NY Times Crossword
January 16, 2020
Erik Agard and Jeff Chen

Here's a tricky one. (This is a hint/pun.)

The same phonetic change can be made to each word below to make a new word. Can you determine the change and find the new words?

1. BROWNIE
2. HONEY BEE
3. GENEALOGY
4. JOURNEYMAN

HINT:
Recently, certain well-known people have used this action as an act of protest during the playing of the National Anthem.

Answer:

If you phonetically "take a knee" out of each clue, you are left with new words:

1. BROW
2. HUBBY
3. GEOLOGY 
4. GERMAN