Anna's crossword

2. the latest example of how (....) parts of global supply chains can suddenly seize up.
5. But ships carrying bulk (....) generally don’t book passage.
8. (....) canal operations in recent years.
12. This presents bulk shipping companies with an expensive (....)They can risk waiting for days.
14. a new reservoir in the Indio River to (....)the water supply and increase traffic through the canal.
16. A portion of these extra costs will be passed on to consumers, already (....) by inflation.
18. but scientists believe that climate change may be (....) dry spells and raising temperatures in the region.
19. forcing officials to slash the number of (....) they allow through.
20. But a (....) has left the canal without enough water.

1. Though Panama has an (....) climate that makes it one of the wettest countries.
3. a ship goes through the (....)as it travels the 40 miles across Panama.
4. domestic product which generates over 6 percent of Panama’s (....).
6. and that project was (....)by cost disputes.
7. known as its (....) which significantly reduces the weight it can carry.
9. The canal (....) in July cut the average to 32 vessels.
10. “In (....) terms, the canal can handle 38 transits per day.
11. The Problems at the Panama Canal, an engineering (....) that opened in 1914.
13. but scientists believe that climate change may be prolonging dry (.....) and raising temperatures in the region.
15. $400,000 in a special auction to move a ship ahead in the (....) roughly doubling the total cost of using the canal.
17. (....) disruptions at the canal could stoke interest in building land routes in Mexico.