The Color Purple

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Across
  1. 2. skill that becomes Celie's business
  2. 4. symbol of community and women's creativity
  3. 6. primary dedicatee of Celie's letters
  4. 7. Celie's abusive husband
  5. 9. where Celie's long-hidden letters from Nettie should have arrived.
  6. 12. Mister's son
  7. 14. clothing Celie makes when she finds independence
  8. 15. Shug's profession
  9. 16. Main Character
Down
  1. 1. Celie's love interest
  2. 3. Celie's sister
  3. 5. Continent where Nettie works as a missionary
  4. 6. U.S. state where most of the story unfolds
  5. 8. what keeps Celie writing
  6. 10. Celie's way of telling and reclaiming her story
  7. 11. what brings Shug and Celie closer.
  8. 12. place Celie eventually builds on her own terms
  9. 13. West African community Nettie works with
  10. 17. emotion that heals and tranforms Celie