Naughty children’s stocking fill Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. burn to charcoal
2. supply with coal
(noun)
1. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
2. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STOCKING (noun)
1. close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
2. the activity of supplying a stock of something
NAUGHTY (adjective)
1. suggestive of sexual impropriety
2. badly behaved

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CALO

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