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Generally Speaking: Famous in Their Own Right Crossword Puzzle

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A gathering of the famous and possibly infamous in one small crossword.
Author: leith90 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Astronaut John, first American to orbit the Earth
      4. British cartoonist Brian, created "The Nipper" (1933-47)
      7. U.S. President Lincoln had this nickname: "Honest ___"
      8. American poet Dickinson
      9. Newton who formulated the laws of Motion and Universal Gravitation
      11. 18th Century poet William: "Ode to the Warlike Genius of Great Britain"
      13. Sir Thomas: Lord High Chancellor of England 1529-32 and author of "Utopia"
      15. Australian bushranger Kelly
      17. Austen, author of "Pride aand Prejudice"
      19. Mahatma, "Father of India"
      21. Italian physician, founder of the Montessori education system
      24. Company founded by Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne
      25. Paik who first coined the term "Electronic Superhighway"
      26. Polish-American Albert who developed the oral polio vaccine
      27. French department in Picardy where Alexandre Dumas was born

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      1. 'Title' given to Catherine II, last reigning Empress of Russia
      2. Norse explorer also known as "Leif the Lucky"
      3. Todorov, Conductor of Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra from 2003
      4. Canadian journalist Chen, or Chinese dynasty (386 to 534/5 CE)
      5. Lyricist Gershwin or novelist Levin
      6. Johann Franz, German astronomer and eponym of a comet
      10. Mobster Giancana, boss of Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966
      12. Australian media mogul Grundy, eponym for Aussie undies
      14. Mythological Greek King of Thebes
      16. Portuguese explorer Vasco (2,4)
      17. Explorer Cook, first recorded contact with eastern coast of Australia
      18. Inventor Whitney, famous for the cotton gin
      20. Byzantine Empress 797-802
      22. Activist Hopkins, founder of the "Transition Towns" movement
      23. Landers, pen name of advice columnist Ruth Crowley and Esther Pauline Lederer