Universal Crossword 

September 26, 2025

Suzanne Oliver 

 

There is something unusual about the answers to the clues below that is hinted at by the last clue. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. "Let's just go along with it" - When in Rome ........

 

2. "Oh, that's too bad" - What a shame ........

 

3. "That figures" - How typical ........

 

4. "You're askin' for it" - Why I oughta .......

 

5. Objectionable inquiry - as in a court trial

 

Answers to Clue 5:

Leading question

 

What is unusual about the answers:  

 

The answers begin with traditional question words - When, What, How, and Why - but they are not questions - they are statements.