Wall Street Journal Crossword

November 11, 2020

Evan Kalish

WATER YOU SAYING?

 

The first three clues below can be cleverly connected by the answer to the fourth clue. The puzzle title is a hint. Can you figure out the connection?

 

1. DUE

2. REIGN

3. MISSED

4. Shows off one's connections 

Answer to Clue 4:

 

Namedrops

 

HINT to connection:

Homophones

Answer to connection:

 

If you change the stress on NAMEDROPS from the first syllable to the second, you get the two-word phrase NAME DROPS. The words DUE, REIGN, and MISSED are homophones for  DEW, RAIN, and MIST - the names of drops (dewdrop, raindrop, mist drop).