Fall Crossword Puzzle Competition!

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Across
  1. 6. the juice pressed from apples used for drinking
  2. 7. a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg
  3. 8. any of various shrubs, bushes, and plants, as the banana, resembling a tree in form and size
  4. 9. the elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers
  5. 10. a common culinary spice of dried rolled strips of this bark, often made into a powder
  6. 14. something used for adornment or embellishment
  7. 15. a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree
  8. 16. a large, gallinaceous bird that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster
  9. 18. a small, striped, terrestrial squirrel
Down
  1. 1. a stack of hay built up in the mowed field
  2. 2. the fruit of various vinelike, tendril-bearing plants from the gourd family used as a vegetable
  3. 3. a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals
  4. 4. an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees
  5. 5. the selection of a person or persons for office by vote
  6. 6. large bird that has a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail
  7. 10. the edible nut of such a tree
  8. 11. the ball used in this game, an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usually made of leather
  9. 12. a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain
  10. 13. a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients
  11. 17. a tool with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass