No Cross Words About My Latest Contest Loss
In a recent Washington Post Style Invitational contest, we were given some crossword puzzle answers and asked to provide our own amusing clues for some of the words. Many of the winning clues are hilarious, and you can read them all here.
But first, here are my losing entries:
ACID: Air conditioner’s name
ACTUAL: When you give it an “F,” little changes
BAGPIPES: Some music lovers would scotch this oboe’s cousin
CAPFUL: Conceited man’s hat
CIAO: An edible farewell
CLEFT: It fits the staff to a T
GUESTTOWEL: If you have to guess where it is, it’s time to go home
HENHOUSE: Its pecking order won’t change, even with a fox in charge
IRAN: I was late, so _____
IRAN: I was caught with nukes, so ______
LAVA: Virginia, in France
LUCKYROLL: Vincent Piazza in Boardwalk Empire
MILK: To take advantage on the farm
MOUE: The sneering sound of a disdainful French cow
OBOE: It begs for a rhyme
OBOE: This wooden wind is A-okay
OBOE: Playing this instrument’s a gamble, with odds of failure 440-1
PLACE: Where a noun you must bring;
neither person, nor thing.
POPSINGLES: Unmarried dads
PROSY: Averse verse
YEAH: Archaic doctor’s order
