Marching into Spring

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Across
  1. 7. larva of a butterfly or moth, having a segmented wormlike body with three pairs of true legs and several pairs of appendages similar to legs
  2. 8. a rabbit, especially a young ones
  3. 9. meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky
  4. 10. oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate
  5. 11. get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling; move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up
  6. 12. opposite of old
  7. 15. a sweet food made with sugar or other sweeteners, typically formed in small, shaped pieces and flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts
  8. 16. a game played by two opposing teams of five or six people, usually on an indoor court
  9. 17. cold but fresh and enlivening
  10. 18. hairy, often black and yellow, genus Bombus that nest in underground colonies
  11. 20. bulbous plant that typically bears bright yellow flowers with a long trumpet-shaped center
  12. 22. seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs typically surrounded by a brightly colored corolla and a green calyx
  13. 23. making a low, continuous humming or murmuring sound; full of excitement or activity
  14. 24. immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive
  15. 25. plant having compound leaves with three small leaflets, especially a clover or wood sorrel; used as a national emblem of Ireland
  16. 26. a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person
Down
  1. 1. a piece of ground used to grow vegetables, fruit, herbs, or flowers
  2. 2. happy and optimistic
  3. 3. round stone fruit that is typically bright or dark red
  4. 4. small ovoid candy with a hardened sugar coating over a chewy center; bean-shaped sweet with a brightly colored coating around a gelatinous filling
  5. 5. tapering orange-colored root eaten as a vegetable
  6. 6. outing or occasion that involves taking a packed meal to be eaten outdoors
  7. 8. game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases
  8. 13. warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak and (typically) by being able to fly
  9. 14. Jewish preacher and religious leader who became the central figure of Christianity; son of God
  10. 15. visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level
  11. 16. pleasantly windy
  12. 17. flower of a seed plant
  13. 19. any of numerous flying insects of the order Lepidoptera that are active by day, characterized by clubbed antennae, a slender body, and broad, often conspicuously marked wings
  14. 21. vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop
  15. 23. the flowers of stone fruit trees (genus Prunus) and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in spring