LA Times Crossword

January 31, 2010

Matt Skoczen

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The answers to the clues below will have something in common. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. Illusion

2. 1936 Chaplin  classic

3. Popular date destination

4. Knack for making money

5. Crisp named for an opera singer

6. House painter's prep work staple

7. 1979 Nobel Peace Prize recipient

8. Person or thing that provides a regular source of income

 

Answers:

 

1. Magic trick

2. Modern Times

3. Movie theater

4. Midas touch

5. Melba toast

6. Masking tape

7. Mother Teresa

8. Meal ticket - - - All answers words start with M and T.

Puzzle title:
RUNNING ON EMPTY