Cryptoquote Solved – 02/20/23

“Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.”   —   George Washington

(Empathy.  A great leader, and statesman, should have a strong sense of empathy.  Happy Presidents Day!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Solved – 02/20/23

Visual Description:  The money makers.

TUMHO  =  MOUTH,  NUYFN  =  FUNNY,  NECCIS  =  SCENIC,  DMAWOE  =  MEADOW   —   Giving us:  MOTNNSCCMEO

Clue/Question:  The people who decided to put Abraham Lincoln on a coin had a lot of – – – 

Answer:  COMMON “CENTS“

(Deja vu all over again?  Maybe even last President’s Day?  I’m pretty darn sure that we’ve seen this punchline before.  But that’s okay.  The boys can’t come up with original material all the time.  There’s just a finite number of idioms out there to be pun-ified.  Re-runs are a fact of life, folks.

Hoyt has run out of new clue words to give us.  I think that he has given up trying to give us new clue words.  He’s got bigger fish to fry, with all his other interests.  Two of the jumbles appear to be new, but we’ve definitely seen both “tumho” and “nuyfn” previously.  The answer letter layout was an electroplated eleven letter jumble.  De-cent-ly cryptic.  The quotation marks made for a quick solve.

Great period piece cartoon, circa 1909.  The Lincoln cent was the first coin to bear the portrait of a famous American, instead of the Lady Liberty, or a stylized Native American.  It was designed by a guy named Victor David Brenner.  The reverse side had the classic two stalks of wheat.  Those are the ones that are generally more collectible.  Although if you’re lucky enough to find a double die cent you’d earn a very pretty penny!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

PS.  On this date in 1895 Frederick Douglass died.  He is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, in Rochester, NY.  In 1927 actor Sidney Poitier was born.  In 1936 Jazz singer Nancy Wilson was born.  And in 1963 Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Wade Barkley was born.  Celebrate Black History Month!   —   YUR