UMYMM = MUMMY
EVRCO = COVER
SRUMEM = SUMMER
SIWYLE = WISELY
CARTOON ANSWER:
THE FORMER BODYBUILDER STILL REMEMBERED HIS WORKOUT ROUTINE THANKS TO – – –
MMY COE UMR SEL =
WELCOME BACK,
PUZZLE PLAYERS!
🏋️ WEIGHT FOR IT
Today’s cartoon takes us inside a gym where a former bodybuilder is easing back into his workout. It has been a while since he spent much time around the weights, but the way he settles into his old routine quickly catches the attention of the people nearby. They can tell he has plenty of experience, even if he is working his way back into shape. After all that time away from pumping iron, his body seems to remember exactly what to do.
🧩 CLUE WORD BREAKDOWN
UMYMM = MUMMY
Instantly visible.
Last used: 12/29/2023 as MYMUM
EVRCO = COVER
No trouble at all.
Last used: 10/14/2024 as VCREO
SRUMEM = SUMMER
Needed an extra glance, but no trouble.
Last used: 06/18/2024 as MSRUEM
SIWYLE = WISELY
My pick for hardest if there was one.
Last used: 06/22/2025 as SWLYIE
🔎 JUMBLE JEFF’S JEMS
➤ CURL OF DUTY
The former bodybuilder sits at center on a bench, with a receding hairline and a thick mustache. He’s wearing a sleeveless muscle shirt, shorts, and sneakers, and he’s doing a bicep curl with his right arm using a dumbbell.
➤ THE LIFTING CREW
To his left, another man in a sleeveless top, striped shorts, and sneakers is also doing bicep curls with a dumbbell. To his right, a woman in a sleeveless top, shorts, and sneakers is curling a barbell, with a stack of weight plates sitting on the floor near her feet. In the back, a shirtless man is striking a flexing pose.
➤ JUMBLE GYM, APPARENTLY
The gym door shows JUM with GY underneath, suggesting JUMBLE GYM. Underneath that is a cartoonishly curved barbell-style logo with two weight plates visible on the right side.
🧠 FINAL SOLVE
The final answer was a 12-letter anagram that solved into a 6 + 6 layout. There was no heavy lifting for our Tuesday solve, as the cartoon did most of the work for us. One read of the cartoon sentence and the mention of the former bodybuilder getting back into his workout made MUSCLE MEMORY pop into mind. If today’s puzzle slowed you down, our biggest nudges were the visual of the gym setting and everyone working on building MUSCLE, while the dialogue about having done this before and it being like riding a bike gave us MEMORY to complete the answer.
🏋️ CLICK-TO-REVEAL FACTS*: ABOUT FITNESS
➤ What percentage of adults get enough aerobic exercise?
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➤ How much exercise do the federal guidelines recommend?
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💬 SAY WHAT?
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mahatma Gandhi
🎉 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS* – AUGUST 18
➤ National Ice Cream Pie Day — A day for combining two dessert favorites into one, with ice cream piled into a pie crust and topped with everything from whipped cream to chocolate and fruit. SOURCE
➤ National Fajita Day — Fire up the skillet for the sizzling combination of seasoned meat and vegetables traditionally served with warm tortillas and plenty of toppings. SOURCE
➤ National Pinot Noir Day — Raise a glass to Pinot Noir, the red wine grape known for producing wines ranging from light and fruity to complex and earthy. SOURCE
➤ National Mail Order Catalog Day — A throwback to the days when shoppers flipped through thick catalogs, circled what they wanted, filled out an order form, and waited for their purchases to arrive by mail. SOURCE
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🥄 VIRAL RECIPE
Coconut Chocolate Caramel Cookie Dip
This sweet dessert dip combines chocolate, caramel, and toasted coconut for a rich treat inspired by the classic chocolate-caramel-coconut cookie. Serve it with cookies, pretzels, graham crackers, or fruit for dipping.
🛒 DAILY DROPS*
➤ Pepperidge Farm Chessmen Spiced Orange Cranberry Cookies — Pepperidge Farm’s Autumn Exclusive Collection adds a new Chessmen Spiced Orange Cranberry flavor, combining buttery shortbread with cinnamon, orange, and cranberry. Also returning are Milano Pumpkin Spice and Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies. All three are rolling onto grocery-store shelves this month. SOURCE
➤ Kit Kat Count & Witch — Kit Kat has a new Halloween shape pairing two different characters in one break-apart bar. One side features the Count, a vampire in a cape with a skull, while the other features a grinning witch stirring a bubbling cauldron. The milk-chocolate seasonal shapes are on shelves now and will be available through the Halloween season. SOURCE
➤ Hershey’s 2026 Halloween Lineup — Hershey’s Halloween lineup is rolling out nationwide with Kit Kat Count & Witch, Hershey’s Cookies ‘N’ Creme Fangs, Hershey Halloween All-Stars, Reese’s Pumpkins, Pirate’s Booty Trick-or-Treat, Pirate’s Booty Boos & Bites, Reese’s Sweet & Salty, SkinnyPop Halloween Packs, LesserEvil Pumpkin Spice Popcorn, LesserEvil Spooky Popcorn, LesserEvil Spooky Spaceballs, Sour Strips, Jolly Rancher Gummies Trickies Minis, Jolly Rancher Gummies Minis, Jolly Rancher Gummies Assortment, and Twizzlers Strawberry Twists. SOURCE
*Prices and participation may vary. Retailers may alter or end promotions without notice. For entertainment purposes only.
🌒 That’s A Wrap!
JEST For Fun
(Click joke to reveal answer)➤ What do you call a weightlifting vegetable?
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➤ What happens thrice in weightlifting, twice in swimming, but only once in tennis?
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