Crossword puzzle history

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Across
  1. 3. heads of state
  2. 6. Many different ones
  3. 7. paste mint taste
  4. 11. massive structure
  5. 12. makes cloth
  6. 13. River
  7. 15. Words
  8. 16. first king
  9. 17. Creation
Down
  1. 1. old
  2. 2. You eat on it
  3. 4. hand-operated device
  4. 5. embalming
  5. 8. Symbols
  6. 9. first form of kept texts
  7. 10. You wear on your face
  8. 11. Made of wood
  9. 14. Country