Complete Clue List
Across
4. Transgress
8. "Vale!" to Julius Caesar
9. Gruelling experience
10. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers (palindromic var. of "attar")
11. Magician's claim, hidden surprise (2,2,6)
12. System of government; "Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest" (US, 2002) begins in the late Roman ____
14. BAG ME A strange ambiguity (anag., obsol.)
16. Half (prefix)
18. Recurring subject; the amusement or ____ park in 7D built by Julius Caesar is a parody of Las Vegas
19. Caesar's capital
21. Greek god of sleep (Somnus is his Roman counterpart)
22. An extraordinary magistrate with full powers; Julius Caesar was ____ of 19A (49-44 BCE)
25. Independent; Firaxis Games' "CivCity: (19A)" (2006) offers ____ and campaign-based missions
28. Brain wave
29. Julius Caesar's horse Genitor belonged to this animal class
30. Involving, attracting and maintaining interest (6,2)
31. Give the once-over
Down
1. Fight (sing.); "The Great ____s of Caesar" (1998) was a computer wargame based on a board version
2. Transformation; Sid Meier's "Civilization ____" (2008) allowed playing as Julius Caesar
3. Follow-up video game, as with "Warrior of (19A) II" (1992)
4. Strike violently
5. Unable to evade capture (2,6); video games with this title (1983, 1994, 2000) didn't feature Caesar
6. Barely beat
7. 24D + 7D. "Asterix & ____ XXL 2: Mission: ____" (2006); [2nd word: Caesar's amusement park (3,5)]
12. Strategy VG subgenre (like 12A's game) where all players compete simultaneously (init., 1-1,1)
13. Set of beliefs; Ubisoft's "Assassin's ____ Origins" (2017) has Julius Caesar leading the Roman 12A
15. Savages; "Praetorians" (2003) allows player control of the Roman 12A or a generic tribe of ____
17. Person living in Cleopatra VII's country before it became a province of the Roman Empire
18. Able to be proved
20. Get it wrong
23. Khufu (Hellenization); The Great Pyramid of ____ is part of "Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest"
24. 24D + 7D. "Asterix & ____ XXL 2: Mission: ____" (2006); [1st word: menhir sculptor]
26. Specify
27. Cruel person