Under the Full Moon

A puzzle that's just going through a phase.
Explore lunar lore in this puzzle themed around the night sky. Expect clues on mythology, nature, and the pull of the tides.
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  • 1A
    Oz's glittering green metropolis.
  • 7A
    Intrinsic value.
  • 8A
    Mir-Hossein ___, 2009 Iranian presidential candidate.
  • 9A
    Send to a specialist, say.
  • 11A
    Watchful, like a rabbit in the moonlight?
  • 13A
    Long-legged wader often seen silhouetted against a rising moon.
  • 15A
    Like a book from the library, or a high tide that's late.
  • 16A
    Lunar cycles, for instance.
  • 17A
    Violent attack, perhaps brought on by a full moon?

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  • 2D
    The 'M' in a lycanthrope's M.O.?
  • 3D
    State of perception, heightened during a full moon some might say.
  • 4D
    One half of a moonlit couple, perhaps.
  • 5D
    Snowbank formed by wind, or the pull of the tide.
  • 6D
    Good luck amulet, maybe one shaped like a crescent.
  • 10D
    Egyptian deity of wisdom, writing, and the moon.
  • 11D
    Scent of coffee, or of a night-blooming jasmine.
  • 12D
    Holds dear, or scores nothing in tennis.
  • 14D
    How a wolf might like its moon?