Complete Clue List
Across
1. End of war in this Southeast Asian country on 30 Apr 1975
5. Iconic American Hollywood actress ___ Gardner (1922-1990)
7. Supreme USSR leader (1922-1924)
8. Fall of this Tibetan capital was in 1959
9. Undisputed boxing heavyweight champion (1974-1978)
11. British prime minister (1955-1957); Anthony ___
13. Sovereign state in the Middle East (1958-1971) (acronym)
14. 1991 Oscar winner for Best Actor; Jeremy ___
16. Prime Minister of Cambodia twice (1966-1967; 1969-1971); ___ Nol
18. Palestinian scholar As'ad Shukeiri, mayor of ___ (1914-1918)
21. Sudden death of superstar martial artist Bruce ___ on 20 Jul 1973 in Hongkong
23. 1977 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, British economist James ___
24. Renowned American landscape photographer Ansel ___ (1902-1984)
25. American intelligence agency established on 4 Nov 1952 (acronym)
26. Turkish empire ended in 1922
Down
1. 1989 Revolution in Czechoslovakia
2. U.S. Open champion (1994; 1997); South African golfer ___ Els
3. German singer famed for 1984 hit "99 Luftballons"
4. West African country, gained independence from France on 22 Sep 1960
5. The ___ massacre of 1909 on Armenian communities
6. Renowned British mathematician, logician, and cryptanalyst; ___ Turing (1912-1954)
10. Pioneer of spaghetti Western genre; Italian filmmaker Sergio ___ (1929-1989)
12. Known for role in Spanish left-wing movements and Civil War; Andreu ___ (1892-1937)
13. American newspaper launched on 14 Sep 1982; ___ Today
15. 1st black South African president (1994-1999); ___ Mandela
17. 6 June 1944 Normandy invasion highest casualty beachhead
19. Israeli first president (1949-1952); ___ Weizmann
20. 3rd Ugandan president (1971-1979): Idi ___
21. Replaced Johnny Carson as the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" in 1992; Jay ___
22. Battle of ___ China Sea in April 1945