
Scrooge’s third visitor, from Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Visual Description: Cozying up with Ben.
RIPPM = PRIMP, CAWMA = MACAW, YADWES = SWAYED, LENYOL = LONELY — Giving us: RMMCWWAELOE
Clue/Question: After he invented the Franklin stove, Ben was able to give people a – – –

Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball Hand colored etching by John Leech from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Deutsch: John Leechs Illustration Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Answer: WARM WELCOME
(Marvelous! Almost looks like a scene out of a Dickens story. The jumbling was challenging, and we even had a new clue word in “lonely”. Another one for the ralis95 clue word database! The answer letter layout was also challenging. I hope that everybody is enjoying time with friends and family today. Merry Christmas, fellow puzzlers! Peace.) — YUR
Merry Christmas Unclerave, you are the gift that keeps giving! And Merry Merry also to fellow jumbers!
🙂 — YUR
I’m running forever behind, but am catching up. I’ve been doing marathon days of jumbles.
Grand puzzler. Swayed….totally diabolical and an easy word in the end. I even tried to back into it, but that didn’t work. Got it all in the end! I’m getting close to being caught up. Enjoying the puzzles. Don’t like to miss any of them.