Visual Description: A day at the Springfield nuclear power plant.
PMPORT = PROMPT, MEPETX = EXEMPT, CITEEN = ENTICE, RIGCAL = GARLIC, FARDIA = AFRAID, INTOON = NOTION — Giving us: RMEETEEGLFADNON
Clue/Question: Working with plutonium is so tricky because of the – – –

Photo of the Cofrentes (Spain) nuclear power plant cooling towers taken on 2005-05-22 by Roberto Uderio. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Answer: ELEMENT OF DANGER

Cool Blog Sociale – 15 July 2008 – Homer Simpson’s head through X-ray (Photo credit: SOCIALisBETTER)
(This was no gimme! I puzzled over this one for a few minutes. I decided the middle word was most likely OF, but TO wasn’t out of the question. I didn’t seriously considered ON or AN. All those Es, bunched up together, was really throwing me. After a bit, I looked at the cartoon again for what they might be substituting. I saw the word CAUTION on the sign on the wall, and “. . . careful. We can’t take any chances.” And finally, the word “tricky” in the clue/question. They purposely were not using the word DANGER. So, with checking off the letters of OF and DANGER I was left with MEETELN. Then the light bulb went off. Nice pun, huh? None of the clue words were new, but they were all well-jumbled. I thought that “entice”, “exempt” and “notion” were great. The answer letter layout was definitely top-notch today! And, it was great seeing Homer Simpson make a cameo appearance. I saw the PU on the warning sign, and I know it’s the symbol for plutonium on the periodic table, but I wasn’t getting ELEMENT until my little process of elimination. I thought it was a great Jumble. I hope you guys did too. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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