Rifah's Bday

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Across
  1. 3. What fairies fear; what binds Marley's ghost; the metal of Mars.
  2. 6. To bewitch; the verb at the heart of every fairy tale's curse.
  3. 8. The pseudoscience Nicolas Flamel pursued; the art of transmutation.
  4. 9. Carved by Norse warriors and Tolkien's dwarves; a symbol older than the alphabet.
  5. 10. Odin's two of these whisper the world's secrets in his ears.
  6. 11. Cinderella swept with one; the Wicked Witch flew on one.
  7. 13. What St. George slew; what Daenerys mothered.
  8. 15. Macbeth's 'thick' covering, when scarce the eye of day may pierce.
  9. 16. Mickey Mouse's apprenticeship trade; Merlin's profession.
Down
  1. 1. At Delphi, she breathed the vapours and spoke in riddles.
  2. 2. A startup valued at over $1 billion; mythical horse with a single horn.
  3. 4. The conductor's baton, or the magician's chosen tool.
  4. 5. What Romeo and Juliet kept from their families; what a confidant guards.
  5. 7. Thor's domain; what Mjölnir summons with a swing.
  6. 9. Bilbo asked them of Gollum. The Sphinx asked one of Oedipus.
  7. 12. Athena's companion; Twit-twoo's source.
  8. 14. A magical formula; also what you do to a word, letter by letter.