New Yorker Crossword

June 16, 2023

Michael Lieberman and Kate Chin

The clues and their answers below don't make sense until a certain change is made in the clues. The last clue is a hint to the change. What is the change and what are the corrected clues?

1. Place to get charmed - Produce aisle

2. Dreamed of great heights - Agoraphobia

3. Friend of Romeo - Pooh

4. Where comets can be found - Inns

5. Big seller of games - Exxon/Mobil

6. "I had nothing to do with it!"

Answers to Clue 6:

"Don't look at me!"

 

Answers to Clues 1-5:

 

The letters ME must be dropped from each clue for the answers to make sense:

 

1. Place to get chard - Produce aisle

2. Dread of great heights - Agoraphobia

3. Friend of Roo -Pooh

4. Where cots can be found - Inns

5. Big seller of gas - Exxon/Mobil