LAB Winter 2

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Across
  1. 1. Fall fest for pdx Booklovers (abbr.)
  2. 4. Mightier than the sword
  3. 5. Works in Verse
  4. 8. Barista's Creations OR the 2nd half of a Baldree Title
  5. 12. Busy Town Denizen
  6. 13. Our neighbor's philosophic namesake
  7. 15. Illuminated Reading?
  8. 16. Icelandic Christmas tradition Jólabókaflóðið, translated
  9. 17. To dig deep
  10. 20. Annual Willamette Week Nonprofit Fundraiser
  11. 22. 2024 Novel, LitArts bestseller since opening
  12. 24. Ale dispenser OR name of the literary arts podcast, briefly
  13. 25. Author celebrating 250th birthday this December
Down
  1. 2. It keeps your place
  2. 3. Portland's city-wide youth poetry slam
  3. 6. Local lit honor, briefly.
  4. 7. The biggest section at the Literary Arts bookstore
  5. 9. "Find your ___ here"
  6. 10. Steeped Beverage OR Slang for gossip
  7. 11. Knopf Spine Hound
  8. 14. Portlanders don't carry this, supposedly
  9. 15. A Literary Arts writer's residency will open in this author's former home
  10. 18. Murdle, for example
  11. 19. "____" and lectures
  12. 21. A type of Slam OR out our front door
  13. 23. One may carry their new books in this