Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/25/10

“A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.”   — Catherine The Great

(I gotta wonder if she was really as wild as they say she was.  Do you suppose the stories are more the result of a kind of misogynist jealousy?  Could be a bit of truth and deliberate exaggeration, I suppose.  What do you ladies – especially – think?)   — YUR

Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 07/25/10

Visual Description:  Disgruntled diner taking it out on a hapless counter boy.

YAARTS  =  ASTRAY,  WHAREK  =  HAWKER,  EDDOCE  =  DECODE,  HEMMAY  =  MAYHEM,  NURTHE  =  HUNTER,  ATVARC  =  CRAVAT —   Giving us: SRKEDEMAHERAT

Clue/Question:  Cold eggs and lukewarm coffee can result in . . .

Answer: “HEATED“ REMARKS

(Geez Louise!  You’d think the old crank would be in a slightly better mood, considering his paper is open to the funnies . . . and the puzzles.  Maybe he was having a rough time with the jumble?  Someone ought to tell this man about Unclerave’s Wordy Weblog!  All the intelligent folk go there for their daily spoilers.  At least that’s what I’ve heard!  🙂  Some pretty good clue words today, huh?!  “MAYHEM” may have been the most obvious, but the other ones took some thought.  Better scrambling of the answer letters than yesterday, by a long shot! Try to stay cool today, kiddos!)   — YUR