NY Times Crossword

February 1, 2021

Soleil Saint-Cyr

 

The answers to the first three clues have something in common that is hinted at in the fourth clue.

 

1. One on the front lines during a crisis

2. Unmanned Dept. of Defense aircraft

3. Crown wearer at a high school seniors' dance 

4. Collective consciousness

 

Answers:

 

1. Frontline worker

2. U.S. military drone

3. Prom queen

4. Hive mind*- - - The last word in the first three clue answers are kinds of bees. 

*Hive mind - a cousin of herd mentality - means a large number of people who share their knowledge and/or opinions with one another, regarded as producing either uncritical conformity or collective intelligence.