Buddy

Great puzzle, Morton. This reminded me of a Thursday, which I mean as a sincere compliment. Just unfortunately for me I wasn't ready for that and spent far too long trying to make various words for '-' work. Oh well. Now, once it hit me, I couldn't help but smile! Seeing Sam's discussion about the Potter clue and some of the comments is funny to me. I am of the Harry Potter age, immediately thought that was too easy, and was trying to think of words related to a gardener or one that works with clay. Anyone else?

Not sure I'll have much of an audience for this crossover reference, but shout out to Billy Horschel for 6D