Cryptoquote Spoiler – 05/21/18

“Trust your gut, keep throwing darts at the dartboard.  Don’t listen to the critics and you will figure it out.”   —   Will Ferrell

(Our first quote from Will Ferrell!  And, it’s great advice.  I wish I had heard advice like this when I was young.  I just saw Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon do an HBO spoof of TV coverage of Saturday’s Royal wedding, between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.  Of course it was over the top, but it was also too true to life.  I’m not sure which coverage turned me off first, the “real”, or the spoof.  Anyway, I’m glad the wedding is now history.  I’m more than done with fascinators for a while!  Although, I hear some of them can pick up DirecTV!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR 

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/21/18

Visual Description:  “Two for the Road”

VACHO  =  HAVOC,  BBRUL  =  BLURB,  KENODY  =  DONKEY,  LEAPAC  =  PALACE   —   Giving us:  AOBUBDKLCE

Clue/Question:  The trail the twins walked on had ended, so they decided to – – –

Answer:  DOUBLE BACK

(Very stinky, but very logical.  All old reliable clue words today.  Three of the jumbles came up as new, with “bbrul” having definitely been used before.  They all came to me quickly.

The answer letter layout was neatly cryptic – nothing too obvious about it.  A fine jumble, in its own right.

Jeff’s twin cartoons are always fun.  I like the meandering path over the rolling hills.  The boys appear to be identical twins.  It looks like a beautiful day in the cartoon, as it does here in the Hudson Valley today!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  “Two for the Road” is a fairly obscure movie from 1967, starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney.  Not sure if I’ve seen the movie before, or not.  Maybe.  The title just kind of popped into my head.  I think I was trying for a Hope and Crosby “Road” picture.   —   YUR

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