Complete Clue List
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1. Ocean floor
5. Fictional character created and portrayed by comedian Rowan Atkinson (2,4)
9. Sinn Fein org. (init.) which had two members killed August 11, 1972, by prematurely exploding bomb
11. Latvians and Soviets were ____ (2,5) after signing 29D, August 11, 1920, ending War of Independence
12. August 11, 2009: Welsh football club ____ City beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0
13. Distress signal (init.) sent for the first time on August 11, 1909, by US steamer "Arapahoe"
15. See 10D/32A: dispute meant no Baseball World ____ in 1994
17. Zigzag ribbon used for clothing trim (var.)
18. August 11, 1968: MLB Hall of Fame pitcher ____ Paige signed by Atlanta Braves in coaching role
19. August 11, 1984: US athlete ____ Lewis won a 4th Olympic gold medal in the 4x100 relay
22. American astronomer Asaph ____ III discovered Martian moon Deimos, August 11, 1877
24. 25A & 24A: August 11, 1937, premiere of "The ____ of ____", biopic of French author (2nd part, 5,4)
25. 25A & 24A: August 11, 1937, premiere of "The ____ of ____", biopic of French author (1st word)
27. August 11, 1909: Warren Bardsley (Aust.) first scorer of two centuries in a ____ cricket match
30. 26D & 30A: August 11, 1964, "A Hard Day's Night" US premiere, first ____ film by The ____ (2nd word)
32. 10D/32A: August 11, 1994, last games before MLB Players' strike would ____ the ____ (2nd word)
33. August 11, 1980: Yankees' slugger ____ Jackson hits 400th home run (563 career total)
34. Musical style of Tierra Whack, aka Dizzle Diz (b. August 11, 1995, Philadelphia, PA)
36. UTOPIAN gives rise to genus of flowering cacti (anag.)
37. Relevant (2,5)
38. Automobile
39. August 11, 1973: "American Graffiti", directed by ____ Lucas, opens in US cinemas
40. August 11, 1976: Keith Moon, drummer for ____ (3,3), collapsed and was hospitalised in Miami, FL
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2. 2D & 7D: August 11, 1804, Francis II becomes the first ____ of ____ (1st word)
3. August 11, 1951: first televised baseball game in colour; Boston ____ beat Brooklyn Dodgers 8-1
4. August 11, 1956: American artist Jackson Pollock (b. 1912) ____ in a (38A) crash
5. August 11, 1935: Nazis stage ____ (widespread) demonstrations against German Jews
6. August 11, 1984: Olympic gold medal football game, France vs ____, with record crowd at the Rosebowl
7. 2D & 7D: August 11, 1804, Francis II becomes the first ____ of ____ (2nd word)
8. Astronomical distance (3.26 light-years)
10. 10D/32A: August 11, 1994, last games before MLB Players' strike would ____ (end) the ____ (1st word)
14. Musicians' group playing August 11, 1943 at the premiere of Richard Strauss' "Horn Concerto No. 2"
16. IS MENSA playing around with this Japanese banjo? (anag.)
17. Keith Moon (see 40A) did not ____ (get better) from his health problems and died in 1978 (aged 32)
20. August 11, 1980: Mohammad-____ Rajai appointed Prime Minister of Iran
21. August 11, 1974: Golfer ____ Trevino won the PGA Championship
22. Stetson or sombrero
23. August 11, 1965: (34D) riots begin in the Watts area of ____ Angeles, CA
25. Portuguese capital, site of UEFA Champions League QF, Atalanta vs. PSG (August 11, 2020)
26. 26D & 30A: August 11, 1964, "A Hard Day's Night" US premiere, first ____ film by The ____ (1st word)
28. The "Bombardment of Dunkirk", August 11, 1695, was an attack by Dutch and ____ vessels
29. War-ending agreement (also see 11A)
30. Runaway
31. Always, in music
34. Ethnic group (see also 23D)
35. August 11, 1904: Japanese ships force the Russian fleet back into ____ Arthur harbour, Manchuria