Answer:

tis

Answer	Crossword Clue
TIS	".. the season ..."
TIS	"... the season..."
TIS	Coleridge's contraction

TIS	Poet's contraction
TIS	"... in my memory lock'd": Ophelia
TIS	Frank McCourt title
TIS	"... the season to be ..."
TIS	Frank McCourt memoir
TIS	Poetic contraction
TIS	"Aye"
TIS	"... Pity She's a Whore"

TIS	"... Pity She's a Whore" (1633 tragedy)
TIS	It's, once
TIS	"'Tain't" rebuttal
TIS	"My country .. of thee..."
TIS	"My country .. of thee"
TIS	"'Taint" comeback
TIS	"My country, .. of thee"
TIS	Ideal blackjack hands

TIS	Frank McCourt book
TIS	McCourt memoir
TIS	"... .. of thee"
TIS	Carol's first word
TIS	".. the season..."
TIS	Sequel to "Angela's Ashes"
TIS	"My country, ... of thee..."
TIS	Frank McCourt novel

TIS	"Whether ... nobler ..."
TIS	"... better to have loved and lost ..."
TIS	"... folly to be wise": Gray
TIS	"Angela's Ashes" sequel
TIS	"Whether .. nobler...": Hamlet
TIS	".. folly to be wise": Gray
TIS	".. the year's midnight...": Donne
TIS	Carol contraction

TIS	"..... time to do't": Lady Macbeth
TIS	"Deck the Halls" contraction
TIS	"My country .. ..."
TIS	"Whether .. nobler ...": Hamlet
TIS	".. a pity"

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.