LA Times Crossword
June 14, 2020
Yaakov Bendavid and Yoni Glatt

The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. Rates the relative height of ocean waves
2. Arranges for party chefs
3. Controls a deep-sea diver's disease
4. "Are you sure this is diet soda?"
5. Goal of the defensive in football vis-a-vis the quarterback
6. Why there are more accidents among those who work from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. than there are during any other hours?

Answers:

1. Ranks the swells
2. Books the cooks
3. Rules the bends
4. Question the pop
5. Bar the pass
6. Blame the shift - - - Familiar phrases reversed