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Visual Description: A good hubby, running to the rescue.
DOYNS = SYNOD, RETEX = EXERT, NEPPIS = PEPSIN, ONSWID = DISOWN — Giving us: SDETPEPON
Clue/Question: What he did when he heard his wife shriek.
Answer: STEPPED ON IT
(Any questions?) — YUR
Unclerave's Wordy Weblog 
3 days in a row where the letter “y” is the second letter in a word: sylph, tycoon, and synod. Wonder if there’s a reason or just coincidence.
Hmmm. Maybe they follow some kind of formula for their clue words. I don’t know. Chances are it’s just a coincidence. Good catch, dave.
YUR