NY Times Crossword
October 17, 2019
Randolph Ross (Idea, example, #1-2)

Answer each clue with one or more examples in which the answer words overlap by a single letter. For example, the clue UNITED STATES could be answered by UTAHAWAII - overlapping the last letter of UTAH and the first letter of HAWAII. #6-7 involve wordplay.

1. Attached houses
2. Joined forces
3. United States (many other possibilities)
4. Twin towers
5. Connecting flights
6. Paradox
7. Combination locks

Answers:

1. HACIENDADOBE
2. MILITIARMY 
3. OHIOREGON/IOWALASKA, etc.
4. EIFFELEANING TOWER OF PISA
5. WRIGHT BROTHERSPACE
6. MAYOZ 
7. ATLANTIC SALMONOVA  (lox)