Johns Across the Pond is a term used to refer to British citizens living in the United States. The term is derived from the name of the first British settlers in America, John Smith and his crew, who crossed the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. The two crossword solutions, IANS and LOOS, are acronyms for the phrase 'It's A New Start' and 'Life Over Ocean Seas' respectively. These phrases refer to the journey of the British settlers across the pond and their new life in the United States.