This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty, rewrote the clue, and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

publication date: Monday, December 31, 2018 (part of Winter 2019)

category: Fads

clue: By raising a single digit, anyone can become a villain ready to tie victims to railroad tracks, thanks to this artist.

explanation: Faenza, a Columbus, OH tattoo artist, is widely credited with originating the fingerstache. more…

intended difficulty: very hard

solved by: Samir Mehta

trivia: Scott rewrote Steve's original clue, which quoted "Along Came Jones," a song about mustache-twirling villains.


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