08.16.08

Questions

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Puzzle by Byron Walden, edited by Will Shortz

HOLYSMOKES (30D. “Yikes!”)!

Nine entries of today’s crossword have clues ending with a question mark -- SHOTCLOCK (1A. Pace pacer?); STENO (23A. Recording artist?); SKIPARKA (39A. Protection for someone on the run?); OHIOSTATE (57A. Columbus’s flagship?); VIPPASSES (59A. Fancy entrees?); HERBARIA (2D. Mint preserves?); SLEEPSOFA (11D. Company retirement asset?); SKYWROTE (36D. Used lofty words?); ORES (50D. Groundbreaking discoveries?).

Huh?

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