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History's Movers and Shakers Crossword Puzzle

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A brief run through people who helped shape history over the past three millenia or so. I hope you will enjoy it.
Author: windrush - Diff: Harder

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      1. Founder of Kodak, philanthropist, George __
      5. Third and favourite son of King David of Israel
      9. Governor of Western Australia 1877-1880, large river named for him
      10. Geoffrey __ 14thC English author, 'The Canterbury Tales'
      11. Lured, tempted
      12. Italian violin makers in Cremona, 16th-18th Century
      13. US actress and singer, Florence __
      15. Film Director Spike OR Hammer Films' Dracula
      16. Henry Ford's son, car brand (1958-60) named after him
      18. River, town and lake in Alberta, Canada
      22. Queen of Ancient Egypt 51 - 30 BC
      25. British physician and lexicographer, published a Thesaurus
      28. Could refer to Irish singer Morrison, or band members __ Halen
      29. Italian 12th-13thC mathematician, number sequence named for him
      32. English explorer of Africa, searched for Nile source, John Hanning __
      33. Second given name of Winston Churchill, OR first name of 20D
      34. Major League pitcher with the Boston Braves 1924-25, died 1955 (3,4)
      35. Finish
      36. City in Greater Manchester, home of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst
      37. Writings of philosopher Plotinus, NOT the 9 Egyptian deities

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      1. Territory or country surrounded by another, e.g., Lesotho
      2. Irish mathematician William Hamilton referred to these as the real part of a quaternion
      3. Australian nun, canonised in 2010, Mother Mary __
      4. Opposite of Southwest
      5. New Zealand's 40th Prime Minister, Jacinda __
      6. French composer, 'Gymnopedies', Erik __
      7. John the Baptist lived on these, with wild honey for dessert
      8. Multi-talented US performer, __ Louise Ciccone
      14. Genetic identifiers
      17. Born Charles Westover, stage name of singer __ Shannon
      19. Physicist Oliver __ has a gas layer in the ionosphere named for him (think of 'Cats')
      20. American conductor and musician, wrote 'West Side Story', last name
      21. Seb __, former athlete, British politician
      22. Formerly, trains of animals or slaves
      23. Involve someone in a conflict
      24. English mathematician, worked with Babbage on early computer, __ Lovelace
      26. Ernesto 'Che' __, Argentine born revolutionary
      27. Believed to be the first Ancient Greek actor
      30. New Zealand crime writer, __ Marsh
      31. Encrypted, as in Morse or semaphore