NY Times Crossword
March 21, 2018
Laura Braunstein

The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. Why the hunter couldn't shoot the mallards
2. Reason a cow swatted herself
3. Circus animals enjoying some chocolate
4. Grizzly, panda, grizzly, panda, grizzly, panda
5. Ones whose conversation might be about shaggy hair and Himalayan peaks

Answers:

1. Ducks out of view
2. Flies in the face
3. Seals with a kiss
4. Bears repeating
5. Yaks on the phone