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O CHRISTMAS TREE is a [Literal hint to what can be drawn by connecting nine letters when this puzzle is finished] (5D). The ...

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DARIUS KUOLYS, who was Lithuania’s first culture minister after a 1990 declaration of independence and who now teaches literature, on the nation pausing performances of “ The Nutcracker” in solidarity ...

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