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Crossword: Toasting the New Year

Here are the theme-related clues to this week's Sunday New York Times crossword.

ACROSS
1 Common toast
12 Sounds accompanying toasts
25 Purported cry from 100-Across upon discovering this puzzle's subject
75 Alternative to 1-Across
77 Connoisseur of this puzzle's subject
100 See 25-Across

DOWN
34 100-Across, for one
39 Cry before "Happy New Year!"


THE ANSWERS
UR PVEPYRQ YRGGREF FCRYY BHG 'OHOOYRF' NAQ 'PUNZCNTAR.'

1 PURREF
12 PYVAXF
25 V NZ QEVAXVAT GUR FGNEF
75 OBGGBZF HC
77 JVAR YBIRE
100 QBZ CVREER CREVTABA

QBJA
34 ORARQVPGVAR ZBAX
39 VG'F GJRYIR B'PYBPX



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