Winter Festivals
ACROSS
1. Hindu holiday that celebrates the victory of good over evil
7. Devices for streaming video
14. Trapped
16. Decked out
17. Got some air
18. Hockey teams, e.g.
19. Bigmouth, e.g.
20. “___ my brother's keeper?”
21. 1942 Preakness winner
24. Hold firm
29. Agent, for short
30. Ancient mariner?
33. Assumed appearance
34. “Them”
35. Opinion pieces
38. Genetic molecules
39. Modern-day merging of Christian and Jewish holidays
42. Akron's home
44. Lenin's successor
45. “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” constable
48. Stimulates
50. Endangered goose
51. Driver's ID
52. Fictional holiday introduced on “Seinfeld”
55. “I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie” author
57. “As you sew, so shall you also ___”
58. With the bow, in music
60. Bullfighters
64. Ushers
68. Island instrument
69. Synchronized
70. Most nervous
71. If nothing changes
DOWN
1. Early sixth-century date
2. “Newhart” setting
3. “Do ___ Diddy Diddy”: 1964 song
4. Addis ___, Ethiopia
5. Dogpatch denizen
6. Poet Juana ___ de la Cruz
7. Attended
8. Plant disease
9. ___ Day, gift-giving day after Christmas
10. Computer monitor, for short
11. “Wheel of Fortune” request
12. Big Apple attraction, with “the”
13. '60s campus gp.
15. Dentist's deg.
21. “Woof!”
22. Fierce type, astrologically
23. Homo sapiens, for example
24. Tribal healers
25. ___ mater
26. Tiny aperture
27. Al Jolson's real first name
28. French possessive
31. Medical ending
32. ___ D.A.
36. Winter festival celebrated in various forms, traditions include burning a log
37. Birthday suit
40. Romance novelist Victoria
41. Patellas
42. Taking a vacation day, say
43. ___ and cry
46. N, E, W, or S
47. Beerfest mo.
49. “Yes ___, Bob!”
53. Early fiddles
54. Bent out of shape
56. ___ Day, celebrating the day Buddha experienced enlightenment
58. “Aladdin” prince
59. Soap actress Sofer
60. Calendar abbr.
61. Approved
62. Cheap hairpiece
63. “Boola Boola” singer
65. ACT alternate
66. “It ___” (reply to “Who's there?”)
67. Super ___ (video game console)
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