Visual Description: Sketchy husband trying to give flowers to suspicious wife.
COTTE = OCTET, SIBAN = BASIN, RYVETS = VESTRY, HERTIE = EITHER — Giving us: OTEASNESREHR
Clue/Question: What it can mean when a husband brings home flowers for “no reason”.
Answer: THERE’S A REASON
(It doesn’t always mean he’s been a rat!) — YUR
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Knowing a short-tempered woman named Reesa, I came up with an alternate (tongue in cheek) solution. “Reesa’s a hornet”.
I like it, Santa!