LA Times Crossword

August 24, 2021

Freddie Cheng

The answers to the first four clues below will have something in common that is hinted at in the fifth clue.

1. Sci-fi fleet leader

2. Intelligent, perceptive person - informally

3. Indigenous U.S. people

4. Unpredictable, uncontrollable person

5. At a loss for words

Answers:

 

1. Mother ship

2. Sharp cookie

3. Native Americans

4. Loose cannon

5. Tongue-tied - - - The first word of each answer can precede TONGUE:

 

1. Mother tongue

2. Sharp tongue

3. Native tongue

4. Loose tongue