Wall Street Journal Crossword

January 19, 2023

Peter A. Collins

This puzzle has hard clues and easy clues. 

 

HARD CLUES

Think of a single word that can be read as a two-word phrase by using as the first word a shorter word embedded in the longer one. The letters of the shorter word are in correct, but not consecutive order.

 

1. Belonging to former times

2. Wild goose chase

3. Specifying exactly

4. Delta, Southwest, and the like

 

EASY CLUES 

Each word below has the letters of a shorter word within it, with the letters in correct, but not consecutive order. The shorter word plus the original word make up a familiar two-word phrase. Can you find the shorter word and the phrase?

1. WORLD

2. AROUND

3. POINTING

4. CARRIERS

 

Answers:

 

1. (OLD) WORLD 

2. (RUN) AROUND 

3. (PIN) POINTING 

4. (AIR) CARRIERS 

 

BONUS:

Can you think of a nine-letter word that could be added to the list naming a winter warmer-upper?

Answer:

CHOCOLATE