Sunset Geese Flight, Jeff Cushner Thursday, June 25, 2009 Puzzle by Bill Zais, edited by Will Shortz Including the clue number for five entries to complete a phrase constitutes the interrelated entries of this terse Wednesday crossword composed of otherwise unrelated miscellanea -- 3. SHEETS TO THE WIND (Plastered); 5. CARD STUD (Gambling game); 7. PER CENT SOLUTION (Sherlock Holmes novel, with “The”); 20. SOMETHING (One starting a career, perhaps); 40. HOUR WEEK (Work period). A few links -- DIPTYCH (38A. Hinged pair of pictures); EPISTLE (62A. Philemon, e.g.); GRECIAN (64A. Like the Trojan horse); 39. PAINTED Desert; DECCA (30D. Record label of Bill Haley and His Comets); STELE (50D. Archaeological find); and VEE (25D. Migration formation?). -------------------- For today’s cartoon, go to The Crossword Puzzle Illustrated. For the complete post, go HERE.
