Ancient Egypt & the Nile River

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Across
  1. 5. The desert area beyond the banks of the Nile (3,5)
  2. 9. Gathering the crops (7)
  3. 11. The growing season (6)
  4. 12. Channels dug to bring water from a river to farmland (6)
  5. 13. Sorting the good parts of a crop from the useless parts (9)
  6. 16. The area around the banks of the Nile, named for the rich, fertile 16-down that gave the area its colour (5,5)
  7. 18. A flood (10)
Down
  1. 1. The practice of farming crops and animals to feed a society (11)
  2. 2. The flooding season (5)
  3. 3. Bringing water to farmland, such as by 11-down or using a 14-down, so that crops grow (10)
  4. 4. The Ancient Egyptian god of the Nile
  5. 6. The Nile has a famous example of this triangular landform that forms at the mouth of a river (5)
  6. 7. The 4-down season (5)
  7. 8. An area of land that receives very little rain (6)
  8. 10. Eye make-up worn by both men and women to help protect them from dust and glare (4)
  9. 11. A plant that grows along the banks of the Nile, which Ancient Egyptians used to make paper (7)
  10. 14. The fertile, black soil, perfect for farming, that was left behind once the inundation receded (4)
  11. 15. The average weather of an area, measured over a long period of time (7)
  12. 17. A device like a big, swiveling see-saw, with a bucket on one end to move water from the river to the crops (6)