Boston Globe Crossword 

July 31, 2011

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

 

The answer to each clue below is a two-word phrase in which the second word is a heteronym - a single word that is pronounced in two different ways and has two different meanings - without any change in stress.

 

1. Any old anesthetic

2. One pointing to a shooting star

3. Stream in the Gobi 

4. Guy who scams you while pulling you car 

Answers:

 

1. RANDOM NUMBER

2. METEOR SHOWER

3. DESERT FLOWER

4. CONNING TOWER