Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis for August 18, 2024

Fun Sunday morning. Nice.

Ed be numble, Ed be quick, Ed getting Pmm to do all his puzzles for him is pretty slick.

I think Ed needs new glasses!

What exactly IS Jumble?

I miss doing the Jumble. I was doing it every day until the site I did it on decided to make you pay for it. Does anyone know of any free sites?

Doesn’t Crank usually do these on the can? Must be “constantpated” again.

Next up, the Bumble

So these peoples is buys one for each person in house, that is, three newspapers every day eh.

Panel 1: WOW that is a huge kitchen for such a small house.

The vast majority of Jumble puzzles that I have worked were weekday puzzles unscrambling words with 5 or 6 letters. “Nuanced” is 7 letters. Is there a Sunday Jumble that uses 7 letter words?

If I were sensitive, that joke would leave me numb.

Mumbo……Jumbo!!!!!!!!

Crank is back!

I am a jumble savant. My only gift.

Tomorrow: Ed turns to the pollinator report in the gardening section, or as he calls it, the Bumble.

On Tuesday, he reads the sports section article about football, or as he calls it, the Fumble.

On Wednesday, we see him read the editorial page, which he calls the Grumble.

Thursday’s paper is about the Centerville Marathon, also known as the Stumble.

On Friday, Ed reads the baking section article about cookies, the Crumble.

On Saturday, we all look back at the week of strips and call it the Dumble.

Not to nitpick, but nuanced is a 7-letter word. It would never appear in a Jumble, as it uses only 5- and 6-letter words.

It’s funny because Crankshaft is a sociopath who won’t call things by their proper name!

next up: Ramble

Attaboy Cranky….keep ‘em guessing!

I thought Ed might call it something like the Suzuki

only daisy cottage cheese will do !!!

My mom did those for years and years and mailed them in to the newspaper. It was a diversion for her and she enjoyed it. She actually won a couple of times , though I don’t think it was very much.

I see Batiuk and Davis “Jumbled” their names in the title panel.

Hey, if you look closely at Panel 3, it looks like Davis finally drew a bridge on Crankshaft’s glasses!

Pretty good description of Sudoku. UGH, all those numbers.

If you want to go crazy, do it the old fashioned way with the NY TIMES Sunday Crossword

Yall better not annoy her or there’s gonna be a rumble.

At least she said it right. So tired of people saying suh-DOO-koh.