Across
- 2. When efforts pay off/ Stage of full development
- 4. Steal the spotlight from/ When a heavenly body photobombs another
- 5. Hatch a plan/ give birth to an idea
- 8. Temporary retreat from reality/ Period of dormancy
- 10. Connect the dots/ Gather from the evidence
- 11. Boundlessly; seeming without limit
- 14. Weighty in content/ Beyond surface level
- 15. Not obtuse in every sense/ ouch
- 17. Lurk beneath the surface/ Be the bedrock of
- 18. Sphere of influence/ field of expertise/ Ruler’s kingdom
- 20. Like smartphones these days/ Stupidity
Down
- 1. Assign a meaning to/ Derive interpretation of
- 3. Sure as tomorrow/ Like death and taxes
- 6. Going well beyond the surface/ Like a philosophers thought
- 7. Ultimate downfall/ The last breath
- 9. Show unmistakingly/ Bring into reality/ Make known
- 12. In the shadows, figuratively/ Vague/ Only known to a few
- 13. Identify despite obscurity/ Separate signal from static
- 16. Where everything has been leading/ The grand finale
- 19. Sit forgotten and unused/ Lose momentum over time/ Drift into obscurity