LA Times Crossword

April 1, 2021

Joseph A. Gagni

 

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

 

1. Like some pages in used books

2. Giuseppe Verdi - Americanized?

3. Arcade staple

4. Metaphor suggesting suspense

5. What a fifty-fifty proposition can do

6. Secondary persona

 

Answers to first five clues:

 

1. DOG EARED

2. JOE GREEN

3. VIDEO GAME

4. EDGE OF YOUR SEAT

5. GO EITHER WAY

6. ALTER EGO - - - The consecutive letters EGO are "altered" in each of the five clue answers.