MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Across
  1. 2. A needle work technique I cannot master!
  2. 6. The musical I went to see with Laura in London
  3. 9. I don't seem to have the knack for growing thesein my greenhouse
  4. 13. Iconic cathedral visited on a bike trip to Paris
  5. 16. My garden bushes weighed heavy with this fruit
  6. 18. I followed a course to know how to use this
Down
  1. 1. About 30 pilgrims dropped in on their way here
  2. 3. The total age of all my grandchildren
  3. 4. One of the three borders we touched on a TDB bike trip
  4. 5. University town in the SW where I met an old school friend
  5. 7. Organisation that my affiliation enabled us to stay in Paris
  6. 8. In London, we saw this one being run
  7. 10. The tree produced four of this fruit: two more than last year
  8. 11. An exercise class I have discovered
  9. 12. A favourite art form for some in the family
  10. 14. Museum visited on a second trip (without bike) to Paris
  11. 15. A confluent of the Seine that we followed on our bike trip
  12. 17. The pass I used to travel with 3 grand-daughters