- SANDS
- Childers' fiction, "The Riddle of the ___"
- Classic Vegas casino
- ___ of Iwo Jima: 1949 John Wayne film
- Smooths, in a way
- Smooths with paper, perhaps
- White ___ National Monument
- Makes smoother
- Smooths
- Hourglass stuff
- Hourglass figures?
- Hourglass grains
- Vegas hotel imploded in 1996
- Former Vegas casino
- The __ of time
- Hourglass fillers
- Beach tracts
- __ of Iwo Jima
- Vegas casino razed in 1996
- Applies some grit to
- Finishes a carpentry job
- Smoothes wood
- Treats an icy road
- Does a woodworking chore
- Contents of hourglasses
- Tommy of "Babes in Toyland"
- Hourglass contents
- Smooths with an abrasive
- Removes rough spots
- White ___, New Mexico
- Deserts
- Shorelines, often
- Smooths, as wood
- Desert
- ___ of Iwo Jima: 1949 film
- Finishes furniture
- Razed Vegas landmark
- Time, metaphorically
- Historic Vegas hotel
- Historic Vegas hotel, with "the"
- Metaphor for time ... and, when divided into three words, puzzle theme found in the four longest across answers
- Smooths in wood shop
- Metaphorical moments of time
- Smooths in shop class
- Removes the rough spots
- Smooths wood
- Makes smooth
- Time, so to speak
- Smooths a surface
- Dune contents
- Former Las Vegas hotel
- Smoothes, as wood
- Removes the rough spots from
- Smooths, as a shelf
- Rat Pack venue
- Moments of time, metaphorically
- Preps for staining
- Metaphor for time
- Dunes, essentially
- Smooths, as a plank
- Smooths, in woodworking
- Stuff in hourglasses
- They fill hourglasses
- Uses gritty paper on
- Does some woodworking
- Sinatra at the ___ (1966 album)
- Moments of time
- Come unto these yellow ___.—The Tempest.
- ___ of time.
- Footsteps in the ___ of time.
- Where swimmers congregate.
- Beaches or deserts.
- Polishes with an abrasive.
- Beach.
- Beaches.
- Smoothes by rubbing, as furniture.
- Symbol of passing time.
- Quartz particles.
- Rubs smooth in a certain way.
- Shores.
- See 70 Down.
- Polishes.
- Figuratively, particles of time.
- Particles of time.
- Polishes, in a way.
- Does floor work.
- Rubs in a way.
- Does a carpenter's job
- England's Goodwin ___
- Beach and desert stretches
- Diana ___: 1934–73
- . . . the ___ of time: Longfellow
- ___ of Iwo Jima
- Gritty particles
- Actress Diana: 1934-73
- Kingsley's "The ___ of Dee"
- White ___, national monument in N.M.
- Singer Tommy
- Hosiery shades
- Refines a surface, in a way
- Saharan sights
- Former Vegas hotel
- Goes across the board?
- Bygone Vegas hotel
- Bygone Las Vegas hotel
- Erstwhile Vegas hotel
- Bygone Las Vegas casino
- Does some shop class work
- Takes the edge off?
- Smooths the surface of, as wood
- Takes care of the rough spots, in a way
- Finishes off in shop, say
- Former Vegas hotel, with "The"
- Smooths (down)
- Smooths in a woodshop
- Judas Priest: "___ of Time"
- Prepares to finish
- Smooths with gritty paper
- The Riddle of the _____ (Childers)
- White _____ Missile Range
- Makes smooth, in a way
- The _____ of time
- White ___ Missile Range
- Coastal expanses
- Metaphorically shifting particles
- They're constantly shifting, in a metaphor
- Smooths, as a board
- New Mexico's White ___ National Park
- Beaches usually
- Desert makeup
- Casino razed in 1996
- Classic casino
- Time units?
- Vegas name
- Vegas casino until 1996
- Does a wood shop job
- Smooths, like wood
- The ___ of time
- Venetian predecessor
- Shifting particles, in a metaphor about time
- Rubs the right way
- Beach blankets?
- Hotel at which Sinatra recorded a 1966 album
- Casino-hotel at which the Rat Pack played
- Hourglass flow
- Vegas hotel where the Rat Pack performed
- Rids of roughness, in a way
- Vegas hotel popular with Sinatra
- Sinatra venue in Vegas
- Rids of roughness, in a wood shop
- Prepares for staining, maybe
