Sunday Cryptoquote Spoiler – 05/20/18

“Beverly Hills is very exclusive.  For instance, their fire department won’t make house calls.”   —   Mort Sahl

(As a kid, Mort Sahl was one of my favorite comedians!  I haven’t seen him in a while, but he is still kicking at 91 years.  Very funny guy.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 05/20/18

Visual Description:  A teenage right of passage?

RAQSUE  =  SQUARE,  HEYTIG  =  EIGHTY,  TRIPEM  =  PERMIT,  PEBSUR  =  SUPERB,  WDORAC  =  COWARD,  LEKENR  =  KERNEL   —   Giving us:  QREEITPISUECWKR

Clue/Question:  Having car insurance is mandatory, which makes it a – – –

Pre-Answer:  One double hyphenated word  “(3-letters)-(5-letters)-(7-letters)”

Answer:  “PRE–WRECK–QUISITE“

(A beautiful groaner of a pun!  I am very impressed with today’s Jumble.  None of today’s clue words are new, but five of the jumbles appear to be so.  Hoyt has definitely used “wdorac” before.  I thought all of the jumbles presented a nice challenge.  No gimmes today!

The answer letter layout was an impressive 15 letter jumble.  Nothing about it appears to be obvious.  And, I wouldn’t be surprised if this stumped some of you, for a while.  I let my daughter and her boyfriend play around with it, and he got it after a few minutes.  The word “mandatory”, in the clue/question, was definitely the key.

Classic suburban family scene in today’s cartoon.  I was a little surprised that Jeff didn’t take the opportunity to make the car a Jumble-Mobile.  Usually, he puts a big “J” on the grill.  Maybe the Jumble-Mobile is a little to high end for a teen?  No biggie though.  A very satisfying Sunday Jumble, any way you look at it.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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