STSH CNY Crossword 2022

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Across
  1. 2. NE4 / DT19
  2. 4. In the beginning I am Green, after which I become my name. I am a/an ______
  3. 5. The name of this fruit in mandarin literally means “Golden Tangerine”
  4. 7. Having a meal with animals and flowers?
  5. 9. Chinese close-fitting dress
  6. 12. Staying up late on the eve of Chinese New Year is said to bring _____ to one’s parents
  7. 15. Kueh _____ (Coconut cookies)
  8. 16. The commonality between Sweeping, eating porridge, and washing your hair during CNY
  9. 18. Packet drink brand that you might consume while visiting relatives
  10. 20. Get together. Also an island in the Indian Ocean
  11. 21. Chinese geomancy
  12. 23. Auspicious number
  13. 28. Obtained fourth place in the animal zodiac race
  14. 30. 5 of these are approximately equivalent to 2 bowls of rice in calories
  15. 32. Scares nian
  16. 33. 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025
  17. 34. Mobile Light
  18. 35. The only loser in the animal zodiac race
  19. 36. Month of CNY 2022
  20. 37. This food item sounds like ‘surplus’ in mandarin
  21. 40. This food item symbolises fertility and having many children
  22. 42. The position luck takes so that it arrives
  23. 43. This plant can be often seen tied with red ribbons, and sometimes bent into various shapes for CNY decoration
Down
  1. 1. Chinese tradition dictates that the amount to be put in a red packet during CNY should be _____
  2. 3. Eaten on the 15th day of CNY
  3. 6. Prized seafood
  4. 8. Street parade held every year as a part of CNY celebrations
  5. 10. 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024
  6. 11. Kueh _____ (Asian Madeleines)
  7. 13. You toss as high as possible when mixing this dish (In mandarin)
  8. 14. 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028
  9. 17. 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030
  10. 19. The sale of this is banned in Singapore
  11. 22. Notes of affection?
  12. 24. Obtained tenth place in the animal zodiac race
  13. 25. Confectionary eaten annually? (In mandarin)
  14. 26. English name of the Ngaku plant, which can be fried to make chips as CNY snacks
  15. 27. Zodiac sign for 2022
  16. 29. AA
  17. 31. The winner of the animal zodiac race
  18. 33. Another name for CNY
  19. 38. Obtained seventh place in the animal zodiac race
  20. 39. Number of days CNY lasts for (Excluding the eve)
  21. 40. Item adorned on the head of the lion in a lion dance to ward off evil spirits
  22. 41. Mythical beast that attacked villagers every CNY