NY Times Crossword
September 17, 1997
Karen Hodge

If a musical fish is a PIANO TUNA, what do you call a .........

1. MACHO DANCE (hint: buff card game)
2. RELIGIOUS MONSTER (hint: miraculous cures in the desert)
3. JERUSALEM [hint: out-of-control 3-year old on sacred land (Latin)]

Answers:

1. STUD POLKA
2. FAITH GILA
3. HOLY TERRA

[Explanation:
1. stud poker
2. faith healer
3. holy terror (terra - Latin for land)]