LA Times Crossword
May 14, 2020
Bruce Haight

The answers to the first four clues below will have something in common that is hinted at by the answer to the fifth clue.

1. Sip a beverage slowly
2. Alter an image - as by an airbrush
3. What a terrible karaoke performer might do
4. Work out a specific strategy - as with a financial consultant
5. Unqualified for a position

Answers:

1. Nurse a drink
2. Doctor a photo
3. Butcher a song
4. Tailor a plan
5. Not fit for the job
   (Nursing  a drink doesn't make you a nurse.)