Sunday Jumble Spoiler – 11/10/19 (Oh, ralis95!)

Visual Description:  Dick Clark, before botox and hair dye.

VAYSOR  =  SAVORY,  TELALM  =  MALLET,  TEAFED  =  DEFEAT,  TVENIS  =  INVEST,  ROMMIE  =  MEMOIR,  FNUPIF  =  PUFFIN   —   Giving us:  SORMATDTNSOIRUFF

Clue/Question:  When it came to #1 songs in 1964, the Beatles were – – –

Pre-Answer:  Four Words  (5-letters) (3-letters) “(4-letters)-(4-letters)

Answer:  FIRST AND “FOUR–MOST“

(This was not a gimme!  When I first saw the question and answer letter layout I thought:  Uh oh!  For a few minutes I thought I might have to put it out there for one of you guys to solve.  I was trying to come up with a relevant song at first.  But, it ended up being a play on the Beatles’ early nickname:  The Fab Four.

Surprisingly, Hoyt gave us another new clue word today, in “puffin”.  So, it looks like more work for ralis95, and his world famous clue word database.  The other five were interesting clue words, but not new.  All six jumbles came up as new.  The answer letter layout was a super sixteen letter jumble.  Nothing obvious about it.  Somehow, I saw FIRST, and the rest fell into place.

I’m glad that the “American Bandstand” sign was behind Dick Clark, because my first impression was a young Bob Barker, with maybe a little Ernie Anastos thrown in!  Only people in the Metro NYC area know Ernie, but I’ll show you a photo.  But, I can see Dick Clark too!  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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