Jumble Spoiler – 10/14/16

Visual Description:  The Chomolungma charge.

RUCYL  =  CURLY,  ZOTAP  =  TOPAZ,  LAADSN  =  SANDAL,  PROCEP  =  COPPER   —  Giving us:  RLYTOAADLOPP

Clue/Question:  To get to the summit of Mount Everest, climbers have to – – – 

Answer:  PAY TOP DOLLAR

(I guess the guys have peaked for the week!  I think we’ve had this idiom in different situations, in the past.  They gave us another new clue word today, in “curly”.  Ralis95 will have to update his world famous database once again.  And, all of the jumbles came up as new today.  They were all dandies.  The answer letter layout was also a cryptic jumble.  But, the clue/question just begged for the first word to be PAY, and the pun came very quickly.  The cartoon is beyond cool.  Frigid, I’d say!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 10/14/16

“Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment.”   —   Frank Sinatra

(You also have to recognize when that chance has been presented to you, and you have to have the courage to act upon it.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR