1. What do the following words have in common?

Penny
Roman
Combat

2. What do the following people have in common?

Moses
Charles Lindbergh
George Washington

Answers:

1. Each word is the first word in a kind of shoe:

Penny loafer
Roman sandal
Combat boot

2. They are all famous CROSSERS:

Moses crossed the Red Sea.
Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic.
George Washington crossed the Delaware.

Credit #1:
LA Times Crossword
November 14, 1995
Gregory E. Paul