NY Times Crossword
September 10, 1996
Gregory E. Paul

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

1. Cold War metaphor
2. Oz denizen
3. Product widely used as a conductor of electricity
4. Medal for valor in combat
5. Metaphor for retirement
6. Failure - as in "It went over like a ......."
7. It "broke the plains."
8. Common kitchen wrap

Answers:

1. Iron Curtain
2. Tin Woodsman
3. Copper wire
4. Silver Star
5. Gold watch
6. Lead balloon
7. Steel plow
8. Aluminum foil