A CHRISTMAS CAROL Stave One

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Across
  1. 2. first name of Scrooge's late business partner
  2. 3. a word that Scrooge uses to describe Christmas
  3. 5. Marley died this number of years ago to the day
  4. 6. Scrooge says Bob's speech about Christmas is so powerful he should consider entering this place
  5. 7. Marley's ghost is wearing these, made out of cashboxes, padlocks and steel purses
  6. 8. Marley is as dead as one of these
  7. 9. Bob Cratchit's family relationship to Scrooge
  8. 11. someone who refuses to spend money and hordes their wealth
  9. 15. city in which the story is set
  10. 17. a funeral song that the ghosts utter outside Scrooge's window
  11. 19. On the way home, Bob indulges in a playful Christmas tradition of going down a slide this many times
  12. 20. Scrooge says hunger and lack of care may be desirable as this needs to be reduced
  13. 22. another word for a ghost
  14. 23. name for the cheap porridge that Scrooge eats to save money
Down
  1. 1. The charity collectors offer to write this down as Scrooge's name on the donor list
  2. 4. Scrooge thinks this is what is causing him to hallucinate and see things that aren't there
  3. 10. The place poor people went in 19th century England if they needed food and a place to stay
  4. 11. This man's face mysteriously appears on the door knocker of Scrooge's house
  5. 12. Scrooge would like to see people calling `Merry Christmas!' boiled together with this staple Christmas food
  6. 13. this is lacking in the office because Scrooge refuses to pay for another lump of coal
  7. 14. Needy people on the street should be put in one of these, says Scrooge
  8. 16. Bob asks Scrooge to allow him to take Christmas Day off work so he can be with his ________
  9. 18. Scrooge prefers this to being with people at Christmas time
  10. 19. the number of spirits that Marley tells Scrooge will be visiting him
  11. 21. Scrooge hears the sound from these operating all by themselves in his room