USA Today Crossword

May 29, 2022]

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The first four clues below have something in common that is hinted at by the fifth clue. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. "Know what I'm saying?"

2. 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. work hours

3. Increasing wedge in a relationship

4. Certain British elevator

5. Something of tangible or intangible value left by a person who has died 

Answer to Clue 5:

PARTING GIFT

 

Answers to clue 1-4:

 

Each clue can be answered with a phrase that begins with G and ends with IFT - suggesting "parting" GIFT:

 

1. Get my drIFT?"

2. Graveyard shIFT

3. Growing rIFT

4. Gloucester lIFT