LA Times Crossword
April 20, 2020
Joe Kidd
(Title shown below)

What do the following phrases have in common?

1. MIX AND MATCH
2. PROM DATE
3. CLAM DIP
4. BAD MOVE
5. HAD A MEAL

Answers:

Each phrase conceals the consecutive, but scrambled, letters, MAD:

1. mix anD MAtch
2. proM DAte 
3. clAM Dip
4. bAD Move
5. haD A Meal

(Puzzle title: MAD SCRAMBLE)