Across
- 2. Voted America's best beer festival by USA Today readers in both 2019 and 2020
- 6. Established in 1865 as the first historically black college in the South
- 8. Oldest restaurant in Wake County (located north of Raleigh in Wake Forest)
- 9. Goalie who was MVP of the Carolina Hurricanes 2006 Stanley Cup Playoff run
- 10. Well-known nickname of Raleigh
- 12. North Carolina's first state park, and one of the oldest still-operating amusement parks in the world
- 13. Last name of man considered "father" of the North Carolina Museum of History
- 15. 70 feet long and 17 feet tall, the name of the world's largest tobacco worm mural in Wendell, N.C.
- 16. Name of New Year's Eve event that will celebrate 30 years on Dec. 31, 2020
Down
- 1. 17th President of the United States, born near present-day downtown Raleigh
- 3. James Beard-nominated chef Cheetie Kumar's Indian-inspired restaurant
- 4. Legendary bookshop located in Raleigh's North Hills
- 5. Hotel that earned triple Five-Star status from Forbes Travel Guide in 2020
- 7. Team from Raleigh that won the 1974 and 1983 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournaments
- 11. 11th annual diverse music festival that will take place in September in downtown Raleigh
- 14. Downtown Raleigh children's attraction that draws more than 600,000 visitors per year