Theme solutions:

• Italian confection model recognized for its gold foil wrappers– FERRERO ROCHER / IBERIA, AVER, SEER
• Small canine initially bred for fox hunting– BORDER TERRIER / AMBER, ERMA, ZEROS
• First males’s tennis participant to achieve 10 consecutive Grand Slam singles finals– ROGER FEDERER / BEER ME, FERRY, FIERCE
• Shout which will accompany many arms waving– WE’RE OVER HERE / ALERT, AVERSE, FRERE

Word of the Day: TESS Gerritsen (creator of medical and crime thrillers) —

While on maternity go away, she submitted a brief story to a statewide fiction contest within the journal Honolulu. Her story, “On Choosing the Right Crack Seed,” gained first prize and she or he obtained $500. The story centered on a younger male reflecting on a troublesome relationship along with his mom. Gerritsen claimed the story allowed her to cope with her personal childhood turmoil.

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Hey besties! It’s Malaika and I’m again for one more Malaika MWednesday. I hope you all loved your Halloweekend– presently I’m feasting on Reese’s cups. I appreciated this puzzle so much, and I hope you probably did, too! Sometimes there’s Discourse (TM) about whether or not rebus puzzles ought to solely be on Thursdays. Idk. I hated the very first rebus puzzle I did (I nonetheless keep in mind it lol), then felt positive about them, and now I like them as a result of I feel they’re often fairly easy– I bought this one as quickly as I learn the clue for FERRERO ROCHER, which, by the way in which, is an superior entry.

These write-ups are type of boring when it is a good puzzle! What else is there to say? OH HELL YEAH is a stellar lengthy reply, and I like BEER ME as nicely, with that tremendous intelligent clue (Slangy command to somebody arriving with a six-pack). I want RUMI had been clued as Beyonce’s daughter, however I suppose she hasn’t actually executed something but. I can not even discover any dangerous fill to touch upon!! (AVER, I suppose? Maybe?) Many due to Ethan and Tomas for this pretty Wednesday deal with!

Bullets:

• TIDAL and FIERCE additionally might have gotten Beyonce clues (through the streaming app and Sasha Fierce)
  
• What is your favourite Indian flatbread? For me, it does not get any higher than bhatura, however I respect the hell out of puri
• Deal breaker? for NARC!! Wow!!

xoxo Malaika