COIN
Photo: stroboscopic coin toss by Andrew Davidhazy
Photo: stroboscopic coin toss by Andrew Davidhazy ----------------- Thursday, August 13, 2009 Puzzle by Patrick McIntyre, edited by Will Shortz COIN FLIPS (32A. Starts of some games … and of the answers to 16-, 22-, 48- and 56-Across?), NICOTINE (16A. Ingredient in some gum), ICONOCLAST (22A. Oscar Wilde or Bill Maher, for example), INCOMPLETE (48A. Like some passes) and CONIFERS (56A. Cedar and hemlock) are the interrelated entries of this clever Thursday crossword. Links for the day -- AIR SPEED (29D. What machmeters measure); SEPTATE (10D. Having a dividing wall, in biology); SUNSETS (1D. Hackneyed movie endings); CANINE (55A. Fang); 20D. Buck ONEIL, first black coach in Major League Baseball (Cubs, 1962); SERENA (28A. Sister who’s won the U.S. Open three times); CMI (55D. Third year in the reign of Edward the Elder); TITO (51A. Mambo king Puente). ----------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
