| || itchy, derby, barrel, entice, "celeb-brit-he".
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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What do you think, Sandy?
Is this a contender for the worst solution of all?
I'm not sure why they picked poor Tony Hopkins for the gag. I would suppose a great many knights could fit this description. It's gender specific, so Dame Helen Mirren is safe.
~ OMK
"The Good Sport"
At the picnic my friends enticed me to enter a stupid game.
It was the barrel-roll derby. I'll never be the same.
The blankety-blank barrel was itchy from the start.
It was damp and full of splinters; it nearly broke my heart.
I rolled downhill inside it, gaining speed and bruises.
I came in last.
Next time I'll know to give them my excuses.
~ OMK
I must admit, OMK, that late last night it stumped me. Not the clues, but the solution. So this morning I looked it up. Wow! Yes, it is awful, especially makes my "grammar bone" ache. Such an awkward reach for a bad construction.
My excuse must be that it is so terrible that I couldn't imagine it as the solution.
Maybe Sir Paul McCartney might have been a more appropriate choice?
I look forward to Saturday.
"Crummy Jumble"
Today's Jumble was so itchy
it left me annoyed and twitchy.
How does one rhyme a derby?
I don't even know a 'Herby.'
At least it was easy with barrel:
there's Harold and Carol and Meryl.
The other relief was entice,
rhymes with mice and price, pretty nice.
Still, this Jumble is not a celebrity
and deserves more pity than ditty.
Sandy ~ I confess. I looked it up too.
Actually, I had it figured out, at last--but it was so *#@! miserable to look at that I just had to look it up to confirm it.
Sir Paul can count his lucky stars.
After these several hours I still haven't been able to get rid of the odor.
Misty ~ I sympathize with your plight. The words don't exactly lend themselves to either a clear story line or to rhyming.
Especially "Derby."
Is it supposed to rhyme with "Fur Fee" or "Far Bee"?
You have taken on a far more heroic task than I would ever try, since your aim is to rhyme the clue words themselves*.
Given that demand, I think you do a most convincing job. Brava!
~ OMK
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* I, in the other hand, am happy to bury the words deep within my lines.
You'll notice that none of the clues appear at the end of any of my end-stopped lines today.
To which, I add: Whew!
odor = stench
Misty ~ I particularly liked your internal rhyming of "pity" and "ditty." I am sure I will steal that some day.
~ OMK
Thank you so much for your kind words, Ol' Man Keith, especially on one of my worst Jumble days ever. You saved my day!
I too was stumped on the riddle-solution but had plenty of time to work with it. The clue was "Wales" and I thought of CELT-IC but lacked the C's. To make it worse I had hitch and incite.
So once I had the right letters I tried again. Aha, BRIT. And that left H,E.
Ugh, is right. We had ODOR today at CC.
Saturday xword wasn't as tough as many but the mid-,east was devilish. I'm still not sure on the Cooking clue.
I'll wait for write-up. I have answers in my puzzle insert. Strange about carelessness on the part of La-Times
WC
Yo, Wilbur, from the Corner. Think "It's a Wonderful Life" and nasty villain Mr. Potter, played by Lionel Barrymore.
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