Daily Crossword for December 21, 2024

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1. Zap with a beam of light
LASE
5. ___ solstice, the shortest day of the year
WINTER
7. 100 years
CENTURY
8. 100 years, for Jimmy Carter
AGE
9. Roll with it!
DIE
10. Sports newbies
ROOKIES
12. Like each day relative to the day before it, for the next six months
LONGER
13. Eugene V. ___, five-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America
DEBS

down

1. First blank on a form, maybe
LINEONE
2. Unwanted crawler on a kitchen counter
ANT
3. Prepares for a test
STUDIES
4. More spooky
EERIER
5. "Everything cool between us?"
WEGOOD
6. Some loaves of bread … or a homophone for what they do in the oven
RYES
7. Astronomer Sagan whose papers are archived in the Library of Congress
CARL
11. Spy org. in "Bridge of Spies"
KGB

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