Climbing ferns overtake cypress trees in the Everglades. The ferns act as “fire ladders” that can destroy trees that would otherwise survive fires. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Visual Description: Ever after in the Everglades.
LOYID = DOILY, REVAB = BRAVE, WLIPOL = PILLOW, BLOYMS = SYMBOL — Giving us: DAEPWSM
Clue/Question: The alligator was stressed out because he was – – –
Alligator dans le parc national des Everglades (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Answer: SWAMPED
(Cute! A real groaner of a pun, set up by an entertaining cartoon. All of today’s clue words are old favorites. However, all of the jumbles are coming up as new. The answer letter layout was a fine jumble too. It’s just kind of hard to hide today’s answer. Love the cartoon. Saturday’s Jumble continued to generate a lot of queries yesterday. 4066, combined with Saturday’s 5861, probably made it the biggest two day total on record for this blog. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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