The Christmas Gift

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Across
  1. 3. daughter’s hair color, pejoratively
  2. 4. vampire repellant
  3. 7. familiar spice in Chinese cooking
  4. 10. “oh, for goodness’s ___!”
  5. 13. brains, or poolside jousting implements
  6. 15. to cuddle, back to front
  7. 16. novice pianist’s primer
  8. 17. alter ego: ___ Mockler
  9. 19. diabetic’s gaoler
Down
  1. 1. soup stock for the meat-averse
  2. 2. Pacific coast cling-on
  3. 5. Midwestern prized export
  4. 6. Booker T & the MG’s hit
  5. 8. The Hippies’ Delight
  6. 9. what a fleeing sodomite might turn into
  7. 11. to knock over 9 pins
  8. 12. fermented paste
  9. 14. incantation at a threshold: “open ___!”
  10. 17. Shall I add a smaller, milder onion?
  11. 18. life’s first nursery