Avant-garde love letter

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Across
  1. 5. an unfinished film
  2. 6. perfect for mismatching!
  3. 8. the best way to spend thirteen dollars.
  4. 12. royal color
  5. 14. America’s next to socialist
  6. 15. an act of love between man and wife
  7. 17. a beloved perfume
Down
  1. 1. lane, somewhere quiet to park your jeep
  2. 2. my favorite month
  3. 3. a striped house cat
  4. 4. the occasional nickname of a lanky cat
  5. 6. an institution that betrayed me (in regards to something fuzzy)
  6. 7. Long-lost furry darling
  7. 9. a beer named after a Buddhist
  8. 10. you in a mirror
  9. 11. cookie, a hated and beloved treat
  10. 13. a finger-lickin’ worthy chicken pun
  11. 16. a necessary power source