Cryptoquote Spoiler – 12/09/20

“Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.”   —   Benjamin Franklin

(Good thing for ONE and NONE, or this might have been a difficult solve.  Although, only one friend?  That seems a little limiting.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 12/09/20

Visual Description:  Browsing through the sheet music.

NOHMT  =  MONTH,  RDHOC  =  CHORD,  SSCXEE  =  EXCESS,  OTYEPR  =  POETRY   —   Giving us:  MONCODEESPOTR

Clue/Question:  Beethoven’s music has been widely distributed.  He was certainly a – – –

Answer:  NOTED COMPOSER

(Great stinky pun Jumble.  And, definitely NOT a gimme!  Especially when the first word that came to mind, for me, was SCORE.  I didn’t even try to make a word from MONDEPOT!

No new clue words today.  However, all four jumbles appear to be new.  Fortunately, I got them all right away.  But, the thirteen letter jumble of the answer letter layout was another story altogether.  I can see some of you guys struggling to get the final answer.

Great music store cartoon.  Do they still have music stores?  It seems like everything today is either downloaded, or streamed.  Just another example of how yer Uncle is becoming more and more irrelevant.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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