Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 07/31/16

English: Albert Camus in 1957 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Charm is a way of getting the answer Yes without asking a clear question.”   —   Albert Camus

(Something that I’ve not always been very adept at.  For a long time I always thought Camus lived a couple hundred years ago, like Alexandre Dumas.  There is a certain kind of similarity in the two names, but it mostly shows how poorly read I am.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

 

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Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 07/31/16

Wedding dress of Elizabeth II (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  The shifting sands of time.

GLIYHH  =  HIGHLY,  CATINT  =  INTACT,  MEHAUN  =  HUMANE,  GRUDET  =  TRUDGE,  SREEGY  =  GEYSER,  NAYRTT  =  TYRANT   —   Giving us:  HIHTCTHNETRUGSETRT

Clue/Question:  She said that her wedding dress still fit, but she was – – –

Pre-Answer:  Three Words  (10-letters)  (3-letters)  (5-letters)

Русский: Женшина-казашка в свадебном наряде на лошади Nederlands: Kazachse in traditioneel bruiloftsgewaad te paard. Op de achtergrond een yurt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Answer:  STRETCHING THE TRUTH

(She wasn’t the most petite bride in her wedding photo, on the bureau, either.  But, you can see the increase in her hippiness, and you can make out signs of stress – to be polite – on her dress today.  It’s the guy that seems to have had the bigger increase!  Too many brew-skis and not enough exorcise.  I’ve been there.  There were no new clue words today, but all of the jumbles have turned up as new.  Once again, I kind of saw “greesy” again, but immediately knew it wasn’t right, and wrote down “geyser”.  I also mentally played with “tranty” before realizing it was “tyrant”.  It’s hard to say that there was anything wrong with the answer letter layout, but I could somehow tell that STRETCHING was going to be the ten letter word.  And, THE TRUTH followed as pretty obvious.  But, it’s a fun pun and a fun cartoon.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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