Monthly Archives: October 2018

Jumble Answers for 10/02/2018

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AZDDE – DAZED

WHONS – SHOWN

DAANSL – SANDAL

SUDJTA – ADJUST

CARTOON ANSWER:  WHEN THE 1, 3, QUESTION MARK AND EXCLAMATION POINT MET, THEY DISCUSSED – – –

DED   SON   ND   ADS  =  ODDS AND ENDS

Good Morning, Everyone!        1️⃣⁉️ THAT’S ONE WAY TO END IT… ⁉️3️⃣

🎶 Your pillow wasn’t slept upon your …closet was empty, too…All of your shirts and ties were gone there…wasn’t a trace of you. How could you go and leave so completely? Nothing was left of all the memories that…we used to share…
Just an empty tube of toothpaste, and a half-filled cup of coffee…ODDS AND ENDS of a beautiful love affair…ODDS AND ENDS of a beautiful love affair…🎶 “Odds and Ends” – Dionne Warwick 1969

1️⃣⁉️For a puzzle that loves letters, I think I’m a little DAZED,
With numbers SHOWN and characters, you think we should be fazed?
It’s easy to ADJUST, I guess…punctuation’s not a threat,
On 9/13 we had a bunch all dining, don’t forget.
And while no one’s wearing SANDALs, we’re not calling it slip-shod,
(I had no idea I’d fit that word, this one is kind of hard…)
What we do need to remember, is that here we’re amongst friends,
Whether numbers, letters…it’s all good, and it’s all ODDS AND ENDS! ⁉️3️⃣

With all of today’s words being Sweet Repeats, none of them caused a pause. I did though have three friends telling me that they first saw SWOON in what was SHOWN for our second word. But I still won’t COUNT it as a stumper. So, I’m leaving it up to you, Readers…What word did you QUESTION this morning?

Moving on to our cartoon, we see the Numbers 1 and 3, LINED up at the top of a page of LOOSE LEAF PAPER. Below them, we have an EXCLAMATION POINT and a QUESTION MARK. I was hoping our PAPER would be from a LEGAL PAD, but that’s not the CASE…Seeing the Hole Punch at left, below the Exclamation Point, makes that pretty Black and WHITE. The four are engaged in a conversation, and the BINDER here is how they feel about themselves…But if you pay close attention, you’ll NOTE that what we’re seeing are the ODDS: #’s 1 and 3...and the ENDS of sentences, the Exclamation Point and the Question Mark. So, in answer to our QUESTION? They discussed…ODDS AND ENDS! Well WRITE it down, and COUNT it as another great solution for David! The man definitely NUMBERS amongst the best!

Ok, eye candy…ODDly enough, the two Characters to the left, appear a bit more radical than the others…Number 1, in Yellow claims it isn’t easy always being first, and our Red EXCLAMATION, POINTS out that people STRESS him to no END…Our Number 3, to the right, a basic Brown color, seems more Conservative, and CHARMING…while our QUESTION MARK, smiling, is ASKING to be heard, all the while standing on a CURVE. If I didn’t know better, I’d think Politics were at play here…but to what END? Anyway, the eye candy today? It has to be the cute little pink TONGUES Jeff’s drawn within each of them…TALK about a clever TWIST! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone! And remember…It’s good to make a POINT of COUNTING our Blessings…No QUESTION about it! 1️⃣⁉️3️⃣🙋🏻

Jumble Answers for 10/01/2018

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FHYTE = HEFTY

HOTOB = BOOTH

MUNSOM = SUMMON

SNIPTL = SPLINT

 

CARTOON ANSWER:

THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FURNACE BECAUSE THE ONE THEY HAD WAS – – –

HTOOONST = NOT SO HOT

Good morning, Jumble friends! The first puzzle of October gives us four anagrams that are in alphabetical order, but their clue word solutions were recycled favorites from various months of 2017. SPLINT was the only one that wasn’t immediately visible so it’ll be my choice for the most difficult anagram of the day. The fact that the anagram started with SNIP threw me off at first but it quickly came into view after staring at it for a few extra seconds.

Today’s cartoon is a situation that many of us can relate to at this time of year. With temperatures starting to drop in the northern states, we’re at the point where it’s time to start our dormant furnaces to take the morning chill off. I’ve already started mine and luckily there were no mechanical issues. The couple that we see in today’s panel weren’t as lucky and they’re in the basement trying to figure out what went wrong.

Mr. Fix-It has removed the front panel of his “Crosswords” brand furnace and moves in for a closer look with his screwdriver at the ready. This appears to be a gas fired furnace as there’s no visible oil line leading to the burner. Just above his head we see a pipe that has a shut-off handle which may be the gas feed. The handle is not crossed so there is a fuel supply to the unit and most likely not the problem. He thinks it just isn’t able to put out enough heat to battle the bitter cold temperatures and his wife thinks it might be time to have a new one installed.

There were some mighty fine details in today’s cartoon that you may have overlooked. The first one was the crack in the basement wall just behind the gentlemans rear end. Talk about a well placed detail! The female is bundled up from head to toe and Jeff lets us know that it’s brutally cold by drawing their breaths in front of their faces. There appears to be a spiderweb inside the furnace just above the gentlemans left hand. My favorite detail was the tiny mouse lurking in the shadow under the furnace. I missed it in my print copy but it was quite visible in the online version.

The letter layout for the final solution was an 8-letter anagram. The three O’s bunched together made it appear cryptic but the HTO in the front allowed me to instantly see HOT. NOT and SO came next to finish off this rather easy puzzle. I’ll take my win for today as we’ll most likely be challenged later in the week. Have a marvelous Monday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!