De accipitre columbam insequente

I'm using some new crossword puzzle software (online, fast, easy) to create new puzzles to go with the new Aesop's fables I'm posting at LatinViaFables.com.

Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De accipitre columbam insequente: Hawk and Dove. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page to see the Latin text, English translation and some grammar help.

Word List. Here is an alphabetical word list of the Latin words included in the puzzle:

accipiter, blandus, capere, columba, conari, cum, dicere, dimittere, fabula, ingredi, innocens, insequi, laedere, merito, obsecrare, praeceps, punire, rusticus, villa, volatus

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Click here to get the crossword puzzle solution.

Here are the clues:

ACROSS

2 To harm, injure
6 When
7 To enter
9 To grab, seize
10 Deservedly, rightly
12 Flight
14 Country-man
15 Hawk
16 Story, fable
17 Headlong, hasty
18 Farmhouse, estate
19 Harmless, innocent

DOWN

1 Flattering, coaxing
3 To say
4 To punish
5 To follow, pursue
8 To send forth, let go
9 Dove
11 To beg, implore
13 To try

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