Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
- 2 Across
- Gifts wrapped for birthdays and holidays
- 5 Across
- The ___ point of the Earth's axis
- 10 Across
- Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn (plural)
- 11 Across
- A hard ___ in the shape of a rod (plural)
- 13 Across
- A festival featuring African-American culture
- 15 Across
- The calendar ___ just begun (plural)
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- Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg
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- American plants closely resembling Old World ___
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- The imparting of news or promises etc
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- A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
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- A figure of a person made of packed snow
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- Holiday celebrated on December 25
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- An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
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- The legendary patron saint of children
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