TIGSH = SIGHT
LAAHO = ALOHA
NAFLOC = FALCON
FWRURO = FURROW
CARTOON ANSWER:
WHEN THE POLITICIANS WENT FOR A BALLOON RIDE, THE BALLOON WAS – – –
IHT LOA FLO FUR = FULL OF HOT AIR
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🎈 UP, UP AND AWAY
Today’s cartoon shows us a hot air balloon ride where a couple of politicians are busy doing what politicians do best. Their promises have the woman in the middle convinced that voters will eat it up, but the balloon operator has a much bigger concern. They’re already climbing higher than he’d like, and all that campaign talk certainly isn’t helping matters. At this rate, they may not need the burner to keep this trip going.
🧩 CLUE WORD BREAKDOWN
TIGSH = SIGHT
Saw it instantly.
Last used: 04/09/2025 as GIHST
LAAHO = ALOHA
Needed an extra look. Not an everyday word to write.
Last used: 07/18/2019 as HAALO
NAFLOC = FALCON
My pick for hardest. Check out that last used date!
Last used: 07/10/1955 as CLOFNA
FWRURO = FURROW
Took a couple of glances to get the R’s sorted.
Last used: 02/27/2025 as RFWUOR
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➤ PROMISES, PROMISES
The man wears a suit, striped tie and what appears to be a flag pin on his left lapel. The woman wears a blazer over a dark shirt as she gestures toward him. He’s busy making his pitch while she points out just how well that kind of talk tends to play with voters.
➤ RUNNING ON HIGH
The balloon operator is dressed in a T-shirt with one hand on the burner control as the flame blazes overhead. His concerned expression says plenty as he watches their altitude and tries to keep the ride from getting carried away.
➤ ABOVE AND BEYOND, LITERALLY
The three are riding in a woven basket with two sandbags hanging from the left side and ABOVE AND BEYOND TOUR printed across the front. Far below are roads, divided properties, a house and what appears to be a detached garage. Clouds sit along the horizon, while a bird can be seen off in the distance above the trees and the landscape curves away beneath them.
🧠 FINAL SOLVE
The final answer was a 12-letter anagram that solved into a 4 + 2 + 3 + 3 layout. Our Tuesday solve was a breeze! One look at the cartoon and the first words that came to mind were FULL OF HOT AIR. After a quick solve of the clue words, my hunch proved to be right on the money. If today’s puzzle slowed you down, our nudges were the operator suggesting that all the talking was making the balloon a little too FULL OF HOT AIR, while the politicians themselves gave us the other meaning, since being FULL OF HOT AIR seems to be an unofficial prerequisite for the position.
🎈 Click-To-Reveal Facts*: About Hot Air Balloon Rides
➤ How high do hot air balloon rides usually go?
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➤ Why are hot air balloon rides usually so early in the morning?
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➤ Is it cold in a hot air balloon?
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➤ How does a hot air balloon actually come back down?
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➤ Why is champagne associated with hot air balloon rides?
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🎉 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS* – OCTOBER 6
➤ National Taco Day — Falling on the first Tuesday in October, today celebrates tacos in all their crunchy, soft, stuffed, and saucy varieties. SOURCE
➤ National Noodle Day — Whether they’re covered in sauce, floating in soup, or tossed into a stir-fry, today gives noodle lovers an excuse to twirl up a favorite. SOURCE
➤ National Coaches Day — A day recognizing the coaches who teach, motivate, encourage, and help athletes work toward becoming their best. SOURCE
➤ National Mad Hatter Day — Inspired by the wonderfully eccentric character from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, October 6 is a chance to embrace a little silliness. SOURCE
➤ National Plus Size Appreciation Day — October 6 celebrates body confidence and reminds us that beauty, style, and self-confidence come in every size. SOURCE
➤ National German-American Day — A celebration of German-American heritage and the generations of German immigrants whose traditions and contributions became part of American life. SOURCE
➤ National Orange Wine Day — Today raises a glass to orange wine, a distinctive style made by allowing white grapes to remain in contact with their skins during fermentation. SOURCE
➤ National Fruit at Work Day — Observed on the first Tuesday in October, this one encourages workers to swap the usual snack for some fresh fruit during the workday. SOURCE
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🥄 VIRAL RECIPE
Old-Fashioned Jam Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting
This old-fashioned Southern favorite bakes blackberry jam right into a warmly spiced layer cake along with raisins and walnuts or pecans. The jam keeps the cake moist while cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves give it plenty of old-fashioned flavor, and a homemade brown sugar and marshmallow frosting finishes it off.
🛒 DAILY DROPS*
➤ King’s Hawaiian Maple Brown Sugar Rolls — King’s Hawaiian has given its familiar soft, buttery rolls a fall makeover with Maple Brown Sugar Rolls. Maple brown sugar crumbles are baked right into the rolls, giving them a sweeter, almost dessert-like spin. The limited-edition flavor began rolling out nationwide October 1, along with matching fall merchandise and even a Compartés milk chocolate bar made with pieces of the rolls. SOURCE
➤ Buffalo Wild Wings Fright Feast — Buffalo Wild Wings is leaning into Halloween with a garlic-packed Fright Feast menu and a little help from Sarah Michelle Gellar. The limited-time lineup includes double-garlic Vampire Hunter Wings, Black Garlic Glaze Cheese Curds and a black cherry Vampirita cocktail. The spooky menu is available at participating locations through November 9. SOURCE
➤ Costco’s SPAM Variety Pack — Costco is putting four different SPAM flavors into one limited-edition eight-can box. The Costco-exclusive variety pack includes two cans each of Teriyaki, Hickory Smoke, Real Hormel Bacon and Gochujang SPAM. It’s available for a limited time while supplies last, giving shoppers four very different takes on the familiar canned classic. SOURCE
*Prices and participation may vary. Retailers may alter or end promotions without notice. For entertainment purposes only.
🌘 That’s A Wrap!
👀 WORD YOU LOOK AT THAT
(Click phrase to reveal its origin)
STUMP SPEECH
Meaning: A standard political speech that a candidate gives repeatedly while campaigning.
So, where did it come from?
We hear “stump speech” every election season, usually referring to the same basic speech a candidate gives over and over on the campaign trail. But why a stump?
Back in the 1800s, politicians often spoke to crowds in rural areas where there wasn’t exactly a stage waiting for them. What they did have were plenty of tree stumps, and a good-sized one made a pretty convenient platform. Candidates would stand on them to make their speeches, and before long, traveling around giving political speeches became known as “stumping.”
That also gave us “on the stump,” meaning a politician is out campaigning, and eventually “stump speech” became the name for the standard speech a candidate gives from stop to stop.
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