Geography Crossword for Adults

This hard crossword about geography has 13 entries on an 11 by 11 grid, 7 across and 6 down.

Answers average 5.6 letters and the longest runs nine, clued as "A landmass that is almost an island, but just couldn't let go" (5 Down). It crosses four other answers, so getting it early opens up much of the grid.

  • 13 clues
  • 11 x 11 grid
  • Hard
  • Answers 4 to 9 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 6 Across (7)The ultimate belt that divides the world into two halves
  2. 8 Across (8)An imaginary line that is always at its peak at noon
  3. 5 Down (9)A landmass that is almost an island, but just couldn't let go

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Across

  1. 1. A huge divide that is mostly water
  2. 3. Heroic wear that suddenly turns into a narrow point of land
  3. 6. The ultimate belt that divides the world into two halves
  4. 8. An imaginary line that is always at its peak at noon
  5. 10. A wet mirage that actually exists
  6. 12. Man-made shortcut that makes shipping lanes a breeze
  7. 13. Greek letter that deposits mud at the river's end

Down

  1. 2. A Scandinavian inlet that sounds like a motor company
  2. 4. A serving dish that causes earthquakes when it slides
  3. 5. A landmass that is almost an island, but just couldn't let go
  4. 7. A cold, treeless plain where the soil is permanently frozen in time
  5. 9. A piece of land surrounded by liquid isolation
  6. 11. A Spanish table that is completely made of rock and dirt

Answer key

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