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 5, 2018
Aug. 5, 2018
.||. blaze, seize, plural, nearly, a reel pain. .||. tirade, falter, symbol, exceed, hybrid, pencil, an expert in his field
Pioneers probed westward to expand the nation. To a land of milk and honey in their imagination. The trails they blazed thru pristine wilderness Led the way for those who followed them to bless!
Farmers from the soil could seize a harvest To feed the plural needs of home and market. Work to tame the land took hoe and shovel. The house of those first homesteads was a hovel.
They were dugouts with no windows, just a door. Perhaps a rug or two to cover over the dirt floor. But such nearly spartan quarters did not remain. Replaced by cabins -- with real glass window panes!
Wilbur, I have the six letter Jumble and I have a feeling that it may be different from Owen's Sunday Jumble. I got all six items, although the first one drove me crazy for a while, and some of the others took a bit of work too. You can tell I'm not an expert Jumble solver, can't you? But after I got them all, the solution cropped right up--a great relief!
I was surprised to see a different Jumble here from the six word one in my newspaper which did not take an expert to solve. I didn't falter at all and exceeded my solving time with a quick flash of my pencil. Nice job, Owen!
Ghaack! I forgot this was a Sunday, which means TWO Jumble puzzles! Mea culpa! I didn't come back to check the blog until about half-an-hour ago! I solved it (using the cheater Chicago Times interface to rush it) and then got the image, which is now added to the banner. My apologies, and promise to try and remember next Sunday!
Oh, my, I fear I've faltered in my duty to this blog! I forgot that Sunday, there's a hybrid I must flog! It's like the daily Jumble, in the rules to make it thru, But it exceeds its parent's scope of what you have to do!
I hope you will forgive me, my absent-minded-ness, And refrain from any tirade on my dismal tardiness! I know your pens and pencils have been waiting on this test. I hope you haven't sharpened them to pierce my abject breast!
Language is a sacred thing thru-out the literate world, An alphabet of symbols thru which knowledge is unfurled! And yet by negligence I've hampered you, the pert experts. I hope you'll have a field-day now, your brain-cells to exert!
I just solved the Daily Jumble, and all 4 words came easily. I misspelled the first word of the sol. Once that was corrected, the second word fell into place
Wow, I had #2 as RAFTER. The riddle was simple so I didn't check the letters. Let's see if we can get #2.
It's not RAFLER. That would be RAFLET. With a U I'd have ARTFUL. Another F and I'd have TRUFFLE . OK. I think I know the first letter from the riddle .
There it is . Like Justin Thomas I did not_____ . Now to reread Owen's apology, Whoops I mean his Sterling poem.
Yes, there are 2 different Js on Sun - the regular daily one w/4 clues, 2 five-letter and 2 six-letter, and another one with 6 six-letter clues, as Owen has reproduced above. I guess different papers print different ones. Mine never prints any. As bad as I am at anagrams (didn't see any of them in today's CW or make any sense of the title), I missed doing them after I moved, so when you all started talking about the J on the CW blog I looked it up. The regular daily one is at uclickgames.com and the bigger Sunday one is at puzzles.usatoday.com. The advantage of doing them online is that you can get hints - I do need them occasionally, but using one always elicits a "Doh! Why didn't I see that?" when I figure it out that way. For some reason a lot of times I just don't see them - but keep trying anyway.
Boy, do I feel silly. Just read the sidebar, and saw that Owen already put all that info and a lot more there. Sorry. Great job, Owen. always read your poems after solving, and like finding the words. Your ability to get them all in is amazing.
No need to feel silly. I doubt that many read that wordy and verbose sidebar (and I've made some slight changes since I first put it up), so it's good to have it reprised in the comments once in a while!
I know your pens and pencils have been waiting on this test. "I hope you haven't sharpened them to pierce my abject breast!" Owen: Those are brilliant lines and so dramatic!
Owen, what a wonderful second puzzle for you to post for those of us who wouldn't have been helped by your first one. This second one is right on--many thanks for this great help. I loved getting this Jumble and having your poems convince me that I did everything right and got the right answer. Wonderful-- a great gift--many thanks!
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|. blaze, seize, plural, nearly, a reel pain. .|
|. tirade, falter, symbol, exceed, hybrid, pencil, an expert in his field
Pioneers probed westward to expand the nation.
ReplyDeleteTo a land of milk and honey in their imagination.
The trails they blazed thru pristine wilderness
Led the way for those who followed them to bless!
Farmers from the soil could seize a harvest
To feed the plural needs of home and market.
Work to tame the land took hoe and shovel.
The house of those first homesteads was a hovel.
They were dugouts with no windows, just a door.
Perhaps a rug or two to cover over the dirt floor.
But such nearly spartan quarters did not remain.
Replaced by cabins -- with real glass window panes!
If there's a punsters' gold medal, you just received it!
ReplyDeleteOwen, do you have the six, six Letter Jumbles?
ReplyDeleteWC
Wilbur, I have the six letter Jumble and I have a feeling that it may be different from Owen's Sunday Jumble. I got all six items, although the first one drove me crazy for a while, and some of the others took a bit of work too. You can tell I'm not an expert Jumble solver, can't you? But after I got them all, the solution cropped right up--a great relief!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed solving both the jumble Owen posted and the one in my newspaper. And really love the super punny ending to Owen's poem today.
ReplyDeleteActually, your whole poem is lovely, Owen.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see a different Jumble here from the six word one in my newspaper which did not take an expert to solve. I didn't falter at all and exceeded my solving time with a quick flash of my pencil.
ReplyDeleteNice job, Owen!
Lucina,clearly your expertise extends to the field of jumble cluing.
ReplyDeleteGhaack! I forgot this was a Sunday, which means TWO Jumble puzzles! Mea culpa! I didn't come back to check the blog until about half-an-hour ago! I solved it (using the cheater Chicago Times interface to rush it) and then got the image, which is now added to the banner. My apologies, and promise to try and remember next Sunday!
ReplyDeleteOh, my, I fear I've faltered in my duty to this blog!
ReplyDeleteI forgot that Sunday, there's a hybrid I must flog!
It's like the daily Jumble, in the rules to make it thru,
But it exceeds its parent's scope of what you have to do!
I hope you will forgive me, my absent-minded-ness,
And refrain from any tirade on my dismal tardiness!
I know your pens and pencils have been waiting on this test.
I hope you haven't sharpened them to pierce my abject breast!
Language is a sacred thing thru-out the literate world,
An alphabet of symbols thru which knowledge is unfurled!
And yet by negligence I've hampered you, the pert experts.
I hope you'll have a field-day now, your brain-cells to exert!
I just solved the Daily Jumble, and all 4 words came easily. I misspelled the first word of the sol. Once that was corrected, the second word fell into place
ReplyDeleteWow, I had #2 as RAFTER. The riddle was simple so I didn't check the letters. Let's see if we can get #2.
ReplyDeleteIt's not RAFLER. That would be RAFLET. With a U I'd have ARTFUL. Another F and I'd have TRUFFLE . OK. I think I know the first letter from the riddle .
There it is . Like Justin Thomas I did not_____ . Now to reread Owen's apology, Whoops I mean his Sterling poem.
Haiku to follow
WC
An angry outburst(1)
ReplyDeleteA mixed meaning(2,5),sent in writing(6)
Do better(4). Dont fail(2).
I'm going to have to consult C-Moe
WC
Yes, there are 2 different Js on Sun - the regular daily one w/4 clues, 2 five-letter and 2 six-letter, and another one with 6 six-letter clues, as Owen has reproduced above. I guess different papers print different ones. Mine never prints any. As bad as I am at anagrams (didn't see any of them in today's CW or make any sense of the title), I missed doing them after I moved, so when you all started talking about the J on the CW blog I looked it up. The regular daily one is at uclickgames.com and the bigger Sunday one is at puzzles.usatoday.com. The advantage of doing them online is that you can get hints - I do need them occasionally, but using one always elicits a "Doh! Why didn't I see that?" when I figure it out that way. For some reason a lot of times I just don't see them - but keep trying anyway.
ReplyDeleteBoy, do I feel silly. Just read the sidebar, and saw that Owen already put all that info and a lot more there. Sorry. Great job, Owen. always read your poems after solving, and like finding the words. Your ability to get them all in is amazing.
ReplyDeleteNo need to feel silly. I doubt that many read that wordy and verbose sidebar (and I've made some slight changes since I first put it up), so it's good to have it reprised in the comments once in a while!
DeleteI know your pens and pencils have been waiting on this test.
ReplyDelete"I hope you haven't sharpened them to pierce my abject breast!"
Owen:
Those are brilliant lines and so dramatic!
Owen, what a wonderful second puzzle for you to post for those of us who wouldn't have been helped by your first one. This second one is right on--many thanks for this great help. I loved getting this Jumble and having your poems convince me that I did everything right and got the right answer. Wonderful-- a great gift--many thanks!
ReplyDeleteI worked the Sunday Jumble for the first time, and only needed a hint or two to solve.
ReplyDelete