| || imply, draft, beware, casino, a-ford-ability.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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Theseus, the son of King Aegeus of Athens
Was brave and wise and liked risky actions.
So he joined a group drafted to explore
In rival Crete, a new kind of war.
He was told to beware the Bull of the market,
The Casino of the Minotaur, he'd be on the carpet.
But Ariadne, enamored, taught Theseus the thread
To buying and selling, to come out ahead.
She meant to imply that she'd welcome his love.
And love her he did, until push came to shove.
Then he shoved the Minotaur into bankruptcy --
He succeeded by ruthless afford-a-bull-ity!
Owen ~ One of your finest offerings, blending Greek myth with modern financial practice and steering today's solution into another level of pun! Bravo!
Sandy FLN ~ Sorry. I did notice your hint but did not realize it was your first time to offer one.
Was it really your first? Welcome!
~ OMK
Well, I had trouble with two Jumble words this morning, the first and the fourth. Thought I had the first one, but couldn't get the fourth. Then, amazingly, I got the clever solution, but it didn't work with my first word, which I had wrong, it turned out. But I had the solution--Yay!
Owen's poem cleared everything up--gave me the correct first word and helped with the fourth, and supported my solution in its own crazy way at the end of the poem. Fun Jumble all around.
I had to think for awhile about clues three and four, but they came to me. Actually I already had the obvious and funny solution,so I worked backward.
The poem ingeniously updated Theseus and the Minotaur, all leading up to that ridiculously silly, hilarious, last word.
OMK, FLN, it may not have been my first hint ever; can't remember.
FLN I couldn't SUSS* Sandy's hint.
Misty, I bet you had LIMPY for #1. But that didn't work for the solution. I didn't need a P but I needed another I.
The stock market may need a Theseus if it keeps up.
Was it Theseus that hooked up with the Amazon queen? I LIU, the tale is told by Mary Renault ("The BULL from the Sea")
I was closing on that land in Ocala so there's four hours gone. I just finished the CC. Now to see if other's found it a little tricky. Some more Greek mythology with ARGO.
WC
* See CC
You're absolutely right, Wilbur: I had LIMPY for the first word.
I also had LIMPY first.
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