Bad-ass widow = JUDITH (definition)
Most of Judea = JUD
it = IT
the head of Holofernes = H
Judith saved her town in Judea by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes. For more on Judith, see @theradr.bsky.social.
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Drunk = anagram
saying tofu = SAYING TOFU
jelly donuts = SUFGANIYOT (definition)
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Became = BECAME
flustered = anagram
around = container
Golden State = CA
warrior = MACCABEE
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Spinning toy = DREIDEL
filliped = reverse
gray cart = DULL DRAY
in the air = homophone
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Start = first letters of
Laughing
At
Those
Kids
Eating
Sweet
potato pancakes = LATKES
Also, sweet potatoes are a good option for latkes.
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Ku[GEL T]oppings = container
include = found within
chocolate coins = GELT (definition)
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Singer Jones = NORAH
introduces herself = ME (if she likes to talk like Tarzan, which maybe she does?)
holiday candelabra = MENORAH (definition)
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Moving to a new city right before Christmas was bad for posting explanations, but I'm finally settled in enough to get them up.
Holiday = HANUKKAH (definition)
Fry overheard = NUKK (homophone of "nuke", a synonym of "fry")*
amid = inside
laughter coming and going = HA + AH
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Bad-ass widow saved most of Judea, and presented it with the head of Holofernes (6)
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Day 8/8
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Drunk, saying tofu are jelly donuts (10)
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Became flustered around Golden State Warrior (8)
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Spinning toy flipped a gray cart in the air (7)
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Start laughing at those kids eating sweet potato pancakes (6)
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Kugel toppings include chocolate coins (4)
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Singer Jones introduces herself to a holiday candelabra (7)
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One of these years I'll write some new holiday cryptic clues. Until then, I'm just going to keep reposting the old ones.
Holiday fry overheard amid laughter coming and going (8)
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This is my favorite of all the clues
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Most of Judea = JUD
it = IT
the head of Holofernes = H
Bad-ass widow = JUDITH, who saved her town in Judea by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
For more see @theradr.bsky.social & @miriamanzovin.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CM5...
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Anagram ("drunk") SAYING TOFU to get SUFGANIYOT, which are jelly donuts traditionally served at Hanukkah.
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Anagram ("fluster") BECAME and put it around CA (abbreviation for California, the "Golden State") to get MACCABEE, a warrior from the Hanukkah story.
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Another iffy one here. gray = DULL and cart = DRAY. Flip them to get DRAY DULL, which is a homophone ("in the air") of DREIDEL.
On a related note, yesterday at Target I overheard a kid saying "the best thing about Hanukkah is the game they play", and wow is that wrong.
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The first letters of
Laughing
At
Those
Kids
Eating
Sweet
spell out LATKES, which are potato pancakes (or sometimes ricotta pancakes).
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The word GELT (Yiddish for "money", but during Hanukkah used to refer to chocolate coins given to kids) can be found in "kuGEL Toppings"
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Singer NORAH Jones might introduce herself to someone by saying "ME NORAH" (just pretend she's talking to Tarzan here, or something).
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