The Book of Nature

Where every clue turns a new leaf.
This puzzle treats nature as a storybook. Solve clues blending biology, science, and literature with clever wordplay and puns.
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Across

  • 1A
    A major section in the 'Book of Nature'.
  • 7A
    The grand story this puzzle's theme is about.
  • 8A
    Watertight structure for underwater construction.
  • 10A
    A butterfly's nectar-sipping proboscis.
  • 12A
    A butterfly's painted 'pages'.
  • 13A
    Tree whose leaves might be lunch for a caterpillar.
  • 15A
    A novel idea?
  • 16A
    To provide nectar for, as a flower to a butterfly.
  • 17A
    Enjoying a book with many chapters, perhaps.

Down

  • 2D
    Top of a body, or top of a page.
  • 3D
    A chemical that could mean 'The End' for a butterfly's story.
  • 4D
    Stretched out, like a caterpillar.
  • 5D
    Annual stories told by a tree trunk.
  • 6D
    Biological groups needed to write the next chapter of life.
  • 9D
    ___ the Hedgehog of video game fame.
  • 11D
    'You're dethpicable!' duck.
  • 12D
    Thin communion cracker.
  • 14D
    Instrument for a toot, or a feeler for a moth.