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

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