Jumble Spoiler – 05/20/13

Black-figure pottery. Burgas Archeology Meseum (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Big dummy on the dig.

HEVSO  =  SHOVE,  BNALD  =  BLAND,  HENDID  =  HIDDEN,  DIFLED  =  FIDDLE   —   Giving us:  OBAHENDE

Clue/Question:  He didn’t make a very good archeologist because he was a . . .

Answer:  BONEHEAD

(No new clue words today.  All tried and true clue words.  Nice answer letter layout!  OBAHENDE sounds like the Swahili word for bonehead!  Well, to me it does.  Great cartoon!  I wanted to be an archeologist when I was a kid.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/18/13 (LATE for Saturday)

English: Former Major League Baseball player in 1953. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Breaking up . . . at the ol’ ballgame!

GHEED  =  HEDGE,  DAANP  =  PANDA,  WOOLLF  =  FOLLOW,  LIZTYG  =  GLITZY   —   Giving us:  HEEPDAFLLITY

Clue/Question:  The baseball player broke up with his girlfriend so that he could . . .

Answer:  PLAY THE FIELD

(New clue word, in “glitzy”!  Nice job with the answer letter layout.  Marvelous cartoon.  Cubs???  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 05/20/13

English: George Burns (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.”   —   George Burns

(And, writing dopey blogs!  I’ll get to Sunday’s a little later this week.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 05/18/13 (Late – Saturday)

English: Hand-colored photograph of French General Ferdinand Foch (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”   —   Ferdinand Foch

 

English: A peace tattoo and two peace signs, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, California, 2009. Photograph by Patty Mooney, Crystal Pyrmaid Productions, San Diego, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(And unfortunately, probably the easiest weapon to ignite.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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