In keeping with our theme of themed crossword puzzles, this month you get another theme. The theme? Trails, ORV areas, and obstacles or things related to trails, ORV areas, and obstacles. Got that? If your favorite trail, ORV area, or obstacle, or the state in which your favorite trail, ORV area, or obstacle is located in is not in this particular puzzle, don't write in to tell us you're canceling your subscription seeing that we clearly don't care about your favorite wheeling spot. It may turn up in another month's game-or maybe we simply couldn't figure out a way to make it interesting in a puzzle. After all, you're doing a crossword in a Jeep magazine, not the Thursday New York Times. And, as always, just a reminder that it's easier to use the clues rather than trying to fill in the squares blindly.
Across
5. Located in Colorado, its name is the same name as the deadly bear; two words
6. This Washington Ridge makes your cheeks tighten
11. In Illinois, the Illini 4x4 Safari's 4+ trail; the book you used to look up maps in before the Internet was born
13. A BFG Outstanding Trail in British Columbia; an S&M instrument combined with a chain/band type of this
14. This second word in the desert's name is Spanish for lamb; the first word is Anza
16. Utah's got a Golden this
20. Suspension company that has an ORV park
21. The Silver Lake Sand Dunes is located in this state, whose name means big lake
22. Ocotillo Wells ORV area was home to the 44th annual Tierra Del Sol Safari, or this for short
23. This mountain in Wyoming will hold its first Jeep Jamboree this year. Also a sheep found in North America and Siberia
24. The primary terrain in Rock Creek at Rausch Creek Off-Road Park in Pennsylvania
25. The world's highest hill, located in Oklahoma
Down
1.Avalanche Ranch in Colorado is home to this; also a card game where 2s are wild; two words
2. Patzcuarro's in New Mexico; what you plot when someone disses you.
3. This Pass is in Washington; nachos with a typo
4. Rockcrawling competitions in Missouri happen here, but no fava beans or Chianti allowed
6. Obstacle in Moab named after picnic staple; three words
7. Our sister magazine holds its Top Truck Challenge at Hollister Hills; two words
8. The Black Widow and Brown Recluse are this; two words
9. GM killed off this brand; also the name of a big sand dune in Glamis
10. Found in Arizona; this bird can walk upside down
12. Difficult trail at Gulches Off Road Vehicle Park created by two college students. Also a venomous rattler
15. The Rubicon's Big and Little trails; the dictionary says this word means water passageway
17. Lower and Upper Tellico are in this Carolina
18. This off-road park is called "Moab of Texas"; the park/city name is derived from a Comanche chief named Ketemoczy.
19. Jack and Sledge at Johnson Valley
20. The hard-core Hal Johns Trail is located in this Dakota