NY Times Crossword
April 19, 2018
Todd Gross

The two names and the word below are clues unto themselves in a certain way. Can you determine the connection?

HINT:
Count the letters.

MISSOURI
ARACHNID
BEETHOVEN

Answers:

MISSOURI has eight letters and the Missouri River borders eight states

ARACHNID has eight letters and eight legs

BEETHOVEN has nine letters and wrote nine symphonies