NY Times Crosword
March 3, 2014
Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake

The answers to the clues below are phrases in which the two key words differ by only a single letter.

1. An opera singer on a sofa
2. Chitchat about a dressmaking template
3. Egg-hunting time in the Orient
4. Study to master the text of a famous Shakespearean play
5. Complimentary road service in the capital of Sierra Leon

Answers:

1. Diva on a divan
2. Patter about a pattern
3. Eastern Easter
4. Learn Lear
5. Free tow in Freetown