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Across
  1. 2. This name belonged to a folk legend whose wings and springs terrorized Victorian London (Jack)
  2. 3. The hare was unable to out-race the tortoise because of its _____ (hubris)
  3. 7. The pleasant earthly smell which typically accompanies the first rainfall (petrichor)
  4. 9. The main colour of spring (green)
  5. 12. Should this plant bear four leaves, it may bring you luck (clover)
  6. 14. What must occur in April to bring flowers in May? (Showers)
  7. 15. This word doubles as a supernatural entity and a soda drink (sprite)
  8. 16. A baby sheep is referred to as a ____ (lamb)
  9. 17. Try not to track any ____ into your house this season (mud)
  10. 18. The fifth month of the year (May)
  11. 19. The Students’ Association holds its annual _______ of the Bands this month (Battle)
  12. 21. Legend says that St. Patrick used this sprig to enable the pagan Irish to grasp the concept of the Trinity (shamrock)
Down
  1. 1. A period in the liturgical year of Christianity, beginning on Easter Sunday (Paschaltide)
  2. 4. What do flowers do in the spring? (Blossom)
  3. 5. If you’re not wearing green on St. Patrick’s day, a leprechaun may _____ you (pinch)
  4. 6. Saint Patrick came from this Roman province. (Britain)
  5. 7. The Ukrainian tradition of decorating eggs (pysanky)
  6. 8. A baby cow is referred to as a ____ (calf)
  7. 10. A pot of ____ awaits the end of every rainbow (gold)
  8. 11. The name of Canada’s Groundhog Day groundhog who unfortunately passed away this year (Fred)
  9. 13. A springtime animal infamous for its excessive breeding (rabbit)
  10. 14. Every spring, the denizens of Springfield come out to fatally club these animals. (Snakes)
  11. 20. The end of winter is astronomically defined by the _____ (Equinox)