Cryptoquote Spoiler – 06/20/20

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person,  he believed in me.”   —   Jim Valvano

(Truly, that is the greatest gift.  A parent’s love, or both your parents’ love, is one thing, and in most cases that is going to be a given.  But, if even one of your parents demonstrate that they really believe in you, that will carry you through your entire life.  That belief will fuel your ambition, your focus, and most importantly your self-confidence.  If you’re the parent of a young child, show them that you believe in them.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  Same quote AND same comment from the Cryptoquote of 04/05/14!   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 06/20/20

Visual Description:  Flat lands!

NICIG  =  ICING,  DYASL  =  SADLY,  AYEGVO  =  VOYAGE,  PLAAPE  =  APPEAL   —   Giving us:  INSDLYAAPA

Clue/Question:  Heading west from Iowa into Nebraska, they could see the prairie – – –

Answer:  PLAIN AS DAY

(A little sneaky, maybe?  I might’ve been a little distracted this morning, but the answer did not jump off the page for me.  I think the clue/question was a little wordy for me.  I thought all of Iowa was prairie anyway, just like Nebraska.  Both big corn states.  But, I’ve never been to either state.

Another surprise for today.  We have a new clue word in “sadly”.  More work for ralis95‘s world famous clue word database!  Three of the jumbles appear to be new, but we’ve definitely seen “nicig” before.  The answer letter layout was another great ten letter jumble.  I though it did its job very well.

Nice cartoon of a couple on a road trip.  Traveling through the Plains states very often induces speeding.  It is so flat, and I’m guessing also so straight, that you can see for miles and miles.  Might as well speed.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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