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Across
  1. 2. Country whose people exploded into protests that started Dec. 28, 2025 and have continued into the new year.
  2. 6. You might make one of allegiance or to a sorority — and now you can hear it every morning at South (pg. 12).
  3. 8. Sport at the center of HBO series “Heated Rivalry” … and the center of a heated international politics dynamic at the Winter Olympics (pg. 20).
  4. 9. Beloved “guy in the math center” who fuels South students with candy and math lessons (pg. 16).
  5. 11. Hurtling headfirst down an icy water slide — and somehow it’s an Olympic sport?
  6. 12. US state recently a central target of ICE raids.
  7. 14. Ward 2 councilor David who made a controversial move (pg. 3).
  8. 16. The day of February that the paper you’re holding in your hands came out; number of times Abby has seen Six
  9. 18. Our beloved columnist who is melted but never forgotten (pg. 9).
Down
  1. 1. Super Bowl LX halftime headliner with sick beats and poignant political commentary.
  2. 3. Color of envy and last name of South diver Jazmine (pg. 19).
  3. 4. Winner of Super Bowl LX :(
  4. 5. A girl’s best friend, a dog’s worst enemy and what Sweet Dream in Newton Centre sells (pg. 16).
  5. 7. Nickname for your grandma, maybe, or what many of music’s best artists won on Feb. 1 (pg. 10).
  6. 10. “Wuthering _____,” classic Emily Bronte novel with a new movie adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi coming to theaters Feb. 13.
  7. 13. What did one squirrel say to the other on Valentine’s? I’m ___ about you!
  8. 15. Word that fills the blanks of both White Mountain ____ and New City Micro____ (pg. 4).
  9. 17. British singer-songwriter Olivia who took home the Grammy for Best New Artist.