Jumble Spoiler – 05/17/13

The Lucky Dogs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  If they were children she’d be arrested.

GIDIT  =  DIGIT,  SMURT  =  STRUM,  SACGIN  =  CASING,  EPUCON  =  POUNCE   —   Giving us:  TSRCAPE

Clue/Question:  The owner of the rug store had . . .

Answer:  CAR PETS

(Cute.  Decent clue word jumbling.  Great answer letter layout.  And, a marvelous cartoon.  Gonna keep it short and sweet, today.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/16/13

Felling axe (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Amateur lumberjack.

EXPOY  =  EPOXY,  DENEY  =  NEEDY,  RAXMIT  =  MATRIX,  CIYDIO  =  IDIOCY   —   Giving us:  EXNEATDI

Clue/Question:  Everything was going fine as he chopped down the tree until the . . .

Answer:  “AXE-IDENT“

(Very good pun!  I can hear moans from all around the world!  Great clue word jumbling!  I nearly had to back into “matrix”.  But, I didn’t get the answer until I figured out “matrix”.  Which happens to be a new clue word, by the way.  The answer letter layout was brilliant.  Very fine cartoon, too.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/15/13

A small vegetable garden in May outside of Austin, Texas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Opening scene from Children of the Corn XXVII (The Return of Malachi!).

NAGIT  =  GIANT,  RAYAR  =  ARRAY,  ROFLAM  =  FORMAL,  SARMHY  =  MARSHY   —   Giving us:  GNARAMA

Clue/Question:  The “garden” was always in “danger” because it was . . .

Answer:  AN ANAGRAM

(I hope you kids picked up on the quotation marks in the clue/question!  Not really a pun, today, more of a riddle, I’d say.  The clue words were all jumbled well.  I thought “giant” and “marshy” were the toughest of the four.  Don’t think any of them were new.  I’ll check later.  The answer letter layout was great.  And, the cartoon is really great!  ralis95 is back!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR 

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/14/13

From source: Two mammal-eating “transient” killer whales photographed off the south side of Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Magyar: Kardszárnyú delfin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Audience members having a whale of a time!

SHUBY  =  BUSHY,  RILFT  =  FLIRT,  RANWOR  =  NARROW,  NASCAV  =  CANVAS   —   Giving us:  SRTROCAA

Clue/Question:  The musical killer whales formed . . .

Answer:  AN “ORCA-STRA“

(That was fun.  I like the pun.  The first two clue words were pretty easy for me, but both “narrow” and “canvas” were nicely jumbled.  We’ve actually seen *ranwor* before.  The answer letter layout was fine.  No giveaways!  And, a clever cartoon from Mr. Knurek!  What’s not to like?  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/13/13

An illustration of a character from a story; also, an illustration of illustrations (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  The barber shop was buzzing.

NUBOD  =  BOUND,  LAZEG  =  GLAZE,  CIMNOE  =  INCOME,  SOPLAT  =  POSTAL   —   Giving us:  ODGLICPO

Clue/Question:  The speedy barber always went . . .

Answer:  AT A GOOD CLIP

English: portrait of Salvador Dali taken in Maurice Hotel Paris (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(This guy looks like he’s equal parts Salvador Dali and some kind of mad scientist!  He would NOT be touchin’ yer uncle’s hair, that is for sure!  Some good jumbling.  “Glaze”  is new to the ralis95 database.  Good job on the answer letter layout.  It too was jumbled very nicely. S’about it for tonight, folks.  Go forth and be creative . . . like a nut-job barber!  If that’s too much effort than simply be well and do good.)   —   YUR

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Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 05/12/13

English: Mother’s Day card (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Jeff – and his kids – celebrating his wife’s Mother’s Day.

DUSNED  =  SUDDEN,  CIPYAF  =  PACIFY,  BECTUK  =  BUCKET,  VERMEO  =  REMOVE,  CAPTEK  =  PACKET,  TREELT  =  LETTER   —   Giving us:  SNYUROPCEEER

Clue/Question:  Of all the gifts you gave your Mom on Mother’s Day, her favorite has always been . . .

Answer:  YOUR PRESENCE

 

Mother’s Day cake (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(Of course!  Same thing goes for Dads.  I hope everyone had a happy Mother’s Day, and/or was able to make their mother happy.  I did, on both counts.

Two new clue words today, in “sudden” and “pacify”.  Great answer letter layout.  Really sweet cartoon.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/11/13

Four MPs take a break along a German road to read in the “Stars and Stripes” newspaper about the Nazi surrender. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Military men.

ALFEB  =  FABLE,  TAIRO  =  RATIO,  GINSSA  =  ASSIGN,  YEMMAH  =  MAYHEM   —   Giving us:  AERISNM

Clue/Question:  They called the General by his . . .

Answer:  “SIR-NAME“

(Very good pun!  Great jumbling of the clue words.  I really liked “assign” and “mayhem”, and it looks like “assign” is a new clue word to the Jumble world.  ralis95 will have to add it to the clue word database.  Very good answer letter layout.  If you didn’t just pick up on the joke the answer letter layout would have been of little help.  Great cartoon, too.  Jeff could get a job at Stars and Stripes!  Be well and do good, friends.  Have a Happy Mother’s Day!)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/10/13

Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) at Hau`ula Ahupua`a, Oahu, Hawaii. Original description from Flickr read: “Lizards Don’t Really Care… – that you’re using a Sigma lens, – that Obama’s on your island, – that you can save money on your car insurance with Geico, – and other things… I took this at a place called “Hau`ula Ahupua`a.” That sounds so cool, doesn’t it? … Hau`ula Ahupua`a… ISO 50, 1/160, f/4.0, Sigma EX 105 mm 1:2.8 Macro” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  A suburban victory garden.

ROASE  =  AROSE,  SATEY  =  YEAST,  PRONAH  =  ORPHAN,  HYNLAM  =  HYMNAL   —   Giving us:  SEYESPAYA

Clue/Question:  Picking vegetables in their garden was . . .

Answer:  EASY PEASY

Lemon (Photo credit: Chugy)

(Well, well, well.  The boys are using a newly popular phrase, of dubious origin.  I’m betting that there are a pretty good number of folks out there that aren’t familiar with it.  I know a lot of us know it from a Geico commercial from a few years ago, but how many of us heard it used prior to that???  Hmm!  I’m providing a link to an interesting article on the subject of the phrase down below.

No new clue words today, but a couple of them were jumbled well.  I thought “orphan” was jumbled  really well, “yeast” was good too.  The others?  Ehh!  The answer letter layout was very good, though!  And today, I think the dialog was the key to the puzzle!  It put the icing on Jeff’s cartoon.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/09/13

English: A crystal ball believed by some people to aid in the performance of clairvoyance. Русский: Хрустальный шар для гадания и предсказания будущего. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  There is superstition.

OATOF  =  AFOOT,  TINAF  =  FAINT,  ITOWUT  =  OUTWIT,  SEDUXO  =  EXODUS   —   Giving us:  AFTFTWITEOS

Clue/Question:  Spraining her ankle in front of the fortuneteller’s shop was a . . .

Answer:  TWIST OF FATE

(Great one!  Excellent answer letter layout.  No new clue words, but they were all jumbled well.  Classic Jeff Knurek cartoon.  A lot late tonight.  Stepson and family just flew in from Honolulu.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/08/13

Illustration of Peter Rabbit from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter, all giving their mom a tough time.

HAADE  =  AHEAD,  SHYKU  =  HUSKY,  PEPRAA  =  APPEAR,  BEDULO  =  DOUBLE   —   Giving us:  AADHYARDBE

Clue/Question:  The rabbit’s cousin was having a . . .

Answer:  BAD “HARE“ DAY

(Another good, stinky pun!  Of course the curlers kind of gave it away, but sometimes I think they feel they just have to hit us over the head with obviosity.  Maybe they have some kind of quota system going.  They need one Jumble Junior quality Jumble, a couple of moderately easy Jumbles, and a fairly tough one.  This one might have been a fairly tough one, but they were forced to tone it down to a moderately easy one, just to satisfy their quota.  Hey!  For the first time in my life I’m suffering from “seasonal allergies”, so I’ve got a right to be cranky.  Stupid sniffles and nagging cough!  I don’t know if any of the clue words are new.  I’ll leave that up to our buddy ralis95.  Hey, we haven’t heard from him in a while.  I hope he’s alright.  I’ll have to have my Missus contact his Missus, to see if all is on the up and up.  Oh, yeah.  Nice job on the answer letter layout.  Cute cartoon.  Yada, yada, yada.  Be well and do good.)   —   YUR 

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