Jumble Spoiler – 07/24/14

Visual Description:  A reel wheel spiel!

SPERS  =  PRESS,  SOPIE  =  POISE,  OXTERV  =  VORTEX,  BENKOR  =  BROKEN   —   Giving us:  PSSPOSOREKEN

Clue/Question:  The salesman knew everything about bicycle wheels and made a great – – –

Answer:  SPOKES-PERSON

(Beautiful!  A marvelous pun.  I forgot to bring my ralis95 clue word database with me, so I’m not sure if any of today’s words are new, or not.  They look to be old reliables, to me, but that’s just a best guess.  Maybe, because, I got them all without any trouble.  I do know that only the jumble for “press” has definitely been used before.  All the other jumbles were new, to me.  Another top-notch job on the answer letter layout.  I don’t think it gave anything away.  The cartoon does a fine job of getting the point across.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/24/14

“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.”   —   Cicero

(I’ll have to relay this to my daughter, the brand new teacher.  Most who want to learn are not intimidated by teachers, but there are always some who are.  Knowing this can only be of use to her.)   —   YUR