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Across:
2.	The ___ Martin Luther King, Jr., a preacher and activist, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
4.	There are ___ of people, agencies, and institutions to blame for the financial crisis of 2008.
6.	A ___ smoker doesn't smoke ___s, but he does put one cigarette into his mouth after another, as if they were connected on a chain.
7.	The ___ told everyone that after the sermon there would be a picnic behind the church.
10.	After his divorce became final, his friends invited him out to ___. But he turned them down--he wasn't in a party mood.
12.	I ___ your kind offer, but I must take a rain check.
14.	Some young people have a selfish ___; they care only about themselves.
15.	The pervert tried to ___ the little girl into his van with a candy bar.
17.	The fans went into a ___ when the forward scored the winning goal with only 2 seconds left in the game.
18.	___ is a holiday for family, friends, cranberry sauce, turkey, and pumpkin pie. (Burp!)

Down:
1.	People try to ___ weight by buying low-fat frozen dinners--and then they eat TWO of them at one meal.
3.	Both political parties depend greatly on the efforts of unpaid ___s.
5.	The ___ of a company is measured by sales versus expenses.
8.	___ of your age and experience, criminals know how to separate you from your valuables.
9.	The dog waited ___ outside Starbucks for its owner to reappear.
10.	The soup kitchen is a downtown ___ that provides a free hot lunch for about 300 homeless people daily.
11.	The Internal ___ Service is part of the Department of the Treasury. (Remember April 15!)
13.	___ Day is celebrated on four different days, depending on the country and the religion; in the US, it's celebrated on Dec. 25.
16.	The bathroom toilet is also known as the commode, the can, and the ___per.