Fall Activities

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Across

• Knitted band wrapped snugly to thwart biting breezes (5)
• Cook chestnuts over open embers until shells crack (5)
• Basket meal laid out over a plaid blanket amid fallen oaks (6)
• Excavate a squash's face by lantern-light (5)
• Warm cauldron simmered to fight off October chills (4)
• Pastry shell holding spiced gourds or orchard slices (3)
• Toothful garden tool that gathers colorful ground cover (4)
• Pitch canvas beneath the cooling autumn canopy (4)
• Needlework pastime that spins yarn into cozy winterwear (8)
• Crop tall enough to construct a festive disorienting labyrinth (4)
• Hearthside spark providing crackling comfort on frosty evenings (4)
• Traditional gathering of leftover crops after the main reap (8)
• Patchwork blanket stitched for drafty porches (5)
• Knitted wool pullover pulled out when temperatures drop (7)

Down

• Agricultural bounty gathered before the first killing frost (5)
• Grid of fruiting trees where visitors pluck sweet globes (7)
• Culmination of farming season bringing in grains and roots (7)
• Slang for foliage-tourism trips to see vibrant canopy transformations (7)
• Liquid gold pressed straight from orchard crates (5)
• Orange squash chosen from the vine for doorstep illumination (7)
• Parking lot pre-game feast spread from the back of a truck (8)
• Woodland scavenger hunt for wild chanterelles and nuts (8)
• Trail trekking with boots laced for scenic mountain vistas (6)
• Heavy footwear made to stomp through soggy leaf litter (5)
• Sample rich vintages or seasonal spice blends (5)

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