CHEESY VANDENBURGER SPECIAL

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Across
  1. 3. What pirates plunder—or what squats sculpt?
  2. 8. It's neither moist nor load-bearing, but it holds up your posters
  3. 10. Where geysers erupt, bison roam, and tourists test volcanic fate
  4. 14. Falls for everyone—romantics, daredevils, and hydroelectric dreams
  5. 15. It may loom large on the horizon, yet move only in metaphors
  6. 16. Weekly ritual where shells are stuffed and schedules revolve around salsa
  7. 19. Canada’s alpine jewel with lakes bluer than belief
  8. 20. Granite giant where El Capitan dares climbers to look up
  9. 21. Animated hippo heartthrob with a flair for the dramatic
Down
  1. 1. It flows like a continent’s artery—also delivers in two days
  2. 2. Old Man of American rivers, long and spelled with rhythm
  3. 4. Twin to the Euphrates, ancient and still flowing strong
  4. 5. It’s a massive gap—geographically and emotionally speaking
  5. 6. Shakespeare’s countess, Newton-John’s first name, chart-topping Rodrigo, or feisty wrangler
  6. 7. Unplanned spasm that derails speech—or a Viking with a dragon problem?
  7. 9. Looped logic? It ropes in cattle and commands
  8. 11. River of grass that hides gators and glides slowly to the sea
  9. 12. It waltzes through Europe, touching more capitals than most tourists
  10. 13. She has a birthday today
  11. 15. Common archangel alias or first name of many kings, singers, and screen heroes
  12. 17. Classic comeback with infinite applications—and limited maturity
  13. 18. Heavenly name for a sandstone sanctuary in Utah