Daily Jumble Cartoon Answer — SKIRTISSUE
From the Daily Jumble cartoon on Sunday, May 16, 2021. The cartoon clue and its punchline answer revealed.
The cartoon clue
When hemlines rise some do this —
Punchline answer
SKIRTISSUE
Answer letters10
Vowels4
DateMay 16
TypeCartoon
About this cartoon answer
The cartoon clue “When hemlines rise some do this —” appeared in the Daily Jumble on Sunday, May 16, 2021. The punchline answer is SKIRTISSUE — a 10-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 May 16, 2021 answers page.