Wall Street Journal Crossword

October 28, 2022 

Mike Shenk

What do the following words have in common?

TEAK

FONT

TEASE

CARESSED

MERINGUE

 

HINTS:

1. Halloween

2. It's phonetic.

3. The same word, properly placed, will change each clue word into a new one.

 

Answer:

 

Precede each clue word with BOO to get the phonetic pronunciation of a new word:

 

TEAK - BOOTEAK - BOUTIQUE

FONT - BOOFONT - BOUFFANT 

TEASE - BOOTEASE - BOOTIES

CARESSED - BOOCARESSED - BUCHAREST

MERINGUE - BOOMERINGUE- BOOMERANG