| || agile, yield, sonata, shrimp, tirelessly.
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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.
9 comments:
Cryptic clues:
A girl in leotards exhibits /leading/ physical skill.
Give way /to/ the power of a bomb.
Son at a //musical performance.
Shellfish // rim inside of hollow ship.
At the wheel, Lester Stallone // didn't need sleep.
Once his Merry Men breached the prison wall, Robin Hood sent a monk's robe disguise and a note into his friend.
"Please," read the message, "exit the gaol friar-dress-ly!"
~ OMK
Well, I needed help with the second and third words of this Jumble. Thought I had the second one, but Owen's offering made me doubt that and I just couldn't get the third one, even with his helpful hint. So I looked those two up and got all the right letters--but what would that make the solution? Then went to Ol'Man Keith's gloss, and there it was! I got it and found it clever and entertaining. So, thanks everybody! Liked the cartoon with that exhausted couple in the front, the guy trying to cheer himself up with some hot coffee or tea. Well, time to do my exercises--hope they help the back ache I've had for the last week or two. Hope we hear from Wilbur and Sandyanon.
Smaug was aware that the shrimp had slipped away
His little sonata had yielded nothing, he'd make him pay.
What's more the agile runt had filched a fob
He hadn't come to praise , he'd come to rob.
But he'd not escape, nor forgiveness be
Revenge would come relentless and tirelessly
The clues weren't very difficult, but I stuck for awhile on the solution because I wanted so much for it to include "rest". Abandoned that idea and then the solution popped out. Kind of clever, I thought.
Really like your poem, Wilbur. Compact, but complete.
I'm really no good at cryptic clues, and it's a good thing I already know the words before I read those clues. Knowing them, I can make the connection, but without them, fear I'd be lost!
Great to see you, Wilbur and Sandyanon.
Fund poem, Wilbur, even if that Smaug is a bit of a meanie.
Agree, Sandy. I couldn't get the riddle-solution even with OMK and Owen's help. Then it just popped.
Which delayed my poetic doggerel. Thanks Sandy. Sometimes the J doesn't give me much as with yesterday's BISON. Plus, I try to hide the J's.
I forgot to include in the ten previous episodes the critical event. Bilbo had coaxed Smaug into displaying his grandeur and had revealed his one flaw in his armor.
Maybe we'll see flawlessly as a riddle-solution .
WC
Sorry, W.C., that my hint wasn't...well, hintier!
More helpful.
I'm surprised-- because I thought your poem led up to the solution word with a firm inevitability. You fooled me!
~ OMK
Cryptic solutions:
(A) (G)irl (I)n (L)eotards (E)xhibits = AGILE
Double definition
SON + AT + A = SONATA
RIM < SH(i)P = SHRIMP
TIRE + LES + SLY = TIRELESSLY
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