The New York Times - USA (2020-11-15)

THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2020 D 13

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

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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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7

8

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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7

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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

123 4567

8910

11 12

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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