PEHHNY – HYPHEN

FUTYFS – STUFFY

RMEEEG – EMERGE

RAYDLE – DEARLY

RNIHED – HINDER

SLYOGS – GLOSSY

CARTOON ANSWER: SANTA COULD SEE THE PRIDE HIS HELPERS TOOK IN THEIR WORK. IT WAS CLEAR BY THEIR: 

HETFMEELHIEGS – HIGH “ELF” ESTEEM

Good Morning, Everyone!       🎅🏻  🎶SANTAmental  Journey🎶🎅🏻

🎶SANTA Baby, slip a Sable under the tree for me….Been an awful good girl…
SANTA Baby….And hurry down the chimney tonight…🎶

🎅🏻🎅🏻 So, The Day before Christmas, here in Jumble Land
And we’re given “The Workshop“. Oh, isn’t it grand?
We can see Santa smiling, and his Elves happy too
‘Cause the toys they are readying for me and for you.
Know for sure I am still one of those who believe,
‘Cause if not, than pajamas is what I’d receive!
And I’d rather have jewelry, and maybe a fur
So, Oh yes, I believe. Santa? Count on this her!
And our cartoon today is lots more than it seems…
I wish all you of you reading…Have “HIGH ELF ESTEEM”🎅🏻🎅🏻

Christmas! What a wonderful word! And Dave’s DELIVERED some wonderful words here today! Right from the top, I couldn’t DASH past that HYPHEN. I was BLINKIN’ that’s for sure. (Yes, I know ‘BLINKIN isn’t one of the Original Reindeers, but if you look real closely at the cartoon, there he is, way in the background). The rest of the words I PRANCERed right through! Ok, our cartoon! Santa’s Workshop! There’s two little ELVES, Chris and Eve, showing Santa a toy motorbike that they’ve finished. And they’re so proud of their work. As well they should be! They did a WHEELy good job! It’s Golden! No, really it’s a Golden Motorbike...For those of you who can’t see this in color…And of course, he’s proud of them…Let’s face it, Folks, he’s a sELF made man! Anyway, I’m surprised to see that workshop’s pretty bare, there’s no tree. You’d think they’d have one, you know to SPRUCE up the place, but no. We just see the motorbike, and a workbench. It’s a NICE bench. Wonder if it’s knotty pine, and maybe that’s where they make the toys for the KNOTTY children…Just Sayin’. Ok, so Chris  and Eve are probably looking to clean up, and get ready to leave, maybe for Church. If you listen closely, you can almost hear someone calling out to them…”CHRIS?…MASS! EVE….“? 🎶 Do you hear what I hear?🎶 No? Hmm…Anyway, as I said earlier, the ELVES are very proud of themsELVES. And Santa sees their…HIGH “ELF” ESTEEM! Well, knock me down, and hold on for DEER LIFE! Now THAT’S a pun! Dave, you just SLEIGH me! So, the eye candy. I’m going with the Reindeer in the back, in the middle. The one who’s BLINKIN’. Trust me, he’s BLINKIN’! Jeff, you’re a GIFT! 
So, There you have it, Folks! Done!
Have a great Christmas Eve, Everyone! And I hope Santa graces you all with his PRESENTS! 🎅🏻🙋🏻

PS: After I hit this to publish, I realized that I mistakenly didn’t include today’s words in my poem! It’s the Christmas fatigue! (And we didn’t even start eating yet)!  I’m running to Mass..(Maybe I’ll see Chris and Eve)! and when I get back, I’ll DASHER off for you all.  It’s a little chilly out..I just hope there’s no RAIN DEER…See you in a bit! 🎅🏻🙋🏻

***Ok…Here it is. Maybe not my best effort, but you have noooo idea how much work I have to do…Enjoy tonight! It’s magical! 🎅🏻🙋🏻

🎅🏻🎅🏻 The Workshop so exciting. You know what happens here
The dreams become reality, cause Santa, he does hear.
And nothing’s gonna HINDER our dreams from coming true,
Soon he’ll EMERGE and DEARLY bring those gifts for me and you.
The paper all so GLOSSY, those gifts wrapped up real fine
Will soon be in our homes tonight. At yours, and yours and mine…
So STUFFY doesn’t work here, nothing STUFFY ’bout today
And HYPHEN’s not looking too good, maybe another day…
Yes, I know that I’m deflecting. Yes I want to get it done…
It’s Christmas Eve, and besides, Folks, I liked the other one!🎅🏻🎅🏻

NANLU –ANNUL

BKALE –BLEAK

AGAMDE – DAMAGE

CYWRES –SCREWY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THERE’S A JUMBLE CARTOON EACH DAY BECAUSE THE ARTIST HAS NEVER – – 

NNLBAKDAARW – DRAWN A BLANK

Good Morning, Everyone!       🐶🐱  “IT’S A DOGGONE SHAME” 🐱🐶

🎶 It’s a DOGgone shame you’re not home. It’s a DOGgone shame you left me alone…It’s a shame you’re not here, that you’re not around, sad you’re out running all over this town…It’s a DOGgone shame you’ve put me down…🎶

🐶🐱 Well look at what we have today, the Jumble Boys we get
Discussing a cartoon for us, surrounded by their pets.
I thought that Dave had cats though, so it’s a little SCREWY
Because unless I’m wrong, I don’t see Simon or Tootie.
The panel is a little BLEAK, look at those desks so clean
(ANNUL’s not going to work today, if you see what I mean…)
I know the names of Jeff’s two dogs, are Gizmo and Fifi
How nice that they all get along, no DAMAGE do we see.
Is it a cat, can I be wrong, looking at David’s feet?
This should have been so easy, and I’d just go off to eat…
But this morning seeing these three dogs, my heart just sort of sank…
I see no cat, I’ll need Jeff’s help, because I’ve DRAWN A BLANK! 🐱🐶

Ok, so I went to FETCH my paper this morning, and this is what I see:..Todays words are not RUFF, but I think the anagram of BLEAK may be NEUTER us. Very creative for 5 LITTERS. I mean letters. Ok, our cartoon…David, left, a Jumble board up on his screen, which is wired to his keyboard. Steaming cup of coffee by his side. Jeff, right, clad in a signature Wilco T-shirt, depicting the “Early Rising Since ’94” Rooster, his head COCKed to one side.  He’s holding a BLANK tablet, stylus in hand, and there’s a cell phone on his desk. And then there’s the dogs. THREE dogs. Listen, my FELINE about this? Threw my whole morning off! …I ask you, Folks, is this normal? I’ll answer you, Folks, “NO”. It’s a little SIC if you ask me. With all that I still have left to do, MEOWs not the time FUR this. I shouldn’t be CHEWsing to unscramble this cartoon. Yet, here I am! BARKING up the wrong tree… You know, my thoughts are so SCATtered, I’m just going to get right to the dialogue. Dave’s telling Jeff that he PICTURES someone eating a Butterfly, and “having a Butterfly in his stomach”. Cute. Jeff says…”Oh, no problem… I got this”… (Yes, I’ve put words into his mouth…he put doubt into my mind)…Anyway, the question states that the “artist”, Jeff, has never been at a loss for wor…Oh wait, that’s Dave. Jeff has never been at a loss for a DRAWing.  He’s never..”DRAWN A BLANK”. Clever, very clever… Good pun! Ok, eye candy. Hmm. Today? It’s what I don’t see. I’m just turning it over to Jeff. “Jeff..YELP me out here…Where’s the CAT…”?     So, There you have it, Folks, Done..Or Undone!

Have a great day, Everyone! And keep in mind…If one of your PET peeves is not being able to completely solve a puzzle, and as a result things are just not PURR-fect, PAWS for a minute, and consider this…It may not be a CATastrophe, but it is a DOGgone shame…And whoever’s responsible FUR the faux PAW, should SIT up and take responsibility. It’s the LEASH they can do….LITTERally…🐱🐶 🙋🏻

PENIT – INEPT

KTLEN – KNELT

CAMPIT – IMPACT

RANTOY – NOTARY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE MARSUPIAL COUPLE VACATIONED TOGETHER TO GET SOME – – –

IETKLMATOAY – “KOALA–TY” TIME

Good Morning, Everyone!       🐨 Why DO We KOALA Them Bears? 🐨

🎶Oh, I love you, I still care..All my affection’s there. I will walk with you to the end of the passage…My little KOALA type bear. Little KOALA type bear, I can see you sitting there. With your silent smile..I won’t talk to you for a couple of minutes…My little KOALA type bear, little KOALA type bear…🎶

🐨🐨 A couple on vacation just relaxing in the sun
Koalas spend a lot of time asleep, not on the run.
One wonders what they’re resting from, since all they really do
Is sleep 3/4 of the day..or do they Bill and Coo?
A person living life like this, quite INEPT would they be
But how good does a few days off sound now to you and me?
What IMPACT would it have on us, to just relax our bods…
I know that I’d be KNELT thanking the sleep-inducing Gods.
But we are not Koala bears, so dreaming does no good
And anyway a real good dream? Asleep, right? Understood.
I’m left with one word once again, NOTARY needs a rhyme…
But I need sleep, so I’m just giving you “KOALA-TY” TIME! 🐨🐨

Today’s words are nothing new, but NOTARY may have had us UP a TREE, and given one the desire to SIGN OFF  on this puzzle! But you know that’s not APPROVED by us…so just jot it DOWN UNDER Impact, and we’ll move on…
Our cartoon: KOALAS, on vacation. Dave, EU-CA-LYP-TUS all you want, but that word Marsupial? We knew! Yet I’ll admit, I’d BEARly looked at Jeff’s cartoon, and I said it! Koala “Bear“…🎶AUSSIE can you see…🎶 Ahem..Ok. The cartoon. The couple lounging in the sun, eating leaves and having a cocktail. I’m not BAMBOOzled into thinking it’s water, because they don’t drink water…Let’s just hope those drinks don’t make them POUCHy! And I’m a little emBEARassed  to mention this, but would you believe that Koalas have an extremely high rate of STDs? That Bill and Coo I mentioned earlier? Making a whole lot of sense right about now, huh? Just sayin’. Any…way!! We see them relaxing, and the dialogue is a hoot! “Take a nap”..! That’s all they do..Sleep! 16-18 hours a day! They could KOALAfy for one of those sleep studies, right? Ok, ok..So, our question? “Together to get some”? “KOALA-TY” TIME! Cute pun…almost as cute as these little Koalas! Ok, eye candy. I like the polka dot bikini. I like the little draw-string on the swimming trunks. I like the little umbrellas in the drinks…I absolutely love the Bamboo table! But I’m TILTING towards Jeff’s signature sailboat in the background. It always BUOYS my spirits!
So, There you have it, Folks, Done!
Have a great day, Everyone! Christmas is almost here…Good time to get in touch with old friends…Why not KOALA someone you miss today! 🐨 🙋🏻

** After writing this up this morning, news came through about the car attack in Melbourne, Australia. My heart 💔 goes out to our Aussie readers, and to all those affected by one more senseless tragedy. Prayers for Australia. Prayers for Peace. 

GOONLB – OBLONG

CNACTE – ACCENT

ROMEAL – MORALE

LEEUFY –  EYEFUL

WLIESV – SWIVEL

TONKYT – KNOTTY

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN THE BABY’S FIRST WORDS WERE ‘DA-DA…DA-DA’,

THE FATHER EXCLAIMED:

ONANORLYEUWIKT –         NOW, YOU’RE TALKIN’

Good Morning, Everyone!                👶🏻 WHO’S YOUR DADDY? 👶🏻

👶🏻👶🏻 A KNOTTY situation, spin or SWIVEL it what may
With an ACCENT on “You’re kidding me” on any given day.
For the young Mom who is tired, baby care all night and day
Her MORALE can take a crushing blow to hear her baby say…
“Da-Da” as his first word, after all that she has done
And then to get an EYEFUL of the smile on her husband.
He feels good and he’s gloating, but man, take into account…
The sound of “D” is quite often the easier to pronounce!
So the baby may not realize what a problem could begin…
When he’s making sounds and giving his Father that big grin.
And I’m left with the word OBLONG despite minutes just spent gawkin’…
This Mom is stressed, Dude, hug your wife…Yeah, ok “Now You’re Talkin'”👶🏻👶🏻

Sunday words. 6/6. A pause here and there? They didn’t stump me, but I SPACED them out, and I did blink once or twice. So, on to our cartoon. Jeff’s tribute to STAR WARS, which just opened in a theater near everyone. He’s giving us a new born, and two harried parents. No, wait. One harried parent. And one very happy parent. It seems Baby LUKE…(You know this is a set up, right? Jeff’s tongue in wayyyy into that cheek this morning..)! Baby Luke has said his first word, and..oh Mama, it ‘ain’t Mama! Ladies, how many of us have gone through this with our little STORM POOPERS? Total dedication, around the clock, and what do we get? We get to hear “Da-Da“. Talk about going SOLO! Talk about “R-you-2 kidding me”? Talk about...Obin-Wan CANNOT BE…ok, ok, enough…What do we see here? A Father obviously very taken with Star Wars. He’s dressed in a Star Wars Darth Vader T-shirt, there’s a Star Wars changing table, there’s a Star Wars mobile on the crib. Baby Luke is holding a toy PORG. The only thing not Star Wars related, is our poor Mom. She’s a blonde, with a purple shirt. Seriously, Ladies, where do you think these Jumble women shop? Maybe at the DARTH MAUL? Who knows…Anyway, the dialogue is telling us, that Luke’s first word, has impressed his Father, and the Fathers reaction is …”Right.., you got it right…”“NOW YOU’RE TALKIN'”! AT-AT a boy, Dave. YODAn a good job! Ok, so eye candy…Hmm…What is my bidding? I think I’ll go with the PORG. Something’s just FORCEing me to…
So, There you have it, Folks. It’s a FRAP!
Have a great day, Everyone! And whatever you do, don’t go looking for love in ALDERAN places…(And yea, yea...Luke…he IS your Father)! 👶🏻🙋🏻

USIES = ISSUE

MIYDL = DIMLY

LHIRTL = THRILL

BLAYBF = FLABBY

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE PAINTING OF THE MOONSHINER’S EQUIPMENT WAS A – – –

ISEILTLFL = STILL LIFE

Have a super Saturday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

TLAGO – GLOAT

RAYHI – HAIRY

PLUTIP – PULPIT

EETUQA – EQUATE

CARTOON ANSWER:

AFTER ACING THE MATH TEST, HER PARENTS ASKED HOW SHE DID. SHE ANSWERED – – –

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YAOLR = ROYAL

UHNBC = BUNCH

NASOSE = SEASON

SLUDOH = SHOULD

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE WOODWIND PLAYER WENT FISHING WITH HIS BUDDY AND HOPED TO CATCH A – – –

OABNSSSO = BASS SOON

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday. The week is flying by and the new Star Wars movie premieres tomorrow night and I couldn’t be more excited!!! We have bigger fish to fry right now though, so let me reel myself in and wade into today’s Jumble puzzle solve.

The clue words were super easy today with all of them coming into view instantly. I’d venture a guess and choose SEASON as the most difficult anagram to decipher. If you had trouble with this word, it was most likely one of two things. You probably coupled the S’s together when trying to come up with a word, or you started the word with one of the 3-vowels. It happens to all of us from time to time, and I just got lucky and happened to sea the answer right away. With all of them finished, it was on to the main event — the cartoon!

Looking at just the panel, we see a well dressed man and woman fishing in a small boat. Their hat’s don’t match their attire, but by reading the cartoon sentence and dialogue, we learn that these musicians will be performing soon. There were a few fun details that you may have overlooked. On the boat motor, Jeff sneakily added the word “Jumble” where the brand name is usually displayed. There is also a musical note on the woman’s hat which also added some extra flair to the piece. The best detail of all had to be the correct anchor placement for the vessel. Jeff nailed it with the anchor set from the bow, downwind and with the current!

I wasn’t able to blind solve this one, so I wrote out the clue letters. BASS immediately came to mind leaving SOON to finish this groaner of a pun. Have a wonderful Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow! 🙂

NEMOY = MONEY

GITID = DIGIT

GTIYRT = GRITTY

CNQEHU = QUENCH

CARTOON ANSWER:

WITH EACH TENTACLE HOLDING FOOD, THE OCTOPUS – – –

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NYALM = MANLY

DIYLO = DOILY

TFROGE = FORGET

TRATEO = ROTATE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THEY SPENT THE DAY WITH THEIR DAUGHTER’S CHILDREN AND HAD A – – –

MNDIGTRAE = GRAND TIME

Good morning everyone and happy Monday! Mr. Hoyt, our Jumble wordsmith, decided to start the week off with some interesting clue word choices. DOILY and ROTATE both took an extra second to figure out but neither word posed much of a challenge. I’m going out on a limb by picking ROTATE as the most difficult anagram, but it could very well be DOILY. With all of the clue words out of the way, it was time to move on to the cartoon.

Mr. Knurek is definitely in the holiday spirit with his first Christmas cartoon of the season! Looking at just the cartoon, we see a group of 6 characters that are in the process of decorating their Christmas tree. Reading the dialogue and sentence we learn that two of the characters are named Poppy and Lee Lee and they have a tradition of decorating the tree together. Alarm bells were ringing in my head upon seeing the unique wording of the sentence bringing “grandchildren” instantly to mind. Looking at the letter layout, GRAND was in there leaving a simple 4-letter jumble of TIME for the finish.

This quick Monday puzzle may not have been much of a stumper, but the charming cartoon leaves you with a warm feeling that only happens this time of year. Have a magnificent Monday and I’ll see you tomorrow! 🙂

LAPRIS – SPIRAL

RAFTEL – FALTER

EGGGIL – GIGGLE

FLONDU –UNFOLD

NIRWYE – WINERY

TINIFE – FINITE

CARTOON ANSWER: THE TENNIS COURTS WERE FILLED WITH- – –

SPRARGIEUNLRYNTE – RETURNING PLAYERS

Good Morning, Everyone!             🎾 TOO LITTLE, TOO LET? 🎾

🎶 RETURN to me..Please come back Bella Mia…Hurry back, hurry home to my arms, to my lips and my heart…🎶

🎾🎾 A Tennis ball SPIRALs as it sails through the air
One hopes it don’t FALTER before it gets there…
I GIGGLE because as this story UNFOLDs
I’m thinking that I don’t fit in this mold.
My tennis ability’s FINITE at best, not something I ever perfected
“Take thee to the WINERY“s more my MO
(And the meter needs to be corrected…) 🎾🎾

Ok, so the rhythm’s a little OUT of sync,  I admit. Not my best SERVE. But I’m having a RALLY hard time trying to get my POINT across to someone this morning, and I’m a little UPSET. But I’m sure it’ll PASS…OK, today’s words are beauties, as we’d say in Brooklyn. They’re all RETURNing favorites, with the anagrams being different…So, I guess that makes them what? MIXED DOUBLES? Sorry, I couldn’t resist! I just had to TOSS it OUT there! Ok, LET’s SWING over to our cartoon: We’re at a Tennis match, seeing a couple SCRATCHing their heads in bewilderment. Well not literally, but they are at a disADVANTAGE, because the COURT is JAMMED. It must be a RALLY nice place. I guess they thought they could just WALK OVER and play, but au contraire, my Dears! They may have needed “a reservation” as the dialogue tells us. Good POINT. And as the woman looks around, she’s DRAWing in some “familiar faces” among the players…Hmm…They’ve all been here before? And now they’ve RETURNed?..“RETURNING PLAYERS“? CROSS OVER to the WINning side, we’re done! Good LOB, Dave! And Jeff, your DRAWing once again, QUALIFIES too! You guys are ACES! Ok, eye candy. What will be my SWEETSPOT today? The STIFFNESS of the face of the player at right? The STANCE of the woman player? (Or her tongue BREAKing through her lips)? No, LET’s go once again, with something we’ve had beFOREHAND…Two woman? In the FRAME SHOT? You’ve guessed it! They’re both wearing Purple! Ladies, I ask you…Do ANY of us LOVE the color THAT much???
So, there you have it, Folks, Done!

Have a great day, Everyone! And remember…Sometimes we just need to get a GRIP. Because, somewhere DOWN THE LINE? Before we reach that BREAK POINT? ALLways look for the ALTERNATE solution, and trust your GUT.
BYE, BYE…🎾🙋🏻