Mae and Aravind's 2023 Holiday Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Second-biggest city in Maryland
  2. 4. FX drama about a Chicago restaurant, with "The"
  3. 6. Summer 2023 double-header, with Oppenheimer
  4. 9. Italian sport with lawn balls
  5. 10. Kate Beaton's book that won Canada Reads 2023
  6. 13. Gladstone from "Killers of the Flower Moon"
  7. 15. Coveted fungus with a honeycomb look
  8. 16. Not quite fresh water, not quite salt water
  9. 21. Strike noun?
  10. 22. An Eastern Prickly Pear, for one
  11. 23. Capital city of Puerto Rico
  12. 24. Fried pastries with spiced potatoes, or our pickleball league team name
  13. 25. 5 calls is an ___ that helps call your US representatives
  14. 26. University of Maryland graduate Jim Henson's creation
  15. 28. Kennedy with a popular newsletter about food
Down
  1. 1. Nutella ingredient: Corylus avellana
  2. 3. Suffix to mani and pedi
  3. 4. Buzzers that pollinate blueberries
  4. 5. Plant it in the Fall to get some cloves in the Spring
  5. 7. The B&A trail connects Annapolis and this city
  6. 8. Nida Manzoor's 2023 British martial arts comedy film
  7. 11. Sculpting clay into mugs, bowls, and more
  8. 12. Think like a cow?
  9. 14. Intaglio is one of many techniques of this art form
  10. 17. 2022 Irish drama about the five Garvey siblings
  11. 18. Hurry
  12. 19. It's called "Viennese bread" instead of this in Denmark
  13. 20. South Indian savory crepes made with lentils and rice
  14. 26. Home of Tom Lee Park and the Blues
  15. 27. Nicholas ______, cricketer from the Caribbean