Spring Week 2

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Across
  1. 3. These popular flowers grow on shrubs and creepers, protected by thorns
  2. 5. This flower is widely considered the symbol of spring
  3. 7. Roman god that March is named after
  4. 9. Structure the early Egyptians pointed directly towards the rising sun on the first day of spring
  5. 10. A hive insect that collects pollen for honey
  6. 14. The moment the top edge of the sun appears to peek over the horizon
  7. 16. One of the first spring flowers, though often thought a weed
Down
  1. 1. Common ingredient in non-toxic weed killer
  2. 2. A burrowing invertebrate with long, slender, soft bodies and limbs
  3. 4. The stamen of these widely-distributed flowering plants are harvested for saffron
  4. 6. Small, long-tailed birds with a fondness for hemp, flex, and other seeds
  5. 8. Which bird symbolizes the arrival of spring
  6. 11. Large-scale movement of species from one environment to another
  7. 12. Pablo Neruda said "you can cut all the _____, but you can't keep spring from coming"
  8. 13. Small, tree-dwelling rodent
  9. 15. Alexander Pop wrote the phrase "Hope springs _______"