De Urso et Apibus

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 Urso et Apibus: The Bear and The Bees. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page for this fable 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:

aculeus, alveare, apis, auferre, cibarium, diruere, discerpere, elabi, hostis, icere, impetus, inimicus, invadere, iracundia, mel, melius, necare, tolerare, unguis, ursus

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Here are the clues:

ACROSS

1 Passion, anger
5 To slip away, escape
7 To bear, endure, tolerate
8 Enemy, stranger
9 Unfriendly, hostile
11 Honey
13 To carry off, steal
14 To enter, invade, attack
17 Claw, nail, talon
18 Better

DOWN

1 To stab, sting, strike
2 Food, rations, provisions
3 To mutilate, tear up
4 Beehive
6 To pull down, destroy
9 Attack, assault
10 Sting, stinger
12 To kill, murder
15 Bee
16 Bear, he-bear

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