Monthly Archives: April 2018

Jumble Answers for 04/30/2018

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HVOSE – SHOVE

HMERY – RHYME

TRAPBU – ABRUPT 

CNAITT – INTACT

CARTOON ANSWER: THE TRENDY YOUNG HULA DANCER WAS A – – –

SH RE P IT – HIPSTER

Good Morning, Everyone!      👣I GOT THE HIPPY HIPPY SHAKES 👣

🎶 For goodness sakes, I got the HIPPY HIPPY shakes…Yeah, I got the shakes…I got the HIPPY HIPPY shakes. Ooh, I can’t sit still…With the HIPPY HIPPY shakes.. Well, now you shake it to the left, you shake it to the right…You do the HIPPY shake shake…With all your might. Oh Baby…Yeah, come on and shake…Aw, it’s in the bag…Oh, the HIPPY HIPPY shake, oh yeah…🎶

👙👣She’s visiting Hawaii, she figures push come SHOVE
She’d like to get the most of it, and do the things she loves…
She’s always enjoyed dancing, it’s rhythm and the RHYME,
So she thought she’d try hula…she’d definitely make the time.
But one of the instructors, ABRUPT and quite annoyed,
Told her that body movement wasn’t something to avoid.
“You really can’t do hula, if your body stays INTACT,
You need to loosen up and move your arms and hips and back”
But she felt she could do it, with the coffee to her lips…ER…
I think a rude awakening will sway this city HIPSTER! 👣👙

Our words today…All old favorites, but with a definite new SPIN. I think perhaps of all four, RHYME may SHAKE you up a bit. Today, our cartoon brings us to the shores of HAWAII. We see a trendy city woman, attending a HULA dance class. With her steaming coffee in hand, and cell phone loosely placed in her pocket, the instructor is asking her…”So, HAWAII you here? You’re not dressed properly, your hands aren’t free, and I’m getting the impression that your idea of grass is different from mine.. Just HULA you think you are…” Oh POI! She’s not HULAing around, is she? Talk about Urban reBOOal! So our question asks…What was the City Kicker, looking to learn the HULA? Solution? She was a HIPSTER! Well, What do you SWAY? Good one, David! A real HAWAIIAN PUNCHline! Ok, eye candy…Palm trees, leis, HULA dancers...We’ve SCENE it before, so I don’t care ATOLL…Let’s go with our City Kickers’ plaid skirt and boots...Good REEF! Y-ORCHIDDING me, right? So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And ISLE be seeing you…👣👙🙋🏻

 

Jumble Answers for 04/29/2018

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WLONIF – INFLOW

SIYMDA – DISMAY

DOHWAS – SHADOW

CAVIET – ACTIVE

MURSEM – SUMMER

SMECUL – MUSCLE

CARTOON ANSWER:  IN THE LATE ’70s, PAUL DAVID HEWSON STARTED

GOING BY BONO AND – – –

INF DA SHA AE MME MLE = MADE A NAME (for) HIMSELF

Good Morning, Everyone!             🎶 NAME THAT TUNE….SMITH! 🎶

🎶I have climbed the highest mountains…I have run through the fields, Only to be with you…Only to be with you…I have kissed honey lips, Felt the healing in the fingertips….It burned like fire….This burning desire…But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for…But I still haven’t found…what I’m looking for…🎶

🎶 The SHADOW of those SUMMER nights with U2 playing soft…
The sound of Bono’s dulcet voice that takes ones heart aloft.
A fan of both the band and he there never was DISMAY
While listening throughout the years to what they had to say…
And besides the great music, Bono works for the INFLOW
Of money for the charities that he has come to know…
Philanthropy he’s noted for, he’s ACTIVE and he’s kind,
So many causes he has helped, you need him, you will find.
He’ll use his social MUSCLE..go above and go beyond
Which is the reason many of us of him, have grown fond.
For so very long I’ve been a fan, his music’s on my shelf…
And Bono has o’er all these years MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF! 🎶

Today’s words. What can we say? I think INFLOW may cause a few eye rolls…Not only being a compound word, which sometimes causes a tic or two, but it’s also not a commonly known word. And then we have ACTIVE. Definitely a common word, but David’s anagram is exceptionally good. MUSCLE? Muscling in? And maybe, to your DISMAY…Well, enough said! Let me know your thoughts…So, our cartoon and solution. We seem to be at a recording studio, in 1976, the dialogue telling us that BONO is announcing his new name. He settled on Bono, after going by a series of other nicknames. The first? Are your ready for this? Here goes: “Steinhegvanhuysenolegbangbangbang“…! No, I’m not kidding, and Yes, you heard it right! Boy, that would have played out well on a marquee, huh? Anyway, there’s plenty of information on line about both Bono, and his band, U2, for anyone who’d like to learn a little more. The dialogue goes on to show the other band members making a few remarks. (And since I’m going with the year being 1976 here, I may be wrong with the names, but Jeff can always correct me if I am). The line spoken by Dik Evans, about Cher is funny, since she was still using Bono as her last name at the time. Nice touch, Jeff. The Edge (Dave Evans), is the man speaking of wearing a cap, and in the foreground, is Larry Mullen, the drummer. Our question, paraphrased, asks…After Paul changed his name, he started to…MAKE A NAME for HIMSELF! I love it! Very clever, David, well done! ..And Jeff? U2! Great caricatures! In fact, I’m just going to give you the Eye Candy Award today…the whole panel is a keeper! (Although, if that is Bono’s navel I think I see? Well, Jeff…There goes my 🎶VERTIGO🎶)! And since the band is embarking on their EXPERIENCE + INNOCENCE TOUR, I’d say your usual 🎶MYSTERIOUS WAYS🎶 aren’t so mysterious this time around! So, There you have it Folks, Done. And I wish you all a really 🎶BEAUTIFUL DAY🎶…🎶🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 04/28/2018

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PIOHP – HIPPO

NTIHN – NINTH

RENVIT – INVERT

ETRTLE – LETTER

CARTOON ANSWER: THE OIL COMPANY WAS BEHIND SCHEDULE BECAUSE

OF TOO MANY PROJECTS – – –

IPPNIHINELETE = IN THE PIPELINE

Good Morning, Everyone!             ⛽️ PIPE DREAMS ⛽️

🎶At 5 in the morning, I get outta bed…They fork up the coffee, to clear my head…Go down to the kitchen to get some chow, The foreman says…”WELL we gotta leave now”…I got my safety glasses, hard hat and safety shoes…I got those every day, working on the PIPELINE blues….🎶

⛽️ You can look and see the money kind of showing on his face,
And the Oil Man is telling Joe to just pick up the pace.
Like the bottom of the NINTH here, there is no time to lose..
And INVERTing pipe and laying it is what the men did choose.
Called the HIPPO Oil Company because it’s large and mean…
A hippos got a barrel shape and barrels are their dream…
But to do it to the LETTER, means you gotta’ do it right,
And the projects start to pile up…an Oil Man’s worst plight.
But the greed and the ambition and the “gimme all that’s mine”…
O’er a barrel put our Oil Man, cause it’s all….IN THE PIPELINE!⛽️

OIL I know is, today’s anagrams are TOP NOTCH! Not hard, not CRUDE, but scrambled up just enough to make them PROJECT a little extra thought or two. *Thirteen LETTERS* can LAY anyone out! But if you write our LETTERs out in a LINE, WELL, they won’t have you over a BARREL! And that brings us to our cartoon. Today, we’re out at a construction SITE, where we see an OIL tycoon, MARK ITUP, telling his foreman, Joe, that the work on LAYING PIPELINES at this SITE needs to be wrapped up. There are other jobs that will need OIL his attention. Joe knows! And he’s trying his best…But there’s just too many PROJECTS…There’a a phrase that means “awaiting completion or processing; being developed“. That phrase is..IN THE PIPELINE. And our question is stating that the company is way behind schedule. And the only solution? Oh Wait..That IS the solution! To the puzzle at least..As far as the OIL PROJECT backlog goes?…WELL, that’s not our problem now, is it? Nope! Our job was just to solve this puzzle, and we have! So let’s look for eye candy…MARK ITUP has a nice bushy mustache, but I’m not paying any LIP service to it…I’ll just go with the OIL WELL icons on his 10 GALLON hat and his Bolo tie. They’re not great, but they’re OIL right. So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And remember...OILS WELL that ends WELL! ⛽️🙋🏻

** CORRECTION: My Email went out early this morning reading *Fifteen consonants*. I have no idea what I may have been thinking. There aren’t even fifteen letters! I do way too much juggling! I’ve corrected it, and I apologize to any of you who may still be counting…! 😳🙋🏻

 

 

Jumble Answers for 04/27/2018

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GEAGF – GAFFE

RNOWS – SWORN

LASRWU – WALRUS

ZECIRO – COZIER

CARTOON ANSWER: HER CAT SLEPT ON HER SWEATER, AND NOW IT WAS – – 

AFESWRWRUOER = WORSE “FUR” WEAR

Good Morning, Everyone!       🐱 HAIR Today, Gone Tomorrow?…🐱

🎶 Baby, baby, WEAR did our love go? And all your promises of a love forevermore?…I’ve got this burning, burning, yearning feelin’ inside me…Ooh, deep inside me, and it hurts so bad…🎶

🐱 The cat tried to get COZIER though this could be a GAFFE
And maybe he should just have stayed on the couch’s other half.
But he was in the middle there…where the sweater she had left
And now our girl takes just one look and she’s feeling bereft…
She’d SWORN to be more careful, and put her clothes away,
But here we see forgetfulness is causing her to say…
“My outfit’s ruined, now how am I supposed to look so chic…
And this was the last sweater at the new WALRUS Boutique!
I’ll need to find another look, this sweater’s full of hair…
It just won’t do, cause like my couch, now its just WORSE “FUR” WEAR”! 🐱

Looking at today’s words, I’ve a strong feeling that GAFFE may cause a little head SCRATCHING. And COZIER some discomfort. Having recently used Gaffe in a story I’m working on, it caused me no PAWS, but it’s not an everyday word. And Cozier has that Zero thing going on…Nothing that couldn’t be solved, but again, perhaps a PAWS….

Ok, let’s get to our cartoon, and see if we can SHED some light on today’s solution. Oh no! A CAT?…Not again! PAW Jeff...We see our girl, KAT, and she’s lamenting the loss of her new mauve sweater, with the PURRple trim. Her CAT, NIP, finding the sweater just lying around, decided it was the PURRfect place to fall asleep. But nothing could be WORSE. The sweater’s now full of FURry hair, and it’s ruined. And you know who’s the PURRpatrator! But, we see NIP just looking up, probably thinking…”WAUL it is FURniture, right? LITTERally? So I just found the ideal PAWSition and fell asleep…It was this or the carPET“. Whatever. All we know is that now, one of KAT’s newest PAWsessions is ruined…And our question asks…What’s the sweater now? WORSE “FUR” WEAR! WAUL, PAW KAT a NIP, and put it on David’s TAB..BY cause we’re done! Good one, Dave!

So, eye candy. We have the SCRATCHING POST. And we can see the LITTER BOX in the other room, through the archway…But no, I don’t find either of them FURmidable. I’m going with the look on NIP’s face…What a PUSS! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And keep in mind that it’s a good practice to hang up your clothes…Just beCLAWS…🐱🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 04/26/2018

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FINSF – SNIFF

GHTTI – TIGHT

KNARYC – CRANKY

EEGULA – LEAGUE

CARTOON ANSWER: AFTER SEEING THAT HIS HOUSEBOAT HAD BEEN

WRECKED IN THE STORM, HIS – – – 

SNTHRAKEA = HEART SANK

Good Morning, Everyone!       💔🛳 HEART….WAKE? 🛳💔n

🎶 Don’t know why…There’s no sun up in the sky, STORMY WEATHER…Since my man and I ain’t together, keeps rainin’ all the time. Can’t go on…Everything I had is gone...STORMY WEATHER…Since my man and I ain’t together…Keeps rainin’ all the time…Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere…STORMY WEATHER...Just can’t get my poor self together…I’m weary all the time…Keeps rainin’ all the time….🎶

🛳 He’s not CRANKY, he’s heart broken as he tried with all his might
To keep composure steady, as his heart strings pulled so TIGHT…
And he watched as his boat sank and he teared up with a SNIFF,
As the memories were taken…replace them? Yea, as if…
His kids when they were Little LEAGUE and then when they were grown,
He saw his photos disappear and this he now bemoaned…
The storm had done such damage, now the water dark and dank
Just wiped away a lifetime and he watched as his HEART SANK…🛳

Today’s words can be filed UNDER been there, done that. Easily written DOWN, we’re ready to move on to our cartoon. Sadly today, what we SEA is not a happy sight. There’ll be no solution to this guys problem, even though our solution to the puzzle is easily SEAn. There’s been a STORM, and we SEA that’s it’s WRECKED havoc. Standing on a dock, watching his beloved houseboat SINK, we see a man and a woman. The diaLOG is telling us that the man has lost all his memories which were kept on the boat. Unfortunately, his WATERSHED moment is taking place right before his eyes. He stands there, hat in hand, crestFALLEN, as his arm crosses his broken HEART. Our question states that after seeing this, his…HEART SANK. What can I say about this puzzle? This SHIP has SAILED…Eye candy? There’s a lot of BLUE….and ironically, Jeff hasn’t given us his beloved SINKING sailboat today. Instead out on the horizon, we see a red-sailed boat, with three people aboard. They’ve WEATHERED the STORM…So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day Everyone! And I wish you all smooth SAILING….🛳🙋🏻

 

 

Jumble Answers for 04/25/2018

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ARYIN – RAINY

CALTH – LATCH

CEPCAT – ACCEPT

VITIEN – INVITE

CARTOON ANSWER: THE HYPNOTIST WHO WORKED IN EUROPE AND

NORTH AMERICA WAS –  – 

RANLATACCTNITE = “TRANCE”- ATLANTIC

Good Morning, Everyone!      💤 YOUR EYES ARE GETTING HEAVY…VERY HEAVY..💤 

🎶 I put a spell on you…’cause you’re mine…You better stop the things you do
I ain’t lyin’…No I ain’t lyin’…You know I can’t stand it You know I can’t stand it
You’re runnin’ around…You know better daddy. I can’t stand it cause you put me down..I put a spell on you…Because you’re mine….You’re mine 🎶

💤💤 Like flying isn’t bad enough, imagine having this?
A hypnotist to tell you that you’re in a state of bliss…
Nobody on your shoulder, no babies crying loud
No bathroom line to choke a horse…”I’m after this whole crowd”?
No matter what may happen, there will never be a panic…
Cause here on board, look what we have hypnosis “TRANCE”-ATLANTIC!💤💤

Yes, I was entranced! Clever, very clever, and great pun…But did they put me under?Not a chance! Hypnosis=TRANCE! Don’t blink, you’ll miss it! Ok, maybe you blinked at ACCEPT? But the rest…💤💤 Our cartoon…Let’s FLY over for the solution…We’re aboard a plane, maybe crossing the ocean. A hypnotist on board, Sammy Kaye, for some reason is hypnotizing the passengers. It seems to be working, because everyone is shown with those droopy cartoon eyes that signify sleepiness…including the flight attendant. Our question is stating that the hypnotist works both in Europe and North America..You know, Trans-Atlantic? Are you falling asleep yet? What was he? “TRANCE”-ATLANTIC! Well give me one of the drinks …so I can explain while I’m clucking like a chicken! This was a regular flight of fancy! Good one, David! Eye candy? I’m going with Sammy’s eyes…Beady little things…and those eyebrows…sinister looking things…Had enough right there to put me under…So, There you have it there, Folks! Done! Have a great day, and today, there’s a little twist. Who can guess why I named our hypnotist Sammy Kaye? 💤 🙋🏻

 

Jumble Answers for 04/24/2018

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PRETU – ERUPT

VAYHE – HEAVY

NOTGRS – STRONG

DSWIMO – WISDOM

CARTOON ANSWER: THE STORY ABOUT THE CANDY FACTORY WAS – – – 

ERTHEASTNWSDO = SHORT AND SWEET 

Good Morning Everyone!          🍭 HOW SWEET IT IS 🍭

🎶 Who can take a sunrise (who can take a sunrise), Sprinkle it with dew (sprinkle it with dew), Cover it with choc’late and a miracle or two…The CANDY MAN (the CANDY MAN), Oh, the CANDY MAN can (the CANDY MAN can). The CANDY MAN can, Cause he mixes it with love, and makes the world taste good (makes the world taste good)🎶

🍭 Here are our words and solution for today. Don’t fill up on candy…

I’ll be back…”TOOT SWEET”! 🍭

🍭 Although the hair is colored blonde, I knew who it would be
And looking closer at her shirt…just as I thought “Lucy”
The famous episode, where she and Ethel get a job
And chocolates ERUPT on the belt as they just grab and lob…
Now WISDOM needn’t tell us, HEAVY hints are what we see,
This family is visiting a Candy Factory…
The Fathers disillusioned, he thought that there’d be more
He’s thinking this is nothing more than going to a store…
But kids have different outlooks, their views on candy STRONG
They wanted this, no matter what…or how the lines were long…
So happy as the children are, I think that Dad might tweet
And tell his friends…”Not worth the wait…the place is SHORT AND SWEET! 🍭

How SWEET are our words today? Easy, breezy, REESE’S PIECEzy! So, on to our cartoon. Today we’re visiting a CANDY FACTORY, maybe somewhere on FIFTH AVENUE, and Jeff’s graphic gives us plenty to sink our teeth into! We see the host, dressed as a red and white PEPPERMINT CANDY MAN, complete with his HARD hat. Nice TWIST. He’s telling his audience, the GOODBARS, family of four, that the company was started because the owner loved candy. But since the Father, MR GOODBAR, MINT GOODBAR, is saying he thought there’d be “more” to the Factory’s story, it takes a big BITE out of the solution. We’re surrounded by Sweet Candy, the story is Short…It’s SHORT AND SWEET! HOT TAMALE! How SWEET is that? Ok, the eye CANDY! I’ve already mentioned Lucy and Ethel, and Jeff has embroidered their names on their shirts. They’re desperately trying to gain control of those chocolates. I go to PIECES every time I see that I Love Lucy episode! Just be TWIX you and I, I must have at least 50 views under my BELT! We see another worker, SCOOPing candy into a rotating machine. On the wall, is a photo of a Teddy Bear, a Candy Cane and a piece of Candy. Now, we come to our family. I guess it’s a BIT of a ROCKY ROAD for the Dad, he probably paid like 100 GRAND to get them all in, and it’s NUT thing like he expected. He’s thinking, “What WHOPPERS the ads for this place were”. The Mom, KIT KAT, seems to be taking it a lot BUTTER. FINGERS pointed upward, she seems pleased, U-NO? And now, the kids. BABY RUTH and JUNIOR MINT. Look at the JOY on that girls face! And why NUT? Her and her brother are looking at MOUNDS and MOUNDS of candy! And they’re free to go FISHing! She’s grabbing handfuls of those …WHAT-CHA-MA-CALL-ITs? Oh, right GUMMI BEARS, and he’s sucking on a CANDY CANE. He may need to take a FAST BREAK though, because it looks like he’s got STAR BURSTS in his eyes…Maybe he SKORed a little too much? Or maybe it’s because the Candy Canes are colored blue? Don’t SNICKER, they are! Anyway, I have to CHEWS, because it’s CRUNCH time. Almost AFTER EIGHT.! ..I’ll go with MR GOODBAR. Even though this was no PAYDAY for him…he’s still a SWEETHEART for putting up with it all! So, There you have it , Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And remember, there are so many RIESENS to be happy…TAKE 5 today, and just enJOY! 🍭🙋🏻

 

 

Jumble Answers for 04/23/2018

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SAUME – AMUSE

MIKPS – SKIMP

SLOJET – JOSTLE

POMTIR – IMPORT

CARTOON ANSWER: HE FELT THAT FATE WAS LEADING HIM TO GIVE

HER A SMOOCH. IT WAS – – – 

MESKSTI = “KISS-MET”

Good Morning, Everyone!                   💋 KISS KISS! 💋

🎶 It’s the way you love me…It’s a feeling like this. It’s centrifugal motion. It’s perpetual bliss…It’s that pivotal moment…It’s impossible…This KISS, this KISS, (Unstoppable)…This KISS, this KISS…🎶

💋 Kismet is defined as fate…and look at what we see
Our question gives us “FATE” and SMOOCH“…and that’s inevitably!
And then our dialogue goes on, to mention paths that crossed
The clues are making this quite clear…there’s no way to get lost! 💋

JOSTLE may shake you up a tiny bit, but as with the rest of our words, we’ve seen it before. Our cartoon shows us a couple on a doorstep gazing lovingly into one another’s eyes. DESTINY is in our dialogue…Jeff has shown us the path…Our question tells us it was FATE…Their MEETing was meant to be…He’s going to KISS her..It’s “KISS-MET“. Well touch up that lipstick and straighten that tie…Oh, wait, there is no tie. But there were enough hints to lead us right to the solution this morning. Good job, guys! Eye candy? Clearly ensconced on the sides of the door? SCONCES! I’ve seen the light! So, There you have it, Folks! Done. Plain and simple this morning. Easy, breezy just like our puzzle. Have a great day, Everyone! I hope to be back later with a little bit more. But in the meantime..I leave you with a kiss…💋🙋🏻

FYI: Mike is on vacation this week. Enjoy, Mike!

 

 

Jumble Answers for 04/22/2018

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GIDION – INDIGO

KULECB – BUCKLE

GLERRA – LARGER

DRIHAS – RADISH

RULHOY – HOURLY

SALPHS – SPLASH

CARTOON ANSWER: THE TWO SIBLINGS EXPRESSED THEIR DISPLEASURE

WITH THEIR FAMILY’S PLANS – – –

DIGBEGEDIHHYSS = “SIGHED”-BY-“SIGHED”

Good Morning, Everyone!     🙄 BECAUSE, SIGH…DON’T WANT TO…🙄

🎶Strollin’ with the one girl, SIGHIN‘ SIGH after SIGH…Nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you try…🎶

🙄 So looking at our cartoon, we see a family here,
Two young boys and their Mother, and a Father in his chair.
He thought that he’d relax today, but seems his wife thinks other
It’s garden work for everyone, the boys hear from their Mother.
So BUCKLE down they both must do, perhaps she’ll pay them HOURLY?
Or maybe not, “Mood INDIGO” seems the song playing sourly…
They’d rather not make RADISH plots and pull the yard of weeds,
They wanted to play video games like SPLASH and Frenzy Feed…
But I think these two brothers’ LARGER wishes go denied…
And that’s why we see them upset, and see them “SIGHED”-BY-“SIGHED“! 🙄

I think my poem may lack sparkle today, but our words surely don’t. I’m sure David’s PULLED them from his hat before, but these anagrams just shine. My choice for the two that caused the most SIGHS? RADISH and LARGER. I saw Regale and something beginning with SH. But I blinked and they came SPROUTING out. Our cartoon: Today we see a family of four, Mother, Father and two young sons. The Father, wanting to simply LILAC in his recliner has just found out that he’s about to be UPROOTED from his reverie, and called to garden duty. His TULIPS are telling us that he’s not thrilled. The sons, STANDING TOGETHER, SIDE by SIDE, upon  hearing the news, cry out in unison…”But we thought WEED just hang out”. Hmm. This is not a ROSY situation. So, BLOOM do we think will win out here? It remains to be SEED. But our question is asking…How did the siblings express their displeasure? See those sLUMPing shoulders? See the looks of “HOE NO” on their faces? They…”SIGHED” BY “SIGHED“! Well PANSY that! Good one, David, you old RAKE! (I know you really aren’t, but this IS a gardening puzzle…SOW let’s make beLEAF it’s a compleMINT ok)? A little hint here before we look for eye candy…If the SIDE BY SIDE pun didn’t come to you ASTER looking at the cartoon, and you wrote OUT the letters, SOIL you need to do, is PULL OUT BY, and then split up the double letters into two ROWS…I think today, the cartoon did give us a LARGER hint than usual. Ok, the candy…Not MULCH to see today…The only thing I’m getting a READ on is the newspaper in the Fathers hands…Let’s DIG IN…It has the Jumble with The Family CROCUS, oh, typo…Circus below it. It has a Boggle Brain Busters in the next ROW OVER. Two down from that is Ziggy. The FRAME in the middle, is showing a man with SPIKEd hair, wearing glasses. I have no idea who he is..ORCHID you not. Maybe someone can take STOCK, DIG into it, and let me know. As for the eye candy, I’m looking at the boys hands. Has anyone else besides me noticed that every time we see someone standing with their arms down, the hands are always shown with the fingers pointed backwards and up? That’s my candy today…I’m POSEYing a question.  Jeff…What’s the DIRT on that? So, There you have it, Folks, Done. It’s 6AM here in NYC. I’m throwing in the TROWEL and getting some rest….Have a great day, Everyone! 🙄🙋🏻

 

 

Jumble Answers for 04/21/2018

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NAOCG – CONGA

ROPFO – PROOF

IOCEOK – COOKIE

TENNYI – NINETY

CARTOON ANSWER:

SHE INVESTED IN THE PIZZA PARLOR BECAUSE SHE WANTED A – – –

COAPOFCIEINET – PIECE OF THE ACTION

Good Morning, Everyone!             🍕PIECE…AND TRY IT? 🍕

🎶(Take it)…Take another little PIZZA my heart, now Baby…(Break it), break another little bit of my heart, now Honey..(Have a)..have another little PIZZA my heart now, Baby….You know you’ve got it if it makes you feel good…

🍕 There’s nothing quite like pizza, especially in New York
Synonymous with who we are, just like the way we “tawk”.
Where some will look for COOKIEs, and others long for cake,
I’ll choose a pizza anytime…parlor or one I’ll make.
People from babes to NINETY cannot resist it’s lure…
And pizza parlors in NY are counted by the score.
The PROOF of a successful place is where the crowds you’ll see
Wrapped ’round the block like CONGA lines, abreast by two or three.
I don’t think I could say enough ’bout pizzas satisfaction…
I would invest just like our girl for a PIECE OF THE ACTION! 🍕

Looking at today’s words, I kept thinking about…how hungry I was! What can I say? I hear the word PIZZA and I become like one of Pavlov’s dogs…I could eat PIZZA every day, during any SEASON. As for the words themselves, despite being all old favorites, the anagrams are just enough of a challenge to whet any APPETITE. Ok, let’s see what our cartoon enFOLDS…Today Jeff places us at a PIZZA PARLOR, where we see three men and a woman. The dialogue tells us that the woman has recently invested in the place, and as she’s eating a SLICE of the PIE, she’s voicing her happiness over her decision. The proPIEetor, looking a little too CHEESY for my TASTE, is seen telling her he’s glad she now has a SLICE of the PIE; which with our question, was my first thought. PIE..Piece of the PIE. But, the INGREDIENTS just weren’t there. Two “C”s, one “P” just aren’t CUTTING it…But noticing the male patron standing there COOLING his heels, with money in his hands, and the word “invested” in our dialogue, TOSSED a new thought my way…, and I took a GAMBLE…She wanted a ….PIECE OF THE ACTION! Good one, David..I BET you thought we WOODn’t see that coming! Ok, eye candy…Glancing aROUND again, trying to see what I can TAKE OUT of the cartoon, I’m ROLLING my eyes at the proPIEetor. I mean, I’m no SQUARE, but between his long ombré beard being held with a band at the BOTTOM, and a very long earring STRETCHing down, well…KNEAD I go on? There seems to be MUSHROOM for improvement here…PERSONALly, I never SAUSAGE a look in a PIZZA place…It just seems to SERVE up an unSAVORY image. There’s the worker, seen SLICING up a new PIE. Wearing a hair net, and sporting a soul patch, he has his tongue hanging from the side of his mouth, and his ear is gauged with a ROUND plug. Didn’t they go out of style, DOUGH? Ear today, gone TOMATO? I think I’m just going to go with the only thing I can really get a HANDLE on today…Next to the him? Leaning against the counter? The HANDLE of the PEEL? (A flat, shovel-like implement, used for carrying PIZZA in and out of an OVEN). It’s the only thing that really aPEELs to me today…So, There you HALVE it , Folks! DONE. Have a GRATE day, Everyone! And remember…No matter how you SLICE it, in life there may always be someone trying to sTOP you from being yourself. Don’t be fOILed! ..The important thing is to consider the SAUCE. 🍕🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 04/20/2018

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SATHS – STASH

HNIEW – WHINE

INDOIE – IODINE

AGNAME – MANAGE

CARTOON ANSWER: “VICTORY” AND “VICTORY” ARE – – –

TSHWNEODNEMAA = “WON” AND THE SAME 

Good Morning, Everyone!         🏌 “WON” FOR THE MONEY? 🏌

🎶Sing, sing, sing, sing…everybody start to sing, like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah…Now you’re singin’ with a SWING…Sing, sing, sing, sing, everybody start to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah…Now you’re singin’ with a SWING…🎶

🏌 A young girl all excited, the happiness is felt
A championship, her first we see, she has under her belt.
How many tears may have been shed, and did she ever WHINE?
Were fingers blistered in the quest, did she use IODINE?
We see that she did MANAGE to put lessons to use,
And now the joy seems palpable, the praises so profuse…
Was money won here also, did Sydney score some cash?
It would be nice cause then she’d start a personal little STASH…
It’s great to have accomplished success within the game,
A win’s a win and Victory proves that it’s “WON” AND THE SAME! 🏌

There was no reason to WHINE over today’s words…all old favorites. But did IODINE sting a bit? Out of all FORE words, was it a little ROUGH? Well, we’re in the CLEAR now, so let’s BOUNCE over to our cartoon…Today we find ourselves out on the GREENS, in what may be a real SLICE of life. We see three women, dressed in purple. Which for those of you who are regulars to this SCRAMBLE GAME, is PAR for the COURSE. The younger woman, SYDNEY, we’ve come to know is Jeff’s daughter. We see her jumping for joy, and SWINGING her CLUB in the air…As anyone WOOD with such a VICTORY. Especially their FIRST, of COURSE. The female TWOSOME are seen cheering for her, while David is seen WAGGLEing his finger in the air. Sydney has WON her first CHAMPIONSHIP, and our question asks…What are VICTORY and VICTORY? “WON” AND THE SAME! Cute pun, David, but..SHOOT…MY AGE may have something to do with this, or maybe it’s lack of sleep, but I’m a coming up a little SHORT. GAME is “WON”/ ONE, I get the pun…but why the DOUBLES with VICTORY? Am I PLAYING with a HANDICAP here? Am I getting the SHAFT? Is it because it’s only FOUR? IRON Know…I’m just not HOOKed. I may need a MULLIGAN….Maybe Dave will GIMME a hint…But since we have our solution, I may as well get out in FRONT…NINE o’clock I have to be somewhere…So, let’s CUT over to the eye CADDIE...There’s a GROUP of silhouetted spectators in the backGROUND…a little GRAINy. There’s the scoreboard, and even though HALF the names are CUT off, we can see the letters KNU, for KNUREK on top…nice PROp, Jeff. There’s Dave’s hat that we’ve seen beFORE, a PERFECT, ROUND hat..but nothing MAJOR…There’s Sydney’s Golf bag lying on the GROUND, with her named emblazoned on the side. Can’t MISREAD that…And, of COURSE, there’s the BALL SITting there in the CUP, with Jeff’s LINE graphics showing how that last SWING landed the WIN…PUTT my EAGLE eye is PULLing me towards the little Caddyshack Groundhog Head Cover WEDGEd in the bag. To be FAIR…WAY too cute! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! It’s Friday! Get in your GROOVE, kick up your HEELs, and go for the Gold…or the GREEN…Whatever! Just PLAY THROUGH…And I bid you a fond FOREwell…🏌🙋🏻

 

 

Jumble Answers for 04/19/2018

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LITGU = GUILT

ARKCC = CRACK

UNORNE = NEURON

PEANPH = HAPPEN

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE JUMBLE CREATORS’ FAVORITE BREAD IS – – –

UILCRKNENPPE = “PUN-PERNICKEL”

Happy Thursday, everyone! Today’s Jumble is THE perfect example of why I just can’t get enough of this game. Even though we’ve seen all of the clue words before, they still gave our brains quite a workout — especially the surprise answer!

When I initially started the puzzle this morning, the ease in which I solved the first two clue words had me thinking that this one was going to be a cakewalk. I couldn’t have been more wrong! I took so long working on NEURON that I decided to skip it and try to back into it later. Noticing that the entire surprise answer was in quotes meant it wasn’t going to be an easy task, but it was worth a try. I was pleased when I ran into HAPPEN because it was just as easy as the first two words and I could now start to take in the glory that was today’s cartoon.

The setting for today’s panel should be familiar to regular players of the game. It’s the office of David and Jeff, or as I like to call it, the “Jumble Creation Station”! We’re greeted by their friendly faces and it looks like we’re just in time for lunch. Jeff is in the foreground and can be seen slicing a loaf of bread with a long serrated knife. An open jar of sandwich spread labeled “Miracle” is to his left along with an open package of lunch meat. The meat appears to be thickly sliced leading me to believe that it’s probably bologna. At his feet are his adorable pooches, Gizmo and Fifi, and they are clamoring for his attention. The aroma of fresh bread and meat has surely caught their attention as they excitedly paw his leg for even the smallest crumb. David is in the background and is busy toiling away at a computer. Is he working on today’s Jumble? We’ll never know, but there’s no doubt that it’ll be amazing!

Reading the dialogue, I couldn’t help but notice that it was very wordy, but in a good way! In fact it was great because they were doing a bit of wordplay of their own which was very enjoyable to read. The cartoon sentence was very short and concise with one word leaping off the page at you. If you took the time to sink your teeth into all of the visual clues of the cartoon, you’d no doubt have more than enough information to get the job done.

The final solution was more challenging for me because I skipped one of the clue words. The big hint today was the word “bread” in the sentence. My newspaper prints the Jumble in black and white so the loaf that Jeff was slicing was on the darker side and looked like rye. With no “Y” in my letter layout, I decided to pause and think about the different types of bread. The “K” from CRACK brought pumpernickel to mind and the rest of the puzzle started to fall neatly into place. With the answer in quotes, I quickly guessed “PUN-PERNICKEL” and went back and solved NEURON. Today’s puzzle surely hit the spot leaving us with a tasty surprise answer that was very easy to digest! Have a terrific Thursday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Jumble Answers for 04/18/2018

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TEERB = BERET

SWYNO = SNOWY

ITAXFE = FIXATE

SGRNIT = STRING

CARTOON ANSWER:

SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO MAKE COFFEE QUICKLY, LIKE USING CRYSTALS – – –

RTSNOFIASTN = FOR “INSTANTS”

Good Wednesday morning, Jumble friends! Hip hip hooray for BERET is all I have to say as I felt it was the only challenging clue word today. It’s unusual for one of the 5-letter words to give me so much trouble. I started out by trying to make words starting with “T” until I used my trick of trying the anagram backwards to bring it into view. Next up was SNOWY which was instantly visible. If you had difficulty solving this one, remember the “Y” trick. If an anagram contains a “Y”, most likely the finished clue word will also end in a “Y”. It doesn’t always work but it’s worth a try if you’re stuck. FIXATE and STRING took just a glance to complete, and it was off to the cartoon!

The setting for today’s panel is a kitchen where two characters appear to be enjoying a leisurely morning. The man is busy making a couple of cups of coffee while his significant other is seated at a table with a newspaper. The man is pouring hot water into a “I ❤️ Jumble” coffee cup with a can of “Quick Coffee” on the counter beside it. By reading the dialogue and sentence we discover that he’s preparing the drinks with coffee crystals to save some time. With his preparation method being so detailed, I knew it would be part of the final solution. Before I attempted the final solve, I took a few moments to savor all of the detail work that Jeff poured into this one. The little scoop in the coffee can was a great touch as was the “J” on the man’s shirt. The newspaper that the woman was holding had to be my favorite part. If you look closely, you can see that she’s finishing up the Jumble! Also on the newspaper was “The Family Circus” cartoon as well as a couple of grid-shaped puzzles. My guess is that they were the Sudoku and Word Search games.

The layout for the final solve was 11-letters in length and kept the answer well hidden. The only 3-letter word that I could come up with was FOR so I crossed it out. I had to work another minute for the 8-letter word in quotes but it wasn’t too difficult with all of the visual clues in the cartoon.

On a final note, the winner of this month’s giveaway was Stephen D! Congratulations, Stephen, and I hope you enjoy your prize. 🙂

Have a wonderful Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Jumble Answers for 04/17/2018

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GAVAU = GUAVA

TELUF = FLUTE

NIEAFL = FINALE

GUTHHO = THOUGH

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE STAND-UP COMEDIAN WAS A HUGE FLOP. IT WOULD BE TOUGH FOR HIM TO – – –

GUFLFIATOH = LAUGH IT OFF

Good morning Jumble players, and happy Tuesday! I thought we had a new clue word with GUAVA, but a quick search showed that it was used in June of last year. The “U” was the only letter out of place making it instantly visible. With no hesitation on FLUTE, I made my my way to the 6-letter words. FINALE only needed a quick second look before it came into view leaving just one clue word to work through. THOUGH took longer than anticipated and was scrambled very well. The two “H’s” paired together threw me off just enough to make me stare at it for a minute before I could figure it out. It’s my pick for the most difficult anagram of the day and I was now ready to start the cartoon.

The setting for Jeff’s piece was instantly recognizable as a comedy club. We see two men in the foreground having a discussion as another comedian performs on stage just behind them. Reading the dialogue we discover that the man on the right appears to be the proprietor of the comedy club and he was less than impressed by this comedians “poor-formance”. The comedian involved in the discussion looks vaguely familiar but I was unable to put a name to his likeness. In my opinion, what Jeff was attempting to illustrate was that this comedian relied too heavily on his gag props (arrow through head, rubber chicken, and disguise glasses) rather than coming up with some original material that would dazzle the crowd.

The comedian on stage in the background was left large enough for me to identify as Lissa Sears. She was recently on “The Price is Right” television game show where Jeff designed a Jumble themed tshirt for her to wear! Although I’m not familiar with her act, I found a lot of her material on YouTube to get me up to speed.

The final solution to today’s Jumble had a very cryptic layout. Not being able to blind solve this one, I figured it was best to attempt the 2 & 3-letter words first. TO was my first guess so I crossed it out. This allowed LAUGH to come into view, but the rest of the letters didn’t work. I decided to rewrite the anagram and cross out LAUGH. The two “F’s” brought OFF into view with IT being left for the finish. I really enjoyed this puzzle and it’s entertaining surprise answer was a hoot! Have a terrific Tuesday and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Jumble Answers for 04/16/2018

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RAYWE = WEARY

BLYUK = BULKY

REDVUO = DEVOUR

BBOECW = COBWEB

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE NEW SOUP RECIPE AT THE CAFÉ WAS A HUGE HIT. CUSTOMERS WERE – – –

WERBLDVOOE = BOWLED OVER

Good morning, Jumble fans! Looking back at the puzzles from last week, we saw some amazing anagrams that definitely gave us trouble. The top three most searched for clue word answers were CALOIS, FLEGNU, and DIRTEA. Monday’s surprise answer of LEFT AND “WRITE” turned out to be the most searched for solution. With a new week of puzzles on the way, let’s take a look at what Jeff and David cooked up for us today!

WEARY and BULKY were no trouble at all. Last week I mentioned over and over that if you see a “Y” in a clue word that you can’t figure out, chances are that the word will end in “Y”. The trick worked like a charm and both became instantly visible to me. Both of the 6-letter words were quite a challenge for a Monday morning game. At first I thought DEVOUR was OVERDUE but it had one letter too many. The word that tangled me up the most was COBWEB so it’s my pick for the most challenging word of the day.

Looking at today’s cartoon, I recognized the setting instantly as the soup stand from the television program “Seinfeld”. The episode that Jeff is referring to was entitled “The Soup Nazi” with the term Nazi being used as an exaggeration of the excessively strict ordering regiment the chef demanded of his patrons. If you didn’t order your soup “just right” or otherwise offended the chef in any way, your soup would be taken away and you would be scolded with his “No soup for you!” catchphrase. It’s worth mentioning that the chef in the episode wasn’t German, but actually Argentinian.

It the foreground we see two characters that appear to be Jumble cartoonist Jeff Knurek and his wife Kathy. The square framed glasses make the character look like Jeff, but the absence of a logo on his tshirt had me second guessing myself. Kathy seem’s to be the only one with manners at the table as she savors each spoonful while Jeff skips the spoon and slurps directly from the bowl! It looks like David Hoyt is ordering a couple of bowls for himself in the background. Be careful not to catch the ire of the chef, David, or you’ll soon be hearing “No soup for you!”

The final solution to the puzzle started with a cryptic but not overly difficult anagram to decipher. With all of the soup bowls in the drawing and the “W” in the letter layout, BOWL quickly came to mind. Crossing it out led me to discover OVER with an -ED left for the finish.

It’s the final day to enter the “I ❤️ Jumble” coffee mug giveaway and the winner will be chosen later this afternoon. Good luck to everyone who entered! 🙂

Have a marvelous Monday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!