Complete Clue List
Across
1. Palace figures; Swiss ____, soldiers protecting 16D
4. Distress, cause pain or sorrow
9. Turmoil
10. Yields from crops; these were poor in 1780s France
12. Walked leisurely
13. The First 19D: ordained group of priests and ministers
15. The metric system of ____ (pl.) began in 1790s France
18. Financial system limiting capital export and imposing import controls (5,7)
21. 21A & 19D: Social hierarchy representing the nobles (first word)
22. Noble-mindedness; thinking about how things should be, rather than how they really are
24. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis
25. Brought bad luck to
26. Hostile feelings
27. Allocate a task to a person
Down
1. Macabre; descriptive of guillotine executions
2. "La Grande Peur" (the great fear) was an ____ (farming-related) insurrection
3. Dissatisfaction; with 16D it led to the French First Republic (1792) then his execution (1793)
5. Intent, target
6. Insurrectionists; people taking part in a rebellion
7. Make certain
8. Written compositions on particular subjects
11. Action taken in return for an injury or offence
14. Guillotines, decapitates
16. Last King of France before the fall of the monarchy (5,3; last part Roman numerals)
17. A follower who carries out orders without question
19. 21A & 19D: Social hierarchy representing the nobles (last word)
20. Religious rift
23. Red or white beverage; increased prices for food and this led to 9A