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The Exit Zero Crossword<br />
The theme is New Year's... compiled by Nicole James<br />
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ACROSS<br />
4. A “dry month” is what people<br />
participate in to do less of it. (8)<br />
5. Children bang these items<br />
outside at the stroke of<br />
midnight. (4,3,4)<br />
7. Month that New Year’s Day<br />
falls in. (7)<br />
9. The Sunset Supper Club is<br />
offering a complimentary glass<br />
of ______ at their New Year’s<br />
Eve dinner. (6)<br />
11. Final month of the year. (8)<br />
13. Do 20 across to lose this. (6)<br />
14. This New Year is also<br />
referred to as Spring Festival<br />
and the Lunar New Year. (7)<br />
17. Chart followed through the<br />
year. (8)<br />
18. These exciting explosions are<br />
used to celebrate the New Year<br />
as well as the 4th of July. (9)<br />
19. Spending more time with<br />
friends and ______ is a 12<br />
down for many people. (6)<br />
20. ________ is consistently<br />
the most popular New Year’s 12<br />
down. (8)<br />
21. These tend to fill up after<br />
January 1, frustrating some who<br />
have been there for a while. (4)<br />
22. Small pieces of paper<br />
dropped at midnight. (8)<br />
DOWN<br />
1. Say this with a clink of your<br />
glasses. (6)<br />
2. Couples will at midnight.(4)<br />
3. “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…” (9)<br />
6. ____ care is a common<br />
practice to take better care of<br />
yourself. (4)<br />
8. Whose New Year’s Rockin’<br />
Eve is celebrated in Times<br />
Square? (4,5)<br />
9. Symbolizes the “birth” of a<br />
new year. (4,3,4)<br />
10. You’ve celebrated Halloween,<br />
Thanksgiving and Christmas<br />
with this cartoon and New Year’s<br />
Eve is the next. (7,5)<br />
12. A New Year’s<br />
___________ is a change to<br />
focus on a new goal. (10)<br />
15. Pop this sparkling wine to<br />
celebrate. (9)<br />
16. People want to save more of<br />
this in a new year. (5)<br />
18. “New Year, _____ Start.” (5)<br />
SOLUTIONS ON PAGE 41<br />
December 30, 2021 EXIT ZERO Page 79
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