Jumble Spoiler – 07/19/14

English: Bertha Benz with her husband Carl Benz in a Benz-Viktoria, model 1894 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Wrapped around a tree.

CINEM  =  MINCE,  BNELD  =  BLEND,  WRESYC  =  SCREWY,  SYREDS  =  DRESSY   —   Giving us:  MNEBEDSCREDES

Clue/Question:  He crashed his German luxury car into a tree and found out that a – – –

Horseshoe Bend Arizona (Explored) (Photo credit: Glyn Lowe Photoworks.)

Answer:  MERCEDES “BENDS“

 

English: Mercedes-Benz F400 “Carving” Prototype. Français : Le prototype Mercedes-Benz F400 « Carving ». (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(Wunderbar!  And, one hell of a car!  Click on the pic of the bad boy to the left!  There were no new clue words today.  But, all of the jumblings were new, to me.  Both “dressy” and “screwy” are relatively new though.  And, we haven’t seen either “blend” or “mince” in quite a while.  So, nice job there, Mr. Hoyt.  The answer letter layout was another wonderful jumble, and it’s impressive that he got the 13 letters out of those 4 short words.  Cool cartoon.  Although, it kind of comes off like a stretch limo that hit a tree.  Tough to draw.  Especially, if one of your goals is to get that emblematic emblem front and center!  With names like Hoyt and Knurek, it sounds like our boys might be of Germanic ancestry.  Until I saw today’s Jumble, with the Benz in it, I had never given it any thought.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/19/14

 

HMS Beagle at Tierra del Fuego (painted by Conrad Martens). HMS Beagle in the seaways of Tierra del Fuego, painting by Conrad Martens during the voyage of the Beagle (1831-1836), from The Illustrated Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, abridged and illustrated by Richard Leakey ISBN 0-571-14586-8. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.”   —   Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) at age 7. The painting is the earliest picture known, of Charles Darwin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

(I guess I haven’t quite reached that stage!  Even though his work led to the theory of evolution,  Darwin could not escape the prevailing societal norms of sinning in one’s heart.  Thoughts can, and often do, lead to actions, so we do have to exercise a certain amount of caution.  But, it’s certainly no foregone conclusion.  But, then again . . . I’m such an animal!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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