Jumble Solved – 01/02/23

Visual Description:  Aeronautic torture chamber.

ROPGU  =  GROUP,  CATTR  =  TRACT,  HMIRSP  =  SHRIMP,  SIVULA  =  VISUAL   —   Giving us:  GPTTHIU

Clue/Question:  Being stuck in a middle seat at 30,000 feet on a long flight was making her – – –

Answer:  UPTIGHT

(If you fly coach, now better known as “economy”, you’re going to be uncomfortable no matter if you’re in the window, middle, or aisle seat!  Because all the airlines are blood-sucking leeches, who cram too many rows of too narrow seats, in planes that were designed to carry fewer passengers.  Then, to top things off, they do all that they can to overbook each flight, to maximize their bottom line, at the expense of their cattle . . . er passengers.  And, they do this . . . because we let them.

All classic clue words today.  Three of the jumbles are coming up as new for me, however we’ve definitely seen “cattr” in at least one previous Jumble.  None of them stumped me though.  The answer letter layout was a slight seven letter jumble.  Nicely cryptic though.  But whenever there is a “P” and a “U” in it you just know that part of the answer is going to be UP.  And, with GTTHI you know the only possible word can be TIGHT.  Great compound word!

Great cartoon of the obvious sinners sentenced to their little corner of Hell.  The part of the unsupervised child is being played by Satan himself.  Am I exaggerating?  Mmm . . . perhaps.  But I still have very fond memories of when flying was actually enjoyable.  I think too many think that this has always been the way, so they just accept it.  Very sad.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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