Learning Crosswords In America

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Across
  1. 5. Plural, an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere.
  2. 7. The physical universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
  3. 8. 17 year old American-Russian hero.
  4. 10. A plan to smash an asteroid to bits in order to damage as little of the earth as possible.
  5. 12. A statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal, a typically solvable mathematical situation.
  6. 13. A small rocky body orbiting the sun or hurling toward the planet.
  7. 15. The best friend and love interest of Yuri.
Down
  1. 1. Plural, travel on wings or by aircraft; fly.
  2. 2. A person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities.
  3. 3. A dish of Italian origin consisting of a flat, round base of dough baked with a topping of tomato sauce and cheese, typically with added meat or vegetables.
  4. 4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  5. 6. Use language of a kind regarded as coarse, blasphemous, or otherwise unacceptable in polite or formal speech in order to express anger or other strong emotion.
  6. 9. The action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.
  7. 11. A friend who is always there for Yuri and Dovie.
  8. 14. Country partly in eastern Europe and partly in North Asia.