NY Times Crossword

February 13, 2025

Jem Burch 

 

You can make the answers to this puzzle correspond to the clues by discovering the key - which is hinted at in the last clue.

 

1. Bell sound - PLEA DEAL

2. Emerge, as teeth - GROWING OLD

3. Plural personal pronoun - THE IRONY

4. Country where Plain of Jars is located - LATINOS 

5. Material in a junkyard pile

 

Answer to Clue 5:

Scrap metal

 

Answers to Clues 1-4: 

 

The answers will correspond to the clues when you remove (scrap) the hidden metal words from the answers:

 

1. Bell sound - PLEA DEAL - PEAL

2. Emerge, as teeth - GROWING OLD  - GROW IN

3. Plural personal pronoun - THE IRONY - THEY

4. Country where Plain of Jars is located - LATINOS - LAOS