The Clue
Epithet for Pope (4 letter answer)
The Answer
WASP
Tags
Notes
The answer WASP is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
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Hymenopteran
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Big stinger
Colony member
Dangerous stinger
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Kind of waist
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Pesky insect
Petulant person
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Vespiary denizen
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Close relative of an ant
Epithet for Alexander Pope
Mandrake the Magician's nemesis
Mud dauber, e.g.
Nest builder in the eaves
Slender-bodied insect
Slender-waisted insect
Tarantula hawk, e.g.
Thin-waisted flier
Direct descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims, e.g.
Target of many a New Yorker cartoon
Target of some humor in The New Yorker
Definition
WASP as a noun:
1. (WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) = a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
2. social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting