NY Times Crossword

January 5, 2023

Emily Carroll 

SQUEEZE PLAY

 

The name of a popular musical/musical theater production of the past can be added to or inserted into both letter strings in each set below.  Each  of the new strings can then be parsed to reveal a word, phrase, or expression.

 

1. CAN

    PAJAMAS

 

2. LTE

    INBLE

 

3. COCS

    TESTAURANT

 

4. PAAL

    CURBYOUHUSIASM

 

Answers:

 

1. CATS

    CAT SCAN

    CAT'S PAJAMAS

 

2. EVITA

    LEVITATE

    INEVITABLE 

 

3. HAIR

    CO-CHAIRS 

    THAI RESTAURANT 

 

4. RENT

    PARENTAL 

    CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM