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!  😀⚾️

CNOOHH = HONCHO

TAUDSJ = ADJUST

TRWHTA = THWART

NRREOY = ORNERY

CISELK = SICKLE

SIPEMO = IMPOSE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE CAR WASH EMPLOYEE WAS SMITTEN WITH HIS NEW COWORKER AND INSTANTLY —

HOATHRTONESKEIO = TOOK A SHINE TO HER

Have a wonderful Sunday and see you bright and early Monday morning!

LAWOL = ALLOW

LAHEV = HALVE

YUKRET = TURKEY

FARYDT = DRAFTY

CARTOON ANSWER:

FOR THE PURSE-SNATCHER, GETTING CAUGHT WAS —

AOHETRKDAT = HARD TO TAKE

Have a super Saturday everyone!  If you’re in the Chicago area, you’ll definitely want to check this out.  With a little more planning, I would have tried to attend as it would be a dream come true and all proceeds go to a GREAT cause.  Let us know if you go!  😀

RACYR = CARRY

OBATO = TABOO

LENKIU = UNLIKE

MTRWAH = WARMTH

CARTOON ANSWER: HENRY DAVID PROOFREAD “WALDEN” CAREFULLY. AFTER ALL, HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS…

ARRTOOUKEWH = “THOREAU” WORK

Good morning Mike, This one’s for you! 🍸

Good morning, Everyone.  💃🏻 Happy Cinco de Mayo! 💃🏻

Ok, Ok…Calm down! I can hear the collective “What..”? from here!  No need to panic. Mike just asked me to post the words this morning because he had something to attend to. He’ll be here later today…

This puzzle! There are no words..(HA..you should be so lucky! I got the words right here…)! Right off the bat, I have to say that it took great restraint for me not to put an exclamation point after today’s answer. “THOREAU” WORK..!!!  I’m kvelling here! But keeping to the script, that would be wrong of me. So, let me PONDer this!  How, how..give me a word..Clever? creative? BRILLIANT!  I actually yelled “Yes”, and fist pumped the air! Remember just yesterday we sang Jeff’s artistic praises?  Well today, we raise our Margaritas in unison. Dave…..you had me at..Thoreau!

The words: Carry:check. Taboo:check. Unlike:check. Warmth? Blink…Pat, can I buy a vowel? But then the W jumped out at me, and Warmth. So, to the solve. Personally, I love the “…”  answers. It conjures up all kinds of possibilities. But before I even got there, I read the hint, and wait…, What?  Henry David?… Thoreau?  Could it be? (Refer above to the fist pump)! I glanced at my letters, wrote it in, and then, Work. He was known for his Thorough Work!!! Again, the kvelling!  Even if you were ‘out that day’ during English 101, Proofread, the Pond, WALDEN in quotes, he served this up to us on a silver platter! “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity”….. (Oh, you were out that day?…LOL)!

All I can say is, Mike, you gave me a gift today. I think if you saw this puzzle before time, you would have rescheduled that appointment! This is a Jumble-AYA!

And, speaking of hot, spicy food..( See how I segued right into this? I have no shame)..This year, especially,…Let’s all celebrate this Mexican holiday! Wear a sombrero, strap on your espadrilles, kick up your tacones, and raise those Margaritas! (Just try to keep them at a minimum, because tomorrow…the Mint Juleps)!  Wishing us all a great day! 🍸💃🏻🙋🏻

WERFE = FEWER

RIHDT = THIRD

VOTEMI = MOTIVE

GORJEG = JOGGER

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT EVER INSTALLED WAS POPULAR —

FEETHRMOTOGG = FROM THE GET-GO

Happy Thursday morning, my friends!  It was all green lights for me while cruising through the clue words this morning.  JOGGER would be my pick for the more difficult word of the group, so hopefully it didn’t cause a traffic jam for you.  I noticed two of the words had the -ER suffix (FEWER and JOGGER) but it wasn’t enough to cause me any problems so I headed south to the cartoon portion of my daily Jumble commute.  I didn’t attempt a blind solve this morning so I jotted down my clue letters and read the sentence and dialogue.  From the clue letters, I noticed THE immediately so I crossed it out.  GO seemed like a logical choice for the two letter word which led me to see GET.  Last but not least was FROM for the finish and now I could enjoy the cartoon.  Doing some research on traffic signals, the first electric traffic light was installed on August 5th, 1914 at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.  I assume that this is the corner we see in Jeff’s cartoon, and the clothing on the men pictured seems to match the period.  There is a hood ornament on the car on the left but I couldn’t figure it out what it was.  I’m sure someone will know and can fill us in (hopefully)!  Have a terrific Thursday and I’ll see you tomorrow.  🙂🚦

VIHEC = CHIVE

SOYUL = LOUSY

TINEKT = KITTEN

AGLGEG = GAGGLE

CARTOON ANSWER:  AFTER A LONG DAY OF SHOWING OFF HIS NEW ELECTRIC BULB, THOMAS EDISON WAS – – –

HIELOUKITTAGL = OUT LIKE A LIGHT

Good Wednesday morning everyone!  The first two clue words were a snap, but the last two gave me some pause.  As soon as I tried the K in KITTEN, the answer came right away.  GAGGLE took a few seconds more as it was jumbled very well and it’s a word that you don’t see too often.  With all of the clue words completed, it was on to the cartoon.  After reading the dialogue and sentence, I didn’t need the clue letters to solve this one.  I guess you could say the lightbulb went on in my head and the answer just flowed out for the finish.  I did a search for some fun facts about Thomas Edison and here’s what I found.  He was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio.  His children were nicknamed “Dot” and “Dash” in honor of his early telegraph days.  Also he had a tattoo on his forearm of a quincunx (like the face of the number “five” on a dice cube).  I hope everyone has a great day and I’ll see you tomorrow!  😀💡

ZEAGU = GAUZE

RROMU = RUMOR

RILPSA = SPIRAL

SLIVEW = SWIVEL

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN IT CAME TO BEING A LEAD SINGER, DIANA ROSS WAS —

UEMPRSE = SUPREME

Happy Tuesday morning everyone!  It was a very easy solve for me today with all of the clue words coming instantly.  If I had to choose the most challenging word of the group, SPIRAL would be my pick.  The cartoon answer was only 7 letters and was a snap to figure out as well.  Here’s a few fun facts about the Supremes:  The first single the group recorded was “I Want a Guy” and was released in April of 1961.  It was considered a dud and it wasn’t until August of 1964 that they had their first #1 hit being “Where Did Our Love Go”.  Interestingly enough, the song was written for The Marvelettes but they passed on it!  Have a terrific Tuesday and I’ll see you tomorrow!  🙂

HIYRA = HAIRY

LIGEA = AGILE

NSIDAL = ISLAND

THISCW = SWITCH

CARTOON ANSWER:

SHE WANTED HIM TO GO WITH HER TO AN ESTATE PLANNER, AND HE DID IT —

HAIAGILSLNSWIT = AGAINST HIS WILL

Good Monday morning my friends!  It’s always great getting away for awhile, but nothing feels as good as being home.  A big THANK YOU to Angela for keeping the answers flowing and doing an excellent write-up every morning.  All of your hard work was greatly appreciated!!!  😊👍🏻

I must admit that I only glanced at the puzzles last week and never really attempted any of them so it felt great to shake off the rust and get back to work.  The only clue word to give me some pause was ISLAND but it was a breeze after breaking out my notepad and doing a little self-jumbling.  The cartoon answer was more difficult than I expected for a Monday morning with none of the words coming into view immediately.  I figured my best bet was to tackle the three letter word first but none of the usual suspects worked (the, and, or was).  After reading the dialogue and sentence, HIS popped into view with WILL coming next.  At that point, I had the whole answer and was amazed that it left AGAINST spelled almost perfectly in the letter layout.  My favorite part of the cartoon was the way Jeff framed it and had us looking at the couple in their garage.  If you look closely at the top of the cartoon, you can see the garage door.

For some reason I stopped getting email alerts of new posts about halfway through last week and I’m not sure why this started happening.  I now understand what some of you folks were experiencing and I’ll try to fix it if possible.  Have an enjoyable Monday and I’ll see you tomorrow!  🙂

PRULLA = PLURAL

VLTEEV = VELVET

OPYSKO = SPOOKY

UNISEF = INFUSE

GIHREH= HIGHER

CATDEH =DETACH

WHEN THE INNOVATIVE MAIL CARRIER BUILT HIS OWN MAIL CART, HE:

PULVEESPONEHHEDET = PUSHED THE ENVELOPE

Mike, This one’s for you! 🍾

Good morning, everyone!     Happy Sunday!

Where do I begin..?  Plural, I had to write down. Once on paper, check. Velvet, check. Spooky, check. UNISEF, you know I’m saying UNICEF….(So then I’m thinking donations, so then I go to maybe I don’t give enough, so then I want to go check my tax returns….this Ladies and Gentlemen is the result of lack of sleep and AADD)! LOL. Back to the puzzle..So I think Fusion, Ef..something, I had to write this one down too. Ah, Infuse, check. Higher, a little tic, but check. And finally, Detach, check.

Now to the answer. I saw words that would fit the first answer word:  Solved, Opened, Vetoed. Show of hands, how many of us were looking for that M to put Stamp somewhere in there? Just me? But then, there’s no A either. I thought from the initial read that the middle word would be His  I wanted it to be His!  But the only word that could have given me the I, was Infuse. So, of course, I go back and look at it…and OF COURSE, there’s UNICEF again. So now I’m convinced sleep really IS essential to good mental health. I see that I’m right with Infuse, so it’s not going to be His.  (This throws off  the whole path I was going down). So I have to rephrase, and it has to be The, or One. I go with The. The H’s and the V and all those Es were throwing my concentration off. The blurry eyes didn’t help! Seven minutes into staring at the letters, I decided to concentrate on the cartoon. And there it was. The carrier’s boss, I assume, has a gruff look on his face. And the clincher for me? His hand.  He’s gesturing a Stop, or a No Way. And then, it hit me. I could have had a V8! No, really I could have had a V8 instead of the orange juice….Oh right, the puzzle…The main office won’t approve…the carrier was pushing his luck.  Pushing the Envelope!  It should have been such an easy solve, but I just couldn’t see it.

Todays puzzle SEALS it for me. No one welcomes Mike back more than I. (Ok, maybe some…HA)!  The weather’s gotten better here, I hope everyone is safe from the storms. Wishing us all a blessed Sunday.

Until tomorrow….Oh no, wait… Thank you all, it’s been a pleasure! ❤️🙋🏻

NIJTO = JOINT

CCINY = CYNIC

CURPSE = SPRUCE

TUREMT = MUTTER

THE RHYMING SHERIFF SPECIALLIZED IN:

JOICICSPEUTTE =   POETIC JUSTICE

Good morning, everyone!   Happy 100th Day!      (Bipartisanship)

…5:14 AM, EDT. SI, NY, in the throes of a massive rain storm. Thunder, lightning, buckets of teeming rain thrashing against the windows.  The lights flickering twice. Claps of rumbling thunder, deafening, strikes of lightning illuminating every room. I sit alone, coffee growing cold beside me, as I stare into…Oh, wait…Sorry, wrong page.  This is Jumble Answers!  HA-HA

Today, we’re given some choice words. Joint, (Jinto? What the heck is Jinto)?, Blink, Blink, PASS…Spruce, Mutter. Ok, back to number 2. As a Jumble purist, I always want to finish my words first. Staring, staring….Ah, Cynic.  I should have recognized it immediately, I was called cynical just last night! (Please refer back to the 100 days greeting). This word was expertly scrambled for only 5 letters, don’t you think?  To the solution: 13 letters;  as I’m writing them down, I look at the cartoon: the cop reciting a poem, there’s a J….(we don’t see a lot of J’s)… Poetic Justice! How clever is that? Excellent words, excellent answer! The cartoon. Blue clothes, nondescript yellow car. Maybe someone out there may know what kind.  I have a few male friends who always amaze me when it comes to cars. They’ll see one, and ..”Oh, ’74 Pontiac, turbo engine, four on the floor”, or, ’08 Cadillac, 4-speed automatic, 275 horse power”, or whatever, you get the gist.  Go ahead,  ask me:  YOU: “So, what kinda car ‘dja get”?  ME: “Um, blue”.

All in all, great puzzle for a Saturday morning. I didn’t have the greatest day y’day, felt like I kind of phoned the puzzle in, but things turned around last night. I bought some new shoes, the Mets won, and I took a stand. 😉   I may just quit therapy! LOL!!

Storms over, sun has risen. Let’s get out there and enjoy the day! Until tomorrow. 🙋🏻

TEHET = TEETH

SOKKI = KIOSK

VHIRET = THRIVE

TOTOPA = POTATO

CARTOON ANSWER: THE PATIENT WAS TOLD TO LOWER HIS BLOOD PRESSURE, AND HE:

TETKIOTHROATO = TOOK IT TO HEART

Mike, This one’s for you! 🍧

Good morning, everyone!            Finally…Friday!

After a few days of ABC words, today I blinked at Teeth. Could be something about the H encased in Es;  I don’t know, I just sat here and stared at it. No STALL at Kiosk, first saw rivet with Thrive, ( H again…What the H)?, and then Potato.

Today’s cartoon really didn’t offer that much of a clue, not graphically anyway. The dialogue was the key. Numbers, lowering blood pressure…Common phrase, “Took it to Heart”. Didn’t skip a beat…

HEARTfully wishing you all a good day…Until tomorrow. ❤️🙋🏻

TALOG = GLOAT

MEPLI = IMPEL

DUNEDS = SUDDEN

RUBSAD = ABSURD

CARTOON ANSWER: WHEN THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO WRITE DOWN MUSIC, IT WAS:

OTELNAB:  NOTABLE

Mike, This one’s for you! 🍻

Good morning, everyone!   Happy Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day!

Ah, MUSIC:  🎶🎶🎶 …With charms to soothe the savage beast. ( NOTE: no quotation marks, I’m intentionally paraphrasing). Beast just makes so much more sense! Where would we be without Music, the true universal language? We all love words, (or we wouldn’t be reading this), but what’s the words without the Music? 🎶🎶🎶

Today’s words, once again, only took me a MINUET.  Even Absurd, which SOUNDS absurd, because I always think it needs a P. There seems to be nothing cryptic about the last few puzzles; great puzzles, but easy, breezy obvious answers. Today’s cartoon made it so simple, with the NOTES on the sheet music, the one monk using the word extraordinary, and the other the word CYMBALS! (You know I had to get that one in…I was chomping at the bit the minute I saw the puzzle! I’m not proud)!…HA…And finally, within the few letters needed to solve, WRITE off we saw the word NOTE.

There are enough puns and one liners relating to today’s puzzle, to choke a horse. (Again, with the reference to horses; I could have used these the other day)! Raise your BATONS, fellow word PUNdits, and PITCH a few of your own.  We could make beautiful 🎶 music 🎶 together!

Hoping you hear your favorite song today. Until tomorrow. 🎶🎶🎶🙋🏻🎶🎶🎶

SNIYH = SHINY

CCOLK = CLOCK

AMTENG= MAGNET

ARQUES= SQUARE

CARTOON ANSWER:  THE FISHERMEN WANTED TO REEL IN SOME FISH, BUT THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO:

SHYCOCMATSARE = CATCH SOME RAYS

Mike, This one’s for you! 🍹

Good morning, everyone!

Happy National Pretzel Day!  CARPe diem!

Like shooting FISH in a barrel! That’s how we can look at today’s words. Easy, breezy. Filled them in REEL quick.  As for the answer, nothing to TACKLE here. It’s a very commonly known phrase; and even if it’s not one you’re that familiar with, the dialogue: “Pass the sunscreen”, and the cartoon showing the men relaxing with rays emanating from the sun, tipped the SCALES!

So, Puzzle CHUMS, you may be wondering “What’s the CATCH”? ….”Where’s the beef”?   (Not everyone likes fish)!  I guess today was simply a little treat, just for the HALIBUT!   WATER  you think?   Let MINNOW!

Raining here in NY for the second day, but I wish you all a day in the sun.

Until tomorrow.🎣  🚣 🙋🏻

PLOEE = ELOPE

CIRKB = BRICK

TARREH = RATHER

DUPIMO = PODIUM

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE CHEMISTS ATE LUNCH EVERY DAY AT THE:

LPEBICRATEODI = PERIODIC TABLE

Mike, this one’s for you! 🍷

Good morning, everyone!            🔬Up and ATOM!🔬

“Who cares to define, what CHEMISTRY  this is; who cares with your lips on mine, how ignorant bliss is…”
I hear the word Chemistry, and this is what I conjure up. The math-science-physics Chemistry? (See above: Ignorance)! With that being said, this puzzle! So simple, but oh so clever! I tip my (laboratory) glass to David! We may have seen these words before, but todays mix was good. Elope, Brick, Rather, (even with those pesky double consonants)? No MATTER. And lastly, Podium. I thought Opium, letter short, ah, Podium! These words were JOULES! Today’s SOLUTION: They were sitting at the TABLE! “Same time”, “every day”..the dialogue was so helpful; but the clincher was the chart on the wall: the Periodic Table! It wasn’t that clear in my paper, (even though it was in yellow), but then I looked on line and I couldn’t believe the detail! (I’m going to try and post the graphic).  Major, Major props to Jeff. Crash course: Chemistry 101!

Here in NY, it’s rainy, windy, and raw. Spring has sprung a leak! Hopefully, it’s better by you. I wish you all a great day, and don’t take any wooden NICKELS!

Until tomorrow, 🔬🙋🏻