WSJ Crossword

October 13, 2021

Morton J. Mendelson

(Puzzle title shown as a hint)

 

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

 

1. Satiny Elizabethan collar

2. Proprietor of a store in a garret

3. Holy communion in a synogogue?

4. Sound of a high-priced canary

5. Huge ore-extraction company

 

HINT:

Puzzle title: NOT QUITE OPPOSITE

 

Answers:

 

The answer to each clue is a two-word phrase in which the second word is a homophone of the first word's opposite:

 

1. SMOOTH RUFF (rough)

2. ATTIC SELLER (cellar)

3. WRONG RITE (right)

4. COSTLY CHEEP (cheap)

5. MAJOR MINER (minor)