San ___ Fault

ANDREAS

This major California fracture shares its name with a famous 19th-century geologist’s first name.

This clue refers to the San Andreas Fault, a famous geological fault line in California known for causing major earthquakes. The blank in "San ___ Fault" directly hints at "ANDREAS," the missing word in the well-known name. It’s a straightforward fill-in-the-blank with no wordplay—just a test of general knowledge about Earth science or U.S. geography. If you’ve heard of the fault (maybe from news or movies like San Andreas), the answer should click right away.