Archive for September 24th, 2016

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 09/24/16

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Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.”   —   Stanley Horowitz

(Dead?  Alive?  I could find no real bio on the guy, except that it looks like he came from an Australian publishing family.  Wikipedia drops the second O in his name.  If he is still alive it looks like he’d be 95 or 96 years old.  It’s a great quote though.  Someone in his family should put out a bio on him!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Jumble Spoiler – 09/24/16

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Visual Description:  Classic re-run . . . on a bun.

ARRLU  =  RURAL,  YONAN  =  ANNOY,  LERYME  =  MERELY,  MMOOCN  =  COMMON   —   Giving us:  RLANLOO

Clue/Question:  After putting sesame seeds on hamburger buns, his business was – – – 

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Answer:  ON A ROLL

(Probably not this specific scenario, but this pun has been around for a while!  No new clue words, but three of the jumbles came up as new.  We have seen “yonan” – the Philly Barbarian? – before.  The answer letter layout was swell, for being seven letters long.  Nice old timey cartoon.  Looks like the 1890s/turn of the century.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR


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