EXHIBIT A
NY Times Crossword
May 15, 2016
Patrick Berry (adapted)

The answers to these riddles involve the letter A. Wordplay is fair play.

1. What did Greta Garbo say when she got financing for her first house?

2. What did the rookie sailor do to the experienced sailor by repeatedly yelling "Land ho!" with no land in sight?

3. What can you say about a note that's stuck to the corkboard?

4. What did the girl need after her date spilled punch on her gown?

5. What do you call a military whirlybird whose paint is flaking off?

6. What do you call a competitor who show up during romantic dinners?

7. What can you say when you realize that a major shopping center is not one of the prizes in a contest?

Answers:

1. "A loan at last"
2. Aggravated a salt
3. It's under a tack.
4. A change of a dress
5. A patchy helicopter
6. A rival date
7. 'You can't win a mall."