NY Times Crossword
April 6, 2009
Dustin Foley

The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. Speaking with lofty language
2. Withholding nothing
3. The fate of every fad, sooner or later
4. First-in-the-nation presidential primary state

Answers:

1. Waxing poetic
2. Full disclosure
3. Waning interest
4. New Hampshire

The initial words of the answers describe the cycle of the phases of the moon.