Jumble Spoiler – 11/04/13

Matti (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Parents tending their kids’ kids.

TAXEC  =  EXACT,  PINTU  =  INPUT,  TARGEY  =  GYRATE,  ROCDAC  =  ACCORD   —   Giving us:  ANGRD

Clue/Question:  They thought their children’s children were – – –

Grandparents (Photo credit: emilio labrador)

Answer:  GRAND

(Aww!  I loves my grandkiddies!  But, you know what the best part about being a grandparent is?  You get to give them BACK to their parents!!!  Having to deal with the wee ones when you are 50 + is fine . . . in small doses.  Just don’t push your luck.  That kind of stress can get to you in a hurry.

No new clue words, today.  The jumbling was swell.  I always have a little trouble getting “gyrate”.  Maybe, it’s because I have limited rhythm!  ROCDAC was a new jumbling of “accord”.  Kind of tough to hide a five letter answer.  I agree with JT . . . great cartoon, Jeff.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

 

 

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/04/13

NYPD Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt in 1895 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”   —   Theodore Roosevelt

(As long as someone else isn’t making that determination for you.  It should be worth doing to you.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 11/03/13

Visual Description:   How Americans view the BBC.

English: Channel 5 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

DALLYG  =  GLADLY,  KUCPAN  =  UNPACK,  SAMGIT  =  STIGMA,  WINSUE  =  UNWISE,  NEMRAN  =  MANNER,  GLIHHY  =  HIGHLY   —   Giving us:  GLLNCSINEANEHH

 

Clue/Question:  They watched the documentary about Great Britain’s south coast on the – – –

 

English Channel map (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Answer:  ENGLISH CHANNEL

 

(Well, well, well.  If you had only an elementary knowledge of geography you probably could have skipped the Clue/Question altogether.  The clue words were well-jumbled, though none gave me any trouble.  Somehow, it looks like “highly” is going to be a new addition to the ralis95 clue word database.  Masterful job on the answer letter layout.  And, a fine depiction of early 21st Century life . . . in the first world.  Who makes up the rankings of countries anyway?  They always talk about third world countries, and they’re usually not too tough to figure out.  But, what constitutes a second and first world country?  Anybody know the formula???  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

 

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Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/03/13

 

G.K. Chesterton (Photo credit: In Toon With the World)

“Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.”   —   G.K. Chesterton

(What a stodgy, head up your ass quotation!  A lot of these late 19th – early 20th Century Brits were total D-bags.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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