Winter

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Across
  1. 1. This South American city was named after the winter month in which the adjacent river was sighted by the Portuguese.
  2. 4. This wintry children’s movie was much maligned by Jordan Peterson, which he described as “deeply propagandistic.”
  3. 5. This film’s Arctic isolation helped inspire the video game, “Among Us.”
  4. 6. The acronym for St. Joe’s winter social justice trip, which, this year, was to Los Angeles.
  5. 8. This Arctic animal features a prominent horn that is actually a tooth.
  6. 11. This battle saw Napoleon supposedly sink opposing troops by striking the ice they stood on.
  7. 12. This Japanese spirit is known for luring travelers to their doom on icy mountains.
  8. 13. “Frankenstein,” the magnum opus of this author, was penned in the year without a summer, though published in January of 1818.
Down
  1. 2. Some of the sagas detailing the early settlement of this wintry island were possibly written by Snorri Sturluson, the author of “The Prose Edda.”
  2. 3. This country’s winter (from May to August) features some of the best waves for world-class surfers.
  3. 7. This controversial boxer recently had his jaw broken in two places by Anthony Joshua in his match two days prior to the winter solstice.
  4. 9. This bird, who lends its name to two American professional sports teams, doesn’t migrate in the winter.
  5. 10. The Jan. 11, 1976, beatdown of the Red Army club team helped earn the Flyers the nickname the “Broad Street _______.”