Visual Description: The business cycle.
NTIEG = TINGE, GDEAA = ADAGE, DEEGNR = GENDER, MOSEKR = SMOKER — Giving us: GEDEEMR
Clue/Question: After they combined their businesses, a new company – – –
Answer: EMERGED
(Ooh! A very topical Jumble pun. Maybe not stinky, but definitely noisy. At least in some regions. Yes, this is the year of the 17 year cicadas. There are generally some cicadas – Annuals – every summer, but there are some – Periodical Cicadas – that come about every 13 or 17 years. This year’s species are called the Brood X cicadas. The last big cicada episode to hit the northeast United States was the Brood II cicadas in 2013, and they were pretty darn noisy. Reportedly, the Brood X bunch could be even noisier! As of today though they haven’t been heard in the lower Hudson River Valley region. Soon enough, I expect.
There were all old familiar clue words today. Three of the jumbles are coming up as new for me, but we have seen “gdeaa” sometime before. I got them all right away. The answer letter layout was a scant seven letter jumble, but it was adequately cryptic. The final answer emerged rather quickly.
Fun little business merger cartoon. I wonder what kind of business Cicely and Grenada are/were, and how the combined name of CI-CADA will benefit the new company going forward. LOL! As a kid, I always enjoyed finding the dried cicada exoskeletons clinging to tree trunks. Much less freaky than the insects themselves. Very entertaining Friday Jumble! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Happy birthday to Frank Beard of ZZ Top!
Unclerave's Wordy Weblog 
I noticed today that the Daily Jumble isn’t as daunting as when I started… of course, I’ve forgotten when I started.
However, for the first five minutes all I can do is stare at the jumbles; then, suddenly one word pops out, then another, and so on.
Then, to complete the final saying I have to start over.
And, You’re right, Unc; it helps to look at the cartoon, read the bubbles, and look at the letter layout to discern the final saying.
It’s like going from “cluelessness” to “magic” !
But, the above only works for the Daily Jumble.
The Sunday Jumble still whips my butt.
Some days it just takes a little longer to get the old mind in gear, lwc! But don’t let the Sunday Jumble intimidate you. They’re really not much harder than the Mon – Sat ones. Just 6 six letter jumbles, instead of the 2 four letter, and 2 six letter ones. And, the final solution is generally longer, but usually not that much more difficult. Keep plugging away, lwc! — YUR