Complete Clue List
Across
1. MARSHA makes a spiritual retreat (anag., 6)
5. Stand up to; Sep 29, 1918: the Hindenburg 25A (German defence) unable to ____ Allied attacks (6)
9. 9A + 17D: American actress starring in "The Barefoot Contessa", Sep 29, 1954 premier (first name, 3)
11. Mozart's middle name (7)
12. Sep 29, 1972: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the ____ Republic of China (poss., 7)
13. Old ____: passé (3)
15. "Amazing Stories", TV 31D created by ____ Spielberg, NBC debut Sep 29, 1985 (6)
17. Sep 29, 1976: musician Boy ____ (Culture Club) expelled from school (6)
18. Seńor's snoozes (7)
19. Launch grp.; Sep 29, 1988: first Space Shuttle mission since "Challenger" disaster (acronym, 4)
22. Coastal city; Philippine ____ of Iloilo opened to world trade, Sep 29, 1855 (4)
24. Sep 29, 1955: Arthur Miller's play "View From ____" premiered in New York City (3,6)
25. A fortified position; also see 5A (4)
27. Those opposed (4)
30. "____ Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush" about pet dog, published Sep 29, 1990 (poss., 7)
32. Sep 29, 2017: release of ____ Twain's "Now"; first album for 15 years (6)
33. #40; Sep 29, 1983: President ____ receives 10D from Congress to keep U.S. troops in Lebanon (6)
34. "That feels good!" (3)
36. Sep 29, 1948: release of "Hamlet", Laurence ____ starred and directed; Best Picture, 1949 (7)
37. Rabble-rouse (7)
38. End of a soldier's email address (3)
39. Part of the CIA? Warning from this group about Latin American countries' debts, Sep 29, 1982 (6)
40. Sep 29, 1963: first screening of "____ and the Birdwatch", TV 31D with an eponymous Rough Collie (6)
Down
2. Sep 29, 1977: Muhammad 20D fought Ernie ____, winning by a unanimous decision (7)
3. Sep 29, 1991: U.S. release of "My Own Private Idaho" starring River Phoenix and Keanu ____ (6)
4. Larry Linville (Sep 29, 1939-2000) played Major Frank Burns in "____", the Korean War TV 31D (4)
5. Engrossed (4)
6. Sep 29, 1963: The Rolling ____ first U.K. tour, opening for Bo Diddley and the Everly Brothers (7)
7. Site of WW2 Allied landing in Italy, Sep 1943 (7)
8. Actress Greer ____ (Sep 29, 1904-1996) won Oscar for 1942's "Mrs. Miniver" (6)
10. Yes vote; Sep 29, 1983: President 33A receives ____ from Congress to keep U.S. troops in Lebanon (6)
14. Sep 29, 1940: mid-air collision over Brocklesby, NSW, ____; planes land safely, locked together (9)
16. African country where 42 people killed by Boko Haram, Sep 29, 2013 (7)
17. 9A + 17D: American actress starring in "The Barefoot Contessa", premiered Sep 29, 1954 (surname, 7)
20. The Greatest; also see 2D (3)
21. Devoured (3)
22. László Bíró (Sep 29, 1899-1985) invented the ballpoint ____ (3)
23. American painter and sculptor ____ Lichtenstein (1923-Sep 29, 1997)
25. Capital; Sep 29, 1864: Treaty of ____ defined Spanish and Portuguese borders (6)
26. Getting closer (7)
28. Ashraf Ghani, 5th ____ President (Sep 29, 2014-15 Aug 2021), government overthrown by Taliban (7)
29. Crooner; Gene Autry (Sep 29, 1907-1998), American ____, actor and businessman (6)
30. Underling (6)
31. Sep 29, 1954: Game 1 of MLB's World ____, Cleveland Indians 2, New York Giants 5 (6)
34. Sep 29, 1789: U.S. War Department establishes regular ____ with several hundred men (4)
35. Sep 29, 1947: jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's first Carnegie ____ concert in New York City (4)