THF Weekly Haiku Puzzler #33

This week’s puzzler:

Last week’s puzzler:

Ernie’s friend had almost a quarter of a pint as a pre-dinner drink (7)

And its solution:

Richard Gilbert

Contestants who got the correct answer were (in order received): Roberta Beary, John Stevenson, Polona Oblak, Sheila Sondik, Theresa Cancro, Mary Kendall, Jan Dobb, Sandra Simpson.

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Anita Krumins, former Assistant Editor of Frogpond, hosts the weekly cryptic haiku puzzler every Tuesday on Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation blog.