WSJ CROSSWORD

December 12/13, 2020

Matthew Sewell 

Each riddle below can be answered by a word concealed in a two-word phrase. The hidden word spans both words of the phrase.

 

1. Why is an octopus like pitch?

2. Why is a nay vote like a hot drink?

3. Why is a Hyundai like writing fluid?

4. What feature of a large marine mammal is like oxidation?

 

Answers:

 

1. Because it's EIGHT-ARMED

2. Because it's a VOTE AGAINST

3. Because it's made IN KOREA 

4. A WALRUS TUSK