As background, a lame-duck [1] session is the period after an election when the current Congress returns to wrap up any unfinished business before the start of the next session of Congress. The ...
The answer to the “Silly as all get-out” clue in the Nov. 7 NYT Mini Crossword puzzle is “INANE.” According to the Oxford English Dictionary, inane means lacking sense or meaning and is an adjective.