Complete Clue List
Across
1. Home to the desert area known as Rub' al Khali, or the "Empty Quarter" - (5,6)
7. Capital of Mexican state of Jalisco (11)
8. City on the Loire, in France (6)
9. Tel Aviv location named after Biblical leader and scribe (4)
11. Town in Onondaga County, New York (4)
12. Most visited museum in world (6)
15. 272 foot drop on creek in Douglas County, Oregon (6,5)
16. State capital of Illinois (11)
Down
1. Town and river in southern Ethiopia (5)
2. Capital of Mongolia (alt spelling ) (11)
3. Alatza ___ in Thessaloniki - hostel/soup kitchen dating from Ottoman Empire (6)
4. Currency of Iran (4)
5. Capital of Republic of the Congo (11)
6. City in southern Turkey (5)
10. Phrase used to describe High Asia, the highest region on Earth - "___ ___ the World" (4,2)
11. Town on the Isle of Wight (5)
13. Freed from pain or worry, or moved slowly and steadily (5)
14. Beethoven birthplace and West Germany capital (4)