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!
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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Sir Eustace Cedric Tremmel the tenth Carried his dignity wherever he went. The Tremmel line was noted for valor In battle, never showing panic or pallor!
They never gave up, hill or valley to hold, They always dug in, their defense was bold! Eustace, their scion, emulated their ways. At banquets he too, dug in (with mayonnaise)!
When confronted by thugs, singular or plural His voluminous cape he would then unfurl -- To reach the inner pocket, there his purse, Of coins, and padded with pebbles to burst!
Sir Eustace appears quite the brave chap. And wise to the venality of lesser men. I do wonder, though, at the purpose of those tiny rocks. Are they perhaps a means of covering the paucity of the Tremmel funds? Or of weighting his sap, the better to cudgel his unsuspecting foes? ~ OMK
The solve injected itself as soon as I saw the castle on the hill and the soldiers at the ready then the scrambled words. This rarely happens! But it was obvious.
I love your poem, Owen, so evocative of medieval times!
I too liked your poem about brave Eustace Cedric Tremmel this morning, Owen, and found all the words. Like Ol'Man Keith, I blanched when I saw that the solutions would be six words each. But I too got the answer words instantly, making this a surprisingly easy Jumble all around. Yay! I needed that on this rainy day when my journey to the eye doctor may be a bit of an u----- b-----.
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Sir Eustace Cedric Tremmel the tenth
ReplyDeleteCarried his dignity wherever he went.
The Tremmel line was noted for valor
In battle, never showing panic or pallor!
They never gave up, hill or valley to hold,
They always dug in, their defense was bold!
Eustace, their scion, emulated their ways.
At banquets he too, dug in (with mayonnaise)!
When confronted by thugs, singular or plural
His voluminous cape he would then unfurl --
To reach the inner pocket, there his purse,
Of coins, and padded with pebbles to burst!
Sir Eustace appears quite the brave chap. And wise to the venality of lesser men. I do wonder, though, at the purpose of those tiny rocks. Are they perhaps a means of covering the paucity of the Tremmel funds? Or of weighting his sap, the better to cudgel his unsuspecting foes?
Delete~ OMK
Thought this solution would be a tough one--until I saw the useable letters. They practically arranged themselves.
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The solve injected itself as soon as I saw the castle on the hill and the soldiers at the ready then the scrambled words. This rarely happens! But it was obvious.
ReplyDeleteI love your poem, Owen, so evocative of medieval times!
Happy birthday, Lucina!
DeleteI too liked your poem about brave Eustace Cedric Tremmel this morning, Owen, and found all the words. Like Ol'Man Keith, I blanched when I saw that the solutions would be six words each. But I too got the answer words instantly, making this a surprisingly easy Jumble all around. Yay! I needed that on this rainy day when my journey to the eye doctor may be a bit of an u----- b-----.
ReplyDeleteI sussed the riddle and the fives . #3 was easy enough but even knowing the last three letters I had trouble with#4 .
ReplyDeleteWhat Eustace employed is similar to a Bronx mug roll.
When confronted onwbaits with a few coins and using the weiggt of the pebbles tosses the purse far away in the opposite direction.
Nowadays a twenty is wrapped around ones and the roll is pre-weighted .
I think my uncle said he been mugged sixteen times
WC
One baits
DeleteUsing the weight
Sorry. I posted straight from here instead of the Text editor
WC
Relapse? No physical pain, but stove-up and feel so urgent! Tomorrow's page is in the queue, but don't know if I'll manage a poem.
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