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if you really want your abs to show, you really need to do two things... build the muscles up (exercise) and get rid of the fat that's covering them (diet + exercise).
to build up your abs, you should be lifting weights (full body) and making sure that when you're doing lifts that don't involve your abs you keep them nice and tight and supporting your body. you should also do some sort of core development. crunches can be part of that, but a full core workout... it's benefits will be beyond just nice looking abs.
to get rid of the fat, your diet is essential. the people above seemed to do a pretty good job of covering that. but exercise (cardio) is also important. you should try for 30 minutes some days, but on non-lifting days do high intensity interval training (google it). the higher intensity cardio doesn't take as long and actually burns more calories (recovery included) than plain old cardio. also, you don't want to be pushing yourself really hard each day. professional runners don't, you shouldn't either. if you go 85% one day, the next day you should do 35%. hard day, light day. you really don't want to do two really hard days in a row.
hope that helps.
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