Universal Crossword

January 15, 2025

Paul Coulter

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The two-word phrases and compound word below share an unusual property. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. Sit on

2. Hotheads

3. Go under

4. Come in  

HINTS:

Each clue can be changed according to a certain pattern to give another set of phrases and compound words.

 

Answer:

 

By replacing each half of the compound word and each word in the two-word phrases with its opposite, you get another set of compound words and two-word phrases. (The original and new compounds and phrases are not opposites of each other.)

 

1. Sit on - Standoff

2. Hotheads - Cold feet

3. Go under - Stopover

4. Come in - Leave out

 

Puzzle title:

YOU COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG