The Legendary Invention of Silk

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Across
  1. 4. prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening
  2. 5. an apparatus for making fabric by weaving yarn or thread.
  3. 9. a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving
  4. 10. a liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain
  5. 11. a silky case spun by the larvae of many insects for protection in the pupal stage
  6. 12. the action of inventing something, typically a process or device
  7. 13. the active immature form of an insect, especially one that differs greatly from the adult and forms the stage between egg and pupa
  8. 14. the caterpillar of the silk moth that spins a protective cocoon made of a single, continuous silk thread
Down
  1. 1. a small deciduous berry with broad leaves, native to East Asia and long cultivated elsewhere
  2. 2. the production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this purpose
  3. 3. the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.
  4. 5. a machine for making fabric by weaving yarn or thread.
  5. 6. the larva of a butterfly or moth, having a segmented wormlike body with several legs
  6. 7. an important country in East Asia
  7. 8. a sleeping insect baby, especially of a butterfly.