October Our State puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Creamy filling that joins apples in Sheri Castle’s cake.
  2. 3. Forest-dwelling creature that eats pests and protects crops by night.
  3. 5. Thousands of flowers planted in Swannanoa after Helene.
  4. 8. Mountain town whose hotel became a post-flood symbol.
  5. 9. The storm whose aftermath runs like a thread through October’s issue.
  6. 10. Where Lynn Wells serves up steak subs and cheesy corn dip.
  7. 11. Where Kathleen Purvis discovers international flavors in Raleigh.
  8. 13. High Country town where Edgar Tufts built schools and a hospital.
  9. 14. Author of The Historian, once a child enchanted by spooky tales in Asheville.
  10. 15. New tributary restored in Todd by a pair of waterwomen.
  11. 17. Silvery fish hauled ashore at Salter Path with tractors.
  12. 19. Large Appalachian salamander that inspired Jeremy B. Jones’s reflection.
Down
  1. 1. Natural feature chased along the state’s scenic byway.
  2. 4. City home to the North Carolina Arboretum and a hub for fall travelers.
  3. 6. Nutty partner to dark chocolate in a sweet-salty bark.
  4. 7. Source of strength for Ashe County beekeepers.
  5. 12. Healing performance in Asheville that inspired Appalachia Rising.
  6. 13. The profession that inspired T. Edward Nickens’s Trims & Travels.
  7. 16. Icon of autumn harvest and patches across North Carolina.
  8. 18. Wheel that has been a symbol of the NC State Fair for more than a century.