Visual Description: Jealous servants, watching their rich employer with her pet.
EUQUE = QUEUE, YIXTS = SIXTY, LUBBEA = BAUBLE, ROPOLY = POORLY — Giving us: UUXYALPRL
Clue/Question: What the wealthy matron’s cat enjoyed.
Answer: THE “LAP” OF LUXURY
(Kinda topical! There’s that human-interest/distraction story of the lady who left $3 Mil. to her pet dog, and another $27 Mil. to her bodyguards and housekeeper. The son is convinced that they manipulated the old girl into setting up her will that way. Maybe along with tort reform they should also look into will reform!) — YUR
(PS. Before all that they should seriously look into news reform!) — YUR
Queue always throws me off. But Bubale did not fit. Alcelaphus bubalis, bubale, is a red hartebeest from the middle east and africa. Bauble worked up and down like a bauble-headed doll. All in all this is a good puzzle. Hurrah for the wordsmiths. enjoy!
Hey! If it’s good enough for Oscar Goldman then it’s gotta be good enough for the rest of us! 🙂 — YUR