CLEVER CROSSWORD CLUES XI

LA Times Crossword
April 29, 2015
Robert E. Lee Morris

The answers to the clues below have something in common. Once you determine what it is, use the clue below the answers to reveal the theme of this puzzle.

1. Prison security indignity
2. Flour packaging
3. Social gathering at a home
4. Diva's big moment
5. The last frontier

Answers:

1. STRIP SEARCH
2. PAPER SACK
3. HOUSE PARTY
4. OPERA SOLO
5. OUTER SPACE

What the clues have in common:

1. striP SEARch
2. paPER SAck
3. houSE PARty
4. oPERA Solo
5. outER SPAce

In the puzzle, the capitalized letters were circled.

CLUE REVEALING PUZZLE THEME:

Pocketful of coins and what literally occurs in the circled letters in the five puzzle answers above.

Answer:

SPARE CHANGE