Visual Description: Not exactly my kinda brew.
ETLYS = STYLE, XMMAI = MAXIM, RMHEPA = HAMPER, OTTPIE = TIPTOE — Giving us: STEAXERTPE
Clue/Question: She sold Earl Grey, Oolong, Darjeeling, etc. Her customers really enjoyed her – – –
Answer: “EXPERT–TEAS“
(Kind of a trendy Jumble pun. Lots of folks are into teas these days. Even I have actually taken up drinking green tea. I like green tea with lemon, or green tea with mint. I was drinking mainly Bigelow Tea, because it’s a New York favorite, and it’s relatively cheap. But I really prefer when I can catch a sale on Twinings Tea. It’s a smoother/less harsh brand of tea. I guess I have to hand it to the Brits, when it comes to tea. As a matter of fact, they’re also very good with my favorite brews . . . beer and ale!
All familiar old clue words today. And yet, all of their jumbles are coming up as new. The only one that I had to look at twice was “ottpie”. Those compound words always kind of freak me out a little. The answer letter layout was a tender ten letter jumble. Sufficiently cryptic. The final answer slots, with the quotation marks and the hyphen, made for a quick solve.
Fun little tearoom scene cartoon. I know that some people REALLY take their teas seriously. Store bought teas, in a bag, just won’t do. They have to get actual tea leaves, and use those strainer things. That’s just too much work for yer uncle. When I was a kid I used to love the Red Rose Tea commercials. They used to use chimpanzees in them. They were hilarious! Aah! Simpler times. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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