1: This time of year

6: A short sleep.

7: The accident consisted of two cars in a head-on ______.

9: To take in food; you do this if you are hungry.

11: Edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle.

13: A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.

14: Synonym of 'irrational'

17: A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.

20: According to popular legend, lives at the North Pole and makes toys for Santa Claus.

21: A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice.

23: Pass from physical life and lose all bodily functions necessary to sustain life.

24: Finds unexpectedly

25: 'They ___ not going to win the game.'

26: Start getting nervous

1: Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; chemicals can be ______ unless you know what you're doing.

2: Bush league?

3: 'Pay ______ in class James!'

4: Suddenly losing an upright position.

5: An area in which something operates.

7: The ______ War took place in 1861

8: Get under one's skin

10: Definite article; Used before singular or plural nouns and noun phrases that denote particular, specified persons or things.

12: Synonym of 'sick'

15: More than one company.

16: Distinct or separate.

17: Experiencing or showing unhappiness.

18: Make sharp or sharper.

19: Many times at short intervals.

20: Antonym of 'beginning.'

21: Ebenezer's partner

22: Little green men, briefly

25: 'He ____ the apple pie with a fork.'