Another Spring Crossword for Nan by Iona

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Across
  1. 3. Sunday before Easter
  2. 5. Month Steve will visit Cumbria
  3. 8. A jewel like flower that pops up in lawns in early spring
  4. 9. pretty blue flowers that bloom in Spring
  5. 11. Time of day Easter Vigil starts
  6. 13. Food typically eaten on Shrove Tuesday
  7. 14. The principal feast of the ecclesiastical year
  8. 16. The colour of Steve's car that Jessie has borrowed
  9. 17. Son who may visit from France in Spring
Down
  1. 1. The animal that Jessie bought to your house recently
  2. 2. Flower most attributed to Holland but pops up in Spring here
  3. 4. Blackthorn and hawthorn flowers
  4. 5. Middle Son
  5. 6. Season of Easter lasts until this day
  6. 7. The Wednesday after Shrove Tuesday
  7. 10. A solemn religious observance in the liturgical calendar
  8. 12. Granddaughter who will visit in April
  9. 15. A kind of snake that will be waking up soon