Jumble Spoiler – 12/01/10

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Visual Description:  Sketchy looking neighbors commenting on the garbageman.

NALTS  =  SLANT,  TOIDI  =  IDIOT,  VASHIL  =  LAVISH,  PHAMIS  =  MISHAP —   Giving us:  SLIDOASHISP

Clue/Question:  The garbageman was popular because the neighbor said he was . . .

Answer:  AT HIS “DISPOSAL“

(Good clue words.  Fairly good scrambling of the answer letters.  “HIS” kind of stood out!  Nice play on words.  Why do the guys so often give seemingly innocent characters these devious looking smiles?  Happy Hanukkah, קינדער!)   — YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/01/10

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“In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.”   — Hugh Walpole

(But, for far too many it’s much simpler, and much more comforting, to just believe what you’ve been told.  Ahh!  The herds of humanity!)   — YUR