NY Times Crossword

December 16, 2020

Ed Salners and Alex Eaton-Salners

 

What do the phrases below have in common?

 

1. AIRCRAFT CARRIER

2. HAIR SPRAY

3. SCREEN SAVER

4. NEAT FREAK 

HINT: Government bonds

Answer:

 

The two words of each phrase are linked together by (the initials of) a government agency:

 

1. aircraFT Carrier (Federal Trade Commission)

2. haIR Spray (Internal Revenue Service)

3. screeN SAver (National Security Agency)

4. neAT Freak [(Bureau of) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms]