| GLOBALWARMING | The gradual heating of the earth's surface and oceans (6,7) |
| SEA | The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its landmasses |
| ICEAGE | A long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere (3,3) |
| STUDIOREMAKES | "Planet of the Apes" and "Ocean's Eleven," e.g. |
| MERIDIAN | A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the poles (8) |
| HORIZON | Line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet (7) |
| THERMALS | Columns of rising air caused by the heating of the land surface (8) |
| THERMAL | A column of rising air caused by local unequal heating of the land surface (7) |
| INTERMIXTURES | I'm right about separating cool surfaces and blends (13) |
| GREENHOUSE | A ___ gas is any gas that has the property of absorbing infrared radiation (net heat energy) emitted from Earth's surface and reradiating it back to Earth's surface. |
| FABIANIST | One who favours the gradual introduction of the spread of socialism (9) |
| APHESIS | Linguistic term for the gradual loss of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in round from around (7) |
| SUBSIDENCE | The gradual sinking of an area of a land (10) |
| DRAINED | Emptied or dried by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture. (7) |
| FABIAN | Name a socialist society favouring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means (6) |
| DRIFT | Continental ____ , the gradual movement of continents through geological time (5) |
| NOCHEAPSKATE | "I'm ___ when it comes to the environment, especially our lakes and oceans and ponds and rivers and |
| CHEESY | Strangely see Yankee supporting central heating of low quality (6) |
| SFUMATO | In painting, the gradual blending of one colour into another without sharp lines; Italian, 'smoked off' (7) |
| EROSION | The gradual wearing away by weather (7) |
