Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 01/08/17

“It takes a lot of experience for a girl to kiss like a beginner.”   —   Ladies’ Home Journal

(Oh, yeah?  Well, I once astonished a girlfriend, when I told her it was my first . . . time.  She swore that I was lying.  And, I wasn’t her first.  She was probably putting me on.  You never forget your first though.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

(Tough) Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 01/08/17

Visual Description:  Open mouth.  Insert foot.

REHOYT  =  THEORY,  SCONEH  =  CHOSEN,  RANDOG  =  DRAGON,  SENLOS  =  LESSON,  RNMEAN  =  MANNER,  ANNTFI  =  INFANT   —   Giving us:  THOHODGLEMNEIT

Clue/Question:  After making a joke about his wife’s weight gain, he’d need to try to – – –

Pre-Answer:  Three Words   –   (7-letters)  (3-letters)  (4-letters)

Answer:  LIGHTEN THE MOOD

(I did NOT get the answer today!  I’m definitely a little lazy with these things.  If I don’t get it right off the bat, I don’t always have the patience to get the final answer.  It’s rare, but fortunately I have a daughter who likes the Jumble, and her boyfriend, who is going to be a doctor.  He got the answer!  I did think that the middle word was going to be THE!  But, I was thinking that the answer was going to have something to do with the guy losing his hair!  That’s why I was getting nowhere.  Did anyone else have trouble solving this one???

No new clue words today.  But, five of the jumbles came up as new.  They’ve used “senlos” before.  I thought “sconeh” was a pretty good jumble.  Obviously, I thought the answer letter layout was excellent!  It gave me nothing, to help me see the pun.  The cartoon was good, but the extra woman kind of threw me.  Was she the wife’s sister?  Mother?  A friend?  Was she even necessary???  I don’t know.  I did like the angry looking cat though!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR