LA Times Crossword 

April 27, 2021

Robert E. Lee Morris

 

The answers to the clues below will have something in common hinted at by the last clue.

 

1. Doctors rarely make them anymore

2. Artillery metaphor for a volatile sort

3. Feline with a country's former name

4. Silicon Valley center

5. Something in reserve that is guaranteed to work

 

Answers:

 

1. House calls

2. Loose cannon

3. Siamese cat

4. San Jose, California

5. Ace up your sleeve - Each answer contains ACE in reverse order:

 

1. housE CAlls

2. loosE CAnnon

3. siamesE CAt

4. san josE, CAlifornia