Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/08/17

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”   —   Malcolm X

(It took me a little while to get this one started.  Just one of those days, I guess.  I should have seen the TO, TOMORROW and TODAY, but I saw the TION of EDUCATION, and that was enough to get the ball rolling.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

 

Jumble Spoiler – 11/08/17

Visual Description:  Peddling his putrid perk punch!

NEGIS  =  SINGE,  LNAFK  =  FLANK,  TCLOHB  =  BLOTCH,  LUNFAT  =  FLAUNT   —   Giving us:  SNEFLABOFLU

Clue/Question:  He told them that he grew great coffee, but he was – – –

Answer:  FULL OF BEANS

(Not really in the spirit of the idiom, but puns can take a little poetic license!  All of today’s clue words are old favorites again, but three of the jumbles came up as new.  We’ve seen “tclohb” before.  The answer letter layout did a wonderful job of camouflaging the answer.  Great cartoon.  Ya gotta love a good spit-take!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR