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

     TV addict, often

     Football expert - in hindsight

     Team member who doesn't get much playing time

 

2. What do the four words below have in common, and what change can be made to each of them to give them something else they have in common related to the first thing?

 

    TRAIN

    SERVICE

    RADIO

    SPACE

 

Answers:

 

1. Couch potato

    Armchair quarterback

    Bench warmer - - - First words are things you can sit on.

 

2. As they stand, they are all kinds of stations. If you parse them as

   TRA - IN

   SER - VICE

   RA - DIO

   SPA - CE , they are now station breaks (commercials).

Credit:

2: Mike Shenk

    February 1, 2021

    Wall Street Journal Crossword