| Skill on the verge of extinction |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2026 |
| Skill that few people still practice |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2025 |
| Letter writing, so it's said |
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| Skill on the verge of extinction |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Letter writing, some think |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2023 |
| Skill that's rare these days ... or, parsed differently, a hint to 17-, 27-, 45- and 61-Across |
Universal |
15 Nov 2023 |
| *Penmanship, some think |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2023 |
| Skill on the verge of extinction |
Universal |
10 May 2023 |
| Skill that few people have anymore |
Universal |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Skill rarely practiced now |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2022 |
| Writing in script, nowadays |
New York Times |
06 Dec 2021 |
| *Calligraphy, say |
Universal |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Writing letters, it's said |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Writing letters, some say |
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| Writing letters, some say |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2021 |
| Letter writing, some say |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Sep 2020 |
| Skill rarely seen now |
USA Today |
05 May 2019 |
| Conversation, some say |
New York Times |
03 May 2019 |
| Skill rarely practiced now |
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| Skill rarely practiced now |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Conversation, some say |
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| Skill rarely seen now |
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| Skill rarely practiced now |
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| Letter writing, sadly |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Letter writing, sadly |
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| Letter writing, some say |
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| Letter writing, some say |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2018 |
| Letter writing, some say |
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| Letter writing, sadly |
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| Skill that's rarely seen now |
USA Today |
15 Jun 2017 |
| Skill that's rarely seen now |
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| Letter writing, they say ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2016 |
| Penmanship, it's claimed |
Universal |
28 Apr 2016 |
| Apt alternative title for this puzzle |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Apr 2016 |
| Letter writing, they say ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
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| Letter writing, for example |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2015 |
| Letter writing, for example |
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| Letter writing, some say |
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| Letter writing, it's said |
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| Obsolescent skill |
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| Letter writing, some would say |
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| Now-rare skill |
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| Letter writing, some say |
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| Skill that no one has anymore |
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| Hardly anyone's good at it anymore |
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| Calligraphy, some say |
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| Letter writing, it's said |
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| Writing letters, e.g. |
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| Skill rarely seen |
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| Writing letters, e.g. |
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| Obsolescent skill |
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| Letter writing, some say |
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| Carving figureheads, for instance |
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| Letter writing, as some would say |
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| Carving figureheads, for instance |
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| Skill of the past |
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| Making flint arrowheads, e.g. |
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| Letter writing, perhaps |
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| Letter writing, perhaps |
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| Listening, some would say |
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| Skill often touted but rarely seen |
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| Carving arrowheads, nowadays |
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| Forgotten skill |
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| Writing thank you notes, some say |
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| Penmanship, some say |
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| Skill no longer known. |
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| Forgotten skill. |
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