Cryptoquote Solved – 01/20/23

“Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.”   —   Nelson Mandela

(It’s really great seeing all of the recent quotes from people of peace!  Gandhi is long gone.  King is gone.  And Mandela is gone too.  Thankfully, people like Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg, Emma Gonzalez and David Hogg have picked up the mantle of civil rights, peace . . . and sanity.  Let’s not dismiss them as naive.  Life/the world can be a beautiful place, for all of us, but we all have to do our part.  Sometimes just not being an obstructionist is enough.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Solved – 01/20/23

Visual Description:  The Hobart Globetrotters!

NHETT  =  TENTH,  WRANP  =  PRAWN,  POESOP  =  OPPOSE,  MCTOIM  =  COMMIT   —   Giving us:  NTHPRAOOECOI

Clue/Question:  The Kangaroos were winning the basketball game because of all their – – –

Answer:  “CO–HOP–ERATION“

(I’ve heard of wheel-chair basketball and donkey basketball.  And I’ve heard of kangaroo boxing.  But I’ve never envisioned kangaroo basketball.  Their upper limbs look kind of weak, compared to their very impressive lower limbs, but with the advent of the “Air Bud” movies . . . why not?  Animals doing human activities can be very entertaining.  And, if nothing else, the very idea can make for an amusing Jumble!

No surprise that all of the clue words have been used before.  I’ve made a few suggestions – some of them even completely “politically correct” – to the guys, for new clue words, but so far just crickets.  Makes you wonder if they even bother to read our blog anymore!  At least three of the jumbles are new.  But we have definitely seen “nhett” in a previous Jumble.  They were all a slam dunk for me today.  The answer letter layout though was another twisting turnaround jump-shot of a twelve letter jumble!  A fair dinkum jumble, Hoyt!  Good on ya, mate!

The cartoon is jam-packed with hilarity!  Besides the kangaroo players – two of them executing a beautiful alley-oop – on the court, there is also an announcer and color team of a duckbill platypus and a koala bear.  Not totally sure which is which, but that really doesn’t matter.  They’re all really cute.  A fun finally Friday Jumble!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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