The Clue
Member of a traditional establishment (4 letter answer)
The Answer
WASP
Tags
Notes
The answer WASP is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
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Epithet for Alexander Pope
Epithet for Pope
Mandrake the Magician's nemesis
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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