Complete Clue List
Across
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
Down
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