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<h3>What a puzzling time</h3>

<p>To our readers: This is our last edition of 2020. The Point will return on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. We leave you with this crossword puzzle, from Michael Dobie, that captures the highlights and lowlights of this crazy year.</p>

<p>We wish all of you a wonderful, peaceful and safe holiday season. See you in 2021!</p>

<p><a href="https://www.newsday.com/crossword" target="_blank">To play the puzzle, click here</a>.</p>


Puzzle Point What a puzzling time To our readers: This is our last edition of 2020. The Point will return on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. We leave you with this crossword puzzle, from Michael Dobie, that captures the highlights and lowlights of this crazy year. We wish all of you a wonderful, peaceful and safe holiday season. See you in 2021! To play the puzzle, click here.

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The Point's end of year crossword puzzle

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Housing Editorials

Opinion Rail Module

Hochul needs to work with Long Island leaders and offer incentives.

Gov must retool housing plan 

Parking lots at LIRR stations can be used to help meet the region's need.

Use MTA land to build more housing

The governor's housing plan hasn't evolved much.

Hochul budget has LI flaws

The region needs more housing but one size does not fit all.

Hochul must listen to LI

Map: Housing units on Long Island

Opinion Article Bottom Module

Once again, we fear for our own children and grandchildren.

School attacks hit home hard

LaGuardia and its passengers will suffer from the refusal of officials to think big.

AirTrain derailed by small thinking

The Point is Newsday Opinion's daily newsletter inside the local, city and state political scenes.

Santos criticizes Cairo over DeSantis

Gov. Hochul's plan won't help those who are struggling with rent or homeless.

Address the housing shortage for the poor

If you're a parent vacillating over your child's plea for an Easter rabbit, please say no.

Easter bonnets, not Easter bunnies

Democrats flip red, Republicans flip blue on one major issue

Opinion Newsletter Widget

Fresh Trump rhetoric creates new outrage

Opinion Video Playlist

Governor's housing proposal would affect water quality and treatment of sewage.

Hochul plan's environmental impact

Do not let an extremist minority try to turn the nation into a theocracy.

Netanyahu must abandon plan

DeSantis is coming to town

State lawmakers must stop the governor from again avoiding scrutiny on contracts.

Comptroller oversight must be preserved

One of the most successful marketing terms of all time.

There's no such thing as artificial intelligence

California needs resources equal to its coastal challenges.

Our coast is a frontline for climate justice

Medicaid 'carve-out' will save us millions , moral good, more

Give all types of businesses a chance to compete in this emerging LI industry.

Diverse supply chain for offshore wind

Let's make sure we have available the remedy that can save lives. 

Stay vigilant on overdose threat

With lots of free time on my hands, my youngest son, Christopher, and I last spring decided we would open our own Blockbuster, sort of.

The broken-down blue box with a silver lining

Many of us don't feel connected at work, in our communities or in our nation.

Troubling epidemic of non-belonging

School taxes, landfill dependence, UN warning

Opinion - megaslot

Weighing in on Long Island through editorials, columns, guest essays, cartoons, letters and more.