Complete Clue List
Across
1. Battle of Modder ____ during Boer War
4. Grog is this in dilute form
6. Rank in army and navy, though not equivalent (abbr.)
8. Issue rum ration aboard ship; ___ the mainbrace
9. Element with atomic number 42
12. April 1861 to April 1865; ____ Civil War
15. Uruguay 1811, Battle of ___ Piedras
16. Warning re grass or minefield, perhaps (4,3)
19. Manfred von Richthofen was known as The Red ____
21. City liberated in 1944
23. Air Chief Marshal nicknamed "Bomber"
24. Major WWI battle site, July - November 1916 and again in March 1918
26. Navigation aids
28. First stop for many immigrants to USA, 1892-1954; ____ Island
29. Obstructions naval vessels should avoid
30. Israeli parliament
32. Team of comic book superheroes (abbr.)
34. Mountains downed WWII aviators could cross to evade capture and reach Spain
36. Ailment suffered by WWI soldiers (6,4)
38. It is said that Queen Victoria was "not ____"
39. The last one was Nicholas, eliminated by the Bolsheviks (var.sp.)
40. Commodity sought by a coureur des bois
41. King Canute's people
Down
1. One of "Our Gang", perhaps
2. Things people fight for
3. Ascends again
4. Empire based in modern Italy
5. WWII novel by Leon Uris, "___ 18"
6. Massachusetts location, Cape ___
7. Mexican revolutionary, ____ Villa
10. More efficient than muzzle-loading; ____-loading
11. Annoy
13. Ancient battle commemorated by road race
14. Site of battles in April - May 1917 and May 1940
17. Danger
18. WWII radar station location, or knitting pattern (4,4)
20. Fortified Belgian city, besieged in August 1914
22. Belonging to Nagy, leader of 1956 Hungarian Revolution
25. Foe
27. Hastily drawn diagram or map
28. Held in high regard
30. Unit of speed for a naval vessel, or something a sailor might tie
31. Remains of a fire
32. Danish-born Victoria Cross recipient, Jorgen Christian ____
33. Theatrical confidences
34. Last king of Serbia (without regnal number)
35. Concern of Veterinary Corps before mechanization
37. Franz Ferdinand was in one when shot