Jumble Answers for 07/17/2025

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  1. Good Morning, Everyone…🚲A WHEELY GOOD IDEA!🚲

    🎶BROKEN BICYCLES old busted chains…Rusted handle bars out in the rain…SOMEBODY must have an orphanage for
    these things that nobody wants any more…🎶…”Broken Bicycles” – Tom Waits 1982 https://tinyurl.com/bd3sed36

    🚲He hadn’t a QUALM in the least…did a good job to EXPEL all doubt,
    Took the bull by the horns…though HECTIC at first…and that’s how it all came  about…
    (And DAYBED remains on the outskirts today…with this theme it’s hardly a gem)…
    We’re all about bikes and a teen who decides that yes, he could “PEDDLE” THEM…🚲

    If you’re not aware that selling something is PEDDLING it, you may find yourself a tad CHAINed down by this one…

    So…Today…Any neighborhood, USA. And we find a budding entrepreneur, James ROLIN sealing a deal to SELL (=PEDDLE) a BIKE that’s caught a little girl’s attention…And one has to agree that he SPOKE from experience when he said the Dad should get one too. Props to James, who not working in TANDEM with anyone else, built himself a profitable little business refurbishing bicycles…The wheels, the PEDDLES, the seats, the TIRES…all in his SPARE time…Fixed them up so that he could “PEDDLE” THEM https://tinyurl.com/bd2nkznp  …And as the SPOKESperson here, I can confidently say that if you didn’t get this solve RIDE away…with the SALE sign, the young girl seen PEDDLING…not to mention those quotation marks telling you that David RODE a pun in there…you definitely need to raise the BAR a little higher…and get a GRIP…You don’t want to fall into a vicious CYCLE…

    So…There you have it, Folks…Done. Have a good one. Be well, be kind, stay safe..And I’ll leave you with a little bicycle humor…What’s the difference between a well-dressed man on a bicycle and a poorly dressed man on a unicycle?…atTIRE…🚲🙋🏻‍♀️…

    And a Shout 🗣️Out to David…All new anagrams today…🔠🙋🏻‍♀️

  2. Lying on the DAYBED, she read a story about a sorcerer who had not a single QUALM as he went about his HECTIC life attempting to EXPEL every demonic being that crossed his path, steal their wares, and then PEDDLE THEM…📗

    🤷🏻‍♀️In the market for a DAYBED, she had a QUALM or two,
    Her life though now so HECTIC  she can’t give them their due
    She can’t EXPEL a feeling….though not looking to condemn…
    That all these hard sales pitches?…Stores just want to PEDDLE THEM…🤷🏻‍♀️

  3. 🚲 Enterprising our boy is for sure,
    Spending spare time looking to restore…
    Old bikes that he finds,
    He’s gathered all kinds…
    And he’s on the lookout to find more….🚲

    👍🏻Instead of just sitting around,
    Our boy’s spending time pretty sound….
    No video games,
    For our young teen James…
    He’s set up on his house’s grounds…👍🏻

    🪧A makeshift sign touts all his wares,
    And attracts customers who appear….
    Looking for a good buy,
    Impressed how James tries….
    To come up with pricing that’s fair…🪧

    🗣️He’s plied at this for a while now,
    Whenever his free time allows….
    And he’s seen business grow,
    As word-of-mouth flows…
    And of course he’s happy to bestow….🗣️

    👏🏻👏🏻…A product to all that come by,
    That’s refurbished with standards quite high…
    James has def found his niche,
    And while not getting rich….
    Right now he’s hardly high-and-dry….👏🏻👏🏻

  4. AND IN OTHER WORDS…🔠🙋🏻‍♀️

    EXPEL: Last used – 1/01/2024 as PLXEE

    QUALM: Last used – 10/16/2024 as LAMUQ

    HECTIC: Last used – 7/08/2023 as CHCITE

    DAYBED: Last used – 12/20/2024 as YDDBEA

    “PEDDLE” THEM: Last used – 8/26/2019 as MHDEPLDEET

    ANAGRAM HISTORY…🔠🙋🏻‍♀️

    XELEP: Used on – New anagram

    MQLUA: Used on – New anagram

    CECITH: Used on – New anagram

    EYBDDA: Used on – New anagram

    EPLMHETDED: Used on – New anagram

  5. Got my thirst quench this Thursday and with the help of suzie ! The anagrams threw us both off on HECTIC and DAYBED ! But we got the letters down and saw the jumble , about a bicycle and suzie said PEDDLE ! And I said yeh ! And the quotation marks and what was left was THEM and that Biked us home !! And your song choice Angela was the first time I’ve heard him and it was fitting !

  6. Tough day searching for the Jumble….the E-edition of newspaper hasn’t arrived and couldn’t bring it up using the archives. Oh well, that’s another issue (ha, a pun). Anyway, found the puzzle thru Chicago Tribune and solved that way. I, too, struggled with DAYBED. With letters in hand, took out THEM and the rest was easy. Wow, Tom Waits goes back awhile !!! Thanks, Angela. Terry

    • Another issue! 👏🏻👏🏻! Kudos! …YW, Terry and thank you 🚲🙋🏻‍♀️

  7. Originally struggled with the hectic and daybed anagrams,but after writing down the anagrams on paper,the solutions of each came into mind.Then having the letters,the cartoon was a quick solve.Happy Thursday to one and all. Chuck.

  8. Good morning. Took a little time to get the last two words and in putting down the letters I switched the C and T in Hectic which screwed me all up on the cartoon answer. Finally gave up and realized my mistake. Angela if you were here on that last pun you would have seen me shaking my head from side to side with a big grin on my face. Thank you for a great start (even with my failure) to a great day. Until tomorrow take care.

    • Good Morning, Paul. You’re welcome, and you’ve brought a grin to my face too. Glad you enjoyed it…Thank you and take care. 🚲🙋🏻‍♀️

    • She had some beautiful songs and hits. I was listening to some of them again this morning on 50s Gold on SiriusXM Radio.
      Stan

      • I listen to her all time….She had an amazing voice…but unfortunately a sad life. Funny thing though, her song, “Pretty Little Baby” recently made an amazing resurgence on TikTok. It’s been all over every platform of social media for weeks. Everyone, and I mean everyone, especially people who never knew of it before are now using in all different sorts of formats. It’s impossible to get away from it lately. And it came as such a surprise to her, and she considered it such a blessing. Life is funny…. And I know it might sound foolish, but I’m just happy thinking that she’s finally reunited with Bobby Darin… the one true love of her life. I’m definitely a romantic, and I also very much believe in the afterlife…. and I hope it’s good to her..🙏🏻❤️

  9. Good afternoon. I got through the anagrams okay and then with the quotation marks, I figured it had to be something about a bike and the teenager wanting to sell them. Thanks for your post Angela.

    Stan

  10. The Jumble today was a bit of a challenge. I had great difficulty with “hectic”. While I figured out Daybed, I thought that it was incorrect because Dabbed is also a word. However, either word fits into the puzzle.

    Warren

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