October

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Across
  1. 5. In Ancient Greek mythology, Autumn began when Persephone, the daughter of the goddess of nature and harvest, was kidnapped by _____, the God of the underworld. (5)
  2. 6. Crop dried in Autumn and used to make beer (4)
  3. 7. This Bavarian beer festival is mostly in September (11)
Down
  1. 1. Trees, which shed their leaves in Autumn (9)
  2. 2. Autumn, across The Pond (4)
  3. 3. Pumpkins are native to South USA and which other country? (6)
  4. 4. Playground game played with horse chestnuts (6)
  5. 8. Direction the clocks go in Autumn (4)