Wall Street Journal Crossword

October 28, 2022

Mike Shenk

 

HALLOWEEN TEASER

 

Can you figure out how the clues below relate to Halloween?

1. Mock - Soft footwear

2. Type style - Puffy hairstyle

3. Deck material - Specialty store

4. Lemon pie topping - It will come back to you    

5. Touched tenderly - Capital of a nation on the Black Sea

HINT:

The answers to the first parts of each clue can be preceded by the same word.

Answer:

When the answers to the first parts of each clue are preceded by BOO, the result phonetically answers the second parts of the clues:

1. Mock = Tease - BOO TEASE - BOOTIES

 

2. Type style =  Font - BOO FONT - BOUFFANT

3. Deck material = Teak - BOO TEAK - BOUTIQUE

4. Lemon pie topping = Meringue - BOO MERINGUE - BOOMERANG

 

5. Touched tenderly = Caressed - BOO CARESSED - BUCHAREST