LA Times Crossword

September 19, 2022

Katie Hale

 

The five phrases below are the theme answers to this crossword puzzle. Can you think of the clue the constructor used - whose answer, when parsed in a certain way, cleverly describes something all the phrases have in common?  The common property has nothing to do with the meanings of the phrases.

SOLAR LAMP

SPEED BUMP

SKI JUMP

SPACE CAMP

SUGAR LUMP

Answer:

 

The clue is WALK HEAVILY.

The answer is STOMP - - - parsed as S TO MP.

All the phrases start with S and end with MP.