The Kings Fifth Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. A checkpea
  2. 3. despot
  3. 7. a former Spanish coin, originating in the 11th century from a gold coin called the Almoravid dinar
  4. 8. clerk
  5. 13. a cluster of wealthy, mythical cities supposedly located in the southwestern United States
  6. 15. the former nickname for the Santa Clara Valley in California,
  7. 17. rich
Down
  1. 2. a body of water bordered by Mexico's Baja California peninsula and mainland Mexico
  2. 4. Ships
  3. 5. buzzard
  4. 6. a large Zuni pueblo located near present-day Zuni, New Mexico
  5. 9. gentleman
  6. 10. a type of firearm that uses a slow-burning, lit fuse (a "match") to ignite the gunpowder.
  7. 11. the name of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold
  8. 12. a marine animal found in the Sea of Cortez.
  9. 14. most commonly a surname,
  10. 16. at sign