Time Crossword

5. The apparent sinking of the sun below the horizon; the time at which the sun sets.
6. The middle of the day: 12 o'clock in the daytime. Noon has not always meant "12 o'clock in the daytime." In the ancient Roman way of keeping track of time, the hours of the day were counted from sunrise to sunset. The ninth hour of their days (~ 3pm to us) was called nona, Latin for "ninth." In the early period of English, the word was borrowed as noon, also referring to the ninth hour after sunrise. By the 14th century, however, the word came to be used for midday, 12 o'clock, as used today.
7. The point in the apparent path of the sun at which the sun is farthest north or south of the equator; the time of the sun's passing a solstice, which usually occurs on June 21 and December 21.
8. Time usually one hour ahead of standard time.
10. Either of the two times each year, about March 21 and September 23, when the sun appears overhead at the equator and day and night are everywhere of equal length.

1. The area where the shadow is cast and thus shows the time.
2. The apparent rising of the sun above the horizon; the time at which the sun rises.
3. The time established by law or by general usage over a region or country.
4. The period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues; a minute, hour, day, or year, as indicated by a clock or calendar.
5. A device that shows the time of day by the position of the shadow cast on a marked plate or disk usually by an object with a straight edge.
9. An object (as on a sundial) that by the position or length of its shadow serves to indicate the hour of the day.