INITIAL THOUGHTS By Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman Puzzles Edited by Will Shortz Lance Enfinger is a community pharmacist at a Publix pharmacy in Charlotte, N.C. John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer specializing in cybersecurity. A year ago, Lance texted John: ‘‘Observation in search of a theme — [22-Across].’’ John liked it. Over the next 10 days, they brainstormed hundreds more examples of wordplay like this before choosing their favorites for this puzzle.
