NY Times Crossword
December 31, 2014
David Woolf

The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. Traffic-reducing strategy
2. Way of staying in your house after you sell it
3. Like some public bathrooms
4. What makes a car go
5. One with the least seniority

Answers:

1. Park and Ride Lots
2. Reverse mortgage
3. Gender neutral
4. Drivetrain
5. Low man on the totem pole

The clue answers contain the names of the gears on an automatic transmission in order:

Park           P
Reverse      R
Neutral      N
Drive         D
Low           L