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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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Oct. 31, 2018
|| || threw, flood, smoker, fiasco, head off to work.
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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The engine was a smoker, with a cloud of mostly steam. On narrow-gauge rails it took tourists thru scenes Of thick forest vistas, and a ghost town, and more -- By special reservation, a train robbery was in store!
It was sometimes a fiasco, when not all were aware These were actors at work, and part of their fare! Real guns and knives were all checked at the depot, Some get it in their heads to throw a punch at a desperado!
It is fun, but even without a Bad Guy intrusion, There are sights to view in wondrous profusion! Crossing a trestle bridge over flooded, fast rapids! While the clack of the rails can be lulling and placid.
Fun poem, Owen, many thanks. I had trouble with the third word, but got it. And I think I may have gotten the solution, but am not sure. Owen's poem doesn't confirm my version of it, so I'll have to see what others say.
Wow, not so easy today. The first three of the clue words came readily, but those nasty vowels stumped me on the fourth. So I searched your poem, Owen, and found it. D'oh!
I was sure I had part of the solution, but had to work hard for the first and last words, figuratively scratching my head in frustration. Then they came to me, finally.
I love the poem when I read it for enjoyment, but as is my habit, after everything was solved I also searched it to see where you had cleverly hidden all the words. Could not find a certain one of them even after repeated read-throughs. Is it actually missing? Or am I just "off my rocker"? Help!
If you mean the small connecting words like the and to, I don't see any need to put them in, sometimes neither does Hoyt, as they'll just be written in as part of the clue. Tho I just checked and they're in there too, without any effort on my part to bend them in. Two changed tense, otherwise just as they were in the Jumble.
Funny! I worked it through easily enough (pausing a bit over word #3 like Misty), and laid the answer words out in a row, as WORK OFF TO HEAD before I saw the light! Happy H'ween, everybody... ~ OMK
I finally cheated and looked it up, and I had it wrong so am glad I checked it out. Busy day tomorrow so may not make it to Jumble. But I'll give it a try.
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| threw, flood, smoker, fiasco, head off to work.
The engine was a smoker, with a cloud of mostly steam.
ReplyDeleteOn narrow-gauge rails it took tourists thru scenes
Of thick forest vistas, and a ghost town, and more --
By special reservation, a train robbery was in store!
It was sometimes a fiasco, when not all were aware
These were actors at work, and part of their fare!
Real guns and knives were all checked at the depot,
Some get it in their heads to throw a punch at a desperado!
It is fun, but even without a Bad Guy intrusion,
There are sights to view in wondrous profusion!
Crossing a trestle bridge over flooded, fast rapids!
While the clack of the rails can be lulling and placid.
Fun poem, Owen, many thanks. I had trouble with the third word, but got it. And I think I may have gotten the solution, but am not sure. Owen's poem doesn't confirm my version of it, so I'll have to see what others say.
ReplyDeleteWow, not so easy today. The first three of the clue words came readily, but those nasty vowels stumped me on the fourth. So I searched your poem, Owen, and found it. D'oh!
ReplyDeleteI was sure I had part of the solution, but had to work hard for the first and last words, figuratively scratching my head in frustration. Then they came to me, finally.
I love the poem when I read it for enjoyment, but as is my habit, after everything was solved I also searched it to see where you had cleverly hidden all the words. Could not find a certain one of them even after repeated read-throughs. Is it actually missing? Or am I just "off my rocker"? Help!
If you mean the small connecting words like the and to, I don't see any need to put them in, sometimes neither does Hoyt, as they'll just be written in as part of the clue. Tho I just checked and they're in there too, without any effort on my part to bend them in. Two changed tense, otherwise just as they were in the Jumble.
DeleteOwen, I couldn't find "off". Am I just blind?
DeleteOops. I searched for "of" instead of "off". That would have been one I considered extraneous, tho reading it thru, I guess I should have included it.
DeleteRelief to know that I hadn't missed something obvious! Yes, I would have expected "off" to be included, though not really "to". Ah well, no biggie.
DeleteFunny! I worked it through easily enough (pausing a bit over word #3 like Misty), and laid the answer words out in a row,
ReplyDeleteas WORK OFF TO HEAD
before I saw the light!
Happy H'ween, everybody...
~ OMK
I finally cheated and looked it up, and I had it wrong so am glad I checked it out. Busy day tomorrow so may not make it to Jumble. But I'll give it a try.
ReplyDelete