VPOER = PROVE

SROCS = CROSS

POXEES = EXPOSE

PLAJOY = JALOPY

CARTOON ANSWER:

HE SANK THE WINNING THREE-POINT SHOT IN FRONT OF – – –

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PSTAN – PANTS

NUYIT – UNITY

DRAAEP –PARADE

CNUDIT – INDUCT

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE SUCCESSFUL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER HAD A NATURAL – –

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BAOMM = MAMBO

DUYDB = BUDDY

TARILU = RITUAL

SLENUS = UNLESS

CARTOON ANSWER:

THEY DIDN’T LIKE RUNNING AT THE HEALTH CLUB. TO THEM, THE MACHINE WAS A – – –

AMDDRILLE = “DREAD-MILL”

Good morning everyone and happy Thursday! The clue word choices were excellent this morning with MAMBO taking a few extra seconds to see. I’m not sure which word would be the most difficult so I’ll leave it up to you to let us know. With Mr. Hoyt’s brain warm-up complete, he passes us off to his partner to continue our Jumble fitness program.

Looking at Mr. Knurek’s cartoon, we see two women about to begin their cardiovascular workout on a treadmill. They look about as happy as I do when I’m about to hit the start button, but to be a Jumble champion, one must ensure that their body is as strong as their mind. There were some small details in the panel worth noting. The man on the treadmill in the back is working up a great sweat while the woman next to him holds a water bottle to ensure that she stays properly hydrated.

The letter layout gave the surprise answer away with ILL being grouped together. MILL instantly came to mind leaving DREAD to be solved in a flash.

I hope you enjoyed your Jumble workout for the day. Have a terrific Thursday and I’ll see you tomorrow! 🙂

DARAW = AWARD

RUCNH = CHURN

THEKCS = SKETCH

LORENL = ENROLL

CARTOON ANSWER:

SHE KEPT HER GLOVES BY THE DOOR SO THEY WOULD BE – – –

AADCNSTHEOL = CLOSE AT HAND

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday! The first three clue words came instantly into view leaving me to struggle a bit with ENROLL. In the back of my mind I kept thinking that I’ve seen this clue word before but it just wouldn’t come to me. It finally popped into mind on my second cup of coffee and I was ready and determined to swiftly finish the puzzle.

Looking at the cartoon, we see a woman near an open door with the wind blowing in at her back. She appears to have forgotten her gloves as she was either coming in or leaving to take her dog for a walk. If you think about it, she was most likely leaving but a case could be argued that she was just coming home or quickly came back after forgetting them. Either way, the cartoon was pretty basic with only two details worth noting. Jeff did a great job with the woman’s reflection in the mirror, and you could make out the faint outline of her hand, face, and the collar of her coat. The second detail would be the little jacket on the dog. I’ve tried to put one my 7 pound Dachshund but he kept nipping at it during the whole walk. It wasn’t worth the headache so he’s been walking au naturel ever since.

The solve was a bit tricky for me and I tried to attack the 2-letter word first. There were several options such as ON, AT, TO and DO. With nothing coming to mind, I somehow saw HAND and crossed out the letters. CLOSE came next leaving AT for the finish. It wasn’t the swift finish I had hoped for, but a solve is a solve and I’ll happily try and redeem myself tomorrow.

Just a reminder that you can sign up for my daily email to be among the first to receive the answers directly in your mailbox. The link is at the top right of your screen and we’re closing in on 1,000 subscribers. Have a wonderful Wednesday and I’ll see you tomorrow! 🙂

VONEY = ENVOY

USEQT = QUEST

MUTUNA = AUTUMN

EGDELP = PLEDGE

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE COMEDIAN WAS WELL-RESPECTED. EVERYONE CONSIDERED HIM TO BE A – – –

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LEEDU = ELUDE

YREDB = DERBY

BIGRTH = BRIGHT

YLITFH = FILTHY

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN THE STORM KNOCKED OUT POWER TO THE SCHOOL, THE STUDENTS WERE – – –

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CORINI – IRONIC

MYGPUR – GRUMPY

SIYFET – FIESTY

EFNODF – OFFEND

RUHOLY – HOURLY

GRIOIN – ORIGIN

CARTOON ANSWER:

A ZERO DOESN’T HAVE ANY VALUE BECAUSE IT’S – – –

ONIGRFTONDHOOG – GOOD FOR NOTHING

Good Morning, Everyone!         0️⃣ NAUGHTy NAUGHTy! 0️⃣

🎶NOTHIN‘ from NOTHIN‘ leaves nothin’…You gotta have somethin’ if you want to be with me…I’m not tryin’ to be your hero, ‘Cause that ZERO is too cold for me, Brrr…I’m not tryin’ to be your highness…’Cause that minus is too low to see, yeah…🎶

0️⃣0️⃣  The cutest thing to me it seems is listening to kids
The logic they portray at times can tickle any rib
You watch their faces as they think, they’re FIESTY and they’re cute
Uncertainty may show on one, and then they follow suit…
You try to teach them lots of things, their small minds not OFFEND
The sponges that these young minds are, knowledge has no end.
I learned to read when I was three, Dick Tracy was my passion
I now find it IRONIC, that I use comics for lessons.
You know which kids are ready, it’s not that hard to tell
With word ORIGINs you make up games and then they start to spell.
Some kids may first seem GRUMPY with things they cannot see
But patience and a grain of salt, you take it HOURLY.
So seeing this here teacher tackling basic digit math
The “GOOD FOR NOTHING” ZERO sometimes gets stuck on the path
They need to know its value, despite it being naught…
I did the words with our kids, the math in school was taught! 0️⃣0️⃣

Words and NUMBERS. Makes the world go round…And today’s words have been around before. The only slight tic was at Origin. Show of hands, who saw Groin? Let me COUNT…I think we were set up! And how Ironic that two words today have 2 I’s, an O, an N and an R?  Just sayin’. Different. FIRST and SIXTH, my eyes were  darting back and forth. And word # 5? R U HOLY? Well it is Sunday, right? How cute is that? Really great anagrams today, Dave! We can always COUNT on you to deliver!  Ok, on to our cartoon. Another classroom setting, we seem to be ATTENDING a lot of these lately. Jeff shows us a teacher, with 5 littles. I’m figuring it’s a Pre-School group. How cute is Jeff’s dialogue, with the little girl saying, “Your thumb is not a finger”? I know I didn’t know that at her age. But today’s kids seem to know so much, so young. The thumb is a digit. Digit get it? Being set lower on our hands, it consists of one joint, and two phalanges. Whereas the other four fingers, have two joints and three phalanges. And the thumb is opposable to the other fingers. As some of you may be “opposable” to this conversation! Sorry, what can I say? This is a Math cartoon, right? Ok, ok, enough. Let’s get on with the dialogue. The little boy asking “How many fingers is zero”? And how cute is that? So we’re shown the teacher stating that you can’t COUNT ZERO. And that the poor little ZERO has no value…it’s GOOD FOR NOTHING! Great pun, Dave! ADD another one to the winners list! Easy solve, but great job, Jumble Guys! Ok, eye candy. Our teacher, a blonde…dressed in purple? Uh, no. But, the little boy farthest left? He’s wearing a blue shirt, with the cutest pic of Thomas the Tank Engine on it! That’s my candy!
So, there you have it Folks! Done!
Have a great day, Everyone! And to whoever invented ZERO? Thanks for Nothing! 0️⃣ 🙋🏻

LHYYS = SHYLY

OTBUD = DOUBT

ALENDH = HANDLE

GLEHIS = SLEIGH

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS’ LAND FORMATIONS ARE AS – – –

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TIODT = DITTO

SERHF = FRESH

UBANDO = ABOUND

ENOBMA = BEMOAN

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN VELCRO WAS INVENTED, PEOPLE WERE – – –

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CARKO = CROAK

TXSYI = SIXTY

NKREEL = KERNEL

HARRET = RATHER

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE STONE WALL WOULD EVENTUALLY GET FINISHED, IN SPITE OF THE – – –

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CHITK –THICK

UNOWD – WOUND

MRAYWL – WARMLY

VABHEE – BEHAVE

CARTOON ANSWER:

WHEN THE FARMER’S BALER MALFUNCTIONED, THINGS – – –

THIWNWRYEAE – WENT HAYWIRE

Good Morning, Everyone!        🌾🌾 HAY! WIRE WE UP SO EARLY? 🌾🌾

🎶HAY there, you with the stars in your eyes…Love never made a fool of you, you used to be too wise. HAY there, you on that high-flyin’ cloud, though she won’t throw a crumb to you…You think some day she’ll come to you🎶

🌾🌾A BALER picks up plants and grass and gets it off the ground
And transforms into neat THICK bales that then are tightly WOUND.
It’s easier to handle, it’s easier to store
The backbreak work of rake and scythe will not be anymore.
The farmers greeted WARMLY this aid to their days work
A farmers life’s no easy one, and this was a great perk…
But looking at our farmers, their faces shocked and grave
We see there’s a malfunction, and the baler’s misBEHAVEd..
I’m not sure what will happen now, we’ve just seen this transpire..
But from the cartoon we can see that things just WENT HAYWIRE! 🌾🌾

• So, FARMING. To a city girl? Not my best subject…but what the HAY, I’ll give it a shot…”HAY, HOE...Lets go“….Today’s words, easy, breezy, old favorites. (And one not so old. We had WOUND as recently as 11/3). Maybe you had to warm up to WARMLY. Anyway, PLOWed right through them…Plow, I like that word. And I like doing the Yoga PLOW pose...until it becomes a pain in the neck! Sorry, Folks, it just TURNED UP in my mind…Ok, Our cartoon. Today Jeff is giving us a farm scene with two farmers baling HAY, and binding it with WIRE. Um, need I go on? Seize the HAY, Folks! This one was a gift! TIED UP for us with a bow! Things “WENT HAYWIRE”! Great pun, Dave. And Jeff? The graphic, with the word “crazy”….FUNCTIONED perfectly! The BALER. Maybe not such a bad subject after all…Now I’m thinking about the guy who invented it…He must have RAKED it in, right? I bet he made a BUNDLE! Ok, enough wasting time. Tout WHEAT! On to the eye candy! Hmm. Not much to FIELD here again today. Pretty PLAIN. Like looking for a needle in a HAYSTACK, really. I was hoping there was a woman in the cartoon….You know, a Purple HAYS? That would have been the LAST STRAW… but fun! But no, no candy….

So, there you have it Folks, Done!
Have a great day, Everyone! I hate to BALE, but I’ve got to make HAY! 🌾🙋🏻

SRNUP = SPURN

PMLIE = IMPEL

LATEHH = HEALTH

OBFEER = BEFORE

CARTOON ANSWER:

HE REALLY WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO THE WOMAN AND HAD – – –

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GNEBU = BEGUN

SUHEO = HOUSE

SMIRPH = SHRIMP

VTINEN = INVENT

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE TEACHER WAS EXPLAINING ACTION WORDS TO THE STUDENTS AND WAS BEING – – –

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MESSEA – SESAME

VARSOY – SAVORY

MURMES – SUMMER

NUEVEA – AVENUE

VRRIED – DRIVER

MSSETY – SYSTEM

CARTOON ANSWER:

THE POETRY COMPETITION FEATURED:

SSESVRSERVUERVESSE – – – VERSES VERSUS VERSES

Good Morning, Everyone!   📚 ADVERSE….VERSE?  To ‘V’ or not To ‘V’? 📚

🎶POETRY in motion, see her gentle sway, A wave out on the ocean, could never move that way…🎶

• 📚📚 I can’t imagine being in a deadlock match like this
  And having such resentment towards a fellow poetress.
  While competition’s healthy, and winning’s everyones goal
  I don’t think such an AVENUE is where I’d play a role.
  Something unSAVORY’s going on, and I’m surprised to see
  That even though the crowds upset, that’s one happy emcee.
  His being in the DRIVERs seat, you’d think he’d want to try
  To keep contestants friendly, and seeing eye to eye…
  I’ve been in competitions, and the SYSTEM didn’t go
  At all like this, where entrants look like they could come to blows…
  I’ve written poems for children, SESAME Street’s a favorite theme..
  I’ve written blue material, a voyeurs perfect dream.
  I’ve written about SUMMER days and winters cold as ice…
  But when reading work in public? I’ve always acted nice.
  So I just can’t imagine this, I mean what could be worse…?
  To make these women fight like this…It must be quite a purse! 📚📚

Sunday words. 6 and 6. With anagrams to CHALLENGE the best of us.
We’re not seeing anything new, but we are seeing some serious WORD PLAY today. And we have enough Vs and Ss to choke a VERSE! Ok, our cartoon. Jeff puts us at a poetry competition, TITLED “Poetry Slam Championship”. With the key word being SLAM! The two female contestants are going at it TATE and NEELE! The audience appears stunned! There’s WYLIEing and NASHing of teeth! Over Poetry? Such adVERSEity? I just don’t get it…I mean, let’s be BLUNT. If they’ve done their best, just get out there and REED. It’s not like they’re going out there BLIND, you know? No need to get so WILDE over it, right? But these two are at each other’s THOREAUts! Anyway, the dialogue shows us them trying to UPDIKE, I mean upstage each other, in VERSE, no less. And the whole time the emcee is smiling. Doesn’t he notice the competition is CUMMINGS apart at the seams? Doesn’t he see that this has turned into a fight? Poet against Poet…“VERSES VERSUS VERSES”? HA! How’s that for a pun? Very well WRITTEN, Dave. Another WINNER! Ok, eye candy. I have to go with the emcees’ grin…I just can’t COTTON to it!!
So, there you have it folks, DUNN!
Have a great day, Everyone!….And METAPHORS be with you! 📚🙋🏻

DAYNC – CANDY

SILPO – SPOIL

DLUDYC – CUDDLY

LEEFIB – BELIEF

CARTOON ANSWER:

 THE SYMPHONY’S BACKUP VIOLINIST DIDN’T LIKE PLAYING – – –

CNDSOIDDLEEF – SECOND FIDDLE

Good morning, Everyone!       🎻 The VIOLINST With Two BOWS?...🎻

🎶I promise that I won’t play SECOND FIDDLE…And no, I won’t be caught in the middle, no-no. Don’t worry about me ’cause girl I’m not gon’ miss you…Not even a little🎶

🎻🎻 It’s obvious a concert is where this phrase first took part…
And later became relative to matters of the heart.
Perhaps a woman SPOILED to the point that she has two
Men vying for her love, and yet she’s not sure who’s who…
One stays and tries to tell himself it’s he that she holds dear
BELIEF at first that maybe he’d be there instead of here…
And no amount of CANDY or flowers will bring change
The love triangle continues, he allowed if not arranged.
He stands and sees them CUDDLY while his heart is torn in two
Despite knowing departing is the thing he ought to do.
It’s gone on since the dawn of time, it’s really not a riddle…
One man will be her first choice, and the other SECOND FIDDLE 🎻🎻

At first glance, we see that today’s words have PLAYED here before. Perhaps the anagram of Cuddly is new. And speaking of glances, will you check out Miss Femme Fatale?! This First Violinist seems to have taken STRINGS to a whole new level. Both Clarinetist One and Two are looking at her so adoringly, it’s obvious she’s got them both WRAPPED around those talented little fingers! The flautist knows it too, because the look on her face leaves nothing to the imagination. There’s TENSION amongst this Symphony group, and it’s definitely TIGHTER than those aforementioned strings! This violinist has two BOWS, and she’s just STRINGING them both along! If I had to guess, I’d say Miss FF’s second fiddle is the one on the right…The come hither look she’s giving him is classic “Come into my web…”. The one on the left is obviously already caught! And the other players in the background…all watching the DRAMA PLAY out? The timpani player’s happy enough not DRUMming up any more trouble. The cymbalist though, isn’t exactly putting out any GOOD VIBRATIONS, by pointing out that the second violinist has yet to perform. And the backup violinist…? Sooooo not happy to be playing…”SECOND FIDDLE”! Great pun, Dave! And Jeff, if looks could kill? You’d need to call in the SECOND STRING here for sure! These may be your most expressive faces yet! Ok, Eye candy. And today, it definitely is EYE candy! It has to be Miss Femme Fatales’ eyes. She’s got temperatures a ROSIN! …

So, there you have it, Folks, Done!  Have a great day, Everyone! And remember…
Domestic VIOLINS can be avoided…Make beautiful MUSIC without a SECOND FIDDLE! 🎻🙋🏻