Daily crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Houses of public entertainment found upon highways.
  2. 6. Latin motto.
  3. 9. Creatures of the water, slippery and much debated by Naturalists.
  4. 13. A coined sum or ancient monetary consideration.
  5. 14. Public ways lately improved by art and observation.
  6. 15. Small industrious creatures, often compared to polypi in society.
  7. 16. Noble beasts of the forest, emblematic of swiftness and honour.
Down
  1. 2. The clear sum remaining, after all charges are deducted.
  2. 3. The captain in article 3.
  3. 4. Marine life with an incredibly hard exoskeleton.
  4. 5. Turnpikes erected for the better ordering of travel.
  5. 7. A token by which identity is proven, though time has intervened.
  6. 8. Popular,hardy saltwater aquarium coral.
  7. 10. Evans name backwards which owns his own estate
  8. 11. Sounds heard in the forest when the stag is pressed hard.
  9. 12. Creatures once thought plants, now known to be animals.
  10. 14. Circular tokens of promise, recognition, or fate.