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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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