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<h2>2018 in review</h2> 
<p>In 2018, the news kept coming, by turns confounding, infuriating, alarming and amusing. <a href="https://www.newsday.com/opinion/2018-end-of-year-crossword-newsday-1.24713875" target="_blank">This themed puzzle</a>&nbsp;touches on many of the moments that made 2018 a crazy year.</p> 
<p><em>Michael Dobie</em></p> 
<p><strong>This will be our last newsletter of 2018. The Point will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 2. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year!</strong></p>

Puzzle Point 2018 in review In 2018, the news kept coming, by turns confounding, infuriating, alarming and amusing. This themed puzzle touches on many of the moments that made 2018 a crazy year. Michael Dobie This will be our last newsletter of 2018. The Point will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 2. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year!

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Summer lays out the palette. Winter makes you conjure it.

December's light makes you work

Was Wiles somehow blowing a whistle on the unwieldy shop that she runs?

Motive's the mystery in Trump aide's remarks

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Americans' heritage isn't primarily about whose family had a homestead in 1860.

What Vance gets wrong about being an American

Data compiled for a laudable purpose can later be abused for a nefarious one.

The DOJ suing for voter data is dangerous on many levels

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Climate change has worked its way into every facet of our world.

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Journalists are not adversaries of public safety.

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