Solution: ___ the Hyena of old comics - NYT Crossword

TIL about LENA the Hyena, a character from the Li’l Abner comic (Hi, kids!) that was introduced in 1946. She was billed by the comic’s creator, Al Capp, as “the world’s ugliest woman,” whose face was never actually seen, for fear it would drive readers insane. Mr. Capp was a complicated person who didn’t like women very much. The unseen character provoked a lot of curiosity among readers, so he ran a drawing contest asking people what they thought LENA looked like, which elicited responses from both professional and amateur cartoonists. The winner was a semiprofessional named Basil Wolverton.