Visual Description: Late 19th/early 20th Century transport.
ZEBAL = BLAZE, YINAR = RAINY, GMOYSG = SMOGGY, SLUDHO = SHOULD — Giving us: BAERNYOGGSHUD
Clue/Question: When the mosquitoes swarmed during their carriage ride, they rode a – – –
Answer: HORSE AND “BUGGY“
(Well, the horse seems unconcerned. Of course, it’s the tail-end that draws the most flies anyway! Cute pun. All old favorite clue words today, yet all of the jumbles are coming up as new. Mr. Hoyt’s answer letter layout was a splendid jumble too. I think it did a swell job of hiding the answer. And, another great period piece cartoon from our pal, Mr. Knurek. We often look back in nostalgia, but ultimately we realize it was simpler times, yet harder times. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
I detect a trend of rustic or barnyard themes in today’s secret words and the recent UDDER FAILURE, RAMIFICATIONS, etc. These allusions are probably not as familiar as they once were.
Well, a lot of our popular idioms come from these simpler times, hal.
— YUR
You’re absolutely right, UR. That train has already left the station …
LOL! Exactly, hal. — YUR 🙂