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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

1.Oz's glittering green metropolis.
7.Intrinsic value.
8.Mir-Hossein ___, 2009 Iranian presidential candidate.
9.Send to a specialist, say.
11.Watchful, like a rabbit in the moonlight?
13.Long-legged wader often seen silhouetted against a rising moon.
15.Like a book from the library, or a high tide that's late.
16.Lunar cycles, for instance.
17.Violent attack, perhaps brought on by a full moon?

Down

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

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