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Across 3. Thin broth warming on a ledge at the back or side of the fireplace 6. Melt away 8. Common type of money used in Great Britain 9. A ghost 12. A ghost 14. Receiving instruction in a trade as well as food and housing or wages in return for work 16. Asked or begged earnestly 17. Kindness 20. Generosity 23. Scrooge's Clerk 24. Honored or remembered 26. Very heavy; bulky 27. Author of A Christmas Carol

Down 1. Scrooge's Nephew 2. Hospital in London for the mentally ill 4. Person who hates or distrusts everyone 5. People living in complete proverty 7. Gloomy; ill-tempered 10. Mean Person 11. Giving complete attention; totally carried away by something 13. A fine and fair employer 15. Office for keeping financial records and writing business letters 18. Light, semitransparent curtain 19. National legislative body of Great Britian, in some ways like the American Congress 21. A young boy 22. A Specter (ghost) 25. Young Scrooge's co-worker