Across
- 1. Before flowers bloom, they’re here (4)
- 3. Date made for jesters and jokers (5,5)
- 6. Stubborn sign of the zodiac, starting April 20 (6)
- 11. When day and night are equal, marking the start of spring (7)
- 12. One of April’s softly fragrant birth flowers, born to represent the month (5,3)
- 13. Bard whose life began and ended in April (10)
- 14. Early morning sound of April (8)
- 15. April’s dreaded deadline for many (5)
Down
- 2. Stone of strength and sparkle for April-borns (6)
- 4. Prime figure in charge when you arrived (3,4,5)
- 5. Newborns in fields, common in April (4)
- 7. They might precede May’s floral show (7)
- 8. Holiday with eggs and bunnies, always shifting (6)
- 9. It’s no cost to be born where the royals might go (5,4)
- 10. Field full of wildflowers, often in spring (6)
- 12. Seasonal shift when nature wakes up (6)