LA Times Crossword
March 31, 2015
Jerry Edelstein

 This puzzle has four parts.

First, answer the clues below. Each answer is a compound word.
Think of the same word can precede the first half of each answer.
Think of the same word that can precede that word.
These two words will tell you, figuratively, where some wild ideas come out of.

1. Low-tech pest-control device
2. "Off the wall" game
3. Simple garment
4. One given to flights of fancy
5. Hidden explosives activator

Answers:

1. Mousetrap
2. Handball
3. Housedress
4. Daydreamer
5. Tripwire

The first half of each compound word answer can be preceded by FIELD:

1. Fieldmouse
2. Fieldhand
3. Fieldhouse
4. Field day
5. Field trip 

FIELD can be preceded by LEFT.

Wild ideas come out of LEFT FIELD.