Jumble Spoiler – 01/31/11

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Visual Description:  The Merry Men groovin’ to some tunes!

YADIL  =  DAILY,  NIXEV  =  VIXEN,  KRABEM  =  EMBARK,  RUMAID  =  RADIUM   —   Giving us:  DLENEBARAD

Clue/Question:  To the minstrels Robin Hood was . . .

Answer:  A “BAND“ LEADER

(Good stuff!  For the most part, I think the negative connotations of “vixen” have kind of faded away.  You only see that in works by Shakespeare, and such.  I bet some of you were tripped up by “embark”.  And, maybe “radium”, but I know we’ve seen it before, under a different scrambling.  Good scrambling of the answer letters, and a great cartoon!  Anybody have a problem with the answer?)   — YUR