NY Times Crossword
May 11, 2017
Timothy Polin

There is a very clever connection between the clue word on the left and its matching answer on the right. Can you determine what it is?

CLUE                              ANSWER
Somber                            Model airplane
Commodious                   Lost opportunity
Comfortably inviting      Vegetable garden

CLUE Answers:

Somber -GLOOMY
Commodious - ROOMY
Comfortably inviting - HOMEY

CONNECTION Answer:

GLOOMY - GLUE ME  (model airplane)
ROOMY - RUE ME        (lost opportunity)
HOMEY - HOE ME        (vegetable garden)