Cryptoquote Spoiler – 05/25/19

“If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you.”   —   Brad Paisley

(And all this time I just thought he was a nice kid trying to fit into his daddy’s hat!  He’s a sensible lad.  Applies to life in general, just as much as driving your pickup truck.  Never forget the past, because history has a habit of repeating itself.  But, don’t obsess over it either.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 05/25/19

Visual Description:  The climb ahead.

LIGUD  =  GUILD,  THIDW  =  WIDTH,  CREFIE  =  FIERCE,  PORGEH  =  GOPHER   —   Giving us:  GUWTIEPH

Clue/Question:  Because he’d put on a few pounds, he had to tell the other hikers to – – –

Answer:  “WEIGHT“ UP

(Kind of a stinky double pun!  The *designed* pun is that the others have to wait for him.  But also, he is below them, and he still has to climb up to them.  Gotta love it!

Today’s clue words aren’t all super regular, but we have seen them all before.  However, all of their jumbles appear to be new.  Kind of ironic that one of today’s clue words was an aspect of yesterday’s cartoon.  For those of you with short memories, or who did not do yesterday’s Jumble, that would be “gopher”.  As in yesterday’s golf club head cover.  The answer letter layout was a well thought out eight letter jumble.  Nothing obvious about it in my book.

Great mountain scene, hiking cartoon!  Not some gentle, rolling hill kind of mountains, but some craggy looking tors.  I wonder if any of their yells are resulting in echoes?  Hmm.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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