Friday October 2, 2020

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Across
  1. 2. Luke's home planet (filmed in Death Valley NP)
  2. 5. JTree doppleganger
  3. 6. JTree's Largest Lizard
  4. 9. "higher" of the two JTNP deserts
  5. 10. camp music festival where N+J met
  6. 14. Man "Marvin of the Mojave", the desert sasquatch
  7. 16. "Nice" Rocks
  8. 20. extraterrestrial rejuvenation machine
  9. 21. Channel Islands, Joshua Tree, Rocky Mountain, Saguaro
  10. 24. oracle pocket-sized field guide to the desert+strange tales
  11. 26. 66, J+N drive to LA
  12. 28. cool area under a banana tree
  13. 29. any kind of "thing" to someone in Philly (john, but in philly)
  14. 30. N+J Surname Alias
  15. 33. "The Bones of the Earth" - or Skull of Skull Rock
  16. 35. turns nikki grottano into NAG, feminine anthony
  17. 38. prickly succulents and bassist of phish
  18. 40. Beach Duney Malibu beach and site of engagement
  19. 41. Best way to get High (8516 ft) in Palm Springs
  20. 42. Dexter's Last Name
  21. 43. Ground Sloths the original spreaders of joshua tree seeds
  22. 46. cabazon concrete creationist roadside attractions
  23. 47. John's Birthplace
  24. 48. hitters wear a blindfold
  25. 49. cinnamon sugar fried dough treat
Down
  1. 1. h2o of the earth, miracle water
  2. 3. "Jumping" Cactus - Or "Child's Best Friend" Cholla
  3. 4. Guormundurson + Guormundurson + Jarvinen + Haugen
  4. 7. is only a lot of drops of water (also is love)
  5. 8. Where it starts and where it ends
  6. 10. spicy pepper and street of casa de hollywoods
  7. 11. basin or beans
  8. 12. old Wild West movie set, home to Pappy & Harriet's
  9. 13. Stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, turtle
  10. 15. western extension of the Sonoran Desert, other JTNP desert
  11. 17. Rock trailhead where "we did"
  12. 18. last sign of zodiac, foot in unseen world, nikki sun
  13. 19. wren endemic desert bird and yucca valley book exchange
  14. 22. crustacean inhabited footwear (wedding website password)
  15. 23. honeymoon home base
  16. 25. Birds Seasonal Desert - Dwellers and winter visitors to FL
  17. 27. in between JW, a builder/worker in stone
  18. 31. southernmost visitor center of JTNP
  19. 32. Tree Yucca Brevifolia
  20. 34. Nikki's Birthplace
  21. 36. first astrological sign, of new beginnings, john sun
  22. 37. favorite holiday and 1983 flick
  23. 39. beach and desert grains
  24. 43. hollywoods most frequented park, home to observatory
  25. 44. Bell fast food fave, "fourth meal"
  26. 45. City the last free place in america