Chris Cross...Word

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Across
  1. 4. A place of worship for Muslims.
  2. 5. A herbaceous plant which has jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs.
  3. 6. A small, brightly coloured bird, often kept as a pet.
  4. 11. A small citrus fruit with a loose skin, especially one of a variety with deep orange-red skin.
  5. 13. A liquid applied to the hair after shampooing to improve its condition.
  6. 15. A family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  7. 16. The distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organisation or body.
  8. 17. A follower of the religion of Islam.
  9. 19. a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs.
  10. 20. A severe snowstorm with high winds.
  11. 22. A city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea; the second-largest city of Spain, after Madrid.
  12. 23. A code word representing the letter A, used in radio communication. Also the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
Down
  1. 1. The capital city of Northern Ireland.
  2. 2. The disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings.
  3. 3. Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
  4. 7. A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.
  5. 8. A metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
  6. 9. A large bird with a rounded body and long tail, that spends a lot of time on the ground and is often shot for sport and food.
  7. 10. A giant woody grass which is grown chiefly in the tropics, used as a cane or to make furniture and implements.
  8. 12. A British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912.
  9. 14. A poisonous substance secreted by animals such as snakes, spiders, and scorpions and typically injected into prey or aggressors by biting or stinging.
  10. 15. A dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk.
  11. 18. Concave part of the human hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist. Also an unbranched evergreen tree of tropical and warm regions.
  12. 19. A firm white Italian cheese made from buffalo or cow's milk, used especially in pizzas and salads.
  13. 21. Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised.