The clues all suggest compound words or two-word phrases. Each node of the network contains a word, and each edge corresponds to one of the clued compounds. The compound word corresponding to the clue “Your answer” is WATERPROOF, the puzzle's answer.
Alpo competitor | GRAVY TRAIN |
Big kid’s loss | BABY FAT |
Break, in football | TIMEOUT |
Breaking Bad song | BABY BLUE |
Brothel | CATHOUSE |
Chronology | TIMELINE |
Common pet | HOUSE CAT |
Cosmetic item | LIPSTICK |
Dalmatian’s home | FIREHOUSE |
Depression sight | BREADLINE |
Display | READOUT |
Drive that’s caught | LINE-OUT |
Editors do this | PROOFREAD |
Food in the freezer | FISH STICK |
Innovative 1999 film technique | BULLET TIME |
Item found on a Thanksgiving table | GRAVY BOAT |
Its first tenant moved in in 1800 | WHITE HOUSE |
Japanese innovation | BULLET TRAIN |
Like asbestos | FIREPROOF |
Liquor | FIREWATER |
Lone Ranger’s calling card | SILVER BULLET |
Many deaf people can do this | LIP-READ |
Marking on a ship | WATER LINE |
Nineties controversy | WHITEWATER |
Number 80, alternatively | QUICKSILVER |
Olive Garden offering | BREADSTICK |
Plutocrat | FAT CAT |
Protrude | STICK OUT |
Redden or Beetle, e.g. | CATBOAT |
Result of a punch in the mouth | FAT LIP |
Rink feature | BLUE LINE |
Route of the “Little Dig” | SILVER LINE |
Sandler film | BULLETPROOF |
Seuss title animal | BLUE FISH |
Severe snowstorm, sometimes | WHITE OUT |
Shiny vermin | SILVERFISH |
Sleepless in Seattle locale | HOUSEBOAT |
Smoked deli offering | WHITEFISH |
Summary | OUTLINE |
Video player | QUICKTIME |
Where the eights are kept | BOATHOUSE |
Yeastless baked good | QUICK BREAD |
Your answer | WATERPROOF |