(Challenging) Jumble Spoiler – 11/18/10

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Visual Description:  Cybil Shepard, getting a little touch up.

BROIT  =  ORBIT,  UMPIO  =  OPIUM,  LARLOF  =  FLORAL,  GRUBEO  =  BROGUE —   Giving us:  RTOPMLORBOE

Clue/Question:  When the aging model dyed her hair, she got to the . . .

Answer:  ROOT OF THE PROBLEM

(All the clue words were pretty tough today, but especially “brogue”.  That one had me going for a while.  Less so with “orbit” and “floral”, but they weren’t automatic either.  Some of you might be fortunate enough to have seen “The Last Picture Show” and/or the original version of “The Heartbreak Kid“.  Was Cybil ever the hottie, or what???  Aging pretty well also.  Fine woman!  Be good, do good, kiddies!)   — YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/18/10

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“I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a ferris wheel.”   — E.B. White

(That’s only because you never had the opportunity to see photos taken from the Hubble telescope, E.B.!  This world of ours IS wondrous, but there are other things in the universe that would blow your mind.)   — YUR