Wall Street Journal Crossword

July 15-16, 2023

Alex Eaton-Salners

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Each phrase below names a category of people or things. What else to they have in common?

 

1. PAIN RELIEVER

2. SOCIAL INSECT

3. ODD NUMBER

4. ACADEMY STUDENT

5. SOUTHEAST ASIAN

6. DRUG SMUGGLER

 

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Hidden words

 

Answer:

 

Concealed in correct, but not consecutive, order in the name of each category is a member of that category:

 

1. pAin reLiEVEr (ALEVE)

2. sociAl iNsecT (ANT)

3. Odd NumbEr (ONE)

4. aCAdemy stuDEnT (CADET)

5. souTHeast AsIan (THAI)

6. drug sMUggLEr (MULE) 

 

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