CRITICAL PERIODS
NY Times Crossword
July 18, 2010
Robert W. Harris

Answer each clue by matching it with one of the choices below. Once you see the pattern, it will be easy. But what's the pattern?

1. 234 as of July, 2010
2. Typical termite in a California city
3. Workers in a global peace organization
4. What gumshoes charge in Steel City, PA
5. Symmetrical power conductor for appliances
6. Too much guitar word by a professor's helper
7. "Pay in cash and your second surgery is half-price"

CHOICES:
a. COMMON LABORER
b. BILATERAL ACCORD
c. EXCESSIVE TARIFFS
d. ACCEPTED USAGE
e. STRANGE ORDEAL
f. THE UNEMPLOYED
g. PITTSBURGH PIRATES

(BIG) HINT:
The phrases in the CHOICES have to be broken up.

Answers:

1. d - ACCEPTED US AGE
2. a - COMMON LA BORER
3. f - THE UN EMPLOYED
4. g - PITTSBURGH PI RATES
5. b - BILATERAL AC CORD
6. c - EXCESSIVE TA RIFFS
7. e - STRANGE OR DEAL