LA Times Crossword

June 9, 2021

Julian Lim

 

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

 

1. Chore after washing and drying 

2. What's happening? What's new? What ______?

3. Poor returns on investments

4. Guy's refuge in his own home

5. Personification of the U.S. government

 

Answers:

 

1. Fold laundry

2. What gives?

3. Low yields

4. Man cave

5. Uncle Sam

 

What the answers have in common:

 

Fold, give, yield, cave, and (cry) Uncle can all mean to capitulate/surrender.