LA[b] Winter

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Across
  1. 3. Busy Town Denizen
  2. 6. "Find your ___ here"
  3. 8. Works in Verse
  4. 9. Summer Reading Format
  5. 11. 2024 Novel, LitArts bestseller since opening
  6. 13. Knopf Spine Hound
  7. 14. Portland's city-wide youth poetry slam
  8. 17. Barista's Creations OR the 2nd half of a Baldree Title
  9. 18. One who enjoys books
  10. 20. The biggest section at the Literary Arts bookstore
  11. 21. Icelandic Christmas tradition Jólabókaflóðið, translated
  12. 23. Mightier than the sword
  13. 24. Coziest LitArts Drink Special
  14. 26. It keeps your place
  15. 28. Illuminated Reading?
  16. 29. "____" and lectures
  17. 31. A Literary Arts writer's residency will open in this author's former home
  18. 32. Steeped Beverage OR Slang for gossip
Down
  1. 1. What one may carry their new books in
  2. 2. Portlanders don't carry this, supposedly
  3. 4. Puts words to pages
  4. 5. Hometown of Literary Arts
  5. 7. Ale dispenser OR name of the literary arts podcast, briefly
  6. 8. Murdle, for example
  7. 10. Annual Willamette Week Nonprofit Fundraiser
  8. 12. Local lit honor, briefly.
  9. 15. Bookseller vetted reads
  10. 16. A type of Slam OR out our front door
  11. 19. our neighbor's philosophic namesake
  12. 22. Klickitat street pet
  13. 25. Fall fest for pdx Booklovers (abbr.)
  14. 27. Author celebrating 250th birthday this December
  15. 30. to dig deep