Bleed Blue!

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Across
  1. 4. Blue-colored object rejected by the protagonist Neo in the movie The Matrix
  2. 5. Artist (last name only) known for his vivid use of the color blue in his paintings of starry nights
  3. 7. Blue ______: something which frequently upsets PC users
  4. 10. Planet in our solar system known for its intense blue color; it is named after the Roman god of the oceans
  5. 12. Semi-precious stone prized since antiquity for its blue color, it was also used in the Middle Ages to make the expensive ultramarine pigment prized by artists
  6. 13. A shade of blue that's also the name of a popular cloud computing platform from Microsoft
  7. 14. Shade of blue associated with uniforms worn by seafaring soldiers
  8. 15. City known for the Blue Mosque, also called the Sultan Ahmed Mosque
  9. 18. Country known for its blue and white flag, with a white cross on a blue background in the top left corner, and nine alternating stripes of blue and white
Down
  1. 1. The water of these features gives Earth the term 'Blue Planet'
  2. 2. BB ____: singer and guitarist known as the 'King of the Blues'
  3. 3. Fairy tale villain known for murdering his wives
  4. 4. Spanish artist known for his Blue Period of paintings from 1901 to 1904
  5. 6. Clickable text on websites, which appears blue in color until you click on it
  6. 8. Country known for its blue jerseys in the world of cricket
  7. 9. Nomadic people of the Sahara desert, called the 'blue people' for the indigo-dyed clothes they wear
  8. 11. Precious stone known for its vivid blue color
  9. 16. English rock band known for the song 'Behind Blue Eyes'
  10. 17. Members of the nobility are considered as having it in blue color