Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Fisherman who became one of Jesus' disciples
- 5 Across
- A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- 6 Across
- Eight-legged creature that spins webs
- 7 Across
- A Mid-Atlantic state
- 9 Across
- The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
- 13 Across
- A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (plural)
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- The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
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- The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
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- A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain (plural)
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- An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
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- To annoy continually or chronically
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- Someone who takes ___ professionally
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- A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
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- An unfortunate mishap
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- The person or thing chosen or selected (plural)
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- A covering to disguise or conceal the face
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