December 25, 2024 - "Climate Control" - Francis Heaney, edited by Ben Tausig
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Puzzle Notes
Dear friends,This is the final AVCX Classic puzzle of 2024. And it comes, aptly, from longtime Classic editor, AVCX Cryptic editor, and (if I may) generational talent Francis Heaney, who this week brings us "Climate Control" at 5/5 difficulty. We hope it's a joyful holiday solve for ya, and we're sending it a little early to help make that possible. It's also a meta, and your instructional text is as follows:
Find the twelve grid entries referred to in 59-Across, then read the first letters of their clues to find an alternate title to this puzzle. Send the solution to climatecontrol@avxwords.com by midnight on Monday, December 30 for a chance to win a cool prize.
Our subscription drive is nearing its end in one week, and we're fantastically grateful to you for all the support you've shown these past two months. We welcome all our new subscribers, invite you to leave a tip if you'd like to help us here in the stretch run, or to send a gift subscription to someone you care about. We'll send specifics in a week or so, but the drive is going very well, thanks to you all. We'd love to finish strong! Happy holidays to all our solvers and friends in the meantime.
The solution file for this week's puzzle will be sent out next week.
Yrs,
Ben and the expanded AVCX crew
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