Crossword Puzzle 1

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Across
  1. 2. Short for vaccination (Collins, 2022).
  2. 4. An expression of derision (Collins, 2022).
  3. 6. A metal disk or counter, used as for operating a pay telephone (Collins, 2022).
  4. 8. Of or relating to a family (Muridae) comprising the typical mice and rats and often those rodents classified as cricetids (Merriam-Webster, 2022).
  5. 12. To dance to pop music (Cambridge Dictionary, 2022).
  6. 13. Short for dividend, esp (formerly) one paid by a cooperative society (Collins, 2022).
  7. 14. A small amount, degree, extent, etc. (Collins, 2022).
  8. 16. Of or resembling a doddering old woman (Merriam-Webster, 2022).
  9. 17. Pretentious but empty talk; nonsense (Collins, 2022).
  10. 19. A dish of many different ingredients (Wright, 2022).
  11. 20. A broad bean; plural form (Merriam-Webster, 2022).
  12. 21. Any of several composite plants, esp. of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk; plural form (Collins, 2022).
  13. 23. Nothing (Erskine, 2022).
  14. 24. An absolute yes that implies far more than a simple yes; plural form (Barrow, 2003).
  15. 25. A plant that contains cocaine (Collins, 2022).
Down
  1. 1. A silly or stupid person (Collins, 2022).
  2. 2. To swear or make an oath (Collins, 2022).
  3. 3. A villa, estate, or ranch (Collins, 2022).
  4. 5. The government and court of the Roman Catholic Church, with the Pope in the highest position (Cambridge Dictionary, 2022).
  5. 7. Short for often (Collins, 2022).
  6. 9. Someone who's highly skilled or knowledgeable in a particular field or activity (Urban Dictionary, 2022).
  7. 10. A substitute pronoun for "he" and "she", but not a replacement for "it" (Wortschöpfer, 2022).
  8. 11. The sixth letter in the Greek alphabet; plural form (Collins, 2022).
  9. 12. A water carrier, as to a household or a regiment (WordSense Dictionary, 2022).
  10. 13. Baby-talk alteration of diaper (Merriam-Webster, 2022).
  11. 15. Pertaining to or containing the divalent radical N:N (Collins, 2022).
  12. 17. A destination; goal (Collins, 2022).
  13. 18. A voice or sound, and the plural of vox (Collins, 2022).
  14. 22. Intensely interested or passionate (Collins, 2022).
  15. 24. A type of cattle that has long hair and long horns (Collins, 2022).