Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 09/21/14

USS Nimitz (CVN-68), a US Navy aircraft carrier. Photo is from after her 1999-2001 refit. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Cards on a carrier.

VICNOE  =  NOVICE,  STHECK  =  SKETCH,  DINEHD  =  HIDDEN,  MORNAL  =  NORMAL,  SUSERV  =  VERSUS,  ALCITA  =  ACTUAL   —   Giving us:  NOCKHDDNALESAL

Clue/Question:  When playing poker on the Navy ship, it was – – –

Royal Navy saluting HMS Dreadnought and royal family, probably during naval review (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Answer:  ALL HANDS ON DECK

(Of course it was.  But, at first I thought it might be ALL ABOVE BOARD, until I saw that I DIDN’T screw up on “versus”.  And, it was a four word answer and NOT a three word answer!  There were no new clue words today, but some of the jumblings were new.  The answer letter layout was very well done.  Nothing given away there.  Fine cartoon, with the classic sinking sailboat on the horizon.  First one in quite a while.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  Screw Getty!    —   YUR

 

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Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 09/21/14

Sid Caesar at the premiere of the movie SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES 12/10/80 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“The trouble with telling a good story is that it reminds the other fellow of a bad one.”   —   Sid Caesar

(I don’t think there really is a bad story . . . just bad story tellers.  Sid was great at telling a story, so, by comparison, the other guy’s story sounded bad.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  I hope you guys directed your congressmen to push for net neutrality.  Out of 16 photos of Sid Caesar, brought up by Zemanta, 12 of them are owned by Getty.  That is positively sickening.  It’s not exactly the same thing, but it just shows a corporate dominance of content that I think is wrong.   —   YUR

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