LA Times Crossword
August 31, 2017
David Poole (#1-4)

If volleyball players in Dublin are IRISH SETTERS, what about ...............

1. Euros in Rome?
2. Airport inspectors in Beijing?
3. Dance lessons in Madrid?
4. Number cruncher in New Delhi?
5. Palace guard in Zurich?
6. "To your health" in Paris?
7. Chocolate cake in Amsterdam?
8. Light in Tokyo

HINT:
#4: He's adding.

Answers:

1. Italian bread
2. Chinese checkers
3. Spanish steps
4. Indian summer
5. Swiss watch
6. French toast
7. Dutch treat
8. Japanese lantern

GLOBAL FOODS

The following foods are commonly associated with certain nationalities. Can you name them?

1. Waffles
2. Stew
3. Muffin
4. Potato salad
5. Rice
6. Dressing
7. Toast
8. Meatballs
9. Cabbage
10. Mints
11. Bacon
12. Cheese
13. Steak
14. Ices

Answers:

1. Belgian waffles
2. Irish stew
3. English muffin
4. German potato salad
5. Spanish rice
6. Russian dressing (or French)
7. French toast
8. Swedish meatballs
9. Chinese cabbage
10. Dutch mints
11. Canadian bacon
12. American (or Swiss)
13. Swiss steak
14. Italian ices

NATIONAL LEAGUE II

Each word below is commonly associated with a particular nationality. For example, junk and checkers would follow Chinese. Can you name the nationality associated with these clues?

1. Waffles

2. Bread

3. Cheese

4. Shorts

5. Rice

6. Devil

7. Dressing

8. Delight

9. Rugs

Answers:

1. Belgian

2. French

3. American

4. Bermuda

5. Spanish

6. Tasmanian

7. French, Italian, Russian

8. Turkish

9. Navajo, Persian

NATIONAL LEAGUE I
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Jan. 1987

Laurie Eynon

Each word or pair of words below is commonly associated with a particular nationality. For example, junk and checkers both would follow Chinese. Can you name the nationality that goes with the following:

1. Toast
2. Tape
3. Meatballs
4. Muffin
5. Roulette
6. Shepherd and Measles
7. Omelet
8. Oven and Treat
9. Coffee and Stew
10. Goulash
11. Bath and Delight
12. Steak and Cheese
13. Ice
14. Lantern
15. Bacon
16. Checkers

Answers:

1. French toast
2. Scotch tape
3. Swedish meatballs
4. English muffin
5. Russian roulette
6. German shepherd/measles
7. Spanish omelet
8. Dutch oven/treat
9. Irish coffee/stew
10. Hungarian goulash
11. Turkish bath/delight
12. Swiss steak/cheese
13. Italian ice
14. Japanese lantern
15. Canadian bacon
16. Chinese checkers

DORSAL FINN

The answer to each clue uses the name of a country in a familiar word or phrase.

1. Guard duty in Zurich
2. Madrid waterpipe
3. Gouda or Edam
4. "A Votre Sante"
5. Indecisive in Brussels
6. London breakfast treat
7. Spend all you want in Prague
8. Tonsorial symbol in Warsaw

9. Toronto breakfast staple

10. Very dangerous game

Answers:

1. Swiss watch
2. Spanish main
3. Dutch treat
4. French toast
5. Belgian waffle
6. English muffin
7. Blank Czech

8. Barber Pole

9. Canadian bacon

10. Russian roulette