Piscator et Pisciculus

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 Piscator et Pisciculus: The Fisherman and The Little Fish. 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:

certus, commodum, commutare, demittere, donec, fatigare, fides, futilis, grandescere, hospes, incertus, insulsus, lautus, lubricus, piscator, pisciculus, piscis, prex, sane, spes

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Here are the clues:

ACROSS

1 Host; friend, guest
3 Vague, uncertain
5 Advantage, use
7 Tasteless, foolish
10 To grow big
13 To weary, harass
14 Fisherman
15 Definite, certain
16 Hope
17 Slippery, unreliable
18 Until, so long as

DOWN

2 Fish
4 To exchange, change
6 Trust, belief
8 Little fish
9 To let go, set free
11 Worthless, untrustworthy
12 Washed, refined, elegant
14 Request, entreaty
16 Really, surely

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