Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

1 Famous gorge formed by the Colorado River, 2 words

7 Color

9 Iconic landscape photographer

10 Half Dome’s home 11 Effigy Mounds National Monument’s state, abbr. 12 Outcropping

14 _____ Cave, South Dakota, where you can see bison herds 18 Part of Leonardo’s last name

19 Fox’s home

20 Unusual

22 ______ Cave, part of world’s longest known cave system 24 Compass point 25 Container

26 National bird

27 National park that includes part of the Blue Ridge Mountains 29 Mount Rainier’s state, abbr.

31 Florida’s iconic national park

33 _____ Capitan

34 _____ Gang

35 Famed Utah national park

37 Spanish explorer of the Pacific

38 Coloring liquid 39 Lacking feeling

40 It’s before beauty 41 Bond opponent

42 _____ Lake, national park in Oregon with an immense blue lake

DOWN

1 Montana national park that is home to grizzly bears, lynx and 700 lakes 2 From a distance 3 Mojave or Great Basin 4 Vanderbilt of etiquette fame

5 Not no

6 Propose for

7 Ancient dwellings 8 Former partner 13 Wyoming national park named after towering mountain, 2 words

15 Wedding words

16 The first national park, formed in 1872 17 Beech or birch

21 Tall spreading tree

22 What a boy grows up to be

23 Hee _____, TV show

25 Cod or Hatteras 27 Tranquil national park with some of the oldest and tallest trees in the world 28 Summer mo.

30 Mesa ______, where you can see cliff dwellings in Colorado

32 Airline, competitor to American 35 Meditative school of Buddhism

36 Squirrel’s find

37 U.K. broadcaster, abbr.