Idly pluck, as a banjo / THU 1-1-26 / “Mob Psycho 100” genre / Charon’s domain / Initialism for an online advertiser / Some Bavarian cries / Role for Annie Potts on “Young Sheldon” / One of Us, say? / Test graders’ aids / Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss? / Preparation for many a surprise party / Denizen of hell / Chill pill, essentially / So-called “fifth taste”
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Idly pluck, as a banjo / THU 1-1-26 / “Mob Psycho 100” genre / Charon’s domain / Initialism for an online advertiser / Some Bavarian cries / Role for Annie Potts on “Young Sheldon” / One of Us, say? / Test graders’ aids / Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss? / Preparation for many a surprise party / Denizen of hell / Chill pill, essentially / So-called “fifth taste”

Constructor: Topher BoothRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: ANSWER KEYS (61A: Test graders' aids ... or what is needed to respond to the...
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Fashion designer Lange / THU 12-25-25 / Transcript ruiners / Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders / Right-eous path? / Footwear for a bride, perhaps / Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on “Sex and the City” / Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters / Ballon ___ (soccer star’s award) / “___ the Limit” (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.)
Puzzles

Fashion designer Lange / THU 12-25-25 / Transcript ruiners / Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders / Right-eous path? / Footwear for a bride, perhaps / Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on “Sex and the City” / Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters / Ballon ___ (soccer star’s award) / “___ the Limit” (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.)

— the puzzle depicts the first verse of "Jingle Bells," with lyrics appearing in a series of fill-in-the-blank clues; the final part of...
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