NY Times Crossword
August 27, 2015
Joon Pahk (#1-4)

The answers to the clues below share a very unusual quality. Can you determine what it is?

1. Author of The War of the Worlds
2. Some return addresses
3. It has handles, but not for lifting
4. Author of "The Wasteland"
5. Goal of an English major
6. Only US city that is not in any state

HINTS:
2. Used when you don't want to reveal your home address
3. Truckers use it.

Answers:

1. H.G. Wells 
2. P. O. Boxes
3. CB radio
4. T.S. Eliot
5. B.A. degree
6. Washington, D.C.

Unusual quality shared by the answers:

HINT:
Think alphabetically.

Answer:

The initials in each answer are in reverse alphabetical order.