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Across
  1. 4. POTATOES Cooked twice, explained once
  2. 7. Second-person pronoun
  3. 9. Where journeys pause before becoming stories
  4. 11. Modified leaf surrounding a flower’s reproductive core
  5. 12. Quiet motion, often under covers
  6. 14. Go to the place that remembers those who left and never returned
Down
  1. 1. Screen time that shortens distance
  2. 2. CHICKEN Shrimp boatmate plus a coward, linguistically speaking
  3. 3. How the word is supposed to be pronounced
  4. 5. Small state nestled between larger ambitions
  5. 6. Shape shared by bridges, doorways, and good business ideas
  6. 8. Last blessing for many before crossing the Atlantic
  7. 10. LOUNGE Where waiting feels intentional
  8. 13. She runs through Cobh history, not away from it