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!
Tomorrow the prom will be in full swing, So for today, decorating's the thing. Streamers and balloons, in yellow and blue, Make for a festive gymnasium venue!
Prom night, and dancers gyrate 'cross the floor. Fast dances, slow dances, the D.J. plays more. Couples in classrooms, without undue supervision Are practicing smooching, instead of long division!
Last night was the prom, today there's the chore Of cleaning the gym, it's a mess, that's for sure! But Oh, we all had fun, and that's reward enough For the planning and prepping, and now cleaning up!
I always have to search carefully to find the Jumbles and Riddle. Oops, yep there's #4. Again I had to layout all the letters to get the riddle . Lots of vowels .
Love the poem, Owen! Again, today's J was easy but the first word gave me a start because it could have been NUEVE, nine, in Spanish. Of course, I knew that couldn't be right. All the rest popped out easily without undue stress as did the final solve.
This one was a bit tougher for me. No reason, I guess, other than personal vagaries of mind. The Ol' Walnut rebels on his own schedule. The tougher ones were #2 (because for some reason I couldn't believe it was a real word) and #4.
Still, got 'em all within reasonable time (meaning before I finished reading the editorials). And the final answer was certainly sufficient, if you catch my drift.
Forgot to mention that I had to re-think #3 after my first idea. It wasn't easy to shake the notion that this was the Yiddish variant of Al Capp's famous SHMOO ...
Well, happily I too breezed through this Jumble this morning--only 4 gave me a bit of pause. So I tried to see if I could get the solution without it, and tada! there it was. That gave me the three letters I needed to solve 4, and made it clear that it wasn't going to end in Y, which solved it quickly. So a fun morning, including Owen's delightful poem, and Ol Man Keith's clever hint. Have a great day, everybody.
Wilbur: be glad they only use common words (tho LISLE a couple days ago was new to me). Imagine if they used words like these:
AEAEAE noun : magic, Magic. adjective : magical, Magical. Etymology: From mythology, the name of the island on which Circe, a sorceress, lived.
EUOUAE (plural euouaes) (music) A type of cadence in medieval music. Etymology: Taken from the vowels in the hymn Gloria Patri doxology: "seculorum Amen". Alternative form : evovae
IOUEA is the scientific name a genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges.
UOIAUAI 1. the name of a language in Par´ State, Brazil 2. Old English word meaning "twin"
Owen: Why is it that when I click on the Jumble only the previous comments appear. I have to click on the current date to find the new comments. Am I the only one or does everyone else have the same situation? I'd like to get to the comments immediately like we do for the Corner.
Normal civility rules apply. No bullying, limited tolerance for profanity. Comments are posted in a pop-up window, and after you close the pop-up, you'll need to 🔄 refresh 🔁 the page to see your comment appear.
|. venue, undue, smooch, gyrate, sure enough.
Tomorrow the prom will be in full swing,
ReplyDeleteSo for today, decorating's the thing.
Streamers and balloons, in yellow and blue,
Make for a festive gymnasium venue!
Prom night, and dancers gyrate 'cross the floor.
Fast dances, slow dances, the D.J. plays more.
Couples in classrooms, without undue supervision
Are practicing smooching, instead of long division!
Last night was the prom, today there's the chore
Of cleaning the gym, it's a mess, that's for sure!
But Oh, we all had fun, and that's reward enough
For the planning and prepping, and now cleaning up!
I always have to search carefully to find the Jumbles and Riddle. Oops, yep there's #4.
ReplyDeleteAgain I had to layout all the letters to get the riddle . Lots of vowels .
WC
I mentioned Froggy to Betsy* and she started singing this...
ReplyDeleteFroggy Went a Courtin'
WC
* DW
Love the poem, Owen! Again, today's J was easy but the first word gave me a start because it could have been NUEVE, nine, in Spanish. Of course, I knew that couldn't be right. All the rest popped out easily without undue stress as did the final solve.
ReplyDeleteThis one was a bit tougher for me. No reason, I guess, other than personal vagaries of mind. The Ol' Walnut rebels on his own schedule.
ReplyDeleteThe tougher ones were #2 (because for some reason I couldn't believe it was a real word) and #4.
Still, got 'em all within reasonable time (meaning before I finished reading the editorials).
And the final answer was certainly sufficient, if you catch my drift.
~ OMK
Forgot to mention that I had to re-think #3 after my first idea. It wasn't easy to shake the notion that this was the Yiddish variant of Al Capp's famous SHMOO ...
ReplyDeleteAka, the SCHMOO!
~ OMK
Well, happily I too breezed through this Jumble this morning--only 4 gave me a bit of pause. So I tried to see if I could get the solution without it, and tada! there it was. That gave me the three letters I needed to solve 4, and made it clear that it wasn't going to end in Y, which solved it quickly. So a fun morning, including Owen's delightful poem, and Ol Man Keith's clever hint. Have a great day, everybody.
ReplyDeleteWilbur: be glad they only use common words (tho LISLE a couple days ago was new to me). Imagine if they used words like these:
ReplyDeleteAEAEAE
noun : magic, Magic.
adjective : magical, Magical.
Etymology: From mythology, the name of the island on which Circe, a sorceress, lived.
EUOUAE (plural euouaes)
(music) A type of cadence in medieval music.
Etymology: Taken from the vowels in the hymn Gloria Patri doxology: "seculorum Amen".
Alternative form : evovae
IOUEA is the scientific name a genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges.
UOIAUAI
1. the name of a language in Par´ State, Brazil
2. Old English word meaning "twin"
* Pará is a state in northern Brazil
ReplyDelete1, 2, and 3 filled right away. I needed hints for the first two letters of 4. The sol. second word came easily, and the first was easy after that.
ReplyDeleteI thought one of the tougher scrambles was HIATUS . I think it was on a Sunday. There is usually one every day and sometimes that ONE is five letters.
ReplyDeleteI thought I had gotten real good at Jumble but I'm just average . And I'm not even Tuesday (2*) level on Sudoku .
And those multivowel nightmares...sheesh
WC
Looking forward to tomorrow's Jumble. Good night, everybody!
ReplyDeleteOwen:
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that when I click on the Jumble only the previous comments appear. I have to click on the current date to find the new comments. Am I the only one or does everyone else have the same situation? I'd like to get to the comments immediately like we do for the Corner.
Lucina ~
ReplyDeleteI always click on the new date. It just seems to be the way to go.
~ OMK