Cryptoquote Spoiler – 01/27/10

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.”   — Ralph Waldo Emerson

(The Boston minister’s son understood and appreciated the yin and yang of life.) —   YUR

(“Worthy”) Jumble Spoiler – 01/27/10

Visual Description:  Opponents at a political forum.

JYKER  =  JERKY,  PLIMB  =  BLIMP,  SCETOK  =  SOCKET,  AMBALS  =  BALSAM   —   Giving us:  RYBMOKTALS

Clue/Question:  The candidate’s dogged response in the debate was described as . . .

Answer:  MOSTLY “BARK”

(Was looking for some kind of “talk” for a while, when it finally hit me.) —   YUR