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Jumble Answers for 10/26/2018
TAPOD – ADOPT
OSGEO – GOOSE
DUGLES – SLUDGE
GTORNS – STRONG
CARTOON ANSWER: WITH THE MOVIE BEING SO POPULAR, THE LONG LINES – –
AOT OOS SDE TRON = STOOD TO REASON
Good Morning, Everyone! 🎥”WHAT’S MY LINE”? 🎥
🎶 Is this the REEL life? Is this just fantasy?…Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality…Open your eyes…Look up to the skies and see…🎶 “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen 1975
📽 I can’t remember when I last waited in such a queue,
I’m not one to ADOPT and jump on things when they’re brand new…
It’s obvious this movie has brought out the crowds real STRONG,
But Queen never impressed me, so here I’d not belong.
Their music wasn’t SLUDGE to me…without it I could live,
What’s good for GOOSE don’t always mean a gander I should give…
So here’s this movie ’bout them, after months of trailers teasin’?
Makes sense that since it opened now? The lines just STOOD TO REASON!📽
With all of our words being Sweet Repeats today, they were easily recognizable, with perhaps a little pause at SLUDGE, since it’s a rarely seen word. A little quirk? GOOSE appeared here very recently, September 26th, to be exact…just one month ago! That’s a feather ruffler, wouldn’t you say?
Ok, on to our cartoon. Today we find ourselves lined up outside a movie theater, waiting to see the movie BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. Since it’s not slated to open here in America until November 2nd, I’m imagining Jeff’s brought us to the UK, where it just opened on Wednesday. The movie is a biographical piece about the former Rock Band from Britain, QUEEN, and it’s lead singer, Freddie Mercury. Not looking to further play either music or movie critic, I’ll just tell you that there’s information about it all over…on TV, in the papers…ALL over..So feel free to look into it if you chose….As for our puzzle, the dialogue’s telling us what the cartoon’s showing us…The lines are long, and everyone’s STANDING on them…(or in them, depending where you live)!..The long lines..STOOD TO REASON! Good pun, David…A STAND OUT as usual!
Ok, eye candy…The panel is shaded in Blue…Beyond the eight people we see at front, there’s a line wrapped around the corner, silhouetted in black. The movie marquee, bright Yellow with black lettering, is half hidden, but as I stated earlier…it’s ALL over the media, so we know! We see two couples, a group of three women, and a man alone. The man at back, noting the placement of his thumbs, seems to be texting…but I found it amusing that the woman he’s with is reading it…🎶ONE VISION🎶 I guess. He’s sporting rather interesting facial hair, and a little bit of a low pony tail. 🎶WE WILL ROCK YOU🎶 comes to mind…And the three women smiling happily, remind me of 🎶YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND🎶…But what’s got me totally stumped? The placard displayed on the wall of the theater. Shaded completely in blue, it’s showing a man. Pictured with heavy-lidded eyes, parted hair, wearing a suit and tie, he’s holding his fingers up in the air as he glances sideways. Very 1940ish. The letters “J E” are printed next to him…Who is he? I’m totally lost…If anyone out there knows, please write in and tell me…I haven’t the slightest clue…I mean I’m not 🎶UNDER PRESSURE🎶, but I sure am curious! So, There you have it, Folks! Done! 🎶ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST🎶! Have a great day, Everyone….And Jeff, if you’re LISTENING? Who is that guy? 🎥🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 10/25/2018
USIES = ISSUE
AEATB = ABATE
ORHUGC = GROUCH
REBLAR = BARREL
CARTOON ANSWER:
WHILE ON A HITTING STREAK, THE BATTER REACHED FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD ON A – – –
SSEABEGRUARL = REGULAR “BASES”
Happy Thursday, Jumble fanatics! The clue words presented to us this morning by Mr. Hoyt were all old friends, but that didn’t mean that they were pushovers. Sorting through all of the vowels in ABATE took a few extra seconds making it my pick for the most difficult anagram of the day. The anagram for ISSUE was the exact same one we saw on 12/16/17 and was no trouble at all. BARREL was the oldest word in the lineup and made its last appearance in gameplay on 9/12/16.
With the World Series in full swing, it was only fitting that Jumble artist, Jeff Knurek, entertained our eyeballs with a baseball themed cartoon. Looking closely at the jerseys worn by the players, today’s cartoon featured a matchup between the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox. Since the Jumble cartoons are drawn well in advance, I’d venture a guess that Jeff prognosticated that these two teams would be battling it out for the sports highest honor, but only half of his vision was correct. It would have been amazing to see a repeat of the 1918 World Series though!
The cartoon sentence informs us that a batter from the Cubs is on a hitting streak and has managed to routinely swing his way to first, second and third base. The two characters in the Cubs dugout are elated by the sluggers performance and offer up words of praise in their dialogue. The Red Sox players on the field were drawn with looks of defeat on their faces as they seem to have realized that the game is slowly slipping through their fingers.
There were several details within the cartoon that were visually entertaining. The Cubs coach holding a roster was drawn in intricate detail which leads me to believe that it’s a caricature of an actual member of the staff. The jerseys worn by the Red Sox players have the iconic Red Socks on their sleeve, but it looks almost as if Jeff has fashioned them into a “J”! Now that’s impressive! My favorite detail was the ivy covered outfield wall which is synonymous with Wrigley Field.
The letter layout for the final solution contained 12-letters. I immediately noticed that the first five letters spelled out BASES which left REGULAR to come into view shortly thereafter. If the letters were jumbled a bit more, I’m sure that it would have made for a very difficult solve.
A big thanks to Jeff for having the Red Sox being featured in today’s Jumble cartoon! This panel will rank right up there as one of my all time favorites. Have a terrific Thursday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Jumble Answers for 10/24/2018
ICNGI = ICING
LYHYS = SHYLY
DGREEN = GENDER
SOFINU = FUSION
CARTOON ANSWER:
THE LAKE HAD BECOME SO POPULAR WITH ANGLERS, THE PARKING LOT HAD – – –
IINSHLGENFSI = FISHING LINES
Happy Wednesday, Jumble chums! The first thing I did this morning was scour the cartoon in search of the “wealthy couple” that we’ve seen for the past two days. The majority of voters in yesterday’s poll, myself included, thought we’d see them once again but they were nowhere to be found. In their place was a fun cartoon with a fishing theme so let’s wade into the waters of today’s game by starting off with our clue words.
The lineup this morning featured four recycled favorites, but all of the anagrams were new. The only jumble that caused me to flounder a bit was DGREEN. David baited us by spelling out GREEN within the anagram and I took it hook, line and sinker! By rewriting the letters in the margin of my paper, I was able to construct a new anagram and reel in the answer. FUSION was also a mighty fine jumble but I was able to hook onto it right away. It was last used in gameplay on 12/24/16 making it the oldest clue word of the bunch.
Our cartoon brings us to a lake where we see a traffic jam at a small boat launching dock. There are five vehicles in the panel with each one towing a boat. Our cartoon sentence reveals that this particular lake is a popular spot for anglers while the dialogue between the characters informs us that they’ve been waiting their turn for hours.
The panel seemed overcrowded, but that was the whole point of the cartoon. It made the fine details rather difficult to sea, but I’ll point out a few that caught my eye. The man standing behind the truck with a boat partially in the water was wearing a hat with a logo of a fish jumping out of water. The character next to him had a hat with a single “J” on the front which presumably stands for Jumble. He’s also holding a beverage cup in his hand and there’s a line coming out of the top indicating that it’s hot. Directly behind him is a man in a truck that has sunglasses on and some large dice hanging from his rear view mirror. Circling back to the vehicle putting the boat in the water, I noticed a tiny detail that ended up being my favorite. There are a few action lines around the rear brake light which gave the panel a splash of realism!
The layout for the surprise answer was an anagram containing 12-letters. The cartoon sentence said anglers instead of fishermen causing me to see FISH almost immediately. The ING suffix came next followed by a short solve of LINES for the finish. Not an overly difficult puzzle for a Wednesday but it was fun nonetheless. Have a wonderful Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow! 🎣
Jumble Answers for 10/23/2018
RDTEN = TREND
PIREG = GRIPE
DURETG = TRUDGE
ODIMUP = PODIUM
CARTOON ANSWER:
WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO TRAIN THE NEW HORSE, THE JOCKEY SAID HE WOULD – – –
TNGIETREODI = GET “RIDE” ON IT
Happy Tuesday, Jumble fans! I was happy to see that David slightly increased the difficulty level of today’s puzzle after yesterday’s cakewalk. All of the clue words that he chose were recycled favorites but their respective anagrams were new. TRUDGE was the only one to give me a slight pause which made it my pick for the most difficult anagram of the day. I noticed that all of the clue words were used in 2017, with TREND & PODIUM both appearing in April while GRIPE & TRUDGE showed up in July.
It looks like our jet setting couple from yesterday have been reunited as Jeff has decided to grace us with another cartoon based upon their extravagant exploits. Very rarely do we get to continue the adventures of our beloved Jumble characters so it was a pleasant surprise to see them featured for the second day in a row. This time they’re at a racetrack and we see them having an interaction with a horse jockey. The cartoon sentence reveals that the wealthy duo have decided to get into the racehorse game and they’ve approached this particular jockey to train their steed. The dialogue sets the timeframe for the training at one month and the jockey wastes no time in getting started.
Fresh back from Milan, we see our female character decked out from head to hoof in western-inspired clothing. Her cowboy hat sits neatly upon her perfectly quaffed hairdo and the design on the front has a horseshoe emblem in the middle. It blended seamlessly with the horseshoe earrings that are dangling from her ears. The tassels hanging from her shirtsleeves were quite impressive as were her thigh-high cowboy boots. Her beau is dressed almost exactly the same as the last time we saw him with the exceptions being new cowboy boots and a small stud in his right ear. In the background is a shadowed racetrack with a horse and jockey galloping down the straightaway. My favorite overall detail of the piece were the two cupolas on the building in the background. Each one was adorned with a racehorse weathervane which made for quite a surprise when stumbling upon them.
Our surprise answer was cryptically hidden within an 11-letter anagram. With todays theme being about racehorses, I saw RIDE after staring at the letters for a few seconds. With those letters eliminated, I was able to see ON and IT leaving GET for the finish.
Will we see this couple featured in tomorrow’s cartoon panel? Be sure to cast your vote down below to let us know what you think! Have a terrific Tuesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow. 🐴
Jumble Answers for 10/22/2018
TZYSE = ZESTY
GETIR = TIGER
ZABEGO = GAZEBO
RNYJIU = INJURY
CARTOON ANSWER:
WHEN THE WEALTHY COUPLE BOUGHT MATCHING PLANES, THEY HAD A – – –
STTEEJ = JET SET
Happy Monday, Jumble friends! Today’s game was a gimme with no ink spilled on any of the clue words or the surprise answer. Mr. Hoyt decided to give us a new clue word in GAZEBO but it wasn’t any trouble whatsoever. The remaining three clue words were all recycled favorites but their anagrams were new. The oldest of the bunch was INJURY and it was last used in gameplay on 3/26/17. Since all of the words were quite visible, I’ve decided to skip over picking one as the most challenging and have placed a poll down below where you can choose todays stumper.
Our cartoon brings us to the tarmac of an airport where we see a couple of Jumble characters saying their goodbyes. Their dialogues inform us that she’s off to Milan and he’s heading to Las Vegas. Judging by the woman’s fashionable appearance, I’d say she’s most likely going to be doing a lot of shopping on her short trip to Italy. Her hat seems very chic and it has four curly “things” sticking out of the top of it. What really caught my eye was the little “J” on her purse. I’ve only heard of the fabled Jumble purses, and it was quite a delight to see her wearing one! My favorite detail in the cartoon was the expression shown by the captain of the plane. She casually interjects that the plane is ready in hopes of breaking up the lovefest and getting the bird up in the sky.
The letter layout for the final solution was 6-letters in length making it impossible to keep the answer cryptic. I’m sure we’ll have some challenges later in the week so I’ll end it here. Have a marvelous Monday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Jumble Answers for 10/21/2018
TRAEGH – GATHER
FRADOF – AFFORD
SSUMIE – MISUSE
MSSETY – SYSTEM
CRUPES – SPRUCE
SPOGIS – GOSSIP
CARTOON ANSWER: HUMPTY DUMPTY’S DEPARTURE FROM THE WALL WAS A – – –
GAT RD ISE SST SU GOI = DISASTROUS “EGG-SIT”
Good Morning, Everyone! 👑🍳 WRONGLY “EGG-SECUTED”? 🍳👑
🎶 I’m SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD...Just rollin’ along, just rollin’ along. And I’m quittin’ the blues of the world…Just singin’ a song, just singin’ a song. Glory, Hallelujah, I just phoned the parson..”Hey, Par, get ready to call”…Just like HUMPTY DUMPTY, I’M GOIN’ TO FALL..Yes, I’m SITTING ON TOP, top of the world…Just rollin’ along, just rollin’ along…🎶 “I’m Sitting On Top Of The World” – Dean Martin 1973
👑🍳 We all know Humpty Dumpty as a child’s nursery rhyme,
Recited when kids GATHER, for such a long, long time…
One wonders how it came about, were these words of MISUSE?
Why was there such excitement from what may have been abuse?
What was he doing on that wall? No legs did he AFFORD,
The GOSSIP went around that he had snapped his Spinal Cord…
Dressed oh so nice and with a Crown, he really looked quite SPRUCE,
Yet one can’t help but wonder…Was the SYSTEM that footloose?
Without two legs to guide him, was he placed up there to wit…
And left to meet his sad fate of DISASTROUS “EGG-SIT”? 🍳👑
WALL, WALL...Do you think today the YOLK’s on us? UnSCRAMBLING the words wasn’t a problem, but David sure DISHED out an EGGScellent solution! With all our words Sweet Repeats, there wasn’t any FALLtering there…They all went OVER EASY…but DISASTROUS?..Uh, yes..it almost proved to be! But let’s put our SUNNY SIDES UP, quit HORSEing around, and get to our cartoon…
Today we find ourselves in late eighteen century England, PEERing THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS, so to speak, as the Kings’ Horses and Men SCRAMBLE to find a way to help HUMPTY DUMPTY. Having fallen off the WALL, he lies there all BROKEN UP OVER the whole thing! Poor HUMPTY…This is definitely CRACKED up to be a problem…And rumor has it he really was a good EGG…But what a MESStery…How’d he get UP there? Was he asSALTed? Could he have been just a YOLKen PAWN in some crazy Royal takeOVER? Could this have ended BUTTER? Is he really TOAST now? Or was he just SITTING there minding his own business? So many questions, and yet I fear we SHELL never know…BOTTOM line?…It’s definitely a DISASTER…Yep..it’s a DISASTROUS “EGG-SIT”! Bravo, David! You’ve KIDded us once again!
Ok, eye candy…You have no idea how badly I was hoping one of the horses would be Black and White…you know SALT and PEPPER?…but gROAN, they’re not…Big expanse of Green grass, with Black-silhouetted trees WHEY off in the background. A Castle is seen OFF to the right, three flagged-spires showing. Nice POINTS, Jeff . Two FLUFFY clouds in the sky. The Kings’ Men are clad in Gray, with Red Sashes across their chests…And then we have our ENTREE, Humpty, himself. Red gloves, Gold unBROKEN CROWN, his innards YOKING into the ground…I’m going with him. From the looks of it? A perfect SUNNY SIDE UP result…Poor guy. He took a real gamble going up there…although it does look like he BROKE EVEN! So, There you have it YOLKS, Done! Have an EGGScellent day, Everyone! I’m OFF to PICK UP breakfast…I’m just BACON for some EGGS! 🍳👑🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 10/20/2018
NAPKL – PLANK
CTDHI – DITCH
XIEPER – EXPIRE
LICCIN – CLINIC
CARTOON ANSWER: TO WIN THE GAME, THE STARTER AND THE TWO RELIEVERS – – –
LA DTH PIE CLNI = ALL PITCHED IN
Good Morning, Everyone! ⚾️ PITCH PERFECT? ⚾️
🎶 Take me out to the BALL GAME, Take me out with the crowd…Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back…Let me root, root, root for the home TEAM, If they don’t win it’s a shame…For it’s ONE, TWO, THREE STRIKES you’re out at the old BALL GAME…🎶 “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” – (Written by): Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer 1908
⚾️ Some DITCH a job, some walk a PLANK, tho hypothetical,
The things we do just to attend a game of pro Baseball.
We root on our best pitchers, as they EXPIRE our foes…
We watch the strikeouts pile up, we follow every throw.
They go through Pitching CLINICs, they practice every day,
They team up with the bullpen…together’s how they play…
While hits are always needed, the runs go for the win…
It’s on the mound we want the guys who we know ALL PITCHED IN! ⚾️
All of our words today were last PLAYED during the STRETtCH of February to August 2017…And none of the Early Morning Jumblers STRUCK OUT with any of them…So let’s just WALK OUT ON THE FIELD…
Today we find ourselves standing on the MOUND (aka the HILL), of a BASEBALL FIELD, at the end of a Jumblers GAME. Three PLAYERS, are animatedly speaking to one another, THROWING praise around. The three agree that they’ve WON the GAME, due to their TEAM effort. We read that they’re the STARTER, and his two RELIEVERS. But notice what word is not POPPING UP? PITCHER! MAJOR HIT! I mean HINT! So, the question POSED: What did the three do IN ORDER to win the game! They ALL PITCHED IN! Easy, breezy, a SOLID HIT! Good one, David!
Ok, eye candy. Our Big Three, outfitted in Red Caps, with the “J” Logo, Red Pants, and White Jerseys, are, at LEFT, the STARTER…offering the GAME BALL to the CLOSER, and in the middle, the first RELIEVER, a LEFTIE, praising the STARTER. The CLOSER, a RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER, wearing wrist bands, is heard saying that it was a TEAM effort. On the MOUND, the PITCHER’S PLATE can be seen, and out past the OUTFIELD, the SCOREBOARD. But the HIT of the cartoon today? The INFIELDER seen off to the LEFT, cheering, leaping, and throwing his glove way into the air. Talk about a POP UP! So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone!..And that’s it for me…I’ll need some RELIEF, if this day’s to be SAVED…⚾️🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 10/19/2018
SIBKR – BRISK
SOYBS – BOSSY
TUBODI – OUTBID
AITUCQ – ACQUIT
CARTOON ANSWER: WHEN HE TAUGHT STUDENTS ABOUT THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE NIGHT SKY, HE WAS – – –
BRI OSS UTI AUIT = “SIRIUS” ABOUT IT
Good Morning, Everyone! 🌟 “SIRIUS”ly? 🌟
🎶 STARRY, STARRY night…Flaming flowers that brightly blaze, Swirling clouds in violet haze, Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue…Colors changing hue…Morning fields of amber grain, Weathered faces lined in pain …Are soothed beneath the artist’s loving hand…🎶 “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)” – Don McLean 1972
🌟 Out on a clear, BRISK evening, with the sky afire with light,
We see a group of stars OUTBID each other for what’s bright.
With a teacher who’s not BOSSY, but whose basic curriculum,
Involves being quite serious about what’s dear to him…
It’s obvious he knows his stuff, his actions do ACQUIT,
He wants these kids to know just where a special Star should fit…
So he stands outdoors and looks above, his mettle one of grit…
It comes to Stars, he’s earned his stripes, he’s “SIRIUS” ABOUT IT! 🌟
So, today David seems to have not taken our words too SIRIUSly. Not only are they all Sweet Repeats, they’re repeat Sweet Repeats. We’ve seen each of them more than once in the past, the most recent being BRISK which last appeared on April 7th. And the only word to LIGHTly DOG any of the Early Morning Jumblers today was ACQUIT. OUTBID TRAILed behind, with just one bid…Ok, on to our solution….
Today’s cartoon brings us outdoors under a STAR-LIT Sky. We see a Teacher, with four students, looking up at the clusters of Stars. He’s heard telling them about the Brightest Star, SIRIUS. Being a Star of the Constellation CANIS MAJOR, (Latin for “The Greater DOG“), gives it its’ nickname, “DOG STAR”. And as a little aside, the expression “Dog Days” of Summer, came about from the period when SIRIUS rises in conjunction with the Sun, July 3rd, through August 11th. Now how COOL is that? It’s bright, it’s huge…it’s a SIRIUS Star...and as a result…When our teacher’s talking? He’s “SIRIUS” ABOUT IT! Great pun, David! Once again…you’re our Shining Star!
Ok, eye candy…The SKY is darkened, with SIRIUS and the lesser Stars illuminated. The panel is totally shaded in Gray, it being night. Except for the blackened silhouetted Trees along the background, there’s really nothing to take a SHINE to…So I’ll just go with the young blond boy at left. He’s holding up his Cell Phone, and Jeff’s imposed the Stars themselves upon its’ screen…You GLOW, Jeff! Great deTAIL. What a BRIGHT idea! So, There you have it Folks, Done! Have a great day, Everyone…And remember…We’re all STARS…CONSTELLATION prize or not! 🌟🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 10/18/2018
CNAKR = CRANK
SOIRV = VISOR
CTEEIX = EXCITE
DOLMUE = MODULE
CARTOON ANSWER:
THE TENNIS PRO QUIT HIS JOB AT THE CLUB WHEN HE – – –
CRNVISETEODE = SERVED NOTICE
Happy Thursday, Jumble friends! All of today’s clue words were recycled favorites, but their anagrams are coming up as new. Surprisingly, VISOR took the longest to come into view making it my pick for the most difficult anagram of the day. I have a feeling that MODULE will be probably be the most challenging word for most but it it was no problem on my end. With all of the anagrams solved in a jiffy, I made my way to the tennis themed cartoon.
The setting for today’s panel is a tennis club where we see two men having an interaction in the pro shop. The gentleman behind the counter, dressed in an Asics branded polo and wearing funky sunglasses, is being given some kind of paperwork. The dialogue and cartoon sentence reveals that Milos has decided to tender his letter of resignation and he’s offering it up to his superior on the head of his tennis racket.
Jumble artist, Jeff Knurek, decided to split today’s cartoon into two different scenes. Three quarters of the panel is devoted to the main action occurring in the pro shop while the remaining quarter shows the tennis court of the club. Starting with the smaller portion, we see two courts that are side-by-side and a woman is preparing to serve a tennis ball. She has her tongue sticking out of the side of her mouth to give us the impression that she is intent on making a really great serve.
There were only a couple of extra details in the pro shop that I picked up on. I previously mentioned the shirt and sunglasses of the owner so I’ll pass over those and move on to the counter. We see two cans of tennis balls, five loose balls, and a single tennis racket. The most interesting detail of the piece was the resignation letter. By enlarging the cartoon, Jeff made it appear official by giving it all the hallmarks of a formal letter. There are squiggly marks indicating the date line, the greeting, the overall main text, a closing line and a signature line. The signature line was the only bit that was legible and it has Milos’ signature written in cursive.
The letter layout for the final solution contained 12-letters. The visual clue of the letter being tendered on a racket brought SERVED immediately into view leaving NOTICE to be found with minimal effort. It was a pretty easy solve for a Thursday so my fingers are crossed that we get a stumper to close out the week. Have a terrific Thursday, and I’ll see you tomorrow! 🎾
Jumble Answers for 10/17/2018
OTMTO = MOTTO
FUTFS = STUFF
LAGIOE = GOALIE
NARPYT = PANTRY
CARTOON ANSWER:
THE OLD ROOF WAS CONSTANTLY IN NEED OF REPAIRS. THE OWNER HAD TO – – –
OTTOSTFOAIPNY = STAY ON TOP OF IT
Happy Wednesday, Jumble geniuses! All of today’s clue words were familiar old friends. FUTFS was the only jumble that’s a repeat with its last appearance in the game on 4/15/17. GOALIE took the longest to decipher making it my pick for the most difficult anagram of the day. I thought NARPYT was a mighty fine jumble as well but it took nowhere near as long to solve as GOALIE did.
Today’s cartoon lands us somewhere in Jumbleville where we see some repairs being made to a roof. On top of the home is a gentleman who appears to have located the problem spot. We see him holding a hammer in his left hand and a new row of shingles easily within reach. Climbing up the ladder is a woman who stops halfway up to exchange some dialogue with her husband. She asks if he’s fixing the roof again which lets us know that this is a recurring problem.
There were a few noteworthy details in today’s panel that caught my attention. The steep angle of the roof must be difficult and a bit scary to work on but the man doesn’t seem even remotely phased by it. Instead he wears a look of determination on his face as he performs the necessary maintenance to his castle. The ladder appeared a bit short at first with only seven rungs showing. Since it’s a two-story home, I think we can safely assume that there are at least seven more below that we don’t see. Did you notice the shadow of the woman and the ladder on the side of the house? Leave it to Jeff to add a bit of shading to give his work some visual punch! The gutters on both the front and back of the home were also a great touch and were shaded perfectly as well.
The letter layout for the final solution contained 13-letters which is the same as yesterday’s. Knowing that there were several 2-letter words in the answer, I started making a list of them in the margin of my paper. Since the man was on TOP of the roof, I figured that would be in there as well. Doing some letter elimination brought STAY into view which made the rest of the answer flow easily. Even though this wasn’t a terribly difficult puzzle, the five word solution did take an extra minute or two to work through. Have a wonderous Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Jumble Answers for 10/16/2018
GABYG = BAGGY
DEMMO = MODEM
VRALGE = GRAVEL
SOCARS = ACROSS
CARTOON ANSWER:
AFTER BEING CROWNED “JUMBLE CHAMPION,” HE PREFERRED HIS – – –
BAGDEMGRELCSS = EGGS SCRAMBLED
Happy Tuesday, Jumble players! This mornings puzzle gave us two brand new clue words in BAGGY and ACROSS. Even though the other two were old favorites, their anagrams were new which made for fresh gameplay. ACROSS was my most challenging word this morning because all I saw was OSCARS and couldn’t get it out of my head. MODEM would be my second place pick as it’s a word you just don’t see much of anymore. It’s also the oldest clue word of the group with its last appearance in the game on 5/12/17.
Today’s cartoon is a doozy and featured two Jumble characters placing a breakfast order with their waitress. The menu cover gives the location as “The Pun Also Rises Cafe” which is a terrible pun but in a very good way! The waitress immediately recognizes the male character on the left as being Paul which tells us that he’s a regular customer to the joint. When she asks him what he’d like to eat, he gives his response in Jumblese. If you weren’t able to figure out the anagrams, it solves into “GOOD MORNING! GIVE ME THE USUAL.”
After reading the cartoon sentence it is revealed that Paul has recently been crowned “Jumble Champion”. David and Jeff held a Jumble Symposium back in May so I believe the caricature that we’re seeing this morning is that of the winner. Congratulations on your win, Paul, and it must be a thrill seeing yourself in a Jumble cartoon!
The letter layout for the final solution was 13-letters in length. The anagram was extremely cryptic and gave absolutely nothing away. I found EGG after mixing up the letters on my notepad leaving SCRAMBLED to be found shortly thereafter. Have a terrific Tuesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
BONUS CONTENT:
Shortly after writing this, Jumble tweeted out the following statement:
That’s “JUMBLE CHAMPION” Paul L. and his brother Jerry in today’s Jumble. Paul is the reigning “JUMBLE CHAMPION” and has won the annual competition three times in a row! He is the undisputed “JUMBLE CHAMPION.” To read full story and see photos go to: facebook.com/jumble/
Jumble Answers for 10/15/2018
NUPER = PRUNE
LEFTE = FLEET
KBEERU = REBUKE
TOCXIE = EXOTIC
CARTOON ANSWER:
WHEN SHE ASKED HER SON IF HE’D LEARNED ANY EVEN NUMBERS, HE SAID – – –
Jumble Answers for 10/14/2018
FCEETF – EFFECT
RSMOYT – STORMY
FONRUF – RUNOFF
VARSIO – SAVIOR
NGLOBE – BELONG
WOSNID – DISOWN
CARTOON ANSWER: HE’D GOTTEN A JOB IN THE MEN’s COLOGNE SECTION AND WAS NOW – – –
ECT ST RNF AOR EN DN = FRONT AND “SCENTER”
Good Morning, Everyone! 👃🏻THE SWEET SMELL OF…DISTRESS”? 👃🏻
🎶 There’s a reason you’re everywhere…Breathe you in like you’re in the AIR..Maybe you should call off today….Give you girls some time to play…Cause you’re keeping me safe and warm, even when I’m home alone…Wearing nothing but your COLOGNE…Wearing nothing but your COLOGNE…🎶 “Cologne” – Selena Gomez 2015
👃🏻 At one time you’d hear “Would you…” Just before the spray unfurled,
Depending on how quick you were, you’re hit before you whirl…
The EFFECT of the scent would take, and now you would BELONG
Among that group who’s RUNOFF wasn’t fast and wasn’t strong.
The new scent, “STORMY Weather” smelling like new fallen rain,
Was now imbedded in your clothes, and seeping towards your brain.
There should have been a SAVIOR here, protecting you from this…
Next thing you know another’s coming…this time spraying “Bliss”.
“I need to get away from here, this store I should DISOWN”
You’re thinking as you try to flee from here and these colognes…
There has to be a better way to reach “Tools..You Can Renter…”
Next time you’ll use the back door and avoid the FRONT AND “SCENTER”! 👃🏻
So,…Looking at our cartoon, and noting that our main character today is a “SCENTER”, and having been ambushed enough times in the past by going through those FRONT entrances…today’s puzzle solution was breathe of fresh air! Unlike our theme! And unlike some of our words today…Here’s the general consensus so far…1 and 2, check. 5 and 6, check…3 and 4? A few of the Early Morning Jumblers? See our poor unsuspecting Sprayee? (Is that a word?)…They all Choked! One of those pesky combination words…RUNOFF, well, it didn’t Runoff their tongues that easily, and SAVIOR? I’m hearing that they thought there was a U in there..Saviour. Truth be told? Neither “looks” right. I guess it’s just one of those odd words…And I couldn’t find it in the archives either…so let’s deem it The First, and the Worst! Please write in and let us know your thoughts…
Our cartoon today is pretty clear. We find ourselves in the Men’s COLOGNE Dept. of Jumble’s. Yes, Jumble’s. I NOSE, I NOSE..But what can I say, Folks…I SCENT your amusement, and we do know about Jeff’s SCENTS of humor… But as we all know, entering a Dept. Store at its’ FRONT entrance, is like walking into a SPRAY FORAY! So, we see a FRAGRANCE MODEL as they came to be known, FRAGRANTLY, I mean flagrantly spritzing an unsuspected customer. And he’s like..”EAU..de Cologne is burning my eyes..Stop it”! Poor guy…I mean this really STINKS, don’t you think? But as we can see, the damage is done…And all because our Sartorial Spritzer got a new job and is now FRONT AND “SCENTER“. Good one, David…AIR, AIR!!
As for the eye candy? Escalator in the background, but I’m UP and DOWN about it. Yellow display bottles of Jumble Cologne, embossed wth the Trademark “J”. Again…What can I JAY? Large Yellow Cloud of Cologne seen surrounding our customer..Hard to bAIR….But I think I’ll go with the surprised onlooker, cell phone in hand…Not only can I SCENTS his shock, I can almost hear him saying..”Shouldn’t you be spritzing only conSCENTual adults”? So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone..And remember..If possible, always use the back entrance to these Stores…So you won’t end up the SCENTER of attention! 👃🏻🙋🏻
Jumble Answers for 10/13/2018
YAKKA – KAYAK
SAHST – STASH
RACESC – SCARCE
IGRUTA – GUITAR
CARTOON ANSWER: THE HOCKEY GAME HAD MORE PENALTIES THAN YOU COULD – – –
KAK TSH SACE ITA = SHAKE A STICK AT
Good Morning, Everyone! 🏒 STICKS AND ZONES…MAY BREAK THEIR BONES?🏒
🎶 Well SHAKE it up baby now…SHAKE it up Baby, Twist and Shout….Come on, come on, come, come on Baby now…Come on and work it on out…You know you twist, Little Girl…You know you twist so fine. Come on and twist a little closer now…And let me know that you’re mine…Well, SHAKE it, SHAKE it, SHAKE it, Baby now…Well, SHAKE it, SHAKE it, SHAKE it, Baby now…Well, SHAKE it, SHAKE it, SHAKE it, Baby now….Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh…🎶 “Twist and Shout” – The Beatles 1963
🏒 A Kansas City KAYAK fan could sympathize right here,
With Hockey you get brawling too…and fans just love to cheer.
A penalty’s a given, players all possess a STASH,
The Sport is one of gamesmanship, so penalties? Not SCARCE.
It’s not for the faint-hearted, no soft GUITAR-stringing strum…
It’s facewash, bites and head locks..It’s the fighting and the scrum.
There’s blood, there’s brawn, you’ll get it all…a little this and that…
With Hockey you just never know what you’ll SHAKE A STICK AT! 🏒
Now this is a pleasant surprise. We’ve seen Baseball, Football, a CLIPPING or two of Basketball, but I only remember one previous HOCKEY puzzle. It was back on May 15th, when we watched a forlorn fan ordering Sunny Side-Down Eggs at the Victoria Diner. The place was nice, not a DIVE or anything, but our fan sure looked SHOT. And I remember thinking that maybe he should have ordered a MUFFIN that morning instead…Anyway, before I get TRAPped in the past, let’s SHIFT back to the present…
All of our words today are REBOUNDS, with Stash HOLDING the record for being the most recent, April 20th. So far this morning, no one’s CHECKed in with any concerns, but it is a Saturday morning, and with the late nights some of them keep on Fridays…I suspect a few may be DELAYED OFFSIDE. So, let’s just move on to our cartoon…We find ourself on the ICE of the fictional Kansas City Kayak’s HOCKEY ARENA this morning, watching a PLAYER, whom I’ll call MICH IGAN, COOLing his heels. The Referee is seen telling him to “Get in the box”, the PENALTY BOX, because he was caught HOOKING. For those of you who may not know, in HOCKEY, HOOKING is when a player impedes an opponent by putting the blade of his STICK into the other man’s body. It’s definitely a PENALTY. And as we see MICH SHAKING his STICK at the ref, our question is asking…The game had more penalties then you could..SHAKE A STICK AT! Well, GORDIE, GORDIE for us! HOWE cool is that one? GORD one, David! You’re definitely no HACK!
Ok, eye candy…I was trying to place the Jersey, but it doesn’t really look OFFICIAL. Since it’s Red, is it the Capitals, the Flames, the Devils, the Hurricanes? The partially hidden logo seems non-descript. Could be the LEFT WING of something, but I’d be SKATING on really thin ICE if I RUSHed to judgement. There’s a second player shown, already sitting it out in the box…MICH is seen being surly to the Ref…He really should CZECH himself..And we can also see the circled ZONE designation…but that might be the END of the details…So, what’s the eye candy? I think I’ll go with MICH’s NOSE…Something about it just sort of HOOKED me in! So, There you have it, Folks! Done! Have a great day, Everyone!..And I hope you all strike GOAL today! 🏒🙋🏻
