Cryptoquote Spoiler – 09/17/20

“Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.”   —   Ludwig van Beethoven

(I guess Ludwig was a little on the macho side.  Beautiful music can bring tears to my eyes.  This appears to be our first Beethoven quote at the Cryptoquote.  So, we finally welcome the master composer to the Cryptoquote Club today.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 09/17/20

Visual Description:  The gathering place.

FJYIF  =  JIFFY,  TUHMO  =  MOUTH,  OIRRRM  =  MIRROR,  CRUPES  =  SPRUCE   —   Giving us:  FFMOMORRUE

Clue/Question:  Ancient Romans wanted a large public square, so they built a – – –

Answer:  FORUM FOR ‘EM

(Kind of a homophonic pun.  Sounds good to me.  Give ’em Hell, Hoyt! 

It looks like David L. has given us yet another new clue word in “jiffy”.  Our friend, ralis95, will have to update his world famous clue word database once again!  Three of the jumbles appear to be new, but we’ve definitely seen “crupes” before.  The answer letter layout was a tasty ten letter jumble.  It kind of spoke to me though.

Fantastic cartoon of ancient Rome.  But, I guess for the characters, this is all new to them.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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