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A Trip Back in Time: the 1810s Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword is largely about events, people and things related to the second decade of the 19th century.
Author: Fifiona81 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Indonesian volcano, erupted 1815
      5. Rene ___, invented stethoscope in 1816
      9. ___ Radcliffe, 18th century author featured in 22A
      10. Literary term for a time long past - like the 1810s (2,3)
      12. French title for Louis XVIII, restored to the throne in 1815
      13. The ___ Arabian, ancestor of 1811 Derby winner Phantom
      15. Star sign of Emily Bronte, novelist born July 30, 1818
      17. Perfumes (a necessity in the early 19th century)
      19. '___ Elise', 1810 Beethoven composition
      21. "Once ___ a time" - fairytale opening not actually used by the Brothers Grimm in 1812
      22. Jane Austen novel published posthumously in 1817 (10,5)
      25. Name of pope who held the position throughout the 1810s
      26. Informal term for Caroline of Brunswick's relationship to Princess Charlotte (who died 1817)
      28. Saves, puts aside (4,2)
      32. Dangerous enlargement of a major blood vessel - untreatable in 1810s (abbr.)
      33. With 6D. ___ of ___; first elected British PM in 1812 (final word of title)
      38. Actress born 1812, also known as the Swedish Aspasia (inits.)
      39. Could describe accent of people from 42A
      40. Sheikh Muhammad bin Shakhbut Al Nahayan ruled ___ Dhabi from 1816-18
      41. Implements commonly used by ladies in the 1810s
      42. 22nd US state, admitted December 14, 1819

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      1. Oregon and California, emigrant routes to western US begun in 1810s
      2. James ___, won 1816 US Presidential election
      3. Musician required to play the '1812 Overture'
      4. Excited, keen to see something (like the Great Comet of 1811?)
      5. Ned ___, fictional leader of English anti-industrial movement that began in 1811
      6. With 33A. ___ of ___; first elected British PM in 1812 (first word of title)
      7. ___ Webster, spent 1810s compiling a dictionary
      8. Weapon fire famously heard in the '1812 Overture'
      11. Staple food of the 1810s
      14. Vertical, straight
      16. Reverberate
      18. Painful muscle contraction
      20. Type of area that people left as Industrial Revolution developed
      22. French leader defeated at Waterloo in 1815
      23. Perceive flavour
      24. Mediterranean island to which 22D was exiled in 1814
      27. Edward ___, author of 1810's 'The Hindu Pantheon'
      29. Youngest child of King George III, died 2 November, 1810
      30. Large African desert with an active slave trade in the 1810s
      31. Western ___ Canal, Indian waterway renovated by British Raj in 1817
      34. What people did to elect 2D in 1816
      35. Popular dance of the 1810s
      36. Six poems by John Keats published in 1819 (including one about a nightingale)
      37. Tsultrim Gyatso (b. 1816) became the 10th Dalai ___