Make a word ladder of 12 steps from PLAIN to FANCY. Clues for the 11 intervening words are, in no particular order:

• comical
• come in second
• one-cent coin
• _______ and quiet
• braid of hair
• "caboose"
• British coins
• nursery purchase
• involving wordplay
• carpentry tool
• tubular pasta

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From Mensa Puzzle Calendar 2021 by Fraser Simpson, Workman Publishing, New York. Puzzle for December 27.