Jumble Spoiler – 01/03/13

Detail of an original George Cruikshank engraving showing the Artful Dodger introducing Oliver to Fagin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Thieves, scoping out their next victim.

KILSY  =  SILKY,  PUNIT  =  INPUT,  TENREL  =  RELENT,  LAHMNY  =  HYMNAL   —   Giving us:  SIKITEETHMA

Clue/Question:  If the pickpocket was going to steal the man’s watch, he would need to . . .

Answer:  TAKE HIS TIME

(Nice play on words!  No new clue words today, but everything was jumbled well.  And, the answer letter layout was beautiful.  Nothing given away.  Nice depiction of a turn of the century – 19th/20th, that is – street scene.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR 

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 01/03/13

Sholem Asch, Polish-born American novelist, dramatist, and essayist (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Not the power to remember, but it’s very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.”   —   Sholem Asch

(Personally, I agree with this quote 100%.  I’m just having a hard time believing that this guy didn’t live – and die – prior to the holocaust.  I praise his individuality.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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