Across

    1  It might be transactional or transformational

    6  Night gear, for short

    8  Prior to now

    9  Agave plant

  10  Question and answer sessions, abbr.

  11  Children’s game

  12  Best bud

  14  Green-building certification letters

  15  Spur on to bigger and better things

  16  Rushed

  17  Eventually

  19  Courageous

  22  Six-point scores, for short

  24  Succeed

  25  Lao-tzu principle

  26  Committed, like parks and recreation staff

  30  Functions

  33  Feeling of fellowship with others: what parks create

  35  Yes, captain

  36  Moist

  37  Quiet!

  38  Where reeds grow

Down

    1  Staunchness, what good leaders inspire

    2  Very old

    3  Physical, for one

    4  National Park in the Sierra Nevada

    5  Encourage

    6  Big golfing event

    7  Casual runners

    8  City planning to create 20 new parks in 2018 and beyond

  13  One of the top baby girl’s names of 2018

  18  Time just before an event

  19  Make of pen

  20  Chromosome stuff

  21  Compete with a rival

  23  Looking innocent, like a deer (2 words)

  24  Madison’s state

  26  Teals and mallards, for example

  27  Half ___, in Yosemite

  28  Day outings

  29  Desert-like

  31  Manicured area

  32  Tennis units

  34  Land of the brave and free