Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 01/14/18

“It’s pretty hard to tell what brings happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.”   —   Kin Hubbard

(I understand how some might think that wealth might make one happy, but who thinks there’s happiness in poverty?  It’s good that we’ve had Kin Hubbard before, because I struggled with the first name . . . again.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 01/14/18

Visual Description:  Obscenely priced comfort food.

INCCIO  =  ICONIC,  ENCCIS  =  SCENIC,  NETDOE  =  DENOTE,  DSWERH  =  SHREWD,  TOMACS  =  MASCOT,  DAXPEN  =  EXPAND   —   Giving us:  ICSCNOESHESCOEPN

Clue/Question:  After running out of hotdogs, the food vendor had to make a – – –

Pre-Answer:   Two Words   (10-letters)  (6-letters)

Answer:  CONCESSION SPEECH

(Great stinky pun!  I loved it.  All of today’s jumbles appear to be brand new.  I didn’t struggle with any of them, but I did mis-see a couple of them for a second or two.  At first I saw science, instead of “scenic”, and stomach, instead of “mascot”.  A nice, long 16-letter answer letter layout made for a beautifully cryptic jumble.  Nothing about it looked obvious to me.  It looks like it’s the Jumblers vs. the Scramblers basketball game!  I sure hope Jeff was exaggerating a little with the food prices, because if not I won’t be going to any ball games anytime soon.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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