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Common Core alignment to a Crossword puzzle is to three key phrases:
"Precise Meaning", "Spell Correctly" and "Grade Level".
CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c
Spell Correctly: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: L.2.2d+e, L.3.2e+f, L.4.2d, L.5.2d, L.6.2b, L.7.2b, L.8.2c, L.9-10.2c, L.11-12.2b
Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4

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ACROSS:

5 - all the plant life of a place
7 - the process of formation, growth or development
8 - natural or belonging esp. to a place
10 - to give new vitality to
13 - to grow luxuriantly
15 - a tract of land
16 - extremely plentiful; over sufficient quantity
17 - animals of a given region
19 - science concerned with improving living conditions
21 - lacking concern in things
22 - enduring; keeping up and continuing

DOWN:

1 - to cause widespread loss of leaves
2 - of or belonging to a plant species
3 - act of bringing back to vigor; something replenished
4 - to eat into or away; destroy
6 - prolific; abundantly productive
9 - to empty or exhaust
11 - arousal of a feeling, thought
12 - being in a state peril, risk or harm
14 - to make foul or unclean; contaminate
17 - plants of an area
18 - mutual living together (2 different organisms)
19 - surrounding parts; nearby space; vicinity
20 - form of oxygen

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