NY Times Crossword

May 22, 2025

David J. Kahn

 

This is a complex puzzle.

The two clues in each pair below are related according to a certain pattern. 

 

1. Go before a court of law - Be brave and proud (Iran) 

2. 13 for the United States - Ones on your side (Costa Rica) 

3. Common - How some medications are taken (Jordan) 

4. Extreme activist - Luminous meteor (South Africa) 

5. Convinced - Ubiquitously (Korea) 

 

Answer the first clue in each pair. These answers will have something in common. Once you find the common element, substitute the same word for it to give you an expression that satisfies the second clue in the pair. HINT to the word to be substituted: MONEY IS EVERYTHING.

 

Answers:

 

Answers to the fist clue in each pair:

1. Stand trial

2. Colonies

3. Ordinary

4. Firebrand

5. Won over

 

What the clue answers have in common:

Each answer conceals a monetary unit:

1. stand tRIAL

2. COLONies

3. orDINARy

4. firebRAND

5. WON over 

The word to be substituted for the monetary units is ALL (money is everything [all]).

This suggests the following expressions which satisfy the second clue in each pair:

 

1. STAND TALL (Be brave and proud)

2. ALLIES (Ones on your side)

3. ORALLY(How some medications are taken)

4. FIREBALL (Luminous meteor)

5. ALL OVER (Ubiquitously)