it that easy of a solve.  I took the bait anyway and tried it but of course it didn’t work.  THEM came into view next and after crossing it out, PERCHES took a few seconds to decipher for the finish.  The cartoon that Jeff gave us contained no obvious details that would help you solve the puzzle if you got stuck so you really had to use your noodle for this one.  Enjoy your Thursday and I look forward to seeing you right back here tomorrow!  

LEWNY = NEWLY

FURGF = GRUFF

DEBNOY = BEYOND

ZLAREB = BLAZER

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE NEW EMPLOYEE AT THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS A —

NEYGUFEONDBLER = BUNDLE OF ENERGY

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday!  We’re at the midpoint of the week and the puzzles have been absolutely fantastic so far.  Today’s puzzle continued the trend of unique and fresh clue words that weren’t pushovers.  BEYOND would be my pick for the most difficult of the bunch, and it took me a few minutes before coming into view.  BLAZER also resisted a bit but I think I was just frustrated from not solving BEYOND as fast as I would have liked.  With all of the clue words completed, it was time for the cartoon!  After reading the dialogue and sentence and looking at my letters, nothing came to mind which was very puzzling.  BLUNDER was the only word I saw but there were no 7-letter words in the solution.  My best bet was to solve the 2-letter word and go from there.  I tried ON first but couldn’t find anything else so I went to OF.  ENERGY finally jumped out at me leaving BUNDLE for the finish.  Did you notice that Jeff gave a name to the character on the left (Jere Jenkins)?  You’d need a magnifying glass to read his name tag or just look at the attached picture.  I did a quick search for Mr. Jenkins, however; I didn’t come up with anything relevant so perhaps he’s a friend or fan of the puzzle.  Also present was the “I ❤️ Jumble” coffee mug which can purchased at the link below.   It’s a great mug and I use mine every morning to display my Jumble pride.  Have a wonderful Wednesday and I’ll see you tomorrow!  🙂

http://www.cafepress.com/ilovejumble

XTREE = EXERT

VAHNE = HAVEN

HTORYP = TROPHY

MYSLOB = SYMBOL

CARTOON ANSWER:

THEIR BUSINESS WAS ON A STREET WITH MANY SHOPS AND ANOTHER WAS OPENING —

XETENTRSO = NEXT “STORE”

Happy Tuesday morning everyone!  The clue words were excellent choices with EXERT being the only one that gave itself up upon first glance.  TROPHY took the longest and would be my pick for the most difficult anagram to decipher.  Moving on to the cartoon, I noticed the quotes around the second word and made no attempt on a blind solve.  Writing out my letters, NEXT popped out like a sore thumb, most likely because the letters were grouped so close together.  That left me with a quick solve for STORE and the finish.  The store names were cute, but it was the detail in NICE SLICES that made the cartoon really interesting.  Have a terrific Tuesday and I’ll see you tomorrow!