Complete Clue List
Across
1. After 1814 fire, Library of Congress purchased the collection of Thomas ____ (3rd US President)
6. Mel ____ voiced characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988), inducted 2016 to the Library's NFR
9. 1D & 9A: 4th US President (surname), credited with the idea of a congressional library (1783)
10. Sunflower State city (home to at least one lineman)
11. Storage media, used in libraries for data and multimedia files (init.; pl.)
12. The Congressional Research ____ (facility) handles inquiries from members of Congress
13. Studies, reads carefully (possibly in the Reading Room)
14. Chart showing the lay of the land (6,3); these items are part of the Library of Congress
17. The Library's "National Jukebox" (2011) provides streaming access to out-of-print ____ recordings
19. Make sense (3,2)
22. Lasting a long time
25. Singing voice
26. Washington D.C. waterway
28. Operatic singing style: ____ canto
29. Adding 1A's collection transformed the Library from a specialist to a more ____ one
30. Apple's proprietary wireless file transfer system for Macintosh computers and iOS devices
31. Range
32. Building exterior covering to reduce risk of fire (5-4)
Down
1. 1D & 9A: 4th US President (first name), credited with the idea of a congressional library (1783)
2. Library of Congress: oldest ____ (national) cultural institution in the US
3. US author ____ Caldwell (1903-1987), wrote "Tobacco Road" (1932) and "God's Little Acre" (1933)
4. Interlibrary loans have been available from the Library of Congress ____ 1902 (from then on)
5. Printed daily (sing.); Library of Congress has extensive holdings spanning three centuries
6. Bookbinder's fabric
7. Noms de plume or pseudonyms, sometimes used by authors
8. 1A's collection contained studies of ____ (ancient) Greece and Rome
14. Structures controlling traffic or providing driving information (4,5)
15. Marker (init.), but probably not a bookmark
16. Librarians may assist with this difficulty I'm having (2,7)
18. Coffee holder
20. Quickly read various parts of a book (3,4)
21. Treeless plain
23. 1A's collection contained books on the ____ sciences (the physical world)
24. Wicked; Representative Daniel Webster (1782-1852) felt such books had no place in the Library
26. Botanist's interest (sing.)
27. Managed