Across
- 4. — Rooftop problem formed by meltwater’s bad timing
- 7. — Deep-red reminder of the month for those born in it
- 9. — Something you might break before the month is half over
- 11. — Cold mess that appears when winter starts to lose its nerve
- 12. — Hard layer atop old snow, tough enough to walk on
- 13. — Point on the calendar where shadows are still short but days are growing
- 15. — What many people set back to normal after New Year break
- 17. — What many try to “firm up” at the start of the year
- 18. — What people metaphorically “turn” in early January
Down
- 1. — Snow formations shaped by a wandering wind
- 2. — Its day is a worldwide celebration of beginnings
- 3. — A sea goat steering the calendar’s opening weeks
- 5. — Month that looks both ways, if its namesake (Janus) does
- 6. — What snow sometimes refuses to do, even in January
- 8. — Temperature event that makes pipes regret January
- 10. — Monthly penalty that January budgets are sworn to avoid
- 14. — January event that proves winter can blink
- 16. — Storm that arrives from the wrong direction to give good news