There are several other Jumble blogs, but the ones I checked all started off by listing the answers. In this blog, answers can be either hinted at or masked by burying them in comments. No overt spoilers!
All hints are in the comments!
Jigsaw Puzzles & The Hobbit
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Sunday, August 19, 2018
Aug. 19, 2018
|| loose, quota, prying, layoff, a loft-y goal. |
| health, monkey, gutter, secede, ornery, unfold, turn of the 'sentry'.
Another football season was getting ready to begin. The team was a-raring to earn their quota of wins! They had laid off the junk food, Pried loose from the boob-tube, Were ready to loft that ball o'er the goal-posts again!
The recruits were lined up, a motley crew! But what is a poor drill sargent to do? They looked as if picked out of a gutter. Sarge could only shake his head and mutter!
At least they seemed healthy, a promising sign. They also looked ornery, looking for monkeyshines. Well, they'd loose that demeanor as training unfolded, And into disciplined soldiers they were molded!
One or two might succeed at breaking away, Thumb their noses at army grub and pay. But most would turn into competent sentinels, Ready to guard their land like professionals!
So, Owen, I aimed high and solved the 4j with just a little effort. But what a surprise when the 6j turned out to be easier for me than the 4! Especially liked the poem about poor Sarge and his motley crew.
Got them all, except 4, and your poem helped me get that one, Owen. But I'm stuck and can't seem to come up with the solution. Any help with the first and fourth word would be appreciated.
Whew! Many thanks, Sandyanon--thanks to your helpful hint, I got it! Once I got it, I couldn't imagine why I found it so difficult. But at least I got it! Yay!
WILBUR - You've probably gotten it by now, but just in case, he used a very similar word in the 1st line of the last verse of the 2nd poem. Not the actual word, but almost a homophone, so just say it out loud.
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| loose, quota, prying, layoff, a loft-y goal. |
| health, monkey, gutter, secede, ornery, unfold, turn of the 'sentry'.
Another football season was getting ready to begin.
ReplyDeleteThe team was a-raring to earn their quota of wins!
They had laid off the junk food,
Pried loose from the boob-tube,
Were ready to loft that ball o'er the goal-posts again!
The recruits were lined up, a motley crew!
ReplyDeleteBut what is a poor drill sargent to do?
They looked as if picked out of a gutter.
Sarge could only shake his head and mutter!
At least they seemed healthy, a promising sign.
They also looked ornery, looking for monkeyshines.
Well, they'd loose that demeanor as training unfolded,
And into disciplined soldiers they were molded!
One or two might succeed at breaking away,
Thumb their noses at army grub and pay.
But most would turn into competent sentinels,
Ready to guard their land like professionals!
So, Owen, I aimed high and solved the 4j with just a little effort. But what a surprise when the 6j turned out to be easier for me than the 4! Especially liked the poem about poor Sarge and his motley crew.
ReplyDeleteGot them all, except 4, and your poem helped me get that one, Owen.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm stuck and can't seem to come up with the solution. Any help with the first and fourth word would be appreciated.
Misty, I'm not much good at hints, but I would say to look closely at the next to last line of the poem.
ReplyDeleteOkay, that gives us 1,2,3 but leaves a mess for #4.
ReplyDeleteSign me, Baffled and Bewildered
WC
They didn't eat the junk food, Wilbur.
DeleteWhew! Many thanks, Sandyanon--thanks to your helpful hint, I got it! Once I got it, I couldn't imagine why I found it so difficult. But at least I got it! Yay!
ReplyDeleteWell I know why I found it so difficult .I mispelled #5. eg Just like I pronounce it eg who pays attention to R's up in Boston.
ReplyDeleteSo I had a surfeit of E's and a paucity of N's and R's .
And of course if one takes the clues literally...
Oh well what's a few "hundreds of years" give or take a few
WC
PS .Now I got how Owen's last stanza "helped" . SENTINEL. Good one.
Oh sorry. I thought you were talking about the j4. Oops!
DeleteI don't get the 4*4 in my newspaper and I have to write them down as I solve them or I instantly forget them.
ReplyDeleteI just looked. I can't get #4 nor grok it from Owen's verse . He's getting devious
WC
I worked in the hay field and was pleased to finish in 3:38 min with 840 points, another breezy jumble.
ReplyDeleteWILBUR - You've probably gotten it by now, but just in case, he used a very similar word in the 1st line of the last verse of the 2nd poem. Not the actual word, but almost a homophone, so just say it out loud.
ReplyDeleteNot just a near-homophone, but also the definition!
DeleteOh, yeah. Of course I missed that!
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