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

1. STAGE STRUCK

2. JOHN DEERE TOYS

3. SKETCH ARTIST

4. Shift responsibility to someone else

 

Answer:

 

Each of the first three clues conceals the name of a male deer:

 

1. STAGe struck

2. john DEERe toys

3. sketcH ARTist

 

Answer to Clue 4:

To shift responsibility to someone else is to "Pass the buck." Names for male deer are passed from clue to clue. A BUCK is also the name of a male deer.  

 

Credit:

Katherine Simonson