| swoon, divot, thirty, accuse, at his wit's end.The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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Erato's taken a day off, I'm afraid, so here are some mundane crossword puzzle style clues.
ReplyDeleteThe melodrama heroine's response to the villain.
What a golfer might raise after a bad pivot.
How the minutes go while waiting half an hour.
What Jay pronounces when he plays Clue.
Where nitwit's tail was, after exterminating flea eggs.
I've said before, there's often a visual clue in the background. Today it's where his head is, vis-a-vis the club's name.
ReplyDeleteGosh, Owen, I solved the Jumble without any real problem in clues or solution. But I must confess that even after solving, I don't understand your last clue or your hint. D'oh?
ReplyDeleteWell, I had trouble with both #2 and #4 this morning and came to Owen's poem for help. But I'm afraid it didn't help much at all and in the end I just had to google the answer. Now that I know the answer I see it in the last line of your poem, Owen. Maybe I should have tried a little harder, but I'm tired nearing the end of a tough week.
ReplyDeleteHave a good day, everybody.
I get you, Owen. I worked the solution first (not as easily as Sandy did), then when I read your last hint, I saw how a literal take makes perfect sense. His head is indeed at the ultimate position along a (loose) synonym on the wall.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your unflagging yet playful efforts!
~ OMK
OMK did a good job explaining the visual hint, and as for the clue, remember that flea eggs are called "nits".
ReplyDeleteGuess I'm just dense, but neither of those is any help. Oh well, as Scarlett said, "Tomorrow is another Jumble."
ReplyDeleteLOL! Thanks for the chuckle, Sandy.
ReplyDeleteI always wonder when smart people don't see eye to eye on reading the jumble, whether there can be more than one answer to the solution.
Hm ...?
~ OMK
Where nitwit's tail was, after exterminating flea eggs.
ReplyDelete... nitwit's ... after exterminating flea eggs = nitwit's - nits = wit
Where ... tail was = at his end
The club name is Giggles, a loose synonym for wit, and his head is at the end of it.
Bad news. For some reason I'm locked out of the control panel. Until I fix it, here's today's words:
ReplyDeleteswoon, divot, thirty, accuse, at his wit's end.
I quickly jotted down 1,2,3 and then wrote the wrong letters in #4 .But .. I quickly corrected it.
ReplyDeleteI was looking for THE and IN for the solution but that didn't work so I tried a few other combinations and voila.
WC
I was looking for a golf motif if Erato got off her butt . I'll start you off:
The patrons of Augusta swooned at the beauty of his swing
His divots showed a power that was awe inspiring
The second day a thirty on the opening nine
The scribes could hardly be accused of over praising lines
It was the end of the old times , the onset of Mr Woods
Wit had failed us but all could see that Tiger had the goods
WC
This was a bit tough so thank you, Owen. After reading your first hint and looking at the picture, I got it! Good job. Unscrambling the words was not a problem.
ReplyDeleteMisty, I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad week. I hope things will start easing up for you.
I had to take my car in to replace the starter so I'm waiting for the call to pick it up.
Wilbur, tat was really very good! Now. you've just got to do it earlier in the day!
ReplyDeleteI had considered a golf theme, but it's a subject I know too little about.
Looked up alternate meanings for divot. The only one was Scottish, the dirt tiles of a sod roof.
I've got my publishing ability back. One of my add-ons was interfering. Now to try and figure out which one!
I went to add on and it shut me out too .
ReplyDelete.
Glad I could pinch hit Owen .
Composing tells me how brilliant you are . And . .. How do we poetize using DIVOT without Golf.
And, that from memory was Tiger's first Masters victory in 1997 .
WC