NY Times Crossword
November 26, 2017
Jeff Chen
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Can you match each of the clues below with one of the choices in this clever puzzle?

CLUES:
1. Lists about a port on the Black Sea
2. Metal pin stuck in parts of sinks
3. Neighborhoods surrounded by crime
4. Flourishes around monsoon events
5. Fear among underground workers
6. Coming up in vetoes
7. Crew found inside again and again

CHOICES:
a. MIND READERS
b. BRAIN SURGEONS
c. NIXON TAPES
d. ROYAL TASTERS
e. THROWING RICE
f. DRIVE TRAINS
g. THE FAR EAST

HINT:
The answers are each in the form of a rebus.

Answers:

1. d - roYALTAsters (rosters about Yalta)
2. f - dRIVE Tdrains (rivet in drains)
3. g - the fAR EASt (areas surrounded by theft)
4. b - bRAIN Surgeons (burgeons around rains)
5. a - minD READers (dread among miners)
6. c - nixON TAPes (on tap in nixes)
7. e - thROWING rice (rowing found inside thrice)

Puzzle title: INSIDE OUT