Complete Clue List
Across
1. A LILAC proves secular (anag., 6)
5. A set up, including STALIN (var., anag., 6)
9. First American-born Saint, Elizabeth ____ Seton; beatified Mar 17, 1963; canonised 1975 (3)
11. The lightest metal (7)
12. Regal realm; Mar 17, 1850: Italy united into a single ____ led by Victor Emmanuel II (7)
13. Singer Winehouse, who on Mar 17, 2009, pled not guilty to an assault charge (3)
15. SEEMS I badly retch (anag., 6)
17. Indian city, home of Wankhede Stadium; Mar 17, 2023 1st ODI Australia (188), India (191/5) (6)
18. Influence behaviour; Dr Marie Stopes opens the first birth ____ 3D in London, Mar 17, 1921 (6)
19. Derrière (4)
22. British 2D Lesley-____ Down (b. Mar 17, 1954), Jackie Marone in "The Bold and the Beautiful" (4)
24. Brrr!; Cricket Test #1, Australia v England (Mar 17, 1877) Billy ____ took 5/78 at Melbourne (9)
25. Glasgow girl (4)
27. George Parker, 2nd ____ of Macclesfield (c. 1697-Mar 17, 1764), English peer and astronomer (4)
30. Musical trio who performed "Words" on "The Ed Sullivan Show", Mar 17, 1968 (3,4)
32. Seafarer; Robin Knox-Johnston (b. Mar 17, 1939), English ____, many yachting exploits (6)
33. Rudolf Nureyev (Mar 17, 1938-1993), Russian-French ____ and choreographer (7)
34. Largest 20D city; location of Mar 17, 1905 marriage between FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt (init., 3)
36. Large Indonesian island, North part bombed by allied ships, Mar 17, 1945 (7)
37. 37A + 35D: Mar 17, 2000, 530 members of a ____ die in a fire (1st word, African native, 7)
38. Up to, informally (3)
39. He reigned in Spain; Mar 17, 1938, his Nationalist Air Force bombed Barcelona (6)
40. Of an Italian province; Mar 17, 1800: 21D "Queen Charlotte" catches fire off ____ Archipelago (6)
Down
2. Performer; Helen Hayes (1900-Mar 17, 1993) was an American ____; first woman to become an EGOT (7)
3. Health facility; Dr Marie Stopes opens the first birth 18A ____ in London, Mar 17, 1921 (6)
4. The Dalai ____ flees Tibet for India, Mar 17, 1959 (4)
5. Like a stamp pad (4)
6. Wicked (6)
7. U.S. ornithologist John James ____ (7)
8. Mar 17, 1905: Theoretical Physicist ____ Einstein completes paper on "Quantum Theory of Light" (6)
10. Mar 17, 1930: construction begins on the ____ State Building in 34A (6)
14. Ken ____ (b. Mar 17, 1936), American astronaut, flew on Apollo 16 and two Space Shuttle missions (9)
16. Army person; Mar 17, 2017: Khost province, Afghanistan, one ____ killed by suicide truck bomber (7)
17. Spotted (7)
20. Country of amateur golfer Bobby Jones (Mar 17, 1902-1971), born in Atlanta, GA; (init., 3)
21. Mar 17, 1891, Bay of Gibraltar: SS "Utopia" collides with ____ "Anson" with many deaths (init., 3)
22. St Patrick (feast day: Mar 17), St Brigid and St Columba ____ Ireland's official patron saints (3)
23. Common conjunction (3)
25. Not as much (4,2)
26. Sporting specialisation of Katie Ledecky (b. Mar 17, 1997), winner of seven Olympic gold medals (7)
28. Pan's home, in Greek myth (7)
29. Musical comedy "The Girl Friend" opened on Broadway Mar 17, 1926; ____ Hart wrote the lyrics (6)
30. Scene of a tea party; Mar 17, 1776: British Army evacuates, ending the Siege of ____ (6)
31. Caesar and others (6)
34. Alliance acronym; Treaty of Brussels (signed Mar 17, 1948) was a precursor to ____ (init., 4)
35. 37A + 35D: Mar 17, 2000, 530 members of a ____ die in a fire (2nd word, sect, 4)