Cryptoquote Solved – 03/13/23

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.”   —   Stephen King

(I guess the pros just know what they want to do . . . at all times!  I’m guessing that Stephen King does not suffer from writer’s block.  Don’t a lot of these big-time writers have college interns that do a lot of the writing for them?  From the amount of work a lot of these folks put out you’d think that they must be getting some kind of help.  Be well and do good, friends.  See you in a week or so.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 01/29/14

Stephen King visits USO Warrior Center (Photo credit: The USO)

Visual Description:  A cute couple cwossing the quad.

WAKOE  =  AWOKE,  NOYIR  =  IRONY,  TOMINO  =  MOTION,  HETYRO  =  THEORY   —   Giving us:  WEIRMTR

Clue/Question:  When Tabitha Spruce met Stephen King in college, she met – – –

Stephen King Colection (Photo credit: Sai89AJ)

Answer:  MR. “WRITE“

(And, he . . . Mrs. “Write”, to a lesser extent, as she is also an author.  Very few are as prolific as Stephen King though.  James Patterson can crank them out too, but King’s can be rather lengthy at times, while Patterson seems to be able to keep his stories to under 400 pages.  But, none of this has anything to do with today’s Jumble!

No new clue words today, but I did enjoy the jumbling of both “motion” and “theory”.  TOMINO put me in mind of tomatillos, which I just heard/read about for the first time.  I thought that the chef/author was just trying to sound ethnic, talking about some kind of small, Mexican tomatoes, or something, but they are a “fruit” unto themself, and are used in making Mexican/Central American green sauces.  They are in the same family as tomatoes though.  It was a recipe for something called Denver Green Chili, and it sounded good to me!  But of course, I’m a sucker for stews and chilis.  I likes my comfort food, folks!  Oh, yeah.  The Jumble.  The answer letter layout was pretty spiffy today.  Nothing given away there.  And, that’s saying a lot for a short answer like today’s.  The cartoon was charming and romantic.  Was King expecting this, Jeff?  Or, was he just kind of the most logical choice for this Jumble?  Doesn’t really matter, I guess.  I just know that sometimes Jeff has very specific reasons for his cartoons.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 04/15/13

Stephen King, American author best known for his enormously popular horror novels. King was the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Taken at the 2007 New York Comicon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Stephen King checking out from a horror hotel.

FORTN  =  FRONT,  PEWST  =  SWEPT,  CIFLEK  =  FICKLE,  TARREH  =  RATHER   —   Giving us:   FONWTFIRTE

Clue/Question:  The author’s expenses related to doing research for a new book would be . . .

Answer:  WRITTEN OFF

 

Millenary of the birth of Saint Stephen, first King of Hungary :*Denomination: 3 Forint (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(If you were expecting something a little more scary, well . . . what’s more scary than accounting?!?!  Abatement!  Accruals!!  Amortization!!!  Anti-dilution!!!!  Aahhh!!!!!!!!!  And, that’s just some of the “A”s!  Do you think this is the guys’ semi-subtle send up to tax day?  Hmm.  Could be.

I had a little trouble getting “rather”.  The other three clue words jumped off the page, for me.  Nice job on the answer letter layout!  Great likeness of Stephen King.  Be well and do good, friends.  Try not to be audited.)   —   YUR

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