Summer Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. temporary address, tent included
- 5. footwear that announces your arrival
- 6. melting reward for surviving the heat
- 8. the reason your hair has opinions today
- 9. smoky affair that draws neighbors over fences
- 11. glare's natural predator
- 12. seed-spitting contest's main prop
- 14. shoreline that draws crowds when mercury climbs
- 15. proof you underestimated the afternoon
- 16. SPF-rated shield against a summer betrayal
- 18. vessel that reads the same both ways
- 19. nature's night-light, no batteries required
- 20. suburban rite that turns lawns into slip zones
Down
- 1. pocket souvenir with an ocean's echo inside
- 3. the calendar's longest-day landmark
- 4. nature's aquarium, refreshed twice daily
- 7. stand-issue refreshment, classically oversteeped
- 10. napper's suspension bridge between two trunks
- 13. architecture with a tidal expiration date
- 14. gathering point once the sun clocks out
- 16. breathing apparatus for the face-down explorer
- 17. the thing your inbox punishes you for taking