L.A.Times Crossword Corner

Theme : 90 degree LIE, I think I have the right angle on this puzzle. See this diagram (Notice the four LIEs are symmetrically placed.) In ...

Theme: DUCK-LING fling. Five common English words that can serve double duty as either nouns or verbs are adorned with a diminutive LING ...

Theme: The old switcheroo. Each pair of answers trade ER for OO, or vice versa, which are the ending letters in SWITCH ER OO . By switchin...

Theme: Lost in the City or the Country. Each of the six theme answers is capital of a country, with a single letter taken from the name of ...

Theme: Reduplication - Four 9-letter words or phrases  that only the rhyming part is the same; the initial part is different. The vowel is ...

Theme: HEAVE-HO . To get rid of something, a forcible dismissal, as throwing something overboard. Heave, by itself, means "throw.&...

Theme: The Long and Short of It - Long E sound in EE/EA + LL(s) combination in the last word of each familiar phrase is changed into short ...