THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2020 D 13
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This year, we’re thankful for the little things:
for instance, the fact that pencils come with erasers.
EDITED BY JOEL FAGLIANO
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
HELEN
ACURA
YOG I S
ELENA
SIR
OLDS
LEEK
DIVVY
EVER
VERY
FEWER
AWA R E
TEXAS
WR E S T
ASSES
CELEB
CHE E TOS
COA L I T I ON
URNS A L L I
ORC SAX
M I EN COCO
ODDORE V EN
AIRACES
TATER
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9
PUZZLE BY CLAIRE MUSCAT
ACROSS
1 Birds in a cornfield
6 Rapper Rich ___ Quan
7 Quick on one’s feet
8 Like the professor played
by Jerry Lewis and Eddie Murphy
9 Thompson who plays
Charlotte Hale on “Westworld”
DOWN
1 “U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!,” for one
2 No longer following orders
3 Fails to mention
4 Droops
5 “Later!”
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6
7
8
PUZZLE BY FINN VIGELAND
ACROSS
1 John who founded the Sierra Club
5 Cozy and contented
6 2016 Disney film featuring songs
by Lin-Manuel Miranda
7 “Ender’s Game” author ___ Scott Card
8 Baby bird’s home
DOWN
1 Julianne who won Best Actress
for “Still Alice”
2 State school in Amherst: Abbr.
3 “Barring that ...”
4 House speaker before Pelosi
5 “Let’s get a-movin’!”
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9
PUZZLE BY DAVID STEINBERG
ACROSS
1 Roll with a hole
6 Tequila plant
7 Second-largest bone in the body
after the femur
8 Invisibility ___ (Harry Potter’s cover)
9 Cognac brand, in slang
DOWN
1 Quantity of cookies
2 Nimble
3 African country south of Cameroon
4 Mineral water brand
5 Constantly dripping, as a faucet
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13 14
15 16 17
18 19
20 21 22 23
24 25
26 27
PUZZLE BY LYNN LEMPEL
ACROSS
1 Text tweakers, for short
4 Filmless camera type: Abbr.
8 Luxury German autos
10 French girlfriend
11 Thiamine and riboflavin
13 Homo sapiens
14 Spike who directed
“Do the Right Thing”
15 “Go right ahead”
18 Rousing bullring cry
19 Baton Rouge school: Abbr.
20 One overseeing queens
24 “___ us a son is given”
25 Bird of peace
26 Approve, as legislation
27 Undoing of Aesop’s hare
DOWN
1 Diminish
2 Place to get a learner’s permit,
for short
3 What have different strokes
for different folks?
4 Beaver’s construction
5 Show approval to
6 What actors memorize
7 Adjust, as a clock
9 Stick around
12 One of four in a square
15 Bounce to the surface
16 Kagan on the Supreme Court
17 Secondhand
21 Decisive boxing blows, briefly
22 Actress Longoria
23 Sen. counterpart
Many Americans won’t be vis-
iting relatives for Thanksgiving
this year in light of the pan-
demic. With this puzzle, you
can still experience the thrill of
travel, minus the crowds. Fill in
each Thanksgiving-related
phrase on the departure board
using airport codes from the
boarding passes at right.
Each boarding pass contains
the answer for a line on the de-
parture board. You can break up
an airport code, but the letters
must be entered in sequence.
True frequent fliers will cut
out the boarding passes and re-
arrange them to reveal a hidden
image and holiday message.
ReLAX
With This
Travel-Themed
Game
THIS ARTICLE IS BY SAM VON EHREN, ANDREW DORE
AND VERONICA YUROVSKY.
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