NY Times Crossword

January 23, 2025

Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class

[JASA - Jewish Association Serving the Aging]

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

1. Hiring practice at a family business, commonly

2. A close friend

3. Graduation wear

4. Land whose name meant "land between two rivers"

5. Product that has become generic for "spotlessly clean"

6. Classic line form the Dick and Jane books

7. Southeast Asian flat-bottomed wooden boat

Answers:

 

1. NEPOTISM

2. BOON COMPANION

3. CAP AND GOWN

4. MESOPOTAMIA

5. SPIC AND SPAN

6. SEE SPOT RUN

7. SAMPAN - - - The answer words and phrases conceal POTS and PANS