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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Unclerave's Wordy Weblog 
Did anyone play the phrase as ” time his take ” ?
Backward words….as he plans and looks for the right time..to make the ” take “.
Someone–always gets it ” backwards “.
Just fun at the jumble ( in the mirror ).
Best
JT
That works too, JT!
— YUR