Is that Clark Griswold with his young son Rusty from the 1983 comedy classic “ National Lampoon’s Vacation“? It sure looks like them and the dialogue confirmed my suspicion. I counted 5 in the cartoon and knew exactly what the setting was for today’s panel - WALLEY WORLD! In New Hampshire we jokingly refer to a group of moose as “meese” which is funny until you meet up with a group of them standing in the roadway as your zipping down the Kancamagus Highway at 40 mph. There sure were a lot of moose greeting me upon first glance. With all of the clue words out of the way, I was waved into home and could begin my favorite part which of course is the cartoon! I decided to once again start from the back where I was met with an I and the N close by which brought INVOKE to mind. David was definitely throwing us some heat by starting the anagram with OVEN but it wasn’t enough to make me reach for it. The OPA brought the word instantly to mind bringing me to the final, and in my opinion, most challenging clue word of the day. It’s unique blend of uncommon letters momentarily blurred my vision until I used my tried and true solving technique which is to try the anagram backwards. Starting out with an instant double was a great way to begin the game, but my enthusiastic spirit started to wane when I arrived at OPAQUE. It was instantly visible as was the next word which was TARDY. I’m here to break it down for you and touch all the bases! Ok, enough about baseball because it’s the Jumble that you came here to read about, and what a fun puzzle we had today. After 152 LONG days of waiting, “America’s Pastime” is finally back and the season will last (if there is a game #7 of the World Series) until Halloween night. Good morning, Jumble fans, and happy Thursday! I couldn’t be more excited as today is the Opening Day of the MLB regular season. WHEN THE LITTLE BOY ARRIVED AT THE GATES OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK, HE WAS – – –
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