Carley's Christmas Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Opposite extremes, for short
  2. 6. Cumulus, cirrus, or digital data holder
  3. 7. _____ the Gathering
  4. 8. Car brand
  5. 9. Buzzing bee
  6. 11. Tennis trophy: _______ Cup
  7. 14. Italian, 'like bows or butterfly wings'
  8. 16. Fun facts
  9. 17. Where paths meet
  10. 21. Hued for a journey home
  11. 22. Tall, hollow grass
  12. 23. idle drawing
  13. 24. Beheaded by Perseus in myth
  14. 26. Freshwater fish, often bred in aquaculture
  15. 29. Soft part of a bloom
  16. 31. Tight-knit group with common goals
  17. 34. Kind of cat in a T.S. Elliot Poem
  18. 37. Grain dish served creamy or fried
  19. 39. Mother of Jesus
  20. 40. red, not often but sometimes
Down
  1. 2. Carley's final Christmas gift
  2. 3. French for "evening event"
  3. 4. Mandatory poker bet
  4. 5. Fruit spread
  5. 10. "The Applegate", for example
  6. 12. Peek _ ___
  7. 13. Between pink and purple
  8. 15. Famed Mexican artist Rivera
  9. 18. Empire State
  10. 19. What gives dough its stretch
  11. 20. what is today?
  12. 24. Car brand
  13. 25. animal with soft wool
  14. 27. Husk-wrapped dish
  15. 28. Spanish for 'blue'
  16. 30. Netflix is _ ____
  17. 32. Surname shared by a riverboat author and a country music star
  18. 33. Break free
  19. 35. Roman goddess of the moon
  20. 36. Snack for Santa
  21. 38. A message containing someone you might avoid messaging
  22. 41. Cloned sheep named for a country singer