The word list prints with the puzzle; the answer key prints on its own page.
Ten Christmas words are hiding in this medium grid, from the reindeer on the roof to the poinsettia on the windowsill and the fruitcake nobody quite finishes. Medium means the hunt opens up: words slant along diagonals and can read backwards, so "nutcracker" may march right to left before it takes a bow.
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| N | T | A | D | E | E | O | N | N | T | A | G | T | E |
| R | I | A | R | H | V | E | T | H | N | I | O | T | U |
| E | M | M | O | N | N | E | L | H | A | N | I | I | S |
| E | K | A | C | T | I | U | R | F | S | N | E | S | C |
| D | T | I | Y | C | A | A | O | G | B | A | T | D | A |
| N | U | T | C | R | A | C | K | E | R | P | A | E | R |
| I | C | T | E | C | N | N | K | U | L | E | I | R | O |
| E | E | E | N | D | T | R | D | E | A | T | E | N | L |
| R | W | S | E | E | R | D | Y | Y | V | G | T | N | I |
| I | P | N | T | R | T | E | T | F | C | N | C | E | N |
| K | P | I | N | I | R | R | E | G | G | A | Y | M | G |
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| E | K | A | C | T | I | U | R | F | S | N | E | S | C |
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| I | P | N | T | R | T | E | T | F | C | N | C | E | N |
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