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Rhymes with… oh, never mind.
5.
Ornaments hung by toddlers end up on these branches.
10.
Orange and black are popular colors for this month’s “dressy” holiday.
11.
Pink ink?
12.
Complexion of a one-eyed, one-horned flying people eater?
15.
One of the rainbow seven?
16.
Commits blackmail
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A problem you iron out in the rain?
18.
Noble glow
19.
Water into red wine, for example
20.
Shades of color
22.
Game where the goal is green
25.
Proud plumage pigment?
27.
Scientific, Socratic or an acting technique
28.
These bells ring at Christmastime?
31.
Gray-haired person who got run over by a reindeer
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These are often learned the hard way
33.
A gray nimbus is a harbinger of this weather
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Goes to bed to dream of sugar plums
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Gentle bite of a Christmas cookie
4.
Eggnog tint?
5.
Key pie ingredient?
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Shiny red toys that are popular Christmas gifts
7.
Moment when color enters the sky
8.
A penny for your thoughts?
9.
Leave him on the island without his favorite crayon?
13.
Eager to open presents on Christmas morning
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King dressed in orange, black and white
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Written with a definite slant
20.
Respect shown to a king, such as the gifts given by the Magi
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Essence of vanilla, almond or mint
23.
It goes without saying
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Home for Christmas trees?
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A dusting of fresh, white snow
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Met under the mistletoe
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Not as bright as the Air Force?
30.
Completely crazy, as a professor, perhaps? |