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Appropriately, I only realized my mistake when I read the clue on the PRINT OUT of the puzzle as I was preparing ... Stories about PIPPI have been adapted for movies and TV. DAN (36A: Karate ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. I appreciate that the break in the word PRINT is different in each theme answer and progresses as you move down the grid: PR/INT to PRI/NT to PRIN/T.

SNOW (35D: Winter weather in many holiday movies ... for an enjoyable crossword, and this puzzle fit the bill. I appreciate the consistency of the word break in all of the theme answers: M ...

(GET IT?) The word CEILING in the title allowed me to guess that the theme answers would be vertical today. Thank you, Michael, for this enjoyable puzzle.

We’ve distilled some highlights of the year in Chicago news into this crossword puzzle, which will surely bring our city so much joy that we will instantly have a budget and a teachers’ contract.