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4. Holiday honoring Native cultures
5. The world’s largest Volksfest
7. Seasonal gourd popular in October festivities
8. Celtic festival marking the end of harvest season
9. October’s full moon
11. The month’s name comes from this Latin prefix
13. Awarded early to mid-October
15. October is awareness month for this

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1. The traditional birthstone for October
2. Late October marks the end of this season
3. Movie celebrated on Oct.ober 3rd
6. Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the new year
8. Launched on Oct.ober 4,th 1957
10. Zodiac sign of someone born on Halloween
12. Professional sports league whose regular season starts this month
14. One of October’s birth flowers

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4. Indigenous Peoples Day
5. Oktoberfest
7. Pumpkin
8. Samhain
9. Hunters
11. Octo
13. Nobel Peace Prize
15. Breast Cancer

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1. Opal
2. Hurricane
3. Mean Girls
6. Rosh Hashanah
8. Sputnik
10. Scorpio
12. NBA
14. Cosmos