NY Times Crossword
January 4, 2007
Alan Olschwang

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

1. First four words of "Jingle Bells"
2. Inspiration for the US flag's 13 stripes
3. Time, People, The New Yorker, etc.
4. President of the United States, for one

Answers:

1. Dashing through the snow
2. Thirteen Colonies
3. Periodicals
4. Commander in Chief

What they have in common:

Each answer conceals a punctuation mark:

1. DASH
2. COLON
3. PERIOD
4. COMMA