Happy Birthday Nathaniel!

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Across
  1. 3. desire
  2. 5. Will Shortz
  3. 6. social gathering
  4. 10. toys, problems, or other contrivances designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
  5. 12. a flattish, compact mass of something, especially soap
  6. 13. you get one of these per year
  7. 14. month when we are reminded to be grateful
  8. 16. a distinct period of history
  9. 17. elsewhere
  10. 19. approaching or reaching (a particular condition)
  11. 21. the study of riddles (puzzles)
  12. 23. cheery
  13. 24. puzzle people like to put the ____ in order
Down
  1. 1. present
  2. 2. number of days of Christmas
  3. 4. a form of play or sport
  4. 7. used to refer to the person that the speaker is addressing
  5. 8. the action of marking pleasure at an important event
  6. 9. Amendment to the Constitution that forbids any changes to the salary of Congress members from taking effect until the next election concludes.
  7. 11. plural unit of luminous intensity
  8. 15. gust
  9. 18. web site is a resource center for crossword puzzle constructors.
  10. 20. retainer
  11. 22. expressing the relationship between a part and a whole