Petals of the Past

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Across
  1. 4. The metaphor that haunts every sister and stranger
  2. 6. The scent Blanche clings to sweeter than truth
  3. 9. A flower with fangs
  4. 11. They grow despite the gamma rays or because of them
  5. 12. Blossoms that swell like heat in the jungle of Iguana's stager
  6. 13. Rosita peddling
  7. 14. Always fresh, always dying they sit on Stella's table like a dare
Down
  1. 1. They break the rocks, stubborn hope in stone
  2. 2. A lush drunken memory on a Riviera wall
  3. 3. Funereal circle, always just outside the door in New Orleans heat
  4. 5. Orange bridal variety that shocks the eye and the bride
  5. 7. The Gypsy's daughter her name blooms in green
  6. 8. Ghost-flowers of Amanda's youth, blooming only in memory
  7. 10. What Alma becomes cracked, floral, unhandled
  8. 14. Tattooed in grief and desire, blooming in widowhood