Sneaky Jumble Spoiler – 11/09/09

Visual Description:  One bar buddy telling the other how he almost got married. (twice)

ZAUER  =  AZURE,  VUEMA  =  MAUVE,  EXFLAN  =  FLAXEN,  CORLLS  =  SCROLL   —   Giving us:  RMAENSR

Clue/Question:  The bachelor described his broken engagements as . . .

Answer:  NEAR MRS.

(I was ALMOST going to put this one up for you guys to give me the answer.  I was ready to guess “MANS ERR”, but without an apostrophe I knew that wasn’t right.  When you assume that each of the words need to have one of the available vowels it definitely makes it a head scratcher.  I guess part of the clue to the answer lies in the guy saying: “I said I wasn’t ready to both”.  Both what?  To love and to honor?  To have and to hold?  In sickness and in health?  Something from the wedding vows, I suppose, but I can’t see it being some things specific.  Only when I gave up on idea that both words had to have a vowel is when I was finally able to figure it out.  In this case, the word “MRS.” definitely should have quotation marks in the puzzle!  – - – There are some visual clues to near misses, as with the dart board and the TV screen showing a filed goal attempt – which looks good, to me – but they are pretty subtle.) —   YUR

(The extra “s” helps it to make more sense.  Thanks, for pointing it out to me, guys!  But, there still shoulda been quotation marks for “MRS.”!  Right?) —   YUR

Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 11/08/09

Visual Description:  An exchange of ideas on the IRT (or the El, Metro, Underground, etc.)

YARDOP  =  PARODY,  YOCUTH  =  TOUCHY,  LIPPUT  =  PULPIT,  GROFER  =  FORGER,  GOAUNT  =  NOUGAT,  HERZIT  =  ZITHER   —   Giving us:  ARUHITOGNTTH

Clue/Question:  When the scholars took the subway, it became a . . .

Answer:  “TRAIN” OF THOUGHT

(Another Retro?) Jumble Spoiler – 11/07/09

Visual Description:  Hitchhikers getting a ride.

MULBA  =  ALBUM,  CIKHT  =  THICK,  BRUNAU  =  AUBURN,  BALTOC  =  COBALT —   Giving us:  BMHKUUCLT

Clue/Question:  What the hitchhikers always needed.

Answer:  “THUMB” LUCK

(Hippie-type hitchhikers, the word “album”, and what looks like an old VW bus!  Someone’s taking a trip down memory lane.  Only the guitar case stickers make this a 21st Century Jumble.) —   YUR

(Retro) Jumble Spoiler – 11/06/09

Visual Description:  Teen girls bemused with an over-confident counter boy.

RASEE  =  ERASE,  VOARP  =  VAPOR,  ADJEGG  =  JAGGED,  INSECK  =  SICKEN   —   Giving us:  ASORJDKE

Clue/Question:  When he made the girls ice cream drinks, they said he was a . . .

Answer:  SODA “JERK“

Jumble Spoiler – 11/05/09

Visual Description:  Bartender breaking up a minor beef.

RHOBA  =  ABHOR,  ROBIT  =  ORBIT,  SAKMAD  =  DAMASK,  FIMSIT  =  MISFIT —   Giving us:  HRRTASIIT

Clue/Question:  Trouble in a joint can mean this.

Answer:  ARTHRITIS

Jumble Spoiler – 11/04/09

Visual Description:  Battered pug being helped out of the ring.

LUCCK  =  CLUCK,  ELLEB  =  BELLE,  KIALLA  =  ALKILI (s/b:  ALKALI),  RUZZEB  =  BUZZER   —   Giving us:  CKBEALLBU

Clue/Question:  The boxer entered the ring wearing red and white and left . . .

Answer:  BLACK AND BLUE

(Not exactly a major challenge, but amusing.  Now, on to a reader’s challenge/query!) —   YUR

Sorry about the misspell, folks.  I must have been in a hurry to solve glassdelusion’s query.   —   YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 11/03/09

Visual Description:  Devoted wife about to serve her umpire husband.

CHALT  =  LATCH,  MYTEP  =  EMPTY,  DELDUP  =  PUDDLE,  ENCOAB  =  BEACON   —   Giving us:  LHMTPEEAO

Clue/Question:  What the second base umpire got after the game.

Answer:  HOME “PLATE“

Jumble Spoiler – 11/02/09

Visual Description:  Wallpaper workers going into overtime.

LAROF  =  FLORA,  WORNC  =  CROWN,  UNEAVE  =  AVENUE,  YELMOP  =  EMPLOY   —   Giving us:  LRRWEELO

Clue/Question:  The paper hangers worked late because they . . .

Answer:  WERE ON A “ROLL“

Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 11/01/09

Visual Description:  Prim Preston passing up the provocative playground.

COBUNE  =  BOUNCE,  RASTUX  =  SURTAX,  EXPLUD  =  DUPLEX,  YAMIDD  =  MIDDAY,  PHAIMS  =  MISHAP,  COREEN  =  ENCORE   —   Giving us:  NESTDLIDMHECO

Clue/Question:  He refused to visit the nudist camp because he was . . .

Answer:  CLOTHES MINDED

(No space for the quotation marks . . . again?) —   YUR

Halloween Jumble Spoiler – 10/31/09

Visual Description:  A scary entrance at the Halloween party.

EGGAU  =  GAUGE,  CILRY  =  LYRIC,  TUIFLE  =  FUTILE,  HARTHS  =  THRASH   —   Giving us:  GIFTHR

Clue/Question:  When the beauty queen became a witch for Halloween she was a . . .

Answer:  “FRIGHT“

(I always have a problem with the word “gauge”.  I’m always trying to spell it “guage”!  How many “au” words are pronounced with the hard A sound?  Also, in the Clue/Question I would have used “looked” instead of “was”, but that’s probably just me.  Happy Halloween!) —   YUR