Jumble Spoiler – 10/03/17

Visual Description:  Down a lazy river.

LEERB  =  REBEL,  NDRET  =  TREND,  NORVED  =  VENDOR,  SUMOCT  =  CUSTOM   —   Giving us:  REETENVNRCUT

Clue/Question:  The fact that they were tubing down the river now, made it a – – –

Answer:  CURRENT EVENT

(Fortunately, moving water doesn’t usually smell much, because that was a stinky pun!  I’ve tubed before!  I think it was more rafting.  Down the Delaware River, when I was in my twenties.  It was a lot of fun.  But, boy did I get sunburned!  I probably wasn’t bright enough to use sunscreen, or I didn’t consider it washing off.  Yer uncle refuses to acknowledge that a florescent light can burn his lily white skin!

All old favorite clue words today.  However, all of the jumbles appear to be new.  I saw all the words instantly though.  The answer letter layout was a nifty jumble, but there were a lot of repeating letters in the answer, so it wasn’t a tough solve.  Great cartoon.  It really brought me back.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 10/03/17

“The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”   —   Savielly Tartakower

(Even though I’d never heard of the man before – nor that very uncommon first name – I had a strong idea that this was about chess!  Of course, it applies to just about everything in life.  But, it just seemed to scream CHESS!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR