A Crossword Journey

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Across
  1. 2. Pillar of Islam
  2. 5. Breaking off a meeting; the second syllable is, coincidentally, the first of the theme
  3. 6. Transportation used for nautical journeys
  4. 9. To steal is a journey in of itself, isn't it?
  5. 10. Sailor whose expeditions made it possible for Italy to have tomatoes on pizza
  6. 13. A certain journey's most popular song
  7. 14. Quintessential Beat book about a drug and jazz-filled adventure across America
  8. 15. What Clue weifhwhje might find at the end of their journey
  9. 16. Twelve stages undergone by Harry Potter, Frodo Baggins, Katniss Everdeen, and others
  10. 17. It's not about the journey, it's about the ____________
Down
  1. 1. Famous Venetian voyager on the Silk Road
  2. 3. Chinese classic featuring an overpowered monkey
  3. 4. Epic trip home! It took ten years!
  4. 7. Journey in which you may find that "you have died of dysentery"
  5. 8. Percy Jackson and his demigod friends go on a lot of these
  6. 11. Verne's Journey to the ______ of the Earth
  7. 12. Lose one's footing, or a synonym for the theme