Across
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 1a Wine barrel | CASK |
| 5a Leader of the Pussycats, in comics and film | JOSIE |
| 6a In a nutshell | SIMPLY |
| 7a 2026 N.B.A. champions | KNICKS |
| 8a Denial that sounds like 7-Across in Pig Latin | IXNAY |
DOWN
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 1d “Santa Claus Is ___ to Town” (holiday hit) | COMIN |
| 2d Pet adoption org. | ASPCA |
| 3d Like the texture of fine bedsheets | SILKY |
| 4d Bad things to leave locked in your house | KEYS |
| 5d “We said the same thing at the same time!” | JINX |
| 6d Hit the slopes | SKI |