From Sands to Skies

High-flying facts and down-to-earth wordplay
A panoramic puzzle journeying through vast landscapes, natural phenomena, and wide-ranging trivia. Explore nature, geography, and pop culture.
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Across

  • 1A
    Newest info, like weather forecasts for travelers.
  • 5A
    Gain admittance, or a keyboard key.
  • 8A
    Tall evergreen tree often used for hedges, or a historic British vehicle maker.
  • 10A
    Expanses above the earth.
  • 11A
    Grand Canyon or Aurora Borealis, for examples.

Down

  • 2D
    Tree often found in forests, or to long for something distant.
  • 3D
    Low-lying, swampy region in South Asia.
  • 4D
    Beach particles, or hourglass contents.
  • 5D
    Arm joint often seen bent, or a river bend.
  • 6D
    Heavyweight champ Mike, or cosmos expert Neil deGrasse.
  • 7D
    Large deer of North American forests.
  • 9D
    Close by, or approaching.