Complete Clue List
Across
1. Festive season before Lent
5. The ___ Festival in China concerns the opening of the gates of Hell
8. Another name for Pentecost
11. Frankenstein's hunch-backed assistant
12. Location of a ziggurat dedicated to Nanna
14. Paranirvana Day is celebrated here
16. George of Lydda is honored on April 23rd as a Christian ____
19. Head covering of church dignitaries (British spelling)
21. Holiday honoring Buddha's birth
23. Tavern
24. ___ Day honors Australians and New Zealanders that fought at Gallipoli
26. An Arab market
28. Socioeconomic status (abbr)
30. Wheeled automobile
31. Exclamation of surprise
32. A holiday on December 30th honors this Filipino
33. Holiday commonly celebrated on December 26th in the Commonwealth of Nations (6,3)
35. Plutonium's atomic symbol
36. What you hopefully have a lot of on holidays
38. Costumes are your ___ on Halloween
39. A holiday in Turkmenistan honors this solar system object
42. ___ Day is a May 25th holiday commemorating the founding of the Organisation of African Unity
44. Type of people that are venerated on All Hallows Day
46. Electronics company based in Dallas (abbr)
47. Children chant "A penny for the ___" shortly before Bonfire Night
48. Popular sandwich (abbr)
49. On a ___ holiday, most financial institutions are closed
Down
1. Explorer honored in October in the USA
2. Alternative to hard-boiled Easter eggs
3. Individuals honored on November 11th in the USA
4. To bow in respect
6. Toussaint Louverture's death is a national holiday in this nation
7. Thanksgiving Day fowl
9. The Grinch's original feeling toward Christmas
10. Its flooding is celebrated on August 15th
13. The Receiving of ___ is celebrated in Egypt
15. ___ Day is celebrated to observe the freeing of those who were enslaved
17. A motor home (abbr)
18. Wing of the Scottish National Party formed in the 1970s (abbr)
20. Beauty pageant crown
22. To make dough into a uniform mixture by pressing
25. A bird from "The Lion King"
27. Chinese festival with a name meaning "The Night of Sevens" (2,2)
29. Day of rest in Judaism
33. On March 9th, the nation of Belize honors him
34. Christmas song: Silent _____
36. ___ Day honors Old Glory
37. This military branch is honored in Chile on May 21st
40. University established in 1969 in Birmingham (abbr)
41. A zero trick bid in spades
43. To not tell the truth
45. Microsoft operating system (abbr)