Visual Description: The demon seed!
SSITIN – INSIST, SMCOIA = MOSAIC, ULHPLI = UPHILL, SRONPE = PERSON, RYEONR = ORNERY, NMRAAT = MANTRA — Giving us: NTOSAHISONNEYATA
Clue/Question: The sound of his fingernails on the chalkboard was – – –
Pre-Answer: Four Words (1-letter) (5-letters) (4-letters) (6-letters)
Answer: A NOISE THAT ANNOYS
(A wonderful stinky pun! But probably one that only our older readers would get. Do yinz remember the scene in “Jaws”, when the town is holding a meeting to figure out what to do about the great white attacks? Everyone was panicked, and talking all at once, and captain Quint just slowly raked his fingernails down the blackboard. To say it got people’s attention is quite an understatement. Everyone immediately STFU!
All six of today’s clue words are already on the world famous ralis95 clue word database. Yet, all six jumbles are coming up as new for me. One through five came to me immediately, but “nmraat” had me stymied. I had to back into MANTRA. It’s a good thing that the first thirteen letters of the answer letter layout was enough for me to see the final answer. Knowing now that I needed the ATA got me to singing the familiar tune. Even completed, there was nothing obvious about the answer letter layout. I think it was the spacing of the final answer slots that clued me in.
Today’s cartoon could almost be called a period piece. I don’t think that many schools use chalk/blackboards anymore. They mainly use whiteboards, with dry-erase markers. I always thought that chalk was pretty cheap. Probably cheaper than those markers. But I guess today’s teachers don’t want to deal with full erasers. I remember teachers assigning us kids the chore of cleaning the – chalk – erasers. I don’t remember if everyone took their turn, or if they used it as a form of punishment. Did they ever link the inhalation of chalk dust to any lung problems??? Still seems like it would be cheaper, to me. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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The teacher and the mother both look absolutely infuriated! 😡 And we all know who draws 👨🎨 angry women better than anyone on this planet 🌎! Yes our very own Jumble Jeff ✍️ … the master of the woman scorned. The mouth 👄 and eyes 👀 are the perfect combination of angry/upset 😠 and total surprise that someone could ACTUALLY do something so utterly outrageous! He has seen his share of this angry face in women in his past (we already knew this). 😠 👩
Speaking of angry 😠, the mad folks over there 👉 ranted 11x y’day, 5 from their grumpy girl 🙋🏻♀️. Highly usual, very disappointing. Oh well…. Maybe back to wine 🍷 in the “I ❤️ JUMBLE ™️” mug? Wine is fine, but liquor’s quicker 🥃.
My Celtics 🍀 are on the verge of history tonight 🏀 coming back from 0-3 in a playoff series. It’s just a technicality at this point. Game 7 at home? They might win by 20 tonight! Game 6 was the real final game. The Red Sox in green 🍀 are on to the the NBA finals! America’s team 🇺🇸!
Have a HAPPY Memorial Day 🇺🇸 folks!
— Smitty 🇺🇸
You’ve got the mo mo and the home court advantage, Smitty! Don’t blow it, buddy.
— YUR