Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/16/18

“A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself – and especially to feel.  Or not feel.”   —   Jim Morrison

(No judgments.  No hassles.  Just acceptance.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 11/16/18

Visual Description:  A meatless mishap.

SIPTY  =  TIPSY,  RWNDA  =  DRAWN,  MRYAWL  =  WARMLY,  BEDTEA  =  DEBATE   —   Giving us:  PSDANAMAE

Clue/Question:  After Tia Carmen forgot to stuff her baked treats, Baldo called them – – –

Answer:  EMPA-“NADAS“

(What’s wrong?  Nada . . . nada damn thing!  That’s one of my oldest gags.  I think this is our first semi-foreign Jumbles.  But of course, empanadas, and many other Hispanic dishes, have been incorporated into American cuisine.  The U.S. of A. is still the great melting pot, for all who – wisely – choose to assimilate with our culture/society.

All of today’s clue words are familiar old friends.  But, it looks like all of the jumbles are new.  The answer letter layout was a fine jumble.  It didn’t give anything away.  The quotation marks were a big help to solving the final answer.

Today’s guest artists, Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos, of “Baldo”, gave us a nice domestic kitchen scene.  My newspaper does not carry “Baldo”, but I have seen it in others.  It’s been a great week of guest artists, so far.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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