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January puzzle:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17ENw2x6fdfZVawIj41DAVulLgUjbhcxY/view?usp=sharing

December solution:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UT2zwqYFtx39ieAKocGNelh1R_CUq76L/view?usp=sharing

For best results, please download, open, then print.

Scans courtesy of Sunray.

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Previous puzzles & threads can be found here:

2021: https://tinyurl.com/yysa2ckr

2020: https://tinyurl.com/u584qqb

2019: http://tinyurl.com/y9z7ukwd

2018: http://tinyurl.com/ybkexusg

2017: http://tinyurl.com/je5vkm8

2016: http://tinyurl.com/h2zduy4

2015: http://tinyurl.com/oynnjsx

2014: http://tinyurl.com/o6g6w4u

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Thanks yet again syzygy and sunray.

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Thanks, syzygy and sunray.

Thanks, syzzie and sunray. I'm not getting 22d: Writer deserving of two hugs? (4) Perhaps the third word of my 23a is wrong.

Hi aristo, the 2nd hug being "o" as in "x"s and "o"s = kisses and hugs which I think originated your side of the pond.

Thanks, ginge. I did get O as hug. I had the other of two possible crossers.

Puss och kram?

Ja, jono.

I like the last across word in the puzzle but had never heard it. Did it originate in the Us?
I like 19ac. A long time ago I wrote rather a naughty story about them- just imagine what they could do !!!

Yes, it’s American, and very commonly used.