NY Times Crossword

May 14, 2023

Sid Sivakumar

ALTERNATE ENDINGS I

 

Consider the two clues:

JAMBA .... Cajun meat and rice dish

TIME KE ... Person with a stopwatch

Can you think of a two-word phrase in which every other odd letter (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.) will finish off JAMBA to answer clue, and every other even letter (2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.) will finish off TIME KE to answer the clue?

HINT:

Many a presidential election occurs in one

Answer:

 

LEAP YEAR:

LAYA - JAMBALAYA

EPER - TIME KEEPER