Universal Sunday Crossword

April 30, 2023

Rich Katz and Jeff Chen

NEXT-LEVEL THINKING

  

The first seven clues and their answers below aren't quite right. The answer to the eighth clue is a hint to how the clues must be adjusted so they make sense with their answers. What's the adjustment and what are the corrected clues?

 

1. Figure eights - Social Security Numbers

2. Grand old times - Arabian Nights

3. Perfect score in Vegas - Blackjack

4. Woman with a six-pack - Snow White

5. A penny for your thoughts - Two cents' worth

6. Four Corners Monument - The Pentagon

7. Double-header - Cerberus

8. Certain additional party-goers 

HINT:

Every clue has a number (or a hint of a number) in it.

Answer to Clue 8:

 

PLUS ONES

 

Answers to Clues 1-7:

 

By adding 1 to each of the numbers (or hints of numbers) in the clues, the clue will align with its answer:

 

1. Figure nines - Social Security Numbers

 

2. One Thousand and One [Arabian] Nights (Grand = 1,000)

 

3. Twenty-one (score = 20)

 

4. Woman with a seven-pack (dwarfs)

 

5. Two pennies for your thoughts - Two cents' worth 

 

6. Five corners - Pentagon

 

7. Triple-headed dog - Cerberus