Jumble Spoiler – 11/01/17

Visual Description:  . . . and half a mule?

IMSUN  =  MINUS,  OSEOG  =  GOOSE,  NCRUCO  =  CONCUR,  YMADRE  =  DREAMY   —   Giving us:  MNUGOOCONDRM

Clue/Question:  The plant-nursery owners were competitors until they found some – – –

Answer:  COMMON GROUND

(Would’ve work just as well with farmers, I suppose.  There were no new clue words today, however all four jumbles came up as new.  I was able to see all of the clue words immediately though.  My wife always gets a kick out of the movie Catch Me if You Can, when young Frank – posing as a doctor – asks the young interns:  “Do you concur?”  He had picked up that line by watching episodes of Ben Casey, on TV!  I myself got a kick out of the jumble for “dreamy”.  If you speak any Spanish you might have recognized “ymadre” as AND MOTHER.  The answer letter layout was also a marvelous jumble.  Not obvious.  Fine cartoon.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/01/17

“No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.”   —   Bram Stoker

(Oh, yeah.  Bela Lugosi said this in that vampire movie.  Ooh, what was it called???  LOL!  It would be nice to think that mankind has evolved past the point of being afraid of the dark.  Not to say that there aren’t things to fear, especially in the dark of night, but we do tend to be an overly emotional species.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR