NY Times Crossword
June 29, 2006
Brendan Emmett Quigley
CROP CIRCLES

The answer to each clue is an otherwise common phrase, but with the letter O dropped in one of the words.

1. Smoking or drinking in a small town
2. Ice cream at 32 degrees F. at Baskin-Robbins
3. What well-pitched baseballs do

Answers:

1. Village vice
2. Freezing pints
3. Miss the bat