Day of the Dead: Skulls and La Catrina

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Rich Mexican sauce made with chiles and spices, sometimes served during the holiday (4)
• 2017 Pixar adventure in which Miguel visits the Land of the Dead (4)
• Christian symbol sometimes traced in salt on a ritual display (5)
• Mexican term for a skull, or a humorous epitaph in verse (8)
• ___ de muerto, a round loaf decorated with dough strips (3)
• Piped decoration giving a sugar skull its colorful features (5)
• Display arranged to welcome departed loved ones with favorite treats and keepsakes (7)

Down

• Mexican state famed for lakeside commemorations around Patzcuaro (9)
• ___ Guadalupe Posada, illustrator of an elegantly hatted female skeleton (4)
• Festive parade winding through town with costumed participants (10)
• Small flickering beacon atop a candle welcoming returning spirits (5)
• Elegant skeletal lady featured in Diego Rivera's mural of Alameda Park (7)
• ___ picado, the perforated tissue decoration hung overhead (5)
• Water set out to quench returning spirits' thirst, in Mexican usage (4)

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