Across
- 5. The handheld version that burns down faster than expected
- 6. The day July is most known for
- 8. The month that started it all
- 9. Gives climbing plants somewhere to be
- 11. A figure bigger than their era
- 12. The coolest in the garden
- 16. A higher vantage point for a warm evening
- 17. Where summer dinner happens
- 18. Where boats wait between their better days
- 19. June's most colorful event
- 23. What July fourth is ultimately about
- 24. Historic Greenwich Village landmark
- 25. The day the sun finally commits
- 26. The goal when the scales are finally balanced
Down
- 1. When fireflies clock in
- 2. Saturday morning errand that goes with farmers
- 3. Procession that shuts down the street
- 4. Shows up at every cookout and stays until it's gone
- 5. What happens when sunscreen stays in the bag
- 7. No longer in the background
- 10. The July meal that requires a blanket
- 13. Promises more than it delivers
- 14. Flies a little higher in July
- 15. Carries its own lantern
- 16. What follows a summer storm
- 17. Festive, stubborn, and everywhere
- 20. Makes a hot day bearable
- 21. The unofficial protein of July
- 22. Someone in your corner
