LA Times Crossword

May 30, 2010

Harvey Estes 

 

The phrases below have something in common. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. TIME TO GO HOME

2. DEGREE CELSIUS

3. AS PER USUAL 

4. TAKES PAINS

5. BOSTON GARDEN

6. FAIR AND SQUARE

7. "I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT

8. "NO MAN IS AN ISLAND"

 

Answer:

 

The name of a country spans two or three words in each phrase:

 

1. time TO GO home

2. deGREE CElisus

3. as PER Usual

4. takeS PAINs

5. bosTON GArden

6. faIR ANd square

7. "i'M A LIttle teapot" 

8. "nO MAN is an island"