Stella Zawistowski
@stellaphone
Personal records: Back squat, 265 lb. New York Times Sunday crossword, 4 minutes, 33 seconds. I tweet a #crypticclueaday.
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Hope you enjoyed #explanationfriday ! Now for your #crypticclueaday :
Monitor Puerto Rico Doctors Without Borders (7)
Like if you’ve got it.
PAR (“standard”) plus THE (the definite “article”) plus NON (“not French,” or “not” in French) gives you the “temple” PARTHENON. #explanationfriday
GAL-ETTE could be a “lady’s diminutive,” and GALETTE is a “French pastry.” The question mark indicates the non-literal nature of the wordplay. #explanationfriday
PUISSANT (“powerful”) is what you get when PISS (#1) plus ANT (“Hill worker,” as in a working insect that lives in a hill) “grabs” the letter U (“you”). #explanationfriday
NAP (“feature of carpet”) plus KIN (“family”) gives you NAPKIN “a bit of table linen”). #explanationfriday
MOURNS EPIC is “ruined,” or anagrammed, to get PROSCENIUM, a “stage part.” #explanationfriday
MALE (“stag, say”) “eats” the letter P (the first letter, or “head,”) of PETUNIA) to make MAPLE, a “tree.” #explanationfriday
It’s #explanationfriday again! IMPROVE (“make things better”) “without the last” letter gives you the answer, IMPROV (“comedy”).
Bear with me, I'm doing this by hand (the spreadsheet didn't work). Your DELUDE winners are:
lolsbury hill🥇with 21 votes
🦔 and Jesse "anti-car crossword maven" Lansner 🚫🚙 tie for🥈with 9 votes apiece.
Thanks for playing, fools! #crypticcluecontest #whoclueditbetter
Time to fool your friends with the weekly #crypticccluecontest ! Reply (don't quote tweet) with a clue for DELUDE and like your favorites. Most likes wins!
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