Complete Clue List
Across
1. 2019: the Viking Sky, which almost sank, was this type of vessel
4. Big band trombonist Miller was born in 1904
7. Historic period
8. Alternate name for the stretchy fabric created in 1958
9. Pen name of Theodore Geisel, born in 1904
11. Roman dictator, famously slain on the Ides of March
13. This group invaded 14D in 1938
15. Global brand of baby bottles and teats
17. Cosmonaut Gagarin, born in 1934
19. Asteroids 4581 Asclepius and 2015EG had these encounters with Earth: near ___
21. (With 27A), program established by JFK, 1961 (5,5)
24. (With 4D), released into Tokyo subway in 1995 (5,3)
25. WWII skirmish: Battle of Bismarck ___
26. Country that commemorates Uprising Day on March 10th
27. (With 21A), Program established by JFK 1961 (5,5)
Down
1. Spring flower, associated with Syringa and Pan
2. 2011: An earthquake and tsunami caused this type of accident in Fukushima
3. US President who survived an assassination attempt in 1981
4. (With 24A) Released into Tokyo subway in 1995 (5,3)
5. Australian Aboriginal Legend has this celestial bird appearing in March
6. This pear ripens in March (Northern Hemisphere)
10. Time period
12. Pirate's tipple
14. Country invaded by 13A in 1938
16. A plot to do this to Charles Lindbergh's son in 1932 succeeded
17. Type of sailing vessel used in March's St Maarten Heineken Regatta
18. Mischievous sprite
20. Operation Anaconda was this type of military battle
22. What Saddam Hussein did to the Central Bank of Iraq in 2003
23. 1969: first test flight of Concorde, this type of aircraft (Inits)