Visual Description: Another reason to like Ike!
CNIEM = MINCE, SLEYT = STYLE, PRILSA = SPIRAL, PONCAY = CANOPY — Giving us: MNESTESIRACNPY
Clue/Question: Making Nov. 11an official holiday to honor veterans was a great idea – – –
Answer: IN MANY RESPECTS
(Excellent pun! And, a challenging Jumble answer. It took me a couple of minutes to see it. Originally Armistice Day, commemorating the end of The World War, back in 1918, it was changed to Veterans Day in 1954. I suspect there was a practicality aspect to the name change too. WWII had ended less than nine years before, and the Korean Conflict ended just about a year prior to the name change. I think they were trying to avoid a WWII *armistice* day and a Korean *armistice* day, etc. This provided a way to acknowledge the contributions of all our nation’s veterans, on a single day.
There were no new clue words today. Three of the jumbles appear to be new, but we’ve definitely seen “poncay” before. I thought that “sleyt” was a pretty slick jumble. It tripped me up for a minute or so. The answer letter layout was a very impressive fourteen letter jumble. I had to read and re-read the clue/question a few times before I was able to see IN MANY. From the ESTESRCP I was able to come up with RESPECTS.
I think Jeff drew his inspiration for his cartoon/drawing from the photo that I posted. I can see those three men standing behind Ike in that photo. The flag too! Very good likenesses. You can thank a veteran any day of the year, but this is their official day of recognition. They deserve our respect and gratitude! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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