NY Times Crossword

November 29, 2020 

Eric Berlin

The answers to this clever puzzle's clues are "mashed up" words. For example, the clue Very short-lived gemstones could be answered by EPHEMERALDS - a mash up of ephemeral (short-lived) and emeralds (gemstones). Can you come up with the mash-up word for the clues below?

1. Top-drawer plan of action

2. Dance celebrating the Affordable Care Act

3. Emergency situation caused by a dog

4. Salon job named after a comic book hero

5. Pounding on a pie topping

6. TV quiz program about an epic poem

7. Host of American Idol - Ryan, that smart aleck

HINTS:

First word of the mash-up word:

1. First

2. Obama

3. Airedale

4. Superman

5. Hammering

6. Gilgamesh

7. Wiseacre

Answers:

 

1. FIRSTRATEGY

2. OBAMACARENA

3. AIREDALERT

4. SUPERMANENT

5. HAMMERINGUE

6. GILGAMESHOW 

7. WISEACREST