TBD

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Across
  1. 2. activity where hearing one can count as seeing one
  2. 5. patriarch with many descendants, biblically
  3. 8. party gathering
  4. 9. frequent nightstand resident
  5. 11. prepare, as an opportunity
  6. 14. famous girl dad
  7. 15. common crossword provider
  8. 16. father... or fizz
  9. 17. strange
Down
  1. 1. site of a pivotal meeting
  2. 3. technique that quite literally breaks ground
  3. 4. undergraduate destination
  4. 6. family celebration staple
  5. 7. career focus that opened opportunities
  6. 10. mining output
  7. 12. tiny singer
  8. 13. Indiana locale whose name translates to "vale of paradise"