NY Times Crossword

August 7, 2022 

Tina Labadie

(David C. Duncan Dekker)

In each pair of clues below, the answer to the first clue is hinted at by the answer to the second clue.

1. Slanted (three words)

    Top credit rating

2. Founding Father and 2nd cousin to 2nd President

    Daylight Saving Time starting time

3. Secretive (two words)

    Club for farm kids

4. Effigy into which pins are inserted

   TV detective series (2000-2010) set in Aloha State

HINTS:

Answer to the second clue in each pair:

1. Triple A

2. 2 A.M.

3. Four H

4. Hawaii Five-O

 

Answers to first clue in each pair:

 

1. AT AN ANGLE (3 A's)

2. SAMUEL ADAMS (2 AM's)

3. HUSH-HUSH (4 H's)

4. VOODOO DOLL (5 O's)