Puzzle #1

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Across
  1. 1. a group of related things
  2. 5. a continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas
  3. 7. closely and firmly.
  4. 9. easy to perceive, understand, or interpret
  5. 10. the action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas
  6. 12. carry or bring with one; convey
  7. 13. a thing that resembles a leaf in being flat and thin
  8. 14. act or behave in a specified way
Down
  1. 2. remain alive
  2. 3. gone by in time and no longer existing
  3. 4. grass that has been mown and dried for use as fodder
  4. 5. a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar
  5. 6. a small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.
  6. 8. a beaten path through the countryside
  7. 11. one of two possible states of a signal in certain systems
  8. 15. remove all coverings from