Visual Description: Dog Soldiers.
URLRA = RURAL, SOTIH = HOIST, CNEERO = ENCORE, NINMOI = MINION — Giving us: RRLISTEREMII
Clue/Question: If Jack Russells could join the armed services, they’d be – – –
Answer: “MILI–TERRIERS“
(I don’t know. I’m getting more of a Beagle vibe. Definitely something more in the hound family. I wasn’t seeing Jack Russell. But this is a good stinky pun. Kinda like a wet dog. Hey! Seeing them standing on their hind legs reminds me of the sun bear in China videos that are going around. Some folks say it looks like a person in a sun bear suit, while Chinese officials swear that it really is a sun bear. I’m betting that it’s a real bear, but who knows?
All four clue words are on the ralis95 clue word database. Three of the jumbles appear to be new. But we’ve definitely seen “cneero” . . . again! Maybe not in a while, but we’ve seen it. The answer letter layout was a twitchy twelve letter jumble. It was nicely cryptic, and didn’t give anything away. The hyphen and quotation marks were key.
Cute cartoon of the canine recruits. You can actually make out some crumbs on the the private’s uniform! I really liked the fire hydrant in the background, and the barracks that look like dog-houses. Fun Friday Jumble. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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