February 2022

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Across
  1. 3. (Chemistry) To absorb and adsorb and retain (a substance)
  2. 5. The raised part of a sundail that casts the shadow
  3. 7. A rapid gallop or ride
  4. 8. A set of clothing, linens, and sometimes toiletries, for a newborn
  5. 11. Makeup; cosmetics
  6. 12. Word coined by Geoffrey K. Pullum
  7. 14. Having a mealy or powdery texture
  8. 17. Work; especially hard work
  9. 18. A set of jewels intended to be worn together
  10. 19. Hasty and careless, offhand
Down
  1. 1. A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, seen especially in autumn
  2. 2. Formed of a moldable substance, such as clay or earth
  3. 4. (Of the copying of a text) letter by letter
  4. 6. The bottom of a body of water
  5. 9. One of a pair of metal supports used for holding up logs in a fireplace
  6. 10. A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails
  7. 13. (Rare) A group or set of nine
  8. 15. Congratulations
  9. 16. To braid (hair)