LA Times Crossword

April 26, 2024

Winston Emmons

 

Each word or phrase below can be anagrammed into a word or phrase that completes a familiar expression. What are the words and what are the expressions?

1. DOING LESS

2. BASHED TANK

3. SALT SWORD

4. FAST RELIEF

5. BAT WREATH

HINTS:

First letters of the anagrammed word or phrase:
1. G

2. H

3. L

4. F

5. B

Answers to the anagrams:

1. godliness

2. hand basket

3. last words

4. fear itself

5. bath water

 

Answers to the expressions:

 

1. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

2. Going to hell in a hand basket

3. Famous last words

4. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

5. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.