Jumble Spoiler – 10/29/15

library (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  A meet and great, with sign . . . and sell.

POMOH  =  OOMPH,  LODIY  =  DOILY,  SKYCIL  =  SICKLY,  DISBEE  =  BESIDE   —   Giving us:  OODOLSIKBED

Clue/Question:  The library was having a series of authors speak and was – – –

Libraries Alan Garner Junior Library (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Answer:  BOOKED SOLID

(Fun pun, for those of us who like puns.  There were no new clue words today, but two of the jumbles were new.  We’ve definitely seen both “pomoh” and “disbee” before.  The answer letter layout did a great job of keeping the answer under cover.  Nicely done!  And, the cartoon sets up the whole puzzle very admirably.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 10/29/15

English: Portrait of Barbra Streisand taken in London during the taping of her TV Special ‘Barbra Streisand… and other Musical Instruments’. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.”   —   Barbra  Streisand

(Embrace that part.  That’s the part of us that keeps us human.  That’s the part that can’t be programmed in to a Watson, or any other computer entity.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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