Vocabulary Building Blocks: (15 Across) adobe (NOUN) Adobe is a Spanish word for: 1. An unburnt, sun-dried brick. 2. The mixed earth or sandy, calcareous clay from which adobe bricks are made. 3. A structure made of such bricks. [Adobe soils are found in hot dry climates worldwide and the bricks made from these soils have been used to build structures for thousands of years. In the US, adobe houses are associated with the Pueblo people of the Southwest, whose structures are still visible after hundreds of years.]

Did You Know? (59 Down) The college that would become UCLA was established in 1882 as the Los Angeles Normal School, a public college to train teachers. The college later was incorporated into the University of California as its first branch campus. Today, the medical and dental schools at UCLA are world renowned and the university also houses one of the nation's top research libraries. In the sports world the UCLA Bruins are known as perennial men's college basketball champions, having won the NCAA tournament more than any other men's team to date. Well known athletes that played sports at UCLA include Jackie Robinson, Bill Walton, Troy Aikman, Arthur Ashe, and Ann Meyers, among others.