Complete Clue List
Across
1. The Acts of Union were passed on the first day of this month in 1707
3. Frederick the Great ruled this Central European country for 46 years
7. Armed Basque separatist organization, dissolved in 2018
8. What galley slaves were forced to do
9. Belgian town that hosted an important conference in 1920
11. ___abteilung, paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party
14. River on whose banks Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg in 1703
15. One-twelfth of a foot
17. Battle fought and lost by France against 3A in 1870
18. The Third Estate took one at a tennis court in 1789
20. Roman poet who authored "Metamorphoses"
21. Birthplace of Maximilien Robespierre, also the site of two WWI battles
24. Beverage first introduced into Europe by the Dutch in the early 17th century
26. Cher ___, a homing pigeon awarded the Croix de Guerre for his service in WWI
27. Sleepy-sounding land mentioned in the Book of Genesis
28. Pivotal naval battle fought in 1571 off the coast of Greece
29. Eastern European river associated with the Cossacks
Down
1. 1800 battle won by Napoleon against Austria in northwestern Italy
2. Longbows were usually made from the wood of this tree
3. A well-known one was signed in Warsaw in 1955
4. Transcontinental country and superpower that existed from 1922 to 1991
5. Special forces unit of the British Army, founded in 1941
6. The ___ Pacis in Rome is dedicated to Augustus' Pax Romana
10. A muscle connecting the chest with the shoulder and upper arm (short)
11. Tsar Alexander III was known by this name to his family and close friends
12. The serfs were the ___class in feudal Europe
13. Legendary king of Crete, son of Zeus
16. Roman emperor who built a famous wall in Britain
19. A successful military figure such as the Red Baron
22. An inevitable consequence of war
23. Latin for "in the year"
24. An archaeological mound created by humans (alt. spelling)
25. Alleged instrument of Cleopatra's suicide
26. Opposite of subtract