English: The moat from the other side of the castle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Visual Description: Preparing for the siege.
SUWENI = UNWISE, GRULFA = FRUGAL, WHRONT = THROWN, INIDOE = IODINE, PLUCTS = SCULPT, OLATAF = AFLOAT — Giving us: EFRATHOIDSCTFLT
Clue/Question: Building the moat around the castle was a – – –
English: Nunney Castle and moat (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Answer: LAST–DITCH EFFORT
(Beautiful! No new clue words, but plenty of the jumbles were new to me. I don’t care for UN words. They’re cheap, and don’t belong, as far as I’m concerned. I liked the jumblings of “frugal” and “afloat” the most. The answer letter layout was a masterpiece today. It gave away nothing. Great drawing. It looks like the king has employed Quasimoto to help the soldiers dig the moat. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Well DUH, wish I had thought to start with UN and find the rest of the word. Took me a bit longer to find it. Good puzzler!