Across
- 2. Prayer leader for Muslims
- 4. Point of origin
- 5. An end to suffering
- 8. Francophones reign supreme
- 11. Religious pilgrims prefer a geometric destination
- 12. Niagara Falls locale (abbr.)
- 14. Expanse crossed by the Silk Road
- 15. Language family connected with Europe
- 16. Programming language named for a beverage named for an island
Down
- 1. Buddha's birth name
- 3. Neighbor for a Syrian
- 6. Centrifugal forces abound amidst oil and growing population
- 7. New Cold War flashpoint?
- 9. Many-time "Survivor" locale
- 10. Eastern place of worship
- 13. Data source for volcanologists