| heaven, bitter, quirky, module, confer, trowel, came with (the) territory.
Reconstructed by Owen.
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
Due to Blogspot limits(?) the Sunday J4 is on the previous page, and only the Sunday J6 is on this page.
ReplyDeleteThe online J6 was late coming on today, and when it did the solution line was truncated. It should be 3 words, 4,4,(the),9. That's 17 letters total, not just the 14 shown online.
I've reconstructed the J6 correctly here.
Did the print newspapers get it right?
When Atahualpa and Montezuma knocked on Heaven's gate,
ReplyDeleteThey were offered some refreshment, their thirst to slake.
Coffee, tea, milk, or cola, but their tastes were quirky.
Cocoa was their preference, anything else would be unholy!
This tribal drink caused welcoming angels to confer.
The host of hosts agreed that exploration this must spur!
It was new strange territory that other rites had ruled.
It came with new flora for their trowels and garden tools.
A cup was served to God Almighty on His throne a-high.
Without sugar it was bitter, but a gleam came in His eye!
"This deserves a module of attention all its own!
A taste that is this charming can be heaven in every home!"
Not sure, Owen.
ReplyDeleteI don't usually check for the Sunday Js, and my paper arrived all wet this morning. I can see that the J6 is in its usual place in the "Business" section.
It is all alone. I can't find the J4. Is it usually on the same or a separate page?
Misty, you would know.
~ OMK
Owen, the poem you posted on this page worked perfectly for the Los Angeles Times puzzle this morning--many thanks. I hope this helps with your question, Owen and Ol' Man Keith.
ReplyDeleteI had trouble with four of the words and it was great to see them in your poem. Once I had those letters, I was able to get the solution immediately--a great treat. I love the cartoon with the curtain and the bookcase in the background and the US map on the board on the easel. Also the guy's formal outfits. And then the feather pen--and what is that little bird doing on the desk? Anyway, fun Jumble all around.
Well, wow! This has been a bad jumble day for me. I had a terrible time with this j6 and actually resorted to looking up some of it. Reading your poem afterward, Owen, let me see how ingeniously you worked in all the words for the j4, which I did solve by myself -- finally -- but it's appearing on the j6 page, so I'm confused. Oh well, Monday is coming.
ReplyDeleteI guess my question wasn't clear, Misty
ReplyDeleteWhen there are two Jumbles on Sunday--the J4 & J6--do you usually find them on separate pages?
I found the LA Times' J6 this morning, but it was the only Jumble on its page.
If the J4 is typically located elsewhere in the paper, I couldn't find it because my paper was wet, with pages stuck together.
Do the Js usually appear on separate pages in the Sunday paper?
~ OMK
Hands up, how many of you caught that the poem here on the J6 page had all the words from BOTH of today's puzzles in one compact package? I couldn't do the J4 on its own, but once I saw the J6 collection, Erato hit me with a synthesis.
ReplyDeleteDoes the LAT run both Jumbles on Sunday? I didn't realize any print paper did. I certainly haven't found any that do online. J4 or J6, but never both.
Hand down for me. I noticed the j4 words and never even thought to look for the j6. See, I said it was a bad jumble day for me.
ReplyDeleteAha! I think I see. Since I don't do the Sunday Js, I was unaware there was a difference between Owen's online page & the newspapers. I just thought they both ran both Jumbles.
ReplyDeleteI am now woke.
~ OMK
OK, now that that's out of the way, let me try to answer Misty's question about the bird.
ReplyDeleteThat's not just any bird, is it?
The gents' formal attire, the map and dialog lead me to suppose we are in the office of Secretary of State William H. Seward (he of "Seward's Folly"). This would suggest that the "bird" is the American Bald Eagle, our "national bird."
One of the happiest vacations we ever took was to Alaska. I went along, just to please my wife--or so I thought.
The vistas are truly breath-taking--and I never saw so many eagles in the wild. Once you get away from the towns, they fill the skies and all the high perches.
They--and the bears--rule!
~ OMK
I laboriously worked the J6. Finally getting the last three. Lors of letter jotting in various order. Then to figure out the riddle.
ReplyDelete? WITH the ? Duh. Alaska is a territory. Seward was Lincoln's Sec. Of State and he thought he should have been Prez.
Pretty good deal although the TSAR must've figured it was found money. Especially those American dollars
WC
Hell he got triple what Napoleon got for a lot of ice
DeleteI also figured the two men were Seward and President Andrew Johnson, so googled pictures of the two men seated at desks. One did have a quill pen like the cartoon, but the eagle paperweight/nameplate I didn't see. Googled eagle paperweight and saw a lot of them that looked like the one on the desk
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