Clever Clue Nominees

Please vote for the best clue from May (either by email or comments below). The Clever Clue of the Month will be announced on Friday.

Labor pain..............................UNIONSTRIKE

Rectangle that may have more than four
sides?..................................MENU
Support for a movement?.................TOILETSEAT
What separates the gulls from the
buoys?..................................WEBBEDFEET

Front runner?...........................DESERTER

Kent state?.............................SUPERMAN

USA Today Drops Timothy Parker

According to the New York Times, Timothy Parker, a crossword puzzle editor who was investigated over accusations of plagiarism will no longer have his work appear in USA Today, the newspaper’s parent company, Gannett, and a crossword puzzle vendor, Universal Uclick, said on Tuesday.

The web-site Five-Thirty-Eight added, USA Today will still get its crossword puzzles from Universal, as it has for years, but neither it nor Gannett will publish any that are edited by Parker.

Clever Clue of the Month

April 2016
Clue: Earthling who grew up near Venus?.....SERENA
Constructor/Editor: Evan Birnholz
Evan Birnholz's Washington Post Crossword, Sunday, April 10, 2016