LA Times Crossword

July 21, 2022

Erica Hsiung Wojcik and May Huang

 

The three phrases below have something in common that is hinted at by the last clue. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. SOY BURGERS

2. BUT SURELY

3. WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE

4. EMBARRASSED

 

HINT:

Word reversals

 

Answers:

#4: Turning red

#1-3: Each phrase contains the reversed name of a shade of the color red:

 

1. soY BURgers - RUBY

2. buT SURely - RUST

3. whEN I Was your age - WINE