Merry Christmas Dad 2024

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Across
  1. 3. species of tropical birds found in South America with unclear taxonomic position, national bird of Guyana
  2. 9. small spiny mammal, shrub-swine
  3. 10. chain of ice cream restaurants, founded in 20 across, 1983
  4. 15. mate of 14 down
  5. 16. Most populous city in South Dakota, named for the local cascades
  6. 17. Milton Bradley board game released in 1965 “Meet your secret admirer!”
  7. 19. West African antelope recognized as the world's smallest
  8. 20. Southern state admitted March 3, 1845
  9. 22. The Gävle Goat has repeatedly been the victim of these attacks
  10. 24. Popular American folk singer, born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
  11. 25. songbird with meowing call- Ailuroedus
  12. 26. chairman and founding member of The Useless Information Society
  13. 27. Grinch’s dog
Down
  1. 1. always a pleasant surprise 🙂
  2. 2. either common or black-footed, member of the weasel family
  3. 4. African carnivore of the weasel family, aka striped polecat
  4. 5. aka Zulu hud bug, cubist-like markings eponymous of Spanish painter
  5. 6. Treat made of piped and fried choux pastry dough
  6. 7. bracket or shelf fungi
  7. 8. The fifth-most densely populated U.S. state
  8. 11. American bird of prey, removed from IUCN threatened species list in 2007
  9. 12. aka Sin City, Spanish for "the meadows”
  10. 13. ARG, like Omega Mart
  11. 14. Mascot of the C&O Railway
  12. 18. genus Molothrus- obligate brood parasites, seen near cattle
  13. 21. Sirenian seen around Australia, fluked tail
  14. 23. aka white antelope or screwhorn antelope, native to Sahara