Christmas Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Season — not the feast itself.
  2. 3. “Is”: arrives late, repairs damage.
  3. 6. “So be it” — conclusion, not explanation.
  4. 10. One — grammatical, not numerical.
  5. 11. Flesh, cut from a longer assertion.
  6. 13. Constellation — elevated, but not yet highest.
  7. 15. Heavenly sign — seasonal, but not the child.
  8. 18. Pray — imperative, familiar from carols.
  9. 19. Gifts — hospitality in ancient usage.
Down
  1. 2. Night before — anticipation, not arrival.
  2. 4. Greeting — classical, not seasonal.
  3. 5. Peace — but only after surgery.
  4. 7. Born — but not as completely as you first think.
  5. 8. Done — but only after something else is restored.
  6. 9. Term before it sheds what later makes it real. (points to VERBUM thematically)
  7. 12. Nourishing — as in a well-known hymn.
  8. 14. Fashionable — or performing containment, depending.
  9. 16. Ceremony — formal, traditional.
  10. 17. Now — but missing what customarily follows.