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Thursday, December 26, 2019

Dec. 26, 2019

|| || impel, prawn, verbal, denote, "bred" winner.
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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.

8 comments:

Ol' Man Keith said...

After a delightfully busy & exhausting Xmas day, it's a relief to face such an easy-peasy Jumble. Glad it's not a head-spinner like some we've had.
~ OMK

Misty said...

Thanks for starting me off with a laugh, Ol'Man Keith. I still don't know the third Jumble word and was hoping Owen's poem would give it too me. But I got the others, and got the solution instantly--a total delight.
Cute cartoon with great colors. And then the pleasure of OMK's play with the solution. Hope everyone is okay and that we'll hear from you all soon.

Misty said...

Just looked up the third Jumble word, and I'm totally embarrassed that I didn't get it. I'm a literary scholar, for heaven's sake--how could I miss that word word?

Sandyanon said...

Is Owen ok? Maybe just not up to a poem today?

Anyhow, the clues were no big problem, though a couple did take some extra thought.I
I saw what the first solution word must be, and that left tell second one as it must be. But I didn't really get tested pun at first, and then didn't enjoy it all that much. It is clever, but

Sandyanon said...

Boy oh boy!! Spell check really does a number on me sometimes, like on that commnent.

Sandyanon said...

Owen, just read your post on CC. I'm so very sorry.

Ol' Man Keith said...
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Ol' Man Keith said...

Owen ~ So very sorry to read of your misfortune at home. Please accept my sympathy & heartfelt wishes for your wife's recovery.
~ OMK