NY Times Crossword
November 8, 2018
Sam Ezersky

The following letter strings can be interpreted to reflect some famous advice given in 1865. Can you determine what it is?

LADFOLKBAL
LADARMORC
LADTACOSA
LADSUPERBOW

HINT:
It has to do with the idea of Manifest Destiny.

Answer:

The phrases FOLK BALLAD, ARMOR CLAD, TACO SALAD, and SUPERBOWL AD have been altered so that the word LAD is placed to the far left - or west - as if on a map, suggesting the advice attributed to Horace Greeley, "Go west, young man, and grow up with your country."