Cryptoquote Spoiler

“Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.”   —   H.L. Mencken

Jumble Spoiler

ROPIR = PRIOR, SIFIN = FINIS, FITANN = INFANT, MELING = MINGLE   —   Giving us:  IOFINATNL

Visual Description:  Gramps and grandson buying a balloon at a fair.

Clue/Question:  Why the balloons went up.

Answer:  “INFLATION“

(They snuck in a French word.)