Cryptoquote Spoiler – 08/07/08

“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”   —   Mark Twain

(Now, how could old Mark have foretold the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Presidential elections?  Spooky!)   YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 08/07/08

KHYAS = SHAKY, RAOAM = AROMA, YOUCTH = TOUCHY, MEEGUL = LEGUME   —   Giving us:  SHROTUHEGE

Visual Description:  Female ghost floating outside a haunted house.

Clue/Question:  The kind of dress worn by a ghost.

Answer:  SEE–THROUGH

(Again; the individual words came very quickly, but I had to work at putting the answer together.)   YUR

(belated) Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 08/03/08

RAWHTT = THWART, ENGERE = RENEGE, EISORE = SOIREE, MOUFAS = FAMOUS, ROBRAW = BARROW, LIEDEY = EYELID   —   Giving us:  THTENEEFSARED

Visual Description:  Bird-calling contest winner takes home a cool thou!

Clue/Question:  What the winner of the bird-calling contest did.

Answer:  “FEATHERED“ HIS NEST

I got all the individual words pretty easily, but it took me some time to come up with the answer.  How ’bout youse guys?  YUR