Visual Description: The try . . . at DIY.
HATSS = STASH, BALFE = FABLE, STARPY = PASTRY, TRUEPT = PUTTER — Giving us: SSBEPTYPTE
Clue/Question: He wanted to follow the instructions for installing the new staircase – – –
Answer: STEP BY STEP
(Worked for me! Perhaps a little predictable, but we got a good stinky pun out of it. ralis95 beat me to the punch today! He’s correct though. We do have a new clue word – No. 3000 – in “putter”. Mr. Hoyt reached a real milestone . . . a nice round number too, with today’s newest clue word. He also gave us all new jumbles once again. A really spiffy answer letter layout as well. Nothing given away there. If you didn’t figure this out by the great cartoon’s set up, then the the answer letter layout could have helped . . . to keep you in the dark. Building things yourself can be a lot of fun, as long as you can understand the instructions. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Nice on getting to the 3,000th word. Thanks so much for keeping track of them. Very cool. I think it might be a while before we get to the 4,000th word but I’ll keep trying to add new words. My dad helps me look for new ones which helps a bunch.
Congratulations on 3000!!!! All the words have entertained so very many!