Jumble Spoiler – 08/03/17

Visual Description:  No one wants a naked Jumble creator!

LEVTA  =  VALET,  LOIOG  =  IGLOO,  ASEWES  =  SEESAW,  CEYPAH  =  PEACHY   —   Giving us:  VTIGSWEAH

Clue/Question:  When not one person bid in the charity auction, the host thought – – – 

Question/Answer:  WHAT GIVES?

(I don’t know if Jeff painted that, or not.  But, even he and Kathy look like they want nothing to do with it.  You know, some of these big-time puzzle creators just get SO full of themselves, that they do crazy stuff . . . like posing in the buff.  I don’t know what the artist got, but he shoulda got life!  Next time, guys, just auction off one of your Jumble panels.  Okay?  Paintings of middle aged, naked, bald guys belong to a very small niche market . . . available only to those strange people who surf the dark web.

So, no new clue words today, but none of them have been used in quite a while.  Three of the jumbles came up as new, with “asewes” having definitely been used before.  The answer letter layout made for an exquisite jumble.  I bet some of you struggled mightily!  Splendid cartoon.  Be well and do good, friends.  Don’t take any wooden nickels . . . or buy any naked paintings of David L. Hoyt!)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 08/03/17

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”   —   Thomas A. Edison

(Tell me about it.  I was this close to achieving my life’s dream when . . . BAM!  Salma Hayek’s people served me up that restraining order!  Bummer.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR