Complete Clue List
Across
1. A new 'race' started in this arena in 1957
5. Nickname for President Reagan's strategic defense initiative (2 words)
10. Asian and African nations banded together to form this organization, in protest (abbrev)
12. The first double-digit number
13. Enemy of the United States (2 words)
17. I ___, he is
18. Lennon's wife
19. QuickTime file format
21. The proper way to address a German male
23. Foes to the capitalists
29. Internet code for Canada (abbrev)
30. American actor Ryan _____, in "Remember the Titans"
32. Persuade
33. 1945 meeting of the "Big Three" took place here
35. A positive, enthusiastic attitude; a ______ attitude (2 words)
38. A unit of corn
39. Internet code for Guinea (abbrev)
40. This German city was the site of a Soviet blockade in the late 1940s
41. Church seat
43. Also
44. Swiss capital
45. A movie rating (abbrev)
46. Show ___ at the door (abbrev)
47. A New England state (abbrev)
48. A Pontiac car
49. Unsuccessful 1961 invasion of Cuba, known as the _____ invasion (3 words)
52. Common dog name
53. That is to say (abbrev)
54. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis (initials)
55. The Cold War started after this international conflict (3 words)
Down
1. The U.S. fought on behalf of this side of the Vietnam war
2. Indefinite article
3. Former Cuban dictator (surname)
4. A style of music and fashion
6. Leader of Yugoslavia until 1980 (surname)
7. The first ___ bomb was used in August 1945
8. Making improvements, e.g. on a house (abbrev)
9. Tin, chemically
11. Poorly lit
14. Veteran's Affairs (abbrev)
15. International body established in 1945 (abbrev)
16. Kim Il-Sung was the leader of ______ Korea
20. Guerrilla unit of South Vietnamese Communist supporters
22. A brand of cola (abbrev)
24. US Senator, had an "-ism" named after him (surname)
25. Chinese Chairman ____ Zedong
26. Tricky Dick (surname)
27. The first President of independent Indonesia (modern spelling)
28. These games were boycotted more than once during the Cold War
31. One _____ Over the Cuckoo's Nest
34. Thank you (informal)
35. Bresh-freshening candies
36. An Atlantic Canadian province (abbrev)
37. Dunks
39. Alan Shepard ____ on the moon (hint: sport)
40. A panhandler
42. Shared name of a popular variety show host and a talking horse
47. A defense alliance signed between the Western bloc (abbrev)
49. Goes with an arrow
50. An important resource of the Middle East
51. Indonesian Communist Party (abbrev)
54. Slang for coffee (alt. spelling)