WHAT'S WALDO?
Credit: NY Times Crossword
October 18, 2016
Mary Lou Guizo

The answers to the clues below conceal the answer to the puzzle's title question.

1. Period in U.S. defined by 1961-1975 war
2. Public transport in the capital of Caledonia
3. Marvel Comics superhero with a shield
4. National historic landmark in Pearl Harbor

Answers:

1. VIETNAM ERA
2. BARCELONA METRO
3. CAPTAIN AMERICA
4. ARIZONA MEMORIAL

WHAT'S WALDO?

A middle name - as Ralph Waldo Emerson
The word NAME is found in the middle or near middle of the  answer words:

vietNAM Era
barceloNA MErro
captaiN AMErica
arizoNA MEmorial