Visual Description: Boxing Blooper.
MHEYMA = MAYHEM, CYSHEP = PSYCHE, TENNYI = NINETY, BARROH = HARBOR, SUWNIE = UNWISE, RMALEV = MARVEL — Giving us: HEPSCINTHOUWERL
Clue/Question: When things didn’t go right during the filming of “Rocky”, Sylvester Stallone would – – –
Pre-Answer: Four Words “(4-letters)” (4-letters) THE (7-letters)
Answer: “ROLE“ WITH THE PUNCHES
(A knockout of a cinematic pugilistic pun! And not the easiest final answer to come up with. When I first started reading the Mick line in the cartoon I wasn’t even sure if this was part of the movie. It wasn’t until the Rocky/Sylvester line that I got that it was the actors speaking.
All of today’s clue words have been used in other Jumbles. Five of the jumbles appear to be new though. Only the jumble “tennyi” has definitely been used in earlier Jumbles. None were all that difficult for me though. The answer letter layout was a fabulous fifteen letter jumble! I thought it was fiercely cryptic. Due to the phrasing of the clue/question, my first thoughts were HELP WITH . . . something. But just looking at SCNOUER told me that it couldn’t be so. And also the word HELP didn’t make any sense being in quotation marks. Taking away HELP helped me to see PUNCHES. The WITH never changed, and with the OERL the pun part really hit home. A little difficult, but I was never on the ropes, folks.
Great cartoon of a dramatic corner scene in the now classic film “Rocky”. I didn’t even notice the camera in the shot right away! One of my favorite movies. This was a really fun Sunday Jumble. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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When Rocky said “cut”, I was thinking Cut me Mick!, not cut the filming. That threw me off. Along with the fake eye in his lap. It was a fake eye or makeup? Slice him open with a razor blade Mickey. Made sense in the movie. He couldn’t see with all of the swelling. A bloody mess ensued.
Speaking of bloody messes 🩸, the in-fighters over there lamented a cool 16 times y’day with Adrian tallying nine of them. 🙋♀️ Again over .500 which raises my spirits on this bright and cheery MLK Day!
YUR Bills almost gave it to the fish yesterday. They will need to clean it up if they want to beat Burrow’s Brash Bengals next week. 🐯 that should be a fun game to watch if you like TDS.
Everyone have a happy day off thanks to our guy, and be sure to remember the civil rights trailblazer Dr. #MLK 💆🏿🥷🏼 Junior. He was only 39 when he was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. A relatively young age for a guy who got a lot done.
— Smitty
Thanks, Smitty! — YUR