THF Weekly Haiku Puzzler #45

This week’s puzzler:

Last week’s puzzler:

He wrote a small book about varnish (5)

And its solution:

Rick Black

Contestants who got the correct answer were (in order received): Sandra Simpson, Sheila Sondik.

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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.