Jumble Spoiler – 09/18/17 (1st things 1st)

Visual Description:  A hunky bug eradicator.

ROSYR  =  SORRY,  BREYR  =  BERRY,  TIEPOC  =  POETIC,  BETEAD  =  DEBATE   —   Giving us:  SOBEPOTAT

Clue/Question:  The clever Hungarian exterminator named his new company – – –

Answer:  “BOOT–A–PEST“

(One of THE most clever Jumble puns, in a long time!  There were no new clue words today, but three of the jumbles appear to be new.  They’ve definitely used “rosyr” before.  And, “berry” is another word that spells out in alphabetical order!  And, I didn’t struggle with “poetic”, for a change.  I guess it’s becoming second nature to me.  The answer letter layout was a challenge.  It took me a while to see the answer.  I figured PEST was one of the four letter words, and I had to write out OBOAT to get the rest of the answer.  You could argue I should’ve known that the middle word was A, but I couldn’t rule out the possibility of B, considering the hyphens, and that it was a play on words.  Sorta like WEED-B-GONE, ya dig?!  I also thought the answer letter layout might’ve been  portion of David’s lunch that day; a bottle of SOBE and a bag of POTATo chips!  Cute cartoon.  I really didn’t pick up on the dude’s big boots until much later, but I also like the bugs crawling up the wall, behind the lady.  I went to college in Western Pennsylvania, and we had a number of kids of Hungarian ancestry.  They would refer to themselves as either bohunks or hunkies.  Supposedly, the terms are “derisive” and “offensive”, but they seemed to wear them as badges of honor.  My last college girlfriend was a hunky.  I just Googled her last name, and I saw a photo of a young lady – see above – who has to be her niece!  I remember she had a brother, name Alan.  The resemblance is unmistakable!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR