Jumble Spoiler – 06/30/14

Larry Holmes – The Easton Assassin (Photo credit: MarkGregory007)

Visual Description:  Filched farm fowl cackleberries.

TUCOL  =  CLOUT,  YALPP  =  APPLY,  HBIRDY  =  HYBRID,  CUNEBO  =  BOUNCE   —   Giving us:  CAPHDOE

Clue/Question:  There were no eggs in the henhouse because they had been – – –

poached egg (Photo credit: *Psycho Delia*)

Answer:  POACHED

 

Billy Crystal (Photo credit: Bob Bekian)

(Oh no!  Who could have pulled off such a dastardly deed?  Could it have been Larry Holmes???  He likes eggs.  Billy Crystal told me so.  Or, maybe it’s that girl from The Amanda Show.  She likes eggs, too.  Or, that guy, Dave Gorman.  He’s another egg lover.  Or . . . maybe it was your Uncle Rave.  Yeah, I like eggs, too!  I prefer them fried or scrambled, but I can eat them poached, if I have to.  I’m not a big fan of hard-boiled eggs though.  They get too sulfury that way, for my taste.  And also, I remember that scene from Cool Hand Luke only too well!  Have you had enough of me talking about eggs?

There were no new clue words today.  All of the jumbling was new, to me.  I especially liked the jumbling of “bounce”.  It comes off as three syllables, but the word has only one.  That’s good jumbling.  The answer letter layout was another great jumble.  I don’t think it gave anything away.  I liked the cartoon, with all three chickens with their wings in the air!  I think they were in on it.  They probably sent those eggs off to a chicken orphanage.  It was a selfless act, that only a mother could appreciate.  That’s my story, and I’m sticking with it.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 06/30/14

English: Yalta summit in 1945 with Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin Yalta Conference, February 1945 Allied leaders pose in the courtyard of Livadia Palace, Yalta, during the conference. Those seated are (from left to right): Prime Minister Winston Churchill (UK); President Franklin D. Roosevelt (USA); and Premier Joseph Stalin (USSR). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“It is no use saying, “We are doing our best.”  You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”   —   Winston Churchill

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, Germany, ca. 06/1940 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

(What an age of charismatic leaders that was!  FDR, Churchill, Hitler & Mussolini.  I don’t think Stalin was charismatic, just terribly shrewd.  If guys like this are what it takes to start and fight a World War, maybe we’re better off with most of the leaders we have now.  Obama does have charisma, but nowhere’s near as much as FDR.  As bad as things might seem, we should be able to avoid another World War with our current crop of “leaders”.  At least we all better hope so.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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