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“A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.” — Earl Wilson
(The guy could really turn a phrase! He’s known for a number of famous quips, including: “If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.” Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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“One good thing about music — when it hits you, you feel no pain.” — Bob Marley
(The man who brought Reggae music into the mainstream. He paved the way for many other Jamaican musicians. Such a shame that he was taken from this world, at the tender age of 36, due to cancer. A very aggressive form of melanoma. Only the good die young! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Visual Description: Chomolungma chums.
RIGEM = GRIME, LHEVA = HALVE, SIRCSI = CRISIS, SRTHHA = THRASH — Giving us: GREHVECIISHAH
Clue/Question: The people who’ve successfully summited Mount Everest are – – –
Answer: HIGH ACHIEVERS
(“Made it, Ma! Top of the world!” Either Edmund Hillary, or Tenzing Norgay, could have said this, assuming either one of them were fans of “White Heat”, starring James Cagney. A Film Noir classic from 1949, also starring Virginia Mayo and Edmond O’Brien. Mount Everest is most definitely the top of the world, with an elevation of 29,031.7 ft, or 8,848.86 m . . . for most of the rest of the world. Hillary and Norgay were the first to get to the top in 1953. Some of our older readers might even remember when this happened. It was like all of the firsts of the space race, in the 1960s. Those NASA feats were the biggies from my youth.
All of today’s clue words are on the ralis95 clue word database. Three of the jumbles are coming up as new, however we have certainly seen “rigem” in at least one earlier Jumble. It took me a couple of looks to see “crisis”. The answer letter layout was thrilling thirteen letter jumble! The height of cryptic jumbling. The word HIGH came to me right away, and ACHIEVERS soon followed.
Fine cartoon drawing of the dynamic duo. Of course, they really didn’t do it alone. They had a couple hundred porters doing most of the heavy lifting. I’m just happy that Hillary didn’t try to take all the credit, as often happened with most European endeavors. He couldn’t have done it without the Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay. A very cool – downright frigid – Jumble. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Visual Description: Winner, loser and whinnying loser.
RNWOS = SWORN, SPOIE = POISE, NTEHLG = LENGTH, GPOAAD = PAGODA — Giving us: SWISENTHPO
Clue/Question: If Westminster’s competition was for insects, the winner would be – – –
Answer: “PEST“ IN SHOW
(I think that the judge is a little biased. After all, it IS traditionally a dog show! I mean I can understand not giving the blue ribbon to the horsefly. They are nasty creatures. But that corn farmer’s grasshopper is WAY cuter than a stinky old flea! Fleas drink their hosts’ blood and pass along infections and diseases. Ugh! Maybe there was a talent competition, and the flea was a singer, or something. Like in “Finnegan’s Flea”, one of my all-time favorite cartoons. That would definitely make him a winner.
All four of the Jumble clue words are long time classics. Three of the jumbles are coming up as new for me. But Hoyt has definitely used “rnwos” at least once before. None were terribly tough though. The answer letter layout was a tenacious ten letter jumble. It did a fine job in disguising the final answer. The quotation marks, in the final answer slots, were the biggest clue to the pun.
Ya can’t go wrong when Jeff gives us a cartoon with critters! The horse and the dog are Knurek Klassics! Initially, I did not even notice the grasshopper, but it was great too. Even the flea, under a magnifying glass, is pretty good. I liked how the judge was a bit of a poet. A very entertaining Jumble. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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