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"Crystal Ball"

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

The December Puzzler Solution

The Crystal Ball is A PAPERWEIGHT, and its prediction is SNOW FLURRIES.

Clear. 1-8. D(O)NA; (m)OMEN(t) 2-7. DE(CAN)TER 3-6. DEVO(U)R (roved rev.) 5-12. AU + TO; A + V + ON 6-11. REMARK + ET 7-10. REP + AIR 9-16. P(I)K + A; EWER (you were homophone) 10-15. RE + VOL(V)ES 11-14. TOMLIN (anag.) 13-20. J + I'VE; KI(L)T14-19. NEW(WYE)ARS 15-18. SE(N + S)ED 17-24. PEAK (homophone); S + PRY 18-23. DRILL + BIT 19-22. S + LIMES 21-4. W.E.B.'S; A C(E)D 22-3. SI + PHONED (is rev.) 23-2. TRIP + OD (pun) Unclear. a. P(A + V)ANE b. T-SHIRT (anag.) c. ALOMAR (hidden) d. WE + LL UP(pull rev.) e. AP(PO)SE f. PA + PAWS g. IN(S)ERT h. A + FRAM + E (farm anag.) i. PRYNNE(odd letters) j. HAM + LET k. S + O + NOR + A l. TIL(t)ING

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