Tossing and Turning

Butler University mathematician Jerry Farrell has telekinesis. Here’s a demonstration. Toss a coin and enter the result (HEAD or TAIL) as 1 Across in the grid below. Then solve the rest of the puzzle:

farrell puzzle

Across                                   Down

1 Your coin shows a ______               1 Half a laugh
5 Wagner's earth goddess                 2 Station terminus?
6 Word with one or green                 3 Dec follower?
                                         4 Certain male

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Here’s the solution without your coin result: The fact that your result fits so neatly into the grid shows that Farrell controlled the coin flip. And how can he have done that but by telekinesis? (From Alan Connor, The Crossword Century, 2014. Related: a clairvoyant penny.)

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