Saturday, October 28, 2017

From the Saturday Stumper

A nice touch in today’s Newsday Saturday Stumper, by Andy Kravis. The clue for 53-Across, seven letters: “They fill take-out orders.” No spoilers; the answer is in the comments.

Finishing the Saturday Stumper is always cause for minor self-congratulation.

comments: 5

Michael Leddy said...

TAILORS.

misterbagman said...

Ha! The first thing that came to mind for me was SNIPERS, but then, I nearly always go dark when it comes to these things.

Michael Leddy said...

A worthy answer, for sure.

Slywy said...

Snipers is a much better answer!

Michael Leddy said...

Maybe, but you can imagine a constructor or editor staying away from it in light of recent events.