NY Times Crossword
December 24, 2014
Adam G. Perl

The four clues below can be answered with words or phrases that each have a clever homophone. Wordplay is fair play.

1. 11- or 12-year-old Mongolian desert dweller
2. Certain waterway to the Black Sea

3. Certain facial hair
4. Left Bank quaff

HINTS:
1. An 11- or 12-year old is a tween
2. River

Answers:

1. GOBI TWEEN - GO BETWEEN
2. CRIMEA RIVER - CRY ME A RIVER
3. MUSTACHE - MUST DASH
4. PARIS ALE - PARASAIL