ULA Figures of speech

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Across
  1. 3. Well, I lay if I get hold of you I’ll –--
  2. 5. last straw
  3. 8. Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.
  4. 9. Her cat is near the computer to keep an eye on the mouse.
  5. 11. “Boom, boom. Even brighter than the moon”
  6. 13. I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
  7. 15. They lived happily ever after
  8. 16. Sly as a fox
  9. 17. There is a mountain of work on my desk.
Down
  1. 1. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely
  2. 2. Lightning danced across the sky.
  3. 4. small crowd
  4. 6. He is the light of my life
  5. 7. the wine-dark sea
  6. 10. Am I excited for the party? You betcha!
  7. 12. O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
  8. 14. deceased/ late instead of dead