New Year’s Eve Cryptoquote Spoiler – 2011

 

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“May the coming year bring you happiness, health, prosperity and stability.”   —   From Your Puzzle Friends

(Ditto, from Your Uncle Rave!  Be well, do good and stay safe tonight, friends!)   —   YUR

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New Years Eve Jumble Spoiler – 2011

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Visual Description:  Word nerds’ ideal New Year’s Eve party.

NUPDO  =  POUND,  UCPHO  =  POUCH,  SLSTUY  =  STYLUS,  GLANOL  =  GALLON   —   Giving us:  ODOHTSGO

Clue/Question:  Everybody liked to go to Pat Sajak‘s house because he was a . . .

Answer:  GOOD HOST

(A New Years gimme!  It’s the end of the crummiest year of my life, so that’s cause for celebration!  May 2012 bring back prosperity, health, happiness, and especially civility and justice to all of us!  Gotta run, guys!  Be well, do good and be kind, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  Sorry about the crappy photo, Pat!  That’s what Zemanta gave me!   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/30/11

 

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“We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers.”   —   Pat Williams

 

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(Is this the football player?  Does anyone know for sure?  Honk for Peace!)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 12/30/11

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Visual Description:  A sight seeing scene in colonial Philadelphia.

HACCO  =  COACH,  PUINT  =  INPUT,  EPLISV  =  PELVIS,  VRSUYC  =  SCURVY   —   Giving us:  OAINVISRY

Clue/Question:  Ben Franklin was able to invent bifocals because he was a . . .

Answer:  VISIONARY

(I like historical-themed Jumbles!  Franklin was an American Leonardo da Vinci.  His interests, and his accomplishments, were varied and extensive.  I think the character making the comment looks like Mel Gibson, from his movie The Patriot.  Probably about as historically accurate as those silly Dodge commercials with George Washington leading a charge of Challengers against British redcoats, but a good crap-kicker!  Back to the Jumble!  The clue words were well jumbled, although I thought they were quick solves.  “Input” is new to the ralis95 database.  I think that the answer letter layout gave too much away.  The VISRY kind of jumped out at me.  Just switching “scurvy” and “pelvis” would have worked better, making it SRYVI.  That’s my only criticism, though.  I liked the detail in the cartoon.  The Franklin stove, the kite/key he used in “discovering” electricity, Atlantic Ocean currents map, and something else in the corner that I can’t quite make out, not to mention the bifocals.  Lots of fun.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/29/11

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“In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”   —   Alfred Whitney Griswold

(These are the people who strive to subjugate the masses.  Very often, these are religious people . . . who lack spirituality.  The dogmatic, who are very nearly self-hating humans.  Embrace your humanity.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 12/29/11

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Visual Description:  His honor, about to take the seat of justice.

SLOIP  =  SPOIL,  SARHB  =  BRASH,  TRUETB  =  BUTTER,  NTRATY  =  TYRANT   —   Giving us:  OIRUTTYT

Clue/Question:  After they installed his new courtroom chair, the judge wanted to . . .

Answer:  TRY IT OUT

(Not a bad little pun!  I guess that means he’s going to give it a trial run.  I was a little surprised to see that both “spoil” and “brash” were new to the database.  Everything was well-jumbled today.  I liked the jumbling of “tyrant”.  Terrible kind of person, but a great word!  Good answer letter layout, but short word answers are usually pretty easy to get.  The usual descriptive cartoon!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  Apparently, the name – or title, I guess – Judge is very popular with comic book characters!  Zemanta brought up a wide array of guys named Judge.   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/28/11

 

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“Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to worry about.”   —   George Allen, Sr.

(I don’t think most people worry about the past, per sé.  I think many may regret certain things in their past.  And, they might worry about the past coming back to haunt them, but that is essentially worrying about the future anyway.  I guess George’s message is just to not dwell on the past.  What’s done is done, and you can’t do anything to change it.  Might as well be forward looking.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 12/28/11

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Visual Description:  Young couple after watching too many scary movies.

YORRS  =  SORRY,  EECFN  =  FENCE,  YALVEL  =  VALLEY,  OITTUF  =  OUTFIT   —   Giving us:  RFEALLUF

Clue/Question:  After watching so many horror movies in a row, they were this.

Answer:  “FEAR–FULL“

(Who woulda thought that “valley” would be new to the database?  Not me.  The other clue words were old faithfuls.  Decent jumbling of the clue words.  Same with the answer letter layout.  Fun little pun.  I’ve never gone too far out of my way to watch horror movies.  My daughter loves them.  I think she likes the adrenalin rush of being creeped/grossed out.  I like the ones that use suspense and anticipation, more than the slash and gore ones.  The various monsters are much more appealing to me than the ones that rely on violent human depravity.  To each his/her own.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/27/11

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“I highly recommend worrying.  It is much more effective than dieting.”   —   William Powell

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(So . . . this is how The Thin Man stayed so thin!  Makes sense.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 12/27/11

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Visual Description:  A semi-send up to Ben Stein. (Should’ve added an “Anyone?”)

MURYM  =  RUMMY,  DWGEE  =  WEDGE,  GHUTTA  =  TAUGHT,  SCHETK  =  SKETCH   —   Giving us:  YETST

Clue/Question:  When asked if he’d studied for the quiz, the student got . . .

Answer:  TESTY

 

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(He must be practicing his bad boy routine!  Some guys just, inherently, know how to pull this off, and really make it work.  Not me.  I worry too much about other people’s feelings.  The proverbial nice guy.  Yep, that’s who I am.  And, guess where that places me?  Gee, I know it’s not first.  Hmm.  No new words today, although I especially liked the scrambling of “taught” and “sketch”.  The answer letter layout didn’t really matter much today.  If you can’t unscramble a simple, five letter word you probably have no business – or desire – doing the Jumble to begin with.  I liked the addition of the Economics teacher, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.  Oh Yeah!  Funny-ass movie!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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