Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, ADVENTURE

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Across
  1. 4. a dense growth of trees and underbrush; a tract of wooded land
  2. 6. I roam the forests and woodland trails, and my coat is a lovely white, but don't you dare to drink my blood, or you'll be cursed for life
  3. 7. a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians
Down
  1. 1. a guardian which acts as a shield; a kind of positive force
  2. 2. race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
  3. 3. First, think of a person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what’s the last to mend, the middle of middle, and the end of end. Finally, give me the sound often heard while searching for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together and answer me this, which creature are you unwilling to kiss?
  4. 4. not permitted or allowed
  5. 5. a legendary animal having the foreparts of a griffin and the body of a horse