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!
Wilbur had another notch on his belt. Another case won, add some more wealth! Planing each hyphen, each comma and clause, Corporate law was where the money was.
But pro bono work was what Wilbur loved, As a criminal trial lawyer, in front of a judge! Matching wits in arguing against a D.A., Little money, but acclaim for saving the day!
To fashion a case for what his client (allegedly) did, He had to know everything, open and candid. His bane was the perp who doubted his probity And wouldn't talk, zipped lips, and clam city.
Sometimes it can be awkward to get idiomatic expressions to line up, as in your final line. But I always get your smart sense. Your mental leaps are dazzling.
Today proved especially hard for some reason. The two main rules I assume are that the first letter of the scramble will not be the first letter of the real word (that one worked) and that if doubled letters (MM in #2 and DD in #4) are together in the scramble, they'll be apart in the word and vice versa. That only worked once today. The riddle answer at least was so easy for me that I didn't even look to see if I had the correct letters available.
Yes, I had a little problem with word #3. In fact, per OMK's dictum that if an obvious word isn't in the cartoon it must be in the solution, I worked back from the solution to get the letters for #3 and then the word jumped out at me.
Did the poem give you any special problem today? The idea is very clever and creative as always (and certainly timely!), but I wondered if working all the words in felt more difficult than usual to you.
Thanks for the story; I look forward to reading it every day.
Thanks for the compliments! I may be the luckiest writer in the world. Most spend a year on a novel with no encouragement at all, and no feedback on whether it's good or bad until they finish. I get encouragement every day at CC and here, and Jigidi too if I ever kick myself in the keister to resume there. Anyway, as to your question, I actually had more trouble fitting in SAVORY yesterday than anything today. And as for timely, I started out thinking this was going to have a political twist, but it didn't develop that direction. The thing I worried about was the riddle answer, and that inspiration didn't hit me until I got to the third verse!
Yes, Sandy ~ This was a perfect example of that go-for-the-obvious-word rule. Plus, the Brits' WWII mantra might have come in handy, reminding us all to Keep Clam & Carry On!
Thank you, Owen. I had trouble with items 3 and 4 this morning and after struggling for a while I decided I'd best come here for help. Your poem did just that, and I now feel silly that I didn't get 3, which is so obvious, or 4, less obvious but I still should have gotten it. I already had a pretty good idea what the first word of the solution would be, so it filled in instantly. Again, many thanks--you were a huge help this morning.
I had to write the letters in #4 in various order to finally get it. The Y normally wouldn't be the last letter and if not the first then ergo, somewhere in the middle.
Yes, the riddle answer was obvious but strangely didn't fit . Then I noticed my answer for #1, CONCH, had an extra C . Quickly fixed.
Owen, we're your fans, alright.
Wilbur who took the LSAT but never went to Law School.
WC
I'm having problems natch with Sat xword do I came here per Misty's trick. Lots of proper names but none baseball .
The first two words came easily. 3 took longer, and I needed a hint on the first letter of 4. I saw the sol. easily. I must quahog up now till midnight.
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| notch, comma, lawyer, candid, "clam-ity".
Wilbur had another notch on his belt.
ReplyDeleteAnother case won, add some more wealth!
Planing each hyphen, each comma and clause,
Corporate law was where the money was.
But pro bono work was what Wilbur loved,
As a criminal trial lawyer, in front of a judge!
Matching wits in arguing against a D.A.,
Little money, but acclaim for saving the day!
To fashion a case for what his client (allegedly) did,
He had to know everything, open and candid.
His bane was the perp who doubted his probity
And wouldn't talk, zipped lips, and clam city.
Sometimes it can be awkward to get idiomatic expressions to line up, as in your final line. But I always get your smart sense. Your mental leaps are dazzling.
DeleteToday proved especially hard for some reason. The two main rules I assume are that the first letter of the scramble will not be the first letter of the real word (that one worked) and that if doubled letters (MM in #2 and DD in #4) are together in the scramble, they'll be apart in the word and vice versa. That only worked once today. The riddle answer at least was so easy for me that I didn't even look to see if I had the correct letters available.
ReplyDeleteYes, I had a little problem with word #3. In fact, per OMK's dictum that if an obvious word isn't in the cartoon it must be in the solution, I worked back from the solution to get the letters for #3 and then the word jumped out at me.
ReplyDeleteDid the poem give you any special problem today? The idea is very clever and creative as always (and certainly timely!), but I wondered if working all the words in felt more difficult than usual to you.
Thanks for the story; I look forward to reading it every day.
Thanks for the compliments! I may be the luckiest writer in the world. Most spend a year on a novel with no encouragement at all, and no feedback on whether it's good or bad until they finish. I get encouragement every day at CC and here, and Jigidi too if I ever kick myself in the keister to resume there.
DeleteAnyway, as to your question, I actually had more trouble fitting in SAVORY yesterday than anything today. And as for timely, I started out thinking this was going to have a political twist, but it didn't develop that direction. The thing I worried about was the riddle answer, and that inspiration didn't hit me until I got to the third verse!
Yes, Sandy ~
ReplyDeleteThis was a perfect example of that go-for-the-obvious-word rule.
Plus, the Brits' WWII mantra might have come in handy, reminding us all to
Keep Clam
&
Carry On!
~ OMK
Thank you, Owen. I had trouble with items 3 and 4 this morning and after struggling for a while I decided I'd best come here for help. Your poem did just that, and I now feel silly that I didn't get 3, which is so obvious, or 4, less obvious but I still should have gotten it. I already had a pretty good idea what the first word of the solution would be, so it filled in instantly. Again, many thanks--you were a huge help this morning.
ReplyDeleteI had to write the letters in #4 in various order to finally get it. The Y normally wouldn't be the last letter and if not the first then ergo, somewhere in the middle.
ReplyDeleteYes, the riddle answer was obvious but strangely didn't fit . Then I noticed my answer for #1, CONCH, had an extra C . Quickly fixed.
Owen, we're your fans, alright.
Wilbur who took the LSAT but never went to Law School.
WC
I'm having problems natch with Sat xword do I came here per Misty's trick. Lots of proper names but none baseball .
Nope, no baseball but I think I FIR
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me there's a lot of oh baby and yeows awaiting me. Calamitous even.
WC
The first two words came easily. 3 took longer, and I needed a hint on the first letter of 4. I saw the sol. easily. I must quahog up now till midnight.
ReplyDelete