Across
- 6. – Stifling stretch of summer, traditionally ending in August
- 9. – What August fruit becomes if ignored too long
- 12. – August occasion for family name tags and potato salad
- 13. – Big, blazing night gathering
- 15. – Position in a sport often played under August sun
- 16. – Juicy red sign that the garden is peaking
- 19. – Rustic transport, popular at late summer fairs
Down
- 1. – August festivity with rides and cotton candy
- 2. – What summer days start doing in August
- 3. – Shaded structure at summer picnics
- 4. – The only way to guess if the picnic’s a go
- 5. – Chirping summer sound makers (not crickets)
- 7. – Golden daily event that creeps earlier in August
- 8. – Open field that buzzes with August life
- 10. – It’s empty in July but full by the end of August
- 11. – Breezy outfit choice for August heat
- 14. – It’s loaded up for the return to routine
- 17. – How you feel at the end of a hot August hike
- 18. – What you might do with peaches before fall