Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/16/14

English: Members of DC Minyan light Hanukkah candles, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“A little bit of light pushes away a lot of darkness.  Happy Hanukkah!”   —   Your Puzzle Friends

(Be a light, friends.  And, be well and do good.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 12/16/14

A vegetarian dinner at a Japanese Buddhist temple (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Just not ready for that kind of temptation.

POSTM  =  STOMP,  KISSE  =  SKIES,  TASETT  =  ATTEST,  CIDIAC  =  ACIDIC   —   Giving us:  SMSKETESADI

Clue/Question:  After becoming a vegetarian, her decision began to look like a – – –

English: Hanukkah menorah, known also as Hanukiah. Česky: Chanukový svícen chanukija (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Answer:  MISSED–STEAK

(I don’t think there is any way possible for me to become a vegetarian.  I do love my veggies, but I could never give up meat.  We had a new word today, in “skies”.  Oh, ralis95!  The jumble really threw me.  I had to back into it.  And, I really didn’t have the entire answer for a while.  At first I was going with:  ___MIS-STEAK, and all that told me was that I needed the K.  “Skies” came to me, but it didn’t look right for a while.  But, after adding the SKE to the answer letters it finally came to me.  I wasn’t thinking past tense though.  Great answer letter layout, and a fine cartoon.  Happy first night of Hanukkah, friends.  Be well and do good.)   —   YUR

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