Daily Jumble Cartoon Answer — STATESMAN
From the Daily Jumble cartoon on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. The cartoon clue and its punchline answer revealed.
Illinois chose the slogan “Land of Lincoln” in 1955 in order to honor the respected
About this cartoon answer
The cartoon clue “Illinois chose the slogan “Land of Lincoln” in 1955 in order to honor the respected” appeared in the Daily Jumble on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. The punchline answer is STATESMAN — a 9-letter word that completes the joke.
The cartoon is the centerpiece of every Daily Jumble. After unscrambling the four word jumbles, you take the circled letters from those answers and rearrange them to spell the punchline. The wordplay almost always hinges on a pun or double meaning. The full puzzle for this date — all four scrambled words plus this cartoon — is on the February 12, 2020 answers page.