Cryptoquote Solved – 09/23/22

“All things share the same breath . . . the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.“   —   Chief Seattle

(And, to think that most 19th Century white men considered him to be a “savage”!  Thank the stars above that we now get it.  I’m not 100% sure we’ve had one of his quotes before, so – just to be safe – we will welcome Chief Seattle to the Cryptoquote Club today.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Image courtesy of Google, and Paul Whitehead

Jumble Solved – 09/23/22

Visual Description:  Old world sights.

SOEMO  =  MOOSE,  NAGTI  =  GIANT,  TPIOEP  =  POTPIE,  TCLUEN  =  LUCENT   —   Giving us:  MOSGANOIELENT

Clue/Question:  He last visited the Mediterranean coast 40 years ago, which was – – –

Answer:  LONG TIME NO “SEA“

(I think the guys purposely made this one a little harder to solve with the phrasing of the clue/question.  If after the comma the last two words were AND SAID – instead of WHICH WAS – I know I would have picked up on the final answer much quicker.  But maybe that’s just me.

No new clue words today.  It’s been a while since we’ve seen “potpie” and “lucent”.  And, for some reason WordPress does not recognize “lucent”!  I’m not a big fan of compound words anyway, but my first attempt with “tpioep” gave me tiptop.  That put me a little behind the eight ball in getting the final answer.  Two of the jumbles came up as new, but we’ve definitely seen “soemo” and “nagti” in past Jumbles.  The answer letter layout was a challenging thirteen letter jumble.  Like I said, the phrasing kind of threw me, so I was thinking LONG PAST something – because of tiptop.  But then NO “SEA” came to me, and I took another look at “tpioep” and spotted my error.

Fine cartoon of a couple at some Mediterranean coastal town.  My guess is Spain, but it could be a lot of places.  Ooh!  And, I just noticed that Jeff snuck in a teeny little classic sinking sailboat on the horizon.  I had to take off my glasses to catch that one.  It’s been a while since we’ve seen one!  Or again, maybe that’s just me.  These smaller Jumbles, and my worsening eyesight, make details harder for me to catch.  Fun Jumble.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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