Climate Change
Holi Town residents want a plan for dealing with rising temperatures, but the Town Council is in a financial squeeze.
Across
| 1. | Certain wizards shuffle aimlessly around dragon |
| 6. | Good, fine, grand |
| 9. | Greens sad about onset of algae loss |
| 11. | Like a certain group of stars: an oasis epic cast |
| 12. | Warning for the consumer: by Uber we are mistreated (2 wds.) |
| 15. | Integrity of Solomon Islands capital more than half destroyed by oxygen resistance |
| 17. | Prow of Kon-tiki water vessel in Seven Seas conglomerate |
| 19. | Lousy nap? Temple hosts Eastern Orthodox litany |
| 21. | Ounce, for example, is cup plus a ton |
| 22. | And . . . spiral! |
| 23. | Vehicle impales horse, evoking death |
| 26. | Gore (Ramon’s heart) from Texas battle site |
| 27. | Last of scent coming from polluted toilet: stay stationary with head windward |
| 28. | Master of Rolls serves boiled sea urchin in advance to Arnold Schwarzenegger and other award-winners (2 wds.) |
| 31. | Cambridge-based nonprofit opposing computer attacks but was probated in a mix-up |
| 34. | Mostly Hungarian goulash topping immersed in a certain acid |
| 37. | Period of showers sounds like monkey at small stream |
| 38. | Famous animal painter’s sculpture honours bear (2 wds.) |
Down
| 1. | Inhales noxious fumes in fits of anger |
| 2. | Droop, losing length—that’s funny! |
| 3. | El Niño’s progenitor goes west in Nerdapalooza |
| 4. | A fiscal disaster: beauty treatments |
| 5. | Appeal for help from Soros, or not |
| 6. | Mozart’s final, lavish opera: Taking Time for Caddisflies |
| 7. | I’m MIT’s Pritzker-earning icon, initially! (3 wds.) |
| 8. | Variable, as integer on X, Y and Z, perhaps |
| 10. | Illness detailed in meeting of climate scientists |
| 12. | Dessert is a consequence of runaway climate change? (2 wds.) |
| 13. | Your pal has a bachelor's degree—drink! (2 wds.) |
| 14. | Extinction of natural geneses in Hadean or Archean |
| 16. | Plant fluids’ scent is revolting—cut off at both ends by viscous liquids |
| 18. | Slave grabs turkey eaten by insane master of wood, water and hill (2 wds.) |
| 20. | Semi-annual agreement |
| 24. | Disheveled, crummy man missing in Wales |
| 25. | They leave the EU’s monarch without teeth? Just the opposite! |
| 29. | “Czech-Serbian, on the radio, holds area outside the city” |
| 30. | Transcendental numbers used for Yale method of quantifying a nation’s impact on climate change |
| 32. | Gate surrounding the central part of death row |
| 33. | North-flowing river inlet is site of carbon pollution |
| 35. | Melt peeled prune |
| 36. | Pierre’s heart-broken course without direction |