CLEVER CROSSWORD CLUES VIII

Below are four familiar phrases - forgiving the spelling of #4. The same change can be made to the second word of each phrase to give it an entirely different meaning. Can you determine the change, and can you think of a clue which would suggest it?

1. DEADLY SECRET
2. SPACE MISSION
3. GARBAGE CAN
4. SPELL BOUND

Answers:

The second word of each phrase can be changed by adding the letters ARY:

1. DEADLY SECRETARY
2. SPACE MISSIONARY
3. GARBAGE CANARY
4. SPELL BOUNDARY

Constructor's Clues:

1. Office employee to avoid
2. Shuttle evangelist
3. Bird in a landfill
4. Where a witch's influence ends

Credit: LA Times Crossword
December 3, 2010
Pamela Amick Klawitter