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The British Invasion
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Across the Pond

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ATLANTIC
The Atlantic Ocean stretches roughly 41 million square miles, the body of water every British act had to cross to reach American shores.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GANGWAY
The gangway, the ramp connecting ship to dock, became the threshold between the old world and the new, stepped over by musicians carrying guitars and outsized ambitions.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PORTHOLE
A porthole is the small circular window set into a ship's hull, often the first place a passenger pressed their face to catch a glimpse of the approaching New York skyline.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BERTH
A ship's berth is both the sleeping cabin and the vessel's mooring space, travelers claimed one at each end of the voyage.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Across the Pond word search covers the British Invasion, BEATLES, KINKS, and the harbor they sailed from. No account, nothing to download.

About Across the Pond

When British bands began crossing the Atlantic in the early 1960s, the journey itself was part of the magic, the wide grey ocean, the salt air, the slow anticipation of a new continent rising on the horizon. The harbor lights of New York City must have blazed like a promise as the gangway finally lowered. Something electric was about to change, and the crossing was where it all began.

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