Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/05/09

“I sit down to write a lyric, and when I get up I’m usually about three pounds lighter.”   — Alan Jay Lerner

Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 07/05/09

Visual Description:  A magician amazing . . . with ease.

BITLEG  =  GIBLET,  STYMIC  =  MYSTIC,  CUGATH  =  CAUGHT,  ZIRDAL  =  LIZARD,  KHEELS  =  SHEKEL,  STOLCY  =  COSTLY   —   Giving us:  GILSTGHLIHEST

Clue/Question:  What the magician considered the easy card trick.

Answer:  A SLIGHT SLEIGHT

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/04/09

“What is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”   — Ernest Hemingway

(But, immediately following sex you always feel good, regardless of the morality of it.  It’s a little down the road where you might feel bad about it.) —   YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 07/04/09

Visual Description:  Harpie nagging a shlub.

BAIDE  =  ABIDE,  YAFLE  =  LEAFY,  SHUHRT  =  THRUSH,  FINNTA  =  INFANT —   Giving us:  BELATHRIFT

Clue/Question:  How he described his nagging wife.

Answer:  HIS “BITTER” HALF

(I’m back . . . with time to spare!) —   YUR