Universal Crossword

February 19, 2026

John Holmes

 

The answers to the clues below have something in common. Can you determine what it is?

 

1. How a paddle is used at an auction house

 

2. Where you may find music stands

 

3. Where you may hear praises

 

Answers:

 

1. For bidding

2. Under scores

3. At tributes 

 

The two words in the two-word answers could be combined to form a longer, unrelated word:

 

1. Forbidding

2. Underscores

3. Attributes

 

Note from JA: In crossword parlance, a DOOK is a term meaning to interpret a two- word answer as a single word  - as in DO OK.