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Completed solution to “It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas,” a methane-themed crossword puzzle by Stella Zawistowski, with answers filled into the grid.
Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski

Across

1. Facts and figures analyzed by methane researchers
DATA

5. _____ Heron (research vessel used by Professor John Kessler)
BLUE

9. URochester atmospheric scientist Crowell who studies climate change
SEAN

13. Savory flavor
UMAMI

15. Material for a knitter
YARN

16. Veggie with curly leaves
KALE

17. What you can do with food waste to reduce methane emissions
COMPOSTING

19. Oceanographer Jacques-_____ Cousteau
YVES

20. Three, in Italian
TRE

21. Has to have
NEEDS

22. What “i.e.” stands for
ID EST

23. Title granted to British methane researcher Anthony Cheetham
SIR

24. Prefix with “cure” or “center”
EPI

25. What you can do after a meal to reduce methane emissions
FREEZE LEFTOVERS

34. Flood-preventing structure
LEVEE

35. Sister of Sansa on Game of Thrones
ARYA

36. Night author Wiesel
ELIE

37. Low-pH substance
ACID

38. Month of Dandelion Day
APRIL

39. “Kings & Queens” singer _____ Max
AVA

40. Throb rhythmically
PULSATE

42. Absolutely essential
VITAL

44. Soon-to-be URochester grads: Abbr.
SRS.

45. Clean-energy option to reduce methane emissions
SOLAR PANELS

49. Part of the Goergen Athletic Center
GYM

50. “It’s the _____ I can do!”
LEAST

51. Give your consent
AGREE

54. Not domesticated
WILD

55. Becomes mature
AGES

59. Kind of protein you can eat to reduce methane emissions
PLANT-BASED

61. Lake _____ (site of a methane extraction project studied by Kristin Doughty)
KIVU

62. Uncontaminated
PURE

63. The _____ of defeat
AGONY

64. Like a tie score
EVEN

65. Notices
SEES

66. Payment for off-campus housing
RENT

67. Rowing machine, for short
ERG

Down

1. Air passage
DUCT

2. Love, in Spanish
AMOR

3. Not very exciting
TAME

4. Concert sound booster
AMP

5. Unit equal to eight bits
BYTE

6. Installed, as tile
LAID

7. Coffee dispensers
URNS

8. Language of the UK: Abbr.
ENG.

9. Jump with a parachute
SKYDIVE

10. Edge of a roof
EAVE

11. Drinks at Murphy’s Law Irish Pub
ALES

12. Home built by yellowjackets
NEST

14. Make electrically charged
IONIZE

18. Lacking in moisture
SERE

22. Event a Simon School student might analyze
IPO

23. “Sowing the _____ of Love”
SEEDS

24. Abbreviation seen in research citations
ET AL.

25. Parts of envelopes
FLAPS

26. Happen again
RECUR

27. Wicked deeds
EVILS

28. Place to show your school spirit with a pin
LAPEL

29. Make a mistake
ERR

30. “No action needed” abbreviation
FYI

31. Greatly gladden
ELATE

32. RIT, to URochester
RIVAL

33. Tightly closes
SEALS

38. One of five in a methane molecule
ATOM

41. So far
AS YET

42. Nickname of URochester professor and methane researcher Petrenko
VAS

43. Everything you eat and drink
INTAKE

46. Actress Brie of Community
ALISON

47. Grow lenient
RELENT

48. Rice field that’s a common source of methane emissions
PADDY

49. They’re studied in URochester’s BIOL 101 course
GENES

51. Programs like UR Mobile
APPS

52. Adhesive for scrapbooking
GLUE

53. Highly unusual
RARE

54. Worker’s hourly payment
WAGE

56. Become a Rochester Loyal, say
GIVE

57. “_____ Better” (what “Meliora” translates to)
EVER

58. Like Eastman Opera Theatre performances
SUNG

60. Filgers East End, for example
BAR


The original puzzle appears in the fall 2026 print issue of Rochester Review, the magazine of the University of Rochester.