ACROSS
1. Type of rally that might precede a sports event
4. Some black-tie parties
6. “Aida” or “La Traviata”
7. Like a four-leaf clover, for example
8. Statistics
DOWN
1. ___ New Guinea
2. Vote into office
3. Winter coat that extends below the hips
4. What one might hope to find at the end of a rainbow
5. Speak aloud