Cryptoquote Solved – 02/04/23

“Surely you can’t be serious.  . . . I am serious.  And don’t call me Shirley.”   —   “Airplane!”

(Another one of the silliest, funniest movies of all time!  The perfect parody of all the disaster films of the 1970s.  My two favorite bits are when Steve McCroskey asks Johnny Henshaw “Johhny, what do you make out of this?”, and when the Barbara Billingsley character speaks flawless Jive to a couple of Jive dudes!  I’m sure that some nitwit would find something politically incorrect about the movie these days.  They can pound sand, for all I care!  I think that’s a Brooklyn expression.  I think this is one of the few movie titles with an exclamation!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Solved – 02/04/23

Visual Description:  Tennis club

CAXTE  =  EXACT,  KNIYD  =  DINKY,  PMAHIS  =  MISHAP,  MAYIFN  =  INFAMY   —   Giving us:  XCTDNMHAIAM

Clue/Question:  When they randomly chose people to team up to play tennis, it was – – – 

Answer:  MIX AND MATCH

(Eh!  Not bad.  Not great, but not bad.  Kind of a double tennis pun, with mixed doubles and tennis match.  Maybe it’s just because it all came too easily for me.  I don’t know.  They’re not all going to float everyone’s boat . . . every time.  Right?

The clue words all came immediately, as none of them are new.  Three of the jumbles appear to be new, but we’ve definitely seen “caxte” in at least one earlier Jumble.  The answer letter layout was an energetic eleven letter jumble.  Decently cryptic.  But the final answer was pretty obvious.

Fine looking middle class tennis club scene.  Whatever the tennis equivalent of a duffer is applies to all of these players.  Weekend warriors, just trying to get in a nice work out.  No acing necessary.  Just a lot of friendly rallies, to get the heart pumping and sweat flowing.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  Happy birthday to Rosa Parks, today’s Black History month honoree!   —   YUR

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